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Pupil Council Elections

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This week, we held our Pupil Council Elections.  The class have been learning about Democracy with Mrs Henderson so having the elections at the same time was a great way to put what they’ve learned about, into action!

Over the past few weeks, the class have prepared for the day by making voting slips, making a ballot box and private voting area.  Those not involved in speeches were assigned different roles on the day.

Making our voting screens
Preparing the ballot box

The pupils standing for election all prepared their speeches at home.  These were delivered with confidence and enthusiasm!  Well done to all!

The P6 pupils all prepared and ready to speak to the voting public!

The P7s had a slightly longer wait to deliver their speeches but put in a great effort too!

When the speeches were done, the voting started!

Private voting booths
Casting their votes

The votes were counted by Dylan and Lucille and they were able to congratulate Alec and Lauren who are our P7 Pupil Council representatives and Archie and Callum who will act on behalf of the P6 pupils.

Well done to all involved!

That’s been a quick term!  Happy October holidays one and all!

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⚽🏉 PE Focus This Term: Football & Rugby Skills

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This term, our PE lessons have centred around developing Gross and Fine Motor Skills through football and rugby. Pupils began with football, practising key techniques such as passing, dribbling, and shooting, and learning how to apply these in game situations.

Over the past three weeks, we’ve shifted our focus to rugby, where pupils have been learning essential skills like passing backwards, moving with the ball, and understanding important rules such as staying behind the ball carrier and avoiding forward passes.

To reinforce these skills in a fun and active way, we’ve played a variety of engaging games including:

  • Canadian Goose – a fast-paced game of ball-stealing and flag-pulling.
  • Flag Fury – collecting and attaching flags while staying on the move.
  • Bears and Buffaloes – racing to score tries while dodging defenders.
  • Great Escape – escaping defenders without losing a tag.
  • Rugby Freeze Tag – tagging and freeing teammates with high fives.
  • Inside the Raven’s Nest – a team challenge to collect and protect rugby balls.

It’s been fantastic to see pupils building confidence, teamwork, and coordination through these energetic sessions!

Numeracy

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This term has seen us working on the topic of Place Value, Rounding and Estimation.  Today, we added in some Information Handling work into our Rounding lessons and revisited how we use Venn Diagrams to organise information.

The children were given labels for each part of their Venn Diagram.  They then had to create the numbers to go in each section, remembering to include those that fit both categories and those that fit none!

We then checked each other’s calculations and some pupils had time to create their own labels and numbers at the end of the lesson.

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Pond Maintenance

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Primary 7s have been busy clearing out the pond in our school nature garden.  When we first arrived, we weren’t sure if there was a pond in there – it was so overgrown!

Everyone got straight to work.  It wasn’t long before we began to see lots of frogs appearing to take a look at what we were up to.

Some pupils are very keen to get right in the middle of the action. We are wondering if we should try to measure how much water comes out of their wellies each week, when it is time to head back to class!

We are enjoying our pond visits and finding out how we can improve this area, so that the frogs continue to thrive and return year after year.  Some special plants and bugs have been kindly donated, to help breathe new life into our pond.

 

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Class Charter

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Our first task in our Health &  Wellbeing work this year was to create our class charter.  This involved the pupils in choosing which Articles from the UNCRC most relate to our time in school together.  They chose …

Article 12 – You have the right to give your opinion, and for adults to listen and take it seriously.

Article 19 – You have the right to be protected from being hurt and mistreated, in body and mind.

Article 28 – You have the right to a good quality education.

Article 31 – You have the right to play and rest.

They then created a set of responsible behaviours for each Article that they, as the Rights Holders, will try to uphold.  They also discussed the role of the Duty Bearers and discussed what they would like staff to consider too.

Please see our photos below of our disco ball, themed charter, which will remain on display throughout the year.

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Outdoor Maths

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On Wednesday in Week 2 of Term 4, we managed to get outside lots with the lovely weather. We did our maths lesson outside and practiced some different skills we’ve learned over the year. We first played a game called “Decimals War” on whiteboards which helps us with place value. This is something we do inside too. Then we learned a game called “Nim” which comes from ancient China. We had to collect 20 pebbles in pairs and pick up 1, 2 or 3 pebbles in turns, aiming not to be the person to pick up the last pebble. There was a strategy to it which was quite tricky to figure out. This was focused on problem solving. Then we did a game with bean bags and hoops which focused on adding and multiplying. Finally, we did a relay race in two teams where we had to answer a multiplication question in order to be able to run back and hand over to the next person in our team. Hopefully the nice weather continues and we can keep getting outside!

Da Voar Redd Up

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In the first week of Term 4, P6/7 took part in Da Voar Redd up. We did the Boddam loop, back up along the main road. Overall, we thought the area was fairly tidy and we were pleased to find there wasn’t too much rubbish for us to have to pick up.

Visit from Eleanor Hutcheon from UHI Shetland

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On Tuesday (the first day back of Term 4) we had a visit from Eleanor Hutcheon from UHI Shetland. She came in to speak to us about electricity and circuits, which is part of our topic this term. We had met her before in Term 3 on our trip to the Newton day in Sandwick where we had already learned a little bit of what she was talking about today. We firstly spoke about how circuits work and what different components are needed to power a lightblub from a switch. Then we got to power a clock from the electrolytes in different fruits and vegetables through zinc and copper wires; and lastly we got a chance to explore circuit kits which Eleanor had brought in.