Monthly Archives: November 2016

On the 15th and 16th of November 18 pupils from Sandwick Junior High School took over the Hay’s Dock Cafe. They cooked and served a three course meal to their families, friends, teachers of the school and members of the public.

The waiters included Sarah-Marie Riise, Melody Goodlad, Nina Price, Jodie Smith, Abigail Howard, Jasmine Woodside, Ruth Morris, Avie Simpson, Milly Martin and William Johnson. The chefs included Leighton Anderson, Max Orr, Jamie Leishman, Kyle Lucock, Sonny Smith, Elle Casey and Lennon Reid. They were helped along the way by Head of House Pete Sctace and Head Chef Lance Hughson.

Mrs Ramsay organised this event to give the pupils real life experience of a working restaurant. Rebecca who was waitressing on the Tuesday night told us “It helped me because it was like working in a real life kitchen without adult interfering.”   Max who was a chef on the Wednesday night also said “it was helpful because it gave me an insight on being a real chef because it was really busy.”

Both nights were really busy with 54 people attending on the Tuesday night and 61 on the Wednesday night. The pupils coped really well with the crowds and stress, giving everyone a great meal.

All the pupils that took part would like to give a very big thanks to Mrs Ramsay for organising and helping them through the night. 080147

STEM Robotics Talk and Workshop

On the 17th of November Scott Summers, Katy Bristow, Emma Chittick from Skills Development Scotland.  Came to Sandwick school to promote skills and the ‘STEM’ system, Science Technology Engineering and maths system.

The S2’s went with Skills Development Scotland to programme some Lego waste disposal robots to ‘take out the trash’.

We spoke to some S2s who took part in the workshop.

‘Great toy, good for playing around with.’ Oliver

 

‘It’s awesome.’ Milly

 

‘We learnt lots about robotics and coding.’ Molly

 

‘Really fun, exciting and good to play with iPads.’ Liam

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Sandwick’s Thoughts On The Presidential Election

The world was shocked when Donald J Trump became the president of America.

His main competitor against him was Hillary Clinton.  Trump won the presidential election 306 votes to 232 votes that Hillary Clinton won.

Donald Trump promised that he will help mend the divide between Americans, However, many people think he isn’t intelligent enough to run America and also he may be a racist.

We asked people around Sandwick Junior High School about how they felt about Donald Trump:

Grant, S1: Donald Trump is a neep.

Jacob, S3: It’s a good start for America.

Mr Jackson: Not a good thing for America, he is a liar but hopefully he has good people around him

Mrs Ramsay: Shocked by the result of the election but America wants different and we have to respect that. He doesn’t have the skills to run the country.

Mr Finlayson: Disappointed and angered by the result. America is stupid to let Trump win the election.