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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.

Euroquiz

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A couple of weeks ago, the Euroquiz team from Dunrossness took on 14 other teams from across Shetland in the local heats at Islesburgh. They had been working very hard over the term revising geography, history, cultural affairs and general knowledge about Europe to get themselves prepared.

Some of the questions were very difficult – even the teachers who were there were struggling! Well done and good luck to the team from Aith Primary School who took first place. They will be travelling to Edinburgh in June to take on the finals. Afterwards, we enjoyed lunch in the sun at the King Harold’s Street playpark. It was a really lovely day and the bairns were excellent ambassadors for the school.