It was super to see so many of you today, we hope your time in school was purposeful and informative.
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Nesting and Girlsta UHA
We enjoyed a visit from the NGUHA squad today. Mrs Forsyth and P1/2 had created a quiz for the Guizer Jarl and we all enjoyed a Boston Two Step to finish off the visit.
Sports Day
Thank you Mr Kirkness for organising our Sports Day, all pupils had a great morning.
Final scores were:
Queen’s Platinum Jubilee party
We had a lovely school dinner today to celebrate the Jubilee.
Outdoor Coffee Morning
We had our snack outside this week- this was instead of our coffee morning we usually have in October. We decorated our zones with bunting and rainbows because we wanted to say thank you to the NHS and raise some money for them.
Stay and Play Days
It was lovely to meet the children who are moving into Primary 1 after the holidays.
Activities were all based in the outdoor area and it was so lovely to see the bairns playing so happily together. It was also a great opportunity to meet all the parents.
They explored the wildlife garden and were delighted to meet our resident frog who was quite happy to be admired.
All the children received the book ‘Bobby and the Burland Pearls’ which we read out at the Learning Logs.
The children had 4 sessions at the school and the weather was amazing so we were very lucky. They got to toast marshmallow on the Firepit, play games, sing songs and do some craft activities on the third session.
The final session was all about having fun, saying goodbye to the Early Years Staff a little farewell party.
Whiteness Staff Get Wet Challenge
To all our amazing pupils who we are missing a great deal- we thought you would like to see us get a thorough soaking all for a good cause.
Our Child Led Parents’ Event
It was wonderful to see so many families in school last week enjoying the curriculum activities and walks around the school. Almost all feedback is positive and any suggestions will be brought forward to our next child led event.
Primary pupils ART entries at Bonhoga
Pupil have been working very hard on different art forms for the exhibition that is currently running at the Bonhoga Gallery until the 3rd November. Sarah Hoseason , our art teacher at school, has done a fantastic job, showcasing the amazing work of the pupils. Thank you Sarah.
Here is what Sarah shared with us about the different projects the pupils have been involved with:
P1 and 2 made clay seals looking at shape and form.
P3 and P4 made their own warp using string. They wove the weft from sea rope, organza and yarn – lots of numeracy and recycling!
P5 – P7 – could choose from different projects. The copper wiring was cut from dumped electrical cable. The class were taught 3 bending techniques using pliers. Basket-making used dumped sea ropes. The felting was made from Shetland fleece.
Posted on behalf of Sarah Hoseason – Art teacher
Moving Up Day into P1/2
After listening to the story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff it was straight into some STEM challenges. The children had to start to build a bridge until they met up with their partner who was building towards them from the opposite side of the river. They could only choose 20 blocks each.
Then of course we had to make some goats and even a troll or two to go under the bridges!
And the final shot of the river with all those bridges, goats and trolls!
