Our enterprising P7s have excelled themselves this year, organising two days worth of fun packed activities for the whole school.
Well done you have managed to raise £552.23 for Children in Need.
Our enterprising P7s have excelled themselves this year, organising two days worth of fun packed activities for the whole school.
Well done you have managed to raise £552.23 for Children in Need.
To start of term 2 we had a fantastic visit from the Glasgow Science Centre. Pupils learned all about castles and finished with a crime scene workshop which focused on pupils collaborating to solve the mystery of skeletons found in Stirling Castle!
We have finished the term in PE with Hockey. We continued to develop our basic stick skills and play in small sided games. We followed the rules of
Ask your child about the block and how they got on.
PE Reminder
– Hair tied back
-All jewellery removed
-Wear appropriate clothes – tee shirt, tracksuit bottoms/leggings, trainers.
In Art p7 have been inspired by the work of artist Georgia O’Keeffe. Having looked at her work and discussed her technique pupils spent a couple of weeks experimenting with different paints and drawing materials to try to achieve her technique. Once confident with the materials, pupils then created a final picture inspired by O’Keeffe.
There was lots of learning happening when experimenting!
This week we had a go at creating our own paint from plant pigments. We were interested in how we could try to make some of the traditional colours that were available in Shetland for dyes. We had a go at making some Shetland ganzies for Wool Week, using colours from around our school. One group even tried dyeing some wool. It was a success!
Our first PE block was rugby. We spent time getting used to the shape of the ball, how to pass and having to pass backwards. We also played in small sided games learning the structure of this game.
This week is Maths Week Scotland and we will be doing lots of different numeracy activities to celebrate.
Today we have been practising finding factors of different numbers and have had fun identifying prime and square numbers. Learners can have a go at this activity at home, using their Number Notions packs.
We have been learning about how plants have benefitted us throughout history and still do today.
One way that plants have traditionally been used for is for dye. We experimented by making pictures with lots of natural pigments from around the school.
Today we headed to Kirkabister to take part in rock scrambling activities. We saw different species of plants adapted to living near the shore, like Sea Pinks and we also spotted the ‘Curly Wurly Rock’ which was made by movement of the Earth’s plates. We spied Bog Cotton and Sphagnum Moss. We had great fun and our confidence grew all day. So many metaskills were on display. We had to focus and use initiative as we plotted our paths along the rocky terrain.