SWIMMING STARTS TOMORROW FOR P6

Our 6 week block of swimming starts tomorrow, Friday 29th September.  We leave school at 9.55am, returning about 11.30am.

Please remember your swimming kit and long hair should be tied back.

Jennifer Thomson from Active Schools has been in school training our class how to be Play Leaders.

Play Leaders are a group of caring children who have been trained to organise activities for other children in the playground.

We have been learning about PACE:

P – is for people: who will be playing and how can we organise them into fair teams?

A – is for area or space; where will we be playing?

C – is for communication: the importance of explaining rules clearly .

E – is for equipment. What, if any, equipment do we need to play?

I would say we have some great play leaders in training!

We were treated to a performance by the Shetland Youth Orchestra last week in the Sound Hall. The orchestra is made up of children from all over Shetland including both primary and secondary, and their musical talents are amazing!

We were introduced to all the different instrument families including brass, woodwind, strings and percussion. We listened to a mixture of music including classical, swing and even a theme tune or too. We particularly liked the Wallace and Grommit theme tune which they played as we were leaving the hall.

What a very enjoyable way to spend a Friday afternoon!

Our first block in PE has been basketball.  Our main focus was on developing our passing, dribbling and shooting.  We then transferred these skills into game situations where we had to perform in harder contexts that were more unpredictable.

We have also been cooperating, competing, making decisions, following rules, working respectfully and many more.

P6 are learning about What Makes Us Human.  As part of this topic, we drew the human skeleton with chalk in the playground and labelled the bones correctly.