February | 2023 | Whiteness Early Years

We had a visit today from Catriona from Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh, who did a Deep Sea Workshop with us.

We heard the story of Charlie who lived near the beach and how he was searching for a silver bracelet.

We looked at animations on the interactive board of rock pools and sea creatures. We took turns to put our hands into ‘Rock Pool Boxes’ to feel the contents and see if we could guess what it was.

Catriona showed us how some sea creatures blow bubbles and then we had fun catching bubbles from her big bubble machine.

Catriona told us about Charlie who lived by the sea

Searching for the bracelet with our fishing rods

We all took turns with the magnetic fishing rods

Looking at creatures that produce there own lights

We also had scents from the sea we could smell in little containers. One pupil said that the blue container made him feel calm – it was the scent of ‘Sea Breeze’. We all thought the green one was very stinky! – It smelt like rotten fish and seaweed.

We explored a big roll out mat of the sea floor, spotting different sea creatures and someone found the missing bracelet!

We all had great fun and remembered to say thank-you to Catriona before she left.

On Tuesday we had an exciting trip to Lerwick to see the jarl squad and the Galley.

We were all dressed up cosy so we didn’t get cold waiting around. Everyone was excited about going on the bus. Our first stop was in the centre of Lerwick to see the jarl squad.

Everyone was so well behaved and patient waiting for the Vikings to arrive. Then we saw them marching down the street right past where we were standing. We couldn’t believe how loud the bagpipes were!

We got a good spot on the pier and we could see the big red galley-boat. We heard the Vikings singing and saw their outfits up close. They had axes and sheilds with a dragons head on them.

After that we all got back on the bus and went to Clickimin Centre for snack and soft play. On the way it started hailing and we were lucky to be able to get exercise inside, away from the wild weather. We really enjoyed running around the huge area and climbing over the obstacles and sliding down the slopes. We had big beach balls which we kicked around too. Miss Laurenson got a big speaker and we listened to music while we played.

Soon it was time to go back to nursery and we were all hungry for lunch after our big trip.

Thanks so much to all the parent helpers who joined us and made the outing possible.