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Showcase Event

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This morning, six of our P4/5 pupils went to share their views, and the views of their peers, with SIC representatives at a Showcase Event.  This followed on from our work with the ‘A Place In Childhood’ team last week.

Our representatives were excited to share their views and ideas!

The morning started with each South Mainland school, sharing what they had done on their tour day and talking through their priority lists.  We were interested to hear that there were many similarities between the different areas.

Then it was time to talk to the SIC representatives!  We spoke to people from the areas of Sport & Leisure, Roads, Waste Management, Environmental Health, Town Planning, Youth Services, the Sandwick Community Council and a Youth Worker.  We were interested to hear what their jobs involved and many aspects of their remits, fitted into our priorities so we were able to pass our concerns to the right people, face-to-face.

We explained our priorities to Suzanne from Town Planning and talked about the paths we use to keep us safe but also how the busy main road prevents us having a little more freedom.
We talked to Neil from Sport & Leisure about the Boddam Play Park and our multi court.  He also shared with us some future plans for the Boddam Park which look great and will make it more inclusive.  This was on our priority list!

Our morning finished off with us talking to Ross from Radio Shetland.  We were included in the show which aired on Friday 16th May so please have a listen!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002c2p9

This has been a fabulous project to be part of with a lot of learning opportunities and experiences arising from it.  We feel very lucky to have been involved and to have had input into how we can improve our local area for everyone, especially children.

Our poster and priorities will be displayed ready for the Learner Led Event on Tuesday 27th so please pop in and have a look!
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A Place In Childhood

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Today Anna from the ‘A Place In Childhood’ organisation came to visit along with Ana Arnett, Community Involvement & Development Officer, to work with our class.  We were thinking about our local area and places of importance.  We collected quite a list!

Gathering ideas about our local area.

After that, we went on a walk to help us think more about the areas around our school, what we like about them, how we use them and how they might be improved.  Our walk ended up at the Boddam Play Park so we had our snacks outside and had a play!  This was actually useful for our discussions later!

We then worked in groups on an island task.  We pretended we were separated from the rest of Shetland from Levenwick and South.  We noted down what we would miss not being connected to other areas and added them to the ‘island’.  When Anna collated all our ideas, we were able to think more realistically about what we would like to see in our area and this helped us create our priority list.

Tomorrow, we will all complete a Play Sufficiency Assessment where we will select areas we like to play and pinpoint others that we feel could be improved.  The results will be used to support the SIC in their decision making plans for the future.  We will then use our expertise to help others in the school complete this same survey.

Our final task will be to select a few willing pupils to share our thoughts and ideas at a Showcase Event at Sandwick JH School next Friday.  We will meet with children from our Cluster Schools and share our priorities with local decision makers, including representatives from the Shetland Islands Council.  It’s a great opportunity for us to effect change and see that our views are valued.

Grateful thanks to Anna, Ana and our parent volunteers!
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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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Research Projects

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This afternoon we got the chance to share our learning with each other and the P6/7 class.  For the past few weeks, P4/5/6 have been busy researching and learning new things about Shetland in the past.

Each pupil got the chance to choose an area of local history that interested them and they could decide how they wanted to present their information.  Everyone was encouraged to think creatively about the different ways information can be shared.

In our classroom, we displayed posters, leaflets,  models, and stop motion animations.

Pupils chose to find out about The Braer disaster, Jarshoff, Shipwrecks, Historical landmarks in Shetland, World War 2 in Shetland, The Quendale Mill, Sumburgh Lighthouse, The Shetland Bus, Sumburgh Airport,  Mousa Broch and Whaling.

We also got the chance to see what P6/7 had chosen to research.  It was a lovely afternoon of sharing and learning new things.   How lovely it was to hear so many wonderful compliments being given by everyone!

Final Children’s Parliament and AI Online Call

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This week saw our final online call with the Children’s Parliament,  Alan Turing Institute and our fellow pupils at Oakwood, Doune and St Mary’s.   It was a very positive call where achievements were recognised and celebrated.  The Investigators had to think about what they had got better at by being an Investigator, what surprised them about their time as an Investigator and what they were most proud of.  They then had to be creative, showing their thoughts in drawing form.  (See Self Portraits below)

Sharing our ideas and thoughts during the meeting this week.

Self Portraits-1

Self Portraits-2

Self Portraits-3

The Investigators for 22/23 are now in discussions as to how they can support the new Investigators for the next school year.  We are currently thinking about who this could be and how we can involve past, present and incoming pupils in our AI work in the future.  There are some exciting plans afoot so please look out for more details in August!

If you have not had a chance already to view the final report for the year, please see below.

https://www.childrensparliament.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/A.I_Stage_1_Report_Final.pdf

 

 

Swan and Museum Trip 15th May 2023

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What a day!  The pupils in P4/5  had an exciting day in  Lerwick today, learning about life in Shetland in the past.

On our way to set sail with The Swan, some pupils were unsure and feeling a bit nervous.  It wasn’t long before these feelings disappeared as we got busy on deck with the skipper and his 2 crew mates.  We got some hands on learning to see what it takes to sail a traditional vessel, the history of the Swan – and our maritime heritage.

It was good fun, working as a team to raise the sail and have a go at steering the boat!  Some future skippers at Dunrossness perhaps…?  One of the highlights was definitely exploring the bunks downstairs.  Most folk thought it would be quite a comfortable sleep in there, apart from when you would have to put in the extra plank of wood across the bunk opening, to keep you from falling out on a rough night out at sea!  On Wednesday, P6 will have a whole day on board The Swan, learning “the ropes” and working as  a team.  We know they’ll have great fun!

As well as our sailing experience, we spent time at the Shetland Museum, hopping through the ages and discovering the different people who have settled in Shetland over thousands of years.

We learned about crofting and fishing life in Shetland and the different jobs men and women were responsible for.  After our tour, we got a chance to do some “carding” with sheep’s fleece, to make it soft enough to then spin into yarn.  We can certainly see how hard life must’ve been in the past!

Our week so far…

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We did it again! Everyone has worked hard to earn pegs for their super effort, perseverance and kind actions.  This week we managed to reach our goal and have planned to have a disco on Monday 20th in the school hall as our class prize.

We have begun learning about Fairtrade and what it means.  We worked in groups to sequence the different stages of making a chocolate bar.  We were surprised by how long it takes to go from planting cocoa trees to buying chocolate in the shop!  We are finding out just how important it is that these farmers are given a fair price for their hard work.

On Wednesday, while we were getting ready to go home, we were treated to some fiddle tunes.  We love to hear music in P4/5/6!

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