P6/7 sandwick junior high school

Good afternoon,

It has been lovely to have the pupils back in class, and I have loved hearing all about their summer holidays. We have settled back into our routines nicely and have approached our first full week with enthusiasm and focus.

Please ensure that all pupils have appropriate clothing and footwear for our P.E. and outdoor sessions. I would also recommend that pupils bring warmer clothes for break and lunchtime as the autumn season approaches.

The days for lessons outside the P67 classroom are posted below.

Weekly Overview

Monday: Art with Mr Innes

Tuesday: Outdoor Session with Aimee

Wednesday: Music with Mrs Pottinger

Thursday: P.E. with Mr Thomson

Friday: P.E. with Mr Hayes

Curriculum information will be posted on our blog by Friday.

Students have received their spellings today. Their spelling test will be on Fridays.

Mr Hayes 🙂

Here are a few highlights from our P7 residential!

We would like to say a huge thank you to Shetland Christian Youth Camp for allowing us to use their excellent facilities.

Everyone had a fantastic time taking part in the activities and making memories with friends. Even the teachers got involved — and were delighted to win the game of hide-and-seek!

Today we had a session run by the Shetland Public Protection Committee (SPCC) on AI. We discussed the pros and cons of AI and how it impacts our lives.

Reka and Sandra from SPPC halve passed on some information that could be beneficial to parents/carers when it comes to digital life and how to work with restrictions on the different devices. Please see the links below.

1. Layer up for Online safety –  a step by step approach to introduce restrictions
2. Talking to your child about staying safe online – is full of ideas on what to look out for and chat about with children and their online life.
3. They also recommended ask the awkward resources as they have some brilliant conversation starters for older primary but also secondary children.

All these can be found on our website (www.safershetland.com) under child protection – for parents and carers along with many many other topics around keeping children safe.

 

Kind regards,

Mr Hayes

Pupils from P6 and P7 had a great day out representing the school at the primary hockey festival in Brae. The pupils played some brilliant hockey and were a credit to the school. Thank you so much to Luca from Fair Isle for joining our team. We love working in partnership with Fair Isle and it is a gift to be able to have them as part of the Sandwick Community.

This week, we had the opportunity to take part in a vaping workshop, which linked well with our previous topic on substance misuse from last term.

The P6/7 pupils learned about the dangers of vaping and its effects on the body. The visitors commented on the pupils’ excellent knowledge and noted how engaged they were throughout the session.

P6 and 7 were luck enough to have Mrs Turnbull for science this week.

Our topic is chemical reactions. The pupils had a great time.

Good afternoon,

Please find our Curriculum Overview for Term 4.

I am looking forward to seeing everyone back in school tomorrow.

Curriculum Information P67

Mr. Hayes

Last week, our school had a visit from the Climate Roadshow. They talked to us about the importance of climate change and how we can help look after our planet.

We also got the chance to do an investigation, which was a fun way to learn more about how our actions can affect the environment.

Yesterday we had the chance to meet with the Dogs Against Drugs team.

We took part in some games and tested our knowledge about drugs — both legal and illegal — and learned about the recovery position. You can see Travis being a great model for us in the pictures below.

But perhaps the best part was meeting Bravo!

       

Dogs Against Drugs – Detecting and Deterring Drugs in Shetland