Hawaiian Day

P7 chose a Hawaiian theme to mark the end of their time in Evie Primary before moving on to Stromness Academy. They arranged food, drinks and games. There was also some super dancing in the competition. We will all be practicing hard for next time.

Sports Day

We had a great time on Sports Day! Here are some photos from the event.

Glasgow - The Junior Saltire Prize Awards

We set off for Glasgow on Thursday morning to attend the Junior Saltire Prize Awards - four P6 pupils, Mr Flett and Mrs Rendall.
We were so excited to have been chosen from lots of entries across Scotland having made it to the top four teams with our wave energy device.
The whole P5/6/7 class worked very hard during term three with Mrs Omand Mrs McCairn and Miss Grieve on developing hte wave energy device. A special mention must go to Miss Grieve for her efforts in supporting all of this and investing a lot of her own time and energy.
On arriving in Glasgow we had a peede bit of lunch in George Square and then went to the University of Strathclyde to test the device in their wave tank.

 Testing the Geonator.

 Hapy with results after some adaptations and more ideas for improvements.

 Outside the SECC.

 Getting our stand ready.

 All organised and awaiting visitors.

 With the judges.

 Completing a challenge.

Meeting Heather "The Weather" Reid. The boys are not sure about this! It was near the end of a very busy day.

P3/4 go bird spotting

I had the pleasure of accompanying P3/4 on their birdwatching trip on the 31st May. Poor Mrs Scott was unwell so I went instead with the class and Lorraine. We had a splendid time visiting Colin and Jane's house and garden.
We spotted many varieties of birds, though I am sure the Great Auk team must have been imaging the number of some of the birds they saw - Team Puffin had great fun too recording what we saw with Kim for help.
We had some lovely food for snack, including birdie biscuits with seeds on the top.
What fun we had exploring in hte garden and then spending time in the yurt. Here we told stories, created new imaginary birds and poetry too.
We returned to school for lunch and then set off again up Burgher Hill to the bird hide with Ms Taylor from the RSPB. It wasn't quite so bonny by that time but we did manage to spot lots of different birds from the hide. We had a very busy day and learnt lots.

Athletics

I accompanied some of the children to the Primary School Athletics at the Pickaquoy Centre at the end of May. All the children represented the school well and tried their best. We even came home with a couple of medals. Extra well done to Alex and Ryan.
Sorry, I am having great difficulty uploading photos tonight and I have so many to share...

What a busy week! Parlez vous Francais?

We are having a very busy time in Evie at the moment! P7 and Mr Flett returned this week from the Nethybridge trip having had a fantastic time. To look at their adventures click on the link here -
www.firthevienethy2013.blogspot.com

We have been very industrious in assembly the last two weeks working in groups to promote the Send My Friend Campaign. Here are a few photos.

 

We have also had our French Cafe experience this week a la Crusty Crab. P5/6/7 did a super job of serving their customers, including myself. They worked really hard getting it all organised and had the opportunity to practice French in a meaningful context.

Busy times!

What a busy start there has been to the term! We have bagged the bruck, had several visitors into classes and got on with some really good learning.
This term the Pupil Council supported by the rest of the children will be taking a lead on the Send My Friend to School campaign. This is a global effort to get all children into school. At present there are still 60 million children who do not attend school for a variety of reasons and we are going to look at ways to give the campaign our support.

Next week some of the Firth pupils will be joining us in Evie too so we will have an increased school roll even though our P7's will be away at Nethybridge.
If you want to follow their progress log on to -
www.firthevienethy2013.blogspot.com . If the technology works you should see what they are getting up to.
There will be an Evie Parent Council AGM on Thursday night at 7pm. All parents are welcome to attend.