Sadie brought along some items to share from her dad’s time at ‘Da Whaling’ in 1960/61.  Our class had the opportunity to look at whale’s teeth, photos of Sadie’s dad and a contract of employment.  We are learning about Whaling being part of Shetland’s history.  We used our curiosity and communication skills to chat with Sadie.  The class found it really interesting.

P5 started the term in PE with a dance block.  We covered a lot of different topics making us think about how we moved, the direction we took and when we started, stopped or changed action.

The 2 videos below show us skipping and stopping for 8 counts each, working in two groups performing the opposite action from each other.  The first video shows our first attempt.  We then discussed how we could improve and practiced counting, moving and stopping as one group before trying again as 2 groups.  We also spoke about listening to the phrases of the music to help us stay in time.  The second video shows the improvements we made and how we used the space better.

I think you will agree that the practice and discussions made a huge difference and the task was performed so much better the second time.

We enjoyed visits from the junior and senior jarl squads.  In the afternoon, we joined Primary 6 and 7 for some dancing.  It was fun!

We teamed up with Shereen, Rosie and service users from E.T. and Taing House, to make a galley decorated with shields designed by Primary 5.  The service users painted the galley.

The galley was gifted to the children of the Sound School Nursery to enjoy.

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