Author: Miss Saunders

Wednesday the 25th of January was Burns’ Day….a day to celebrate Scottish Poet Robert Burns. As part of our Scotland topic, we learned some facts about Burns and learned about the traditions of a Burns’ Supper.

On Wednesday afternoon, we had our own Burns’ supper. For many of us, this was the first time we’d tried haggis!

We tried to follow as many of the ceremony’s traditions as we could…we ‘piped’ in the haggis, and addressed it too! We even had some brave pupils reading out some Scots and Shetland dialect poems.

We made shortbread, which was a tasty treat to finish the day. Altogether, Burns’ Day wis braw 🙂

As part of the P6/7 Christmas homework grid, you have the choice of completing some Christmas co-ordinate activities. The documents are attached to this post for you to open at home. Have fun 🙂

christmas_coordinates

christmas_co-ordinates_-_snowman1

xmas1wsheet01_coordinatessample1

This afternoon, the fire engine from Scalloway came to visit the school. It was a white fire engine…which surprised us all!

We got to go inside the fire engine and press all the buttons to make the sirens work, as well as have a go of the water hose, if we wanted to.

Maisie says:

“It was very loud. I thought it was very cool.”

David says:

“I learned that they [the firefighters] have been in fires up to 600 degrees.”

Ryan says:

“I learned that the seat-belts in the back of a fire engine are like backpacks.”

Well….what a busy week we’ve had. Here’s an overview of our week:

Numeracy:

We’ve been working on a few different things this week. Some of us have been developing our confidence in working with amounts of money and giving change. We have created games to practise these skills and we have been playing each other’s games too!

Some of us have been learning about percentages this week. We have been learning about the link between percentage and fractions and using what we have learned to calculate percentage discounts from amounts of money. We’re really getting the hang of it!

Topic:

This week, we have decided upon our final products for our enterprise project. Miss Saunders has asked us to incorporate a recycled element to our product….which made us think! We have been sourcing products to get an idea of how much money we will need. Next week, we will be creating business plans and pitching these to potential investors!

School Show:

On Wednesday, we had our first rehearsal of the show in the hall. It is coming together and we are having really good fun with it.

Trip:

On Tuesday, we went to Mareel to an ‘Into Film’ event. We had a reading of Fantastic Mr Fox in Shetland dialect, then watched the film. It was great and we really enjoyed the experience.

We’ve had a fantastic week!

We have had a busy first week back!

Our topic is all about the Shetland Bus.

We chose The Minions as our class theme. We also made minion money pots  and minion money to go with it. We earn it by making good choices  and with demonstrating a positive attitude. These are our minion money pots.

In p.e we’ve being doing circuits with Miss Saunders. We are doing this to improve our levels of fitness throughout the term.

This week, we have been learning about growth mindsets. This is the idea that nobody is born ‘clever’ or ‘not clever’, instead we can all grow our brains and achieve anything. It is all about positive attitude, belief in ourselves and never giving up. Miss Saunders is encouraging us to never say “It’s impossible”, “it’s too hard”, “I’m never going to be as good as them” or “I can’t do it”.

We’ve had a great week…see you all next week. Have a great weekend!

P6/7 and Miss Saunders would like to welcome you to our new class and updated blog. We are excited about our learning journey this year and will keep you updated.