French

Our next block of French will be about Christmas. Here is a French version of Rudolph the red nosed reindeer. Watch out for our version of the nativity coming soon to a computer screen near you!

Book week Scotland

 This week the school is celebrating Book week Scotland with activities in all classes. Today we took part in a live author event with Jeff Kinney who wrote Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Most of us have read his books and it was very interesting to hear where he gets his inspiration and how he started his career. He showed us how he draws his cartoons too. His main message was about persevering if you really want to do something. It took him years to have his books published but he believed he could succeed and didn't give up.

Watching Jeff Kinney

Jeff Kinney

Cartoons

His books have been translated into many languages.
On Friday we are going to buddy up with p1 and will read them some of our favourite stories. some of us have already brought in books we enjoyed when we were younger and we have been busy making bookmarks for our buddies.

Click the link below to find out more about Book week Scotland.

 


http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-week-scotland-2012 

Orkney library and archive are giving away free bags and books as part of book week. Why not have a look and pick up your freebies while stocks last!

http://www.orkneylibrary.org.uk/index.htm

Artwork

Last term we used different techniques and materials to draw chickens in our art class. Take a look at the slideshow of some of our work.

Badminton

Here are some recent winners of badminton trophies and medals. Well done guys! It's great to see you representing the school so well.

Children in Need

We had a very successful fundraising day for Children in Need. The school total was over £600 which was brilliant! I hope you listened to Molly and some of the other pupil council members on Radio Orkney! Here we are in our pjs!

Wiki

We uploaded some more of our written work to our wikis today. Check the link on the right to read our reports on John Rae and some canoeing poems.
Here's a word cloud made using one of the reports!

Shelter building and canoeing

We had some preparation to do before we were ready to embark on our outdoor adventure. First we needed to be sure that we could build ourselves a shelter should we need it! We practised in school using modelling materials. We were allowed 15 spills, 1 metre of string, some matchsticks and a bin bag sized piece of plastic. Working as a team, sharing ideas and cooperating was very necessary for success in this task.

We tried different shapes of shelters and used the techniques we learned from Kim Foden's visit earlier in the term.
The next challenge was using real sized sticks and building shelters we could fit into.

See more shelter building photos in the slideshow below.


Now we were ready to try the real thing in the wilds of Harray! The weather was reasonably kind to us although the wind rose a peedie bit and meant we had to keep our canoeing close to the shore.
We managed to build two shelters of different types.

After the shelter building, it was time to get the canoes in the water. When we arrived at Harray loch we had to unload the canoes and learn how to carry them properly down to the water's edge. The Voyageurs in Northern Canada had to carry their canoes and supplies over many miles of rough country and snow. This is known as portage. Luckily we didn't have to carry our equipment very far. We were well dressed for the task with our waterproofs and buoyancy aids.

At last we were ready to launch!

We practised trading goods with our teams at the trading posts.

And all this before lunch!

There are some more images from our day out in the slideshow below:

We had a great day even though we didn't quite manage the campfire building due to time and weather. Many thanks to Ron and Ms Mackay for the experience and also to the parent helpers.