Category Archives: Health and Wellbeing

Rock Cakes with P5-7

On the Tuesday 12th February 2019 we made WW2 rock cake recipe. We used apple puree instead of eggs as they did not have them in WW2 because they were rationed. We did it because we were learning about rationing.

Rock cakes recipe

8 oz plain flour
3 oz lard or dairy free margarine
1tsp baking powder
1tsp lemon extract/vanilla extract or a pinch of cinnamon
3 oz raisins
2 oz light brown sugar
3 tsp apple puree and 1 and a half teaspoons of baking powder ( to Replace the egg)
pinch salt
milk to mix dough
preheat oven to 170c

mix till bread crumb consistency.

Then add milk.

Dollop on to grease proof paper.

Bake for 12-15 till golden and lovely and enjoy!

By Alisers, Alice, Finn & Megan

Mandarin

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On Tuesday 12th February our Mandarin teacher came to teach us Mandarin and she was called Yan. We learned how to pronounce Chinese zodiac and numbers from 1-5 and we were playing with Chinese shuttlecocks.

by Sophie, Eldars and Liam

Shoe Box Appeal

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Sandness Primary School wrapped and filled 19 shoe boxes for children and adults in need. We did this because some people around the world don’t get presents and can’t even afford a toothbrush!

Some of the places where the shoe boxes are sent to are Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Kosovo, Moldova, Romania Serbia and Ukraine. The boxes are sent now so some one in need just in time for Christmas

by Alisers and Megan

All About… Nursing!

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Yesterday we had a visit from Merran, a Community Nurse, who came in to show us how what we’ve been learning about the human body can be used in the world of work.

She told us all about the different types of nursing: community, adult, child, school etc and the different jobs that they do. We spoke about some of the different jobs in the NHS – a lots of us know people who do some very interesting things! She told us how to train to be a nurse and about the different things we’d need to work on to get into the training. There were a couple of us who thought it might be what we’d like to do!

The best bit was when Merran gave us a shot of some different machines! We used gel and an ultrasound machine to listen to our pulse, another to measure our pulse and the oxygen in our bodies and finally stethoscopes which helped us listen to our lungs as we took deep breaths!

We had a great time and learned lots – thank you, Merran!

Our Experiment – Lungs

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We did an experiment to find out our lung capacity. We had to get a long pipe, a milk bottles, lots of water and a big bucket. We blew into the pipe which showed how much air we had in our lungs. Alice had the most – 1800ml! It was fun and interesting!

By Haydn, Liam, Alisers and Finn

Digestive System Experiment

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Today we did an experiment on the digestive system!

First, we added banana and cornflakes into a bowl which represented our mouth,

Next we added water which represents saliva which contains enzymes which help to digest our food.

Next we added the mixture to our sandwich bag which represented our oesophagus and added coloured water which represented different enzymes.

Then the mixtures was pushed by muscles into our stomach and churned around.

Then it went into our small intestine (which is actually the longer one!) and water and nutrients were absorbed into the bloodstream (the bowl.) Next, it went to the large intestine and excess water was removed.

Finally, the waste product was pushed out into the bowl – look at our faces!

By Megan, Alisers, Sophie, Alice, Liam, Haydn and Eldars.

Egg Experiment

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Yesterday Silvia, Mumbo, Johnny and Lulu went for a cycle. Lulu was not wearing a helmet properly so she craced her head open!. Silvia didn’t survive either. The shock went straight into the middle of egg and she cracked! Mumbo and Johnny survived because they had enough layers and Mumbo had tentacles to take the shock.

In this experiment we were learning about how fragile the skull can be. It can be hard enough to survive accidents if protected. This is why we should wear a helmet!

We have been learning about the skeleton. There are three functions. These are to keep you upright, make you move and protect your organs.

by Alice and Sophie

Well done JRSOs

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Well done to our Junior Road Safety Officers – Megan, Eldars and Alisers who have worked hard to promote road safety in our school this year.

They attended a ceremony at the town hall in Lerwick on Tuesday where they presented their work using a Sway presentation and were presented with certificates and goody bags.

Well done, Primary 6.

Tug of War and Walk to the Beach

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What a fun day we had on Wednesday for our end of term church service, tug of war, (indoor) picnic lunch and a trip to the beach. We were joined by Happyhansel for the day and had a great time!