Robbie said he was making a model of the Eiffel Tower. He used glue and sellotape to stick everything together then he decided to paint it. He did a fantastic job, well done Robbie! 🙂
May 4, 2016
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May 4, 2016
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Yeeehaw!
Cowgirl Nynke having fun in the role play area!
May 3, 2016
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Reading area
We have got a lovely new reading corner in our classroom. We used some of the money we raised at our Christmas Concert to buy comfy couches and beanbags so that we can sit back and relax as we read our books!
May 3, 2016
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The 3 bears
Nynke’s topic this term is Goldilocks and the 3 Bears. Here is Nynke drawing a lovely picture of the Bear’s cottage for a wall display. Nynke loves drawing, she is very artistic! 🙂
May 2, 2016
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Flag Counter
Today we added a flag counter to our blog. It counts how many people have viewed our blog and tells you what country they viewed the blog from. So far today our blog has had 4 views, all from within the United Kingdom. So we just have the Union Jack flag on our flag counter so far. Miss Irvine has challenged the pupils to see how many friends and relatives from outside the UK they can get to view our blog. We have connections with people in America, South Africa, Cananda, Ireland, Spain, The Netherlands, New Zealand and Australia so I wonder how many flags will be on our flag counter by the end of this week? Let’s see what a useful tool our blog can be for sharing our learning!
May 2, 2016
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Northmavine Schools Project
On Thursday we had all the children from Ollaberry and Urafirth Primary School here at North Roe School as part of our joint project ‘Around the World’. We were learning all about South Africa, France and the Netherlands. We had some special guest who came into school to teach us about the different cultures. It was a fantastic day, thank-you to everyone who was involved.
May 2, 2016
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The Netherlands
Nynke’s mum Saskia came into school to tell us all about the Netherlands. Saskia is from a village in the Netherlands called Hallum, she brought in lots of beautiful pictures of the Netherlands to show us. The children loved seeing the pictures of the lovely landscapes, tulip fields, canals and windmills. Saskia read the younger pupils a Dutch story, it was great to listen to a story in a different language. The children wanted to hear lots of words in Dutch. Saskia brought in a sweet treat for the children, we got to taste Dutch crispbakes with ‘sugar mice’ on top. The sugar mice were yummy, Saskia said that it is tradition to buy someone a blue or pink box if they have had a baby boy or girl. Saskia showed us pictures of her mum wearing her traditional Dutch dress, she said that the different regions of the Netherlands all have a different traditional dress. We really enjoyed having Saskia in school, thank-you so much for coming in to talk to us Saskia. We all want to go on holiday to the Netherlands now! 🙂
May 2, 2016
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The Gumboot Dance
Joy taught us the South African Gumboot Dance. The Gumboot dance was created by men working in the gold mines in South Africa. The men wore rubber boots (gumboots) in the mines, they were not treated well by their white bosses. They were banned from talking to each other while working in the mines and so the mine workers very cleverly created a way of communicating with each other through coded slaps on their boots and bare chests. This means of communication was the beginning of the famous Gumboot Dance!
May 2, 2016
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African Drumming
The bairns had so much fun African drumming with Joy Duncan. 🙂
May 2, 2016
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South Africa
Thank-you so much to Mona and Sven for coming in to talk to us about South Africa. Mona is from Shetland but she worked as a midwife in South Africa for many years. Mona and Sven both lived in South Africa through the terrible apartheid era. It was very interesting to hear how much the country has changed since then. Mona spoke to us about Nelson Mandela and how he stood up for equal rights for everyone in South Africa. Mona even met Nelson Mandela and showed us a picture! Thankfully South Africa is now a democracy and the racist apartheid laws no longer exist, however the apartheid regime left a lot of people in South Africa living in extreme poverty. Mona told us about how she wanted to help children who were living in poverty so she set up a charity called ‘From Shetland with Love’. Mona spends a lot of her time fundraising in Shetland then she goes over to South Africa and uses the money raised to help orphanages and schools in South Africa and Lesotho. We had a great time listening to Mona’s interesting presentation and learning how to sing the South African National Anthem in the language of the Zulu people.
May 2, 2016
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France
The children were so excited to see Mrs Cook again. Here are some photos of the children singing French songs with Mrs Cook. There was lots of laughter from the primary 4-7 group, their song had lots of actions to go with it! 🙂
April 27, 2016
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Well done Mairianne!
Mairianne received her token the other day from the Moorfield Hotel. Mairianne was runner up in the Moorfield Hotel’s Christmas card competition and won a gift token for a meal at the hotel. For her Christmas card design Mairianne painted a beautiful background using cold colours then drew a christmas tree in silver. It was a very lovely Christmas card.
April 27, 2016
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Surprise!
 
Thank-you to all the parents, grannies and grandads for coming to our surprise tea party for Sharon. It was a fantastic afternoon, thank-you to Mairianne for playing your fiddle for us, you were amazing!
April 27, 2016
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Baking for lovely Sharon
Our dinner lady Sharon finished working at our school before the Easter holidays. Sharon did lots of things for the school, she helped with the Christmas concert and the music festival and much more. We wanted to say thank-you to Sharon for everything she has done for us so we decided we would have a surprise tea party for Sharon at the school. We invited our families and asked Sharon to come into school for a ‘visit’ 🙂 we baked a cake and some fancies for the tea party. Here are some pictures of the bakers at work!
April 27, 2016
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Superman!
Robbie had great fun playing in the role play area yesterday!
