Whalsay Primary Blog

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January 17, 2025
by Miss Nairn
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Chinese New Year

As part of our RME we are finding out about Chinese New Year. We have learned that the new year begins on  Wednesday January 29th 2025 and that this is the Year of the Snake. The new year is one of the most important festivals in Chinese culture and we are learning about how it is celebrated throughout the world. We have been learning that red is a lucky colour and that children receive money and sweets in red envelopes! Red is the colour that symbolises good luck in Chinese culture. We have also discovered that Chinese lanterns are a way to let go of the past and to welcome the new year with good fortune.

On Thursday we made our own Chinese Lanterns, here are some photos of our work:

 

December 20, 2024
by Miss Irvine
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JRSO Competition

The JRSOs have done a fantastic job of organising and running a be safe be seen competition during Friday Fun this term. Pupils had to design a reflective vest or a reflective suit for Santa. The overall winner received a bike helmet and class winners got small prizes. The P1 and P2 winners will get their prizes after the holidays.

December 18, 2024
by Mrs Irvine
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Fernlea Visits

Peerie Makkers

Over the past couple of weeks we have had three groups visit Fernlea Care Centre.  The first group to visit was some of our Peerie Makkers.  They took their knitting and spent time makkin alongside the day care clients.  We are grateful to all the volunteers who support with the Peerie Makkers and for organising this great intergenerational learning activity.  Thank you to Fernlea for their hospitality, the homemade shortbread biscuits were delicious!

Fiddle and Choir 

Thank you to Eunice for organising the fiddle group to perform to Fernlea residents.  This was a super opportunity for the fiddlers from Primary and Secondary departments to showcase the pieces they have been learning.

For the past few weeks, Ms O’Dwyer has been leading a lunch time choir club with Primary pupils who wished to join.  The group of 19 pupils performed the songs they have been practising to Fernlea residents and day care clients on the last week of term.  Fernlea were very appreciative of their singing and pleased to see the pupils; we would like to thank them for the warm welcome received.

December 17, 2024
by gw19patersonelizabet@glow
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Friday Fun

As part of this terms Friday Fun the children have been learning how to use coding with Micro:bits.

The children have been using software called ‘MakeCode’ to write code that turns the Micro:bit into a name badge.

It has been a great introduction to the Micro:bits.

December 17, 2024
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The Wizard of Oz

Last week saw the children in P6/7 perform in their show ‘The Wizard of Oz’ alongside P4/5/6. But behind the scenes the children have been preparing for there show throughout the term.

The class have worked hard to create the scenery, props and costumes for their show.

They have spent time learning lines and songs that were challenging and lengthy.

Lots of time was spent on rehearsals and problem solving how the performance could work on the stage.

The children worked really hard on their individual performances, making sure that they could be heard by the audience.

I am sure you will agree that all their hard work, preparation and dedication paid off and they delivered two fantastic performances that they should be proud of.

Well done boys and girls.

 

November 21, 2024
by Miss Irvine
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Primary Book Sale

The Primary are having a small book sale on Tuesday 26th November outside the Library to raise money for Library resources.

The majority of books will cost 50p with a small selection being available for free.

The picture books are not stamped and could make nice gifts, but please note the novels are stamped on the inside cover with ‘Whalsay School’.

Any Parents wishing to buy books are welcome to come in between 11:00-12:00

Classes will be visiting the sale in the afternoon.

Picture books Free books Stamped novels Stamped novels

 

 

P5 and P6 STEM Visits

November 14, 2024 by Miss Hutchison

P5 – 7 had a visit on Tuesday from Emma Chittick. She led STEM workshops with each class which included lots of fun activities!

P5 did Game Design for their workshop. They used coding and programming skills to make games online, such as “the floor is lava” and mazes! They also discussed with Emma the skills which they used to do the coding and how these could apply to various jobs. P5 all really enjoyed this workshop and can now use the website to code their own games from now on if they wish!

 

P6 did a workshop all about driverless cars. They had a brilliant discussion with Emma all about driverless cars and what the pros and cons of their use would be. Then they got to play with their own! P6 used iPads to programme Lego cars. They could have them move, make noises, put on light displays, and so on! Emma set the challenge for the class to move their cars around the mats. P6 did an excellent job and used a lot of problem solving skills to work out the coding for each movement!

 

 

Both classes really enjoyed their workshops and had a lot of fun! Thank you to Emma for coming to visit.

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November 11, 2024
by Miss Nairn
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Celebrating Success!

Writing.

P3/4 – we are working really hard on improving our writing. We know how important writing is as it lets us communicate our thoughts and ideas to a large audience. Last term we worked on improving our punctuation and we know that every sentence needs to begin with a capital letter and should end with a full stop/ question mark or exclamation mark. We are confident using punctuation correctly now.

This term we have been looking at using different sentence openers in our work. If our class gets 100% of our targets we can celebrate with a special treat – we had 10 mins added on to our playtime last week. We asked if we could celebrate a big success – by achieving 100% four days in a row – by wearing our pyjamas to school on Friday! We did it!

Here we are wearing our pyjamas to school celebrating with our teddies and the 100% trophy!

 

November 7, 2024
by Miss Irvine
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Be Bright, Be seen

Today the JRSO’s visited each class in Primary to hand out reflectors and present a powerpoint on staying safe on the roads in the dark. Pupils listened well and it was good to see a lot of bairns excited to get their reflectors on their bag.

the key messages were

– wear bright clothes that can be seen during the day and night

– wear something with reflective material – strap, reflector, vest etc

– walk in the middle of pavements

– keep safe by holding hands with an older pupil or adult

– carry a torch

The lasses did a super job and we hope everybody takes care in the dark nights.

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