Thank you to the parents that came along to the Polycrub Committee Open afternoon. The children had lots of fun harvesting the produce and were especially excited about the size of the potatoes they dug up.
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Sports Day
The weather was not on our side this year, but Mr Kirkness organised an excellent morning of challenges for all our Primary pupils.
Final scores for the day:
1st Flotta – 256 points
2nd Greena – 241 points
3rd Hoy – 226 points
Whole school walk
It was such a beautiful day we decided to go for a whole school walk and look for signs of spring.
Top Bowls Competition
Well done to Kaysha, Layla, Holly and Josh who went along to the Clikimin on Wednesday to represent Whiteness Primary School at the Top Bowls Competition.
Our Mo
The Early Years staff nominated Maureen in this years Council Appreciation Nominations for her tireless hard work and “going beyond the job” attitude to her role here at Whiteness.
Last night Maureen along with the Early Years staff enjoyed themselves at a recognition ceremony held at the Town Hall.
Here is Maureen with her certifiacte.
Pudsey Bear visits Whiteness
P1/2 have been baking and we all wore our pyjamas or spots today to take part in Children In Need. We have raised an amzing £155.20 with a few more pennies to count that came in late.
Thank you to everyone for your support.
Wear Blue Day
In assembly we thought about “Just Be You, Wear Blue” and how we can stop bullying behaviours in school.
We all voted on the order of the next three things we would like to do in school to help stop bullying behaviours and support each other if we feel sad or excluded.
Promoting good mental health for everyone.
Last week we have been focussing on Growth Mindset, positive language and being happy. The Health Committee have been busy finding out what we all do to cheer ourselves up if we feel sad, frightened or anxious.
On Monday we had a visit from the NSPCC and Buddy, spreading the message about who we can talk to if things are tough. We also learned the Childline number.
0800 1111
On Friday we had a great morning with parents, grand-parents, friends and family coming along to take part in our coffee morning. Our focus was promoting good mental health. We had dispaly up in the hall and resources from Mind Your Head to help spread the message.
Thanks to all the wonderful support, we raised £295.58 which we will split between the NSPCC and Mind Your Head.
Getting ready
Everyone enjoying the morning
We love reading
Last Friday we had a brilliant afternoon when Andy Stanton, author of the “Mr Gum” books visited Whiteness Primary to speak to the P3-7 classes. Our Early Years and P1/2 class enjoyed a bookbug session with Morag Nicholson from the Shetland Library. Burravoe Primary School, and our community came along to join us too.
Andy had lots of fun with the pupils, he was pretty crazy and completely on their wave length, it was so lovely to look around the hall and see a mass of smiling faces. We hope too, that he has inspired our pupils.
Dynamic Earth visit Whiteness
by Abigail, P3
by Rhuairidh, P4
