Tag Archives: Life and Ethos of the School

Fun and Games

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This morning the whole school had some fun outdoors, watching the staff and P7s playing “Sheet Volleyball” mixed with “Floor is Lava”.   Of course, some fancy dress for the staff was a requirement.

It was a close match with each member eliminated if they were the last person off the floor each time the whistle was blown.

Although the P7s lost more of their team mates, they won on the points earned whenever the ball was tossed over and not caught by the staff team on their sheet.    Perhaps next year the staff will win…!

Well done to all!  What a brilliant way to end the school year.

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SMUHA

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We have been preparing for SMUHA over the past couple of weeks.  We started by creating our pictures for the hall.  We drew Vikings on polystyrene, then used ink and rollers to add colour.  They looked great!

This week we prepared our torches and helmets ready for the procession!

We are so lucky to have two beautiful galleys!

Two pupils were lucky enough to have their shield design chosen for our school galley and another pupil had her one on the main SMUHA galley!  Congratulations!

The sun was shining today for our procession and burning.  Well done to our P7 Squad who did us proud again!  Everyone was in fine voice at the hall too!  It’s been a  g-r-e-a-t  day!

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Children In Need Day

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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.

https://www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/fundraising/?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAA-EEEBKfXRD0H5mqr7m6t0AbYIoEh&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIgtyKzN3eiQMV1aNQBh1-lAJuEAAYAiAAEgL4IPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Bart wasn’t happy about reading with his Dad today!

 

Pupil Council Voting

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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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Down Syndrome Awareness Day

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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.

Finding classmates with the same interests as us.

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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3 Cheers for SMUHA!

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Recycled Viking by Lucille

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!

More great examples…

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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Thanks, John…for everything!

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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!

Locking up for the last time.

Some interesting costumes on John’s last day!
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Da Trowie Sang

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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!

 

AI Assembly ✅

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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!