#fetlarprimaryschool – Fetlar Primary

May 24, 2018

Redd Up, Map-making and RSPB Scavenger Hunt 16th May 2018

We went for our May beach clean on 16th May to Tresta beach on Fetlar and filled up 3 bags of rubbish. We had been in April and filled up 5 bags.

When we finished we met up with Martha from the RSPB and she gave us a scavenger hunt to complete with pictures of items (natural and man made) which we might find on the beach. We had to find the item and note the location to put on a map afterwards. When we brought everything back we discussed what each one was and the impact on the environment. Some was good (mainly natural) and some not so good (marine litter). We have been linking the impact of marine litter to Global Goal #14 Life Below the Water at school.

Afterwards we marked the items on the map we had made.

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Hans Holbein’s ‘Lady with a squirrel and a starling’ trip

The children visited the Shetland Museum and archives last Tuesday 15th May 2018 to look at the portrait by Hans Holbein of ‘The Lady with a squirrel and starling’. The Lifelong Learning Coordinator Yvonne Reynolds explained to the children how the museum had to work hard to get the painting on loan. After this the children went into the gallery to view the painting itself, getting the chance to look at it ‘up close’. Following this they asked questions about the period in history, Holbein’s life and the painting itself. Then they dressed up in character. This, I suspect, was the most fun part. Finally they drew some self portraits in the style of the painting itself.

We will be continuing our own artwork from learning how to section off a painting and tackle it in quarters to a large scale whole school collage. Watch this space!

May 24, 2018

Community Enterprise in Action!

Fetlar primary school was involved in the preparation for the arrival of the cruise ship Ocean Bravo which had sailed from Baltasound earlier in the day.

The children did some maths to find out what money could be made from the sale of items they decided to make for the school. They took advice from the Interpretive Centre about the sort of things that visitors to the Isle might want to buy based on their experience at the centre. They designed and planned the creation of decoupaged stonework with old maps of Fetlar.

The visitors loved talking to the children about where they lived and went to school as well as what they were selling. To top it all the sun shone throughout! Well done everyone.