Monthly Archives: September 2016

Day of Democracy as Pupil Council Elections Take Place

The Pupil Council Election took place on the 21st of September featuring primary four, five, six and seven to secondary one, two, three and four.

The Primary elections took place from 9 to 11:15 and secondary being 11 – 12:35

S1 Candidates: Caitlin Desvaux, Emma Burgess, Eva Jamieson and Callum Fraser.

S2 Candidates: Aimee Smith, Megan Brannan, Rebecca Kerr and Jude Donaldson.

S3 Candidates: Mike Laurenson, Leighton Anderson and Sonny Smith

S4 Candidates: Tai McGill, Kirsten Keay and Jasmin Smith

The results came out as s1; Emma Burgess and Callum Fraser

s2; Jude Donaldson and Megan Brannan

s3; Mike Laurenson and Sonny Smith

s4; Tai McGill, Kirsten Keay and Jasmin Smith

Our councillors came to support the event. Allison Duncan and George Smith.

Allison also had a brilliant pronunciation of Jude’s name. “Julie”, but Mr Johnston corrected it at the end.

We would like to thank the candidates that stood and the ones who were elected and not elected, and for making it a successful election. Also to the councillors for giving their time up to come to our election.

Gordon Gunn fiddle workshop

On Tuesday 20th September Gordon Gunn came to the school and did a fiddle work shop for 15 pupils in various secondary classes.

The fiddle pupils were taught a tune called The Montgomery Bell Waltz by Gordon Gunn.

After a short concert by Gordon Gunn on fiddle and Margaret Robertson on piano, the fiddlers then joined them and preformed the tune they had learnt.

Jasmin Smith who took part said: “the tune we learnt was pretty awesome”.

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Football Competition

On the 8th of September, Sandwick School went to the Secondary football tournament at Clickimin where we came 2nd place while only conceding 3 goals.
The first game was the Brae game which finished 0-0 and was a very boring game. The second was against the Anderson. The game ended 1-0 to Anderson but we definitely deserved to win. The third game was against the North Isles. They got an early goal but we fought back and comfortably won 2-1. Fourth game was against Whalsay and we absolutely smashed them 5-0. The fifth game was against Aith and we hammered them 8-0. Then later on we played in the final against Anderson and we unfortunately lost 1-0 but Liam did save a penalty so that was good. The whole team would like to thank Mr Mcnicol for looking after us the whole day.

Netball Competition

On Thursday the ninth of September eight girls from Sandwick Secondary traveled up to Lerwick to take part in the Secondary Schools netball competition.

Rhea, Laura, Kirsten, Kira, Jasmine, Ruth, Aimee and Petra performed very well finishing in 3rd place.

Sandwick successfully managed to beat Yell, Brae A, Brae B and Lerwick B but unfortunately they were beaten by Whalsay and Lerwick A. Everyone played their best however they needed slight improvement on their defending.

All the girls said they enjoyed playing and said it was a fun day.

Quiet please!

Recently the area between the new media room and the library was made into a new quiet area. There are a few new couches and bookshelves in the new quiet area. It’s for people who want to have peace and quiet to read and relax at break and lunch times.sam_0331

Walking Club

Recently some pupils from primary have created a walking club; we interviewed Alec Sinclair, Connor Sinclair and Freya Rafferty to find out more.

It’s been up and running (um, I mean walking) for two weeks.

It takes place on Thursday afternoon during club time; they go for walks around Sandwick, to places such as Brooniestaing.

Freya said that it is fun and healthy and gets us out and about. Currently there are 12 people who take part.

Yoga Club

To celebrate the start of the Paralympics P4/5 has been practicing different yoga posses that relate to different sports in the Paralympics. Jessica and Evie told us that they love doing it because “It’s really relaxing and you feel like you’re going to fall asleep”. Their class are going to try and make a weekly slot in their classes to practice some of their poses. After their first practise they have already learned the cycling pose, weight lifting pose, rowing pose and the equestrian (horse riding) pose. The pupils said that it was a great way to calm down and relax even if it does hurt a little bit.

Experts say that yoga doesn’t just have physical benefits, it can also have educational benefits too. It can help with children’s concentration, self- confidence and relaxation. Yoga can also help young people with the stress and worries of exams. Its been said that a simple exercise such as breathing can make all the difference and really help your mind and body to relax.

Welcome Zuzanna!

As many of you know, we have a new librarian.

Zuzanna may have only been here since the nineteenth of August, but has already become an important part of the school. We asked Zuzanna some questions about her life:

Where did you grow up? : I grew up in Poland.

What kind of books do you like?:I like complex and comedic with a twist.

Where did you work before?: I worked in the Anderson high school.

Did you work in any previous libraries?: I worked in Anderson high library.

Do you like it in Sandwick School?: I love it in Sandwick!SAM_0312

New Media Room

Recently Sandwick Junior High School decided to create Media Room, This meaning that we can have pupils act out plays as news presenters.

Some of the new things we got were: Panasonic Camera (4K Quality), Shotgun mic’s (Microphone with a furry thing on it), 4 Studio Lights, and Lastolights for them (Umbrellas), Light reflectors and a green screen.

We are still yet to get more equipment like a computer, possible another microphone and decorations to make the scene look better.

Now that we have this Media Room it gives us loads of great opportunities like being able to interview people and do class presentations. This is a great opportunity for the people in Sandwick Junior High School.

 

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