On Thursday 29th March we had our last Kenyan session. This week we were making collages of Kenyan wildlife. 
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Primary 5/6 Assembly
On 28th March we had our class assembly. Everyone worked really hard together to prepare assembly boards and scripts. We presented information about the Old Stone Age, New Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Picts and Vikings and Kenya. Everyone sang beautifully, starting with ‘What does Shetland mean to me’ and finishing with Hakuna Matata and Archie and Ronan also played the cornet and accordion. A big well done to all the bairns for their performances, we know that it’s not always easy to perform to a big audience, but they all supported each other and did so well.
Making Iron Age Brochs and Viking longhouses
Chris Dyer came into school again this afternoon to help us to make our models. Last week we planned them and this week we were given all the materials and now we have to make them! We used polystyrene blocks for the stonework and wood for the roof. We’ll be making other artefacts with clay.
Here is how we got on today.
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.
STEM
Emma Chittick came to help us with some more exciting programming on Tuesday. We had to make our robot move along a complicated route, making sharp turns, picking up and dropping ‘parcels’ and returning to base. Ms Scanlan was very impressed with what the class were able to do by the end of the session.
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.
Congratulations to our musicians
We are all very proud of the excellent achievements of Archie, Molly and Niamh who all took part in instrumental exams this week. They all gained distinction in their grade- which is a super achievement!
In Music today Molly and Niamh each performed their exam piece on the clarinet, for the rest of the class, which was a delight to hear. We’re hoping Archie will perform his exam piece on the cornet for us next week.
Open Afternoon in P5/6
It was a busy afternoon in Primary 5/6 when parents came to see all our work. By Christie
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