Today we have been planting seeds for wildlife. We have planted the seeds in containers and then when they have grown we will plant them outside. Every day we will go out to the poly tunnel and check to see how they are growing.
Tag Archives: Life and Ethos of the School
Outdoor Learning
Today we went out to the trees to learn about the different species. We saw a few Shetland bumblebees feeding on the Willow flowers. We also went to look at how our tree saplings are doing, ready to plant in a couple of weeks. They looked great and we got some ideas about where to plant them.
Penpal letters
Primary 5/6 were really excited to receive their replies from Lomayana. The cards were beautifully drawn and it was really good to hear all about life in this part of Kenya.
RSPB Schools Birdwatch
This afternoon we all took part in the RSPB Schools birdwatch. Schools throughout the whole of the UK take part in this and record the birds in their school grounds.
The results are then uploaded to the RSPB and they use the information to look at changes in bird populations.
Local birdwatcher Glen Tyler took groups of children out and we used our school binoculars, that Ness Engineering and Hugh Harrop had given us last year. The children asked lots of questions as they went around the school and used Hugh’s identification guide to learn a bit more about the local birds.
Everyone said they would like to do this again.
A few last photos from 2017
Last term the class wrote some fantastic adventure stories. We helped each other to make them better and then spent a lovely afternoon with P1/2 reading our stories to the younger children.
A busy day!
We were really excited today to meet our two new pupils – Typhena and Junias. They had a great time and went up to Mareel with the P6 and 7s in the morning to see Wonder.
Back in school the P5s did a range of crafts, started to design badges for a competition and started to learn Vive le vent – Jingle bells in French.
We had a super afternoon watching the dress rehearsal. It’s looking really good! See you all there tomorrow or Friday!
Playleader Training
On Monday our P6s had their final training session. They are all now fully trained up and this is what they said about their training-
Shane: I liked playing games like Giant’s Keys.
Ronan: Playleader was good because we learnt fun games to play with the little ones.
Holly : I think it was very, very good because the games we are playing are so good.
Jessica: Playleader is great for the Primary 2s and 3s, because if they don’t have anyone to play with then they can play with us.
Archie: It’s quite fun, but sometimes the little kids don’t listen very well!
Ryan: Playleader was very good because we got to play good games and played with little ones, but they were hard to control!
Ruby: I liked Playleader because we all did it together and it was a lot of fun. I can’t wait to do it with the younger ones.
Thanks to Toby for all the photos.
NAFC visit from Dr Beth Mouat
Primary 5/6 had a really interesting afternoon hearing all about the work of the NAFC from Dr Beth Mouat . She explained why the college had been set up and explained about all the different types of fisheries in Shetland and how important they are to the Shetland economy. She told us about all the data that they collect and the importance of it in terms of environmental and economic sustainability.
We also looked at a display case of different crab species and had to try to age scallops.
