P6 have had a busy term in PE covering athletics, netball and general games.

Primary 6 were incredibly lucky to have the opportunity to go out on the Swan. We had a fantastic day sailing in the Lerwick harbour. We learned new skills, such as how to put up and take down a sail. We also all got a chance to steer the boat!

This week in PE we started athletics, focusing on running.  We looked at different running techniques for the different lengths of events.  One of our activities was a 5 minute run.  On finishing, we were asked to think about how we did.  Did we feel ok, was our pace too slow or fast?  Next week we will repeat the run using this information to try and improve slightly.

Term 4 already! Please find Curriculum Information for Term 4 below:

Term 4 Curriculum Information

Thank you,

Mrs Simpson

Primary 6 & 7 recently had representatives from the Knab Redevelopment Project Group to visit them with an update on the housing project and to share who the winners and runners up of the ‘Design A House’ competition were! Congratulations to Ayla who was the overall winner of the competition and also to Eve, Katie and Aoife who were runners up.

This term, as part of our environmental class project,  we have been learning about plastic pollution and the negative impact that it’s having on our planet. The class worked together in small groups to write a short rap where they had to convey that very message. We used a backing track to practise performing our raps, then we recorded our tracks in a makeshift ‘studio’.

Here are the audio files for you to listen to.

Aoife, Ruairidh & Alesha:

Ayla, Amelia & Erik:

Joey, Niky & Heidi:

Theo & James:

Josh:

Levi, Robbie & Dillon:

Matilda & Sophie:

Tom, Adam & Ali:

At our recent Stories of the sea Museum we decided to do a fundraiser for the RNLI.  Together both P5 classes  managed to raise £192.71.  Rhoda Watt came in to collect the cheque.  She is part of the fundraiser committee for the Lerwick Lifeboat.

Mrs Watt shared some information about the Lerwick lifeboat.  It is an all weather lifeboat with two turbo charged engines.  It had 18 call outs in 2023 and it has had 11 so far this year.  A three hour call out costs the lifeboat £1500 in fuel.  The lifeboat relies on donations and legacies to keep going. This past March the RNLI celebrated it’s 200 year anniversary.  King Charles in now the patron.  A recent purchase for the lifeboat was a heat seeking camera.

Some of the meta-skills that the Museum fundraiser included were:

• communicating
• feeling
• collaborating
• leading
• creativity
• curiosity

Thank you for all donations and thanks to Mrs Watt for coming in to speak to us today.