Lots of pupils came in fancy dress today as part of our Children In Need celebrations! It made for an interesting day! Thank you to the Pupil Council for organising our colouring competition and Pudsey Hunt. We really enjoyed it. Some pupils have a colouring sheet to finish at home this weekend before judging.
If you would like to donate this year, this can be done using the link below.
Remember that P4 and P5 will be voting tomorrow (Wednesday 4th September) for who they would like to be in the Pupil Council this year.
If you are putting yourself forward to be in the Pupil Council, please prepare something to say about why your classmates should vote for you!
Good luck!
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Dunrossness Primary School was decorated with odd socks this week ready for Down Syndrome Awareness Day! Many pairs of odd socks, odd shoes and even bare feet were seen today!
We prepared a card and poem for one of our classmates to let her know how lucky we are to have her in our class. We also learned to sign, ‘If classmates were flowers, we’d pick you!’
We watched a PowerPoint about Down Syndrome and did some activities that helped us realise we are more the same than different.
We learned a lot of facts about Down Syndrome and many thoughtful questions were asked too. Some we need to find out about but that’s what makes days like these so interesting for us all! We all learn together!
We watched the song below and talked about its importance. We decided that it shows just how many jobs a young adult with Down Syndrome can do and that everyone needs to be given a chance in all aspects of life. We thought that this video can also link to life in school. If one person is seen to be inclusive, that soon rubs off on all the others watching.
https://youtu.be/SKku4RAWa4M?si=JcnvIcFtJfrwUG8s
We’ve had a super day!
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It’s been a busy week for all classes this week as we prepared for SMUHA! We all made torches and helmets ready for today’s procession and galley burning. Over the past few weeks, we’ve been creating a piece of artwork to decorate the hall. We used recycled cardboard and paper to create a picture with a 3D look as we layered up the card. These looked great in the Boddam Hall!
We got our picture taken beside the school galley.
Some P4/5 pupils had their shields chosen to go on the school galley. Congratulations too, to Sophia and Lauren who had shields displayed on the main galley as well. (Sadly, no photos were managed.)
Today we celebrated along with Leah, our Jarl, and the P7 Squad. A great day was had by all! Only a few photos were taken but we hope they give you a feel for the afternoon!
Until 2025….
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On Wednesday 21st, we welcomed all our families into school to share an afternoon focusing on all things Maths! Prior to the day, the children helped plan activities that could be played with our visitors showing them the areas of Maths we’ve covered lately in class. It was a great opportunity to show them the different ways we learn Maths.
Activities included working with money at our shop, Telling the Time using chilli challenge cards, pupil made Blooket games, a Time scavenger hunt, Time Snap or Pairs, a 1 minute speed activity, Addition and Subtraction Connect 4 and Number line jumping.
Thank you to everyone who came and joined in, in good spirit! Special thanks to those who gave Multiplication Twister a try!
Please leave us a comment to let us know which activities you tried and liked best!
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Today we had our final day with Janny John! We have written lovely, heartfelt messages to him along with the rest of the school. We enjoyed his company in class where we played Hangman together and then ended up with a game of Toilet Tag in the hall. The best part of the day was when we all gathered together in the hall to watch him carry out his Taskmaster style challenges. He will be a huge miss. We have all been very lucky to have him. Best wishes John!
Happy October holidays to you all!
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Over the past few weeks, the upper stages pupils have been supporting Mrs Inkster in her Music classes when she teaches the younger pupils. She has been so grateful for their help and we’re sure that all the children, both young and old, have gained from this experience. To tie in with our local history topic, we have been learning ‘Da Trowie Sang’ which is sung in Shetland Dialect. Some of our pupils have taken to this so well, Mrs Inkster asked them to perform it for the Orca class today. They did an amazing job!
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Mrs Henderson and I would like to thank you all for the amazing support you showed us at our class Assembly today! It was so lovely to have our families in again to share, and celebrate, our learning. We are so proud of the Draatsi class for their hard work and continued enthusiasm throughout the year, on what has been an exciting opportunity. We hope that this came across in their presentations today. Please look out for the Children’s Parliament video that will be shared with you shortly. As well as footage from the AI Summit, there will be clips and interviews that our pupils took part in when our class was taken over by Gregory and his team.
If you have any feedback following today’s Assembly, we’d love it if you could leave us a comment.
Sorry for only a few photos. I was too taken up with enjoying the moment! P4/5/6 … you have done yourselves very proud!
What a really special day we’ve had! An excellent procession and galley burning this morning and a noisy Jarl Squad visit in the afternoon. It’s just a shame that the later celebrations have had to be postponed. Here are some photos from today … including Mascot Max! He’ll be returning to the Children’s Parliament with some amazing stories to tell!
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Today we celebrated World Book Day in a number of ways. Last week, we talked about the importance of listening to books, especially from a young age. We talked about books that would appeal to younger children and how the reader has an important part to play in the enjoyment of a story. With this in mind, each child chose a book that they would like read to a pupil in the ELC department or P1/2. They rehearsed reading it and thought about stopping to ask questions or point out details in the illustrations.
Our class really enjoyed it and were super role models! When the books were done, it was great to see the younger pupils rushing to get their books to read back! We even had a little time to watch them paint.
Back in our class we played a World Book Day game where they were shown a cover, title and blurb. Each team then had to create a believable opening sentence, thinking about recent class work done on different openers. When all were written, we read them all out, including the real sentence. Each group got 2 points if they correctly guessed the right sentence and a bonus 5 points if their sentence was chosen instead of the actual one!
Here are the made up sentences for the book ‘Jelly’ by Jo Cotterill. Can you tell which is the right one?
At the end of the day, we shared some of our favourite books.
Keep reading Draatsis!
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