#geography – Fetlar Primary

June 1, 2018June 1, 2018

What’s around us, planting out and throwing practice.

On Friday, Darcy and Kaitlyn went into the garden and talked about what they could see, hear, touch, taste and smell. They then planted out some marigolds and potatoes. They measured the height of the largest potato plant shoots using a string. They are going to keep an eye on how much it grows in the next month. Then they watered the plants which are very thirsty because of the hot weather.

Afterwards Kaitlyn practised her throwing by holding the ball above her head and pushing it towards Darcy very hard. Well done Kaitlyn and Darcy. It was hot work!

May 30, 2018May 30, 2018

Unexpected sites exhibition Mareel and Bressay lighthouse trip

On Tuesday 29th May 2018 Fetlar Primary School visited the Mareel to view their work in the Unexpected Sites exhibition. The exhibition was part of a collaborative project to bring children to art and vice versa. We made large maps and used our sketch books to create viewing frames and pictures from our environment. Our pieces des resistance were the papier mache boulders which were based on the boulders slung over the wall at the big house in Houbie. Everyone asked what the boulders are for since they look really old and its unusual to see them hung over the wall but they are weights to keep the ivy on the other side of the wall from falling down!

We met the children from Skeld Primary School there and then went on a bus to Bressay lighthouse with them to meet the resident artist Amanda Welch who lives in London but loves Shetland so much she keeps on visiting and drawing. She has drawn and made sculptures of the Shetland Islands. One was made from dress material.

Aaron said the best thing he enjoyed was to see the rocks he had made at school with Amy. Darcy said the best thing she enjoyed was making new friends and going over to Bressay.

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.