We had a really smooth trip last night and after picking up Reece and Calum in Aberdeen, we headed to Landmark for an afternoon of fun.
At 4 we arrived in Loch Insh and we’re sitting in the restaurant now in the sunshine having our tea. Later on tonight we’ll be heading out for our first activity – way finding (orienteering).
I hope you enjoy the photos.
P6 have had a great day finding out about air resistance. We looked at videos of Olympic cyclists and saw how much air resistance affects their performances. We read about sports scientists and what they do in their jobs to help sports people achieve better speeds in their races.
In groups, we planned and carried out investigations into ways to change the speed at which objects drop and we watched a video about parachutes.
Today we planned and made things to wear to slow ourselves down, using air resistance. We each made a costume. We timed ourselves running a 50m race normally and then we did it with our costumes on to see how it affected our speed. It did, by between 1-4seconds! Here are some of the photos.
On Monday 5th June, Dunrossness, Sandwick and Cunningsburgh P6&7s came together for the big day that we have been practising for. We had a practice during the morning and then our dress rehearsal in the afternoon and then the performance at 2pm.
The children performed really well and Ms Scanlan was very proud of everyone. Victoria gets a special mention for her part as the devil!
Heather White came to visit us today to explain what the NSPCC does and why it is so important.
Their motto is ‘speak out and stay safe’
Ms White told us about three important children’s rights:
She showed us the bag of worries and explained how it can get filled and how we can find ways to empty it.
Ms White explained that there are 5 different forms of abuse:
and why abuse is not okay, or a child’s fault.
We shared ideas about who are trusted adults who could help us.
After she spoke to the P4-6s at assembly, all the P6s had a further workshop to discuss and think about lots of safety issues.
On Monday 22nd, all of Primary 6 and 7 went to Sandwick to practise our Scottish Opera performance. Ms Scanlan was really proud of our behaviour and the way that we sang so well. We’re looking forward to the performance on Monday 5th June.
We have been so lucky today to have such beautiful weather for our outdoor day. We sat outside for reading again and had a lot fun doing a drawing scavenger hunt and pond dipping. We made clay models in the afternoon and then went for our whole school walk 😃
Angela McGarrigle , an education officer from the Scottish parliament came to visit P6/7 and P5/6 today. She explained a lot of things about the Scottish Parliament and how it works. We had a class election. Each group had to decide on their party leader and then write their manifesto. The party leaders then spoke to the class to try to persuade them to vote for their party.
The parties were –
animal welfare
computers
music
save the earth
schools
sporty
Well done to all the speakers, great ideas from all the parties. It was a very close election, but in the end the Save the Earth party won, with Animal Welfare a very close second. Well done everyone!
We had the most amazing last day out with Pete Richardson and his colleague Matty today. We set off to Garth’s Ness and as we approached the end of the road, Pete spotted the fins and we all got to see a pod of orcas, it was really exciting. We watched from the cliff edge and then decided to go across to Scatness, to have a day of scrambling and climbing on the rocks there, and maybe seeing the whales again. Sure enough, as soon as we arrived at Scatness we saw them again and then later on too as they came back past us. Ms Scanlan had taken our new binoculars, so we all had a chance to see them clearly. P7 have been so lucky this year, on the first trip w e swam with porpoises, on the second trip we watched an otter swimming and catching fish and now killer whales! John Muir would have been very impressed with that!
Here’s what P7 said about our three John Muir days:
Logan – I really enjoyed when we were jumping off ledges in Cunningsburgh and swimming in the sea.
Ben – I really enjoyed jumping off a small cliff in Cunningsburgh, because of the thrill of jumping down.
Kyle- I really enjoyed Cunningsburgh swimming. It was great to be in a lot of space and to use that space for swimming.
Victoria – I really enjoyed watching all the wildlife, especially the killer whales and the baby seals. I have also been adventurous with all the challenges. But most of all, I have loved all of it!!
Shaina – I really enjoyed todays John Muir trip. We were rock climbing at Scatness. My favourite part was when I climbed up a really tall rock, I didn’t think that I could do it, but I did!
Layla – I have really enjoyed the John Muir trips because I saw killer whales, an otter and three baby seals. I also really enjoyed jumping off the really high rocks.
Lauren – My favourite part of the John Muir days are that you get to enjoy and appreciate the outdoors. My favourite bit was when I jumped off a rock into the sea.
Ella – I really enjoyed this John Muir trip, mainly because there were killer whales and baby seals. All of the John Muir trips have been really good.
John Magnus – I really enjoyed the John Muir days. I liked the coasteering at Cunningsburgh and seeing the baby seals and killer whales at Scatness.
Today Emma Chittick came in to P5/6 and P6/7 to run our last session. We have had so much fun and learnt so much about programming and engineering. Emma also told us about all the STEM jobs that we could do when we are older and the modern apprenticeships.
Our final robot wars was really exciting.
Primary 6/7 took advantage of the lovely weather to do a 10 minute writing task outside, starting with ‘It was a beautiful sunny day. I was looking out to sea when all of a sudden…’ There were some very imaginative pieces of writing, we had fun reading what everyone had written.
We enjoyed sitting in our reading groups and reading our books together too.
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