We were lucky to have a visit from Mrs De Luca on September 15th. She came to read us a new story written entirely in Shetland Dialect. She read us a few sections of the story (not the scariest bits) and gave us each a copy of the book.
Magnetic Games
The pupils were set a challenge to make a game demonstrating either magnetic attraction or repulsion. Here are some pictures of the resulting games being tested.
Everyone could explain the science behind their games and really concentrated when playing them.
We also had a game that our Nursery pupil tested out for one of our P3 children but that picture is refusing to load!
Electromagnets
Mr Rose has been telling us about the links between electricity and magnets. He brought an electromagnet to show us. It lifted all these paperclips. Our classroom magnets can only lift 7 paperclips if we are very careful!
We were able to make our own small battery powered electromagnets.
Mr Rose showed us many different uses for magnets. He brought one that ran on mains electricity that was able to lift seven of our kilogram (Kg) weights in one go.
Magnetic Discoveries
We have been studying Magnetic Forces in their many forms. Mr Rose, as always, has been helping us understand how magnets can be used.
P3 learned about how magnets can attract (not stick) to some metals.
Other pupils carried out experiments designed to show magnetic repulsion.
The older pupils discovered that Magnets have a north and south pole and have their own force field. We used iron filings to show this.
We hope to create our own games based on magnetic forces soon.
Photographic Difficulties
We have had a couple of problems with posting the photos, but they appear to be appearing now.
First Aid
On our first day back after the Summer Break (Wednesday August 19th) we went up to see the new Scottish Air Ambulance.
P7 made this little video which we hope will play:
The camera work is a little wobbly! But the sound appears to vary.
Switzerland
Globi and a Swiss Student Teacher have been visiting us since the start of June.
More news soon…..
Rights Respecting: Level 1
We are now officially allowed to display the Rights Respecting School logo on the website.
We are the smallest school in the UK to be given this award.
We are very proud of it.
We Passed
We have achieved our RRSA Level 1.
We are SO happy!
Ketchup with Fair Isle
It appears that a jar of ketchup has escaped from Voxter and has ended up in Fair Isle.
They must like it lots. It looks like there is less sauce in the bottle now than there was!
Hmmmm!
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