Our first “Literacy Development Through Play” session for Under 5 parents was well received and enjoyed by those parents who attended. Parents and Early Years staff were able to share a Bookbug session (action songs and stories), discuss the importance of early literacy skills development and discuss how the school could support Under 5 groups (and parents at home) in promoting literacy.
On the last Wednesday of each month (during term time), from 9.30-10.30am, we will host a Singalong/ Story/ “Sport” session for Under 5s, with input from Early Years staff.
Literacy bags – one to support North Roe U5 session and another to support Ollaberry U5 session – will be available soon. We plan that these will include CDs, a CD player, finger puppets, stretchy material, books and more…
Parents are welcome to borrow books from our Early Years library at any time, as well as accessing “book bags”.
A phone call from one of our grandparents led to an impromptu visit to the local Boat Shed near Stonecouple. A whale had been washed up, dead, onto the shore…
Jan and Pete from Hillswick Wildlife Sanctuary had been to visit and were able to confirm it was an older pilot whale. The reason it died is not yet known.
We “Went Purple for CLAN” on Friday 21st September (which also happens to be Mrs Missenden’s birthday, so a great excuse for cake)…and raised an amazing £385.90! Thank you everyone for your support.
Mrs O’Neill has been running our science club since we started back after summer. The work done in class and at the club formed a display which the bairns were able to speak about to judges and visitors.
Anderson High School senior pupils led some chemistry, physics and biology activities and My World of Work let us try programming robots!
Our 2 teams took part in a series of 6 STEM challenges which included
designing a plane which would hit the target
building a buggy which would scoot across the floor
designing and building a bridge across a gap
problem solving to unlock a box using a magnet to get the (unnecessary for a diesel engine) sparkplug
identifying renewable and harness-able energy
following instructions to create a jumping frog
We may not have won any trophies but we had a fantastic day!
We had a day full of “ooh”, “wow” and “gosh” on Wednesday when Chris and Scott paid a visit from AfRIS and ran a selection of workshops for P1-3 and P4-7. From “The sun and the earth”, to “Asteroids” and “Space Exploration”, a fascinating and enjoyable day was had by all.
We can tell which stars are which
Facts to make you say “Wow”
“Really?!”
Moon orbiting the Earth orbiting the sun
White light made from red, blue and green
The cola appears clear using THIS camera
Banknotes rely on invisible light for security
water and ultraviolet light
tonic water and ultraviolet light
Galaxy using different light
Gravity held this cup of water…all the way around!
Well, not quite….but we did have a visit from Ian (the camera man), Mari (the coordinator), a lass from Logan Air bearing gifts of Tunnock’s Teacakes and Caramel Wafers, and Sean Batty (the STV weatherman!)….all supporting our fundraising efforts for the STV Children’s Appeal.
Cat Duncan saw the advert on Facebook, asking about community groups etc who might be interested in a visit… and given that Disability Shetland are supported by STV Children’s appeal… and that the school hosts a joint Youth Club with them every month…and that some people have a bit of a “thing” for Sean…and it would be a great experience for our pupils… I got in touch with Mari and managed to book us a visit.
Sean was a great sport and did a mock weather report “live to camera” which was posted on STV Appeal’s Facebook page, along with photos from the afternoon.
Thanks as always go to everyone who helped make the event a success…from making the yummy fancies to the clearing up after…we couldn’t have raised the £112 without you!
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