Going Wild Again!

We had a small fire in the Wild Garden two weeks ago to celebrate Guy Fawkes. It took a bit of effort to get any flames, especially as it was raining but Andy and Mr Flett did get it going. We hope to be able to do this again in the future and even toast some marshmallows!

Children in Need

We had a fantastic time on Friday raising money for Children in Need and having a lot of fun at the same time. The Pupil Council set up lots of stalls in the hall in the afternoon from colouring, nail varnishing to 'Guess which Mr Man visited Pudsey?' Everyone really got into the spirit of the event and we raised a super total of £150.81!
A special thank you to all those who donated yummy homebakes, pennies and books for our stalls. Also to all the children who assisted with the stalls and got themselves really organised.

Nearly the end of term, harvest, marine litter and endangered species!

Where does the time go? Here we are at the end of term again!
We had a most enjoyable Harvest Assembly on Tuesday. It was really lovely to see a number of parents there too. All the classes did a super job and really did well. I am awaiting the next adventure for Willick and Jessie......

We are going to sponsor an endangered animal, so all pupils and staff are getting the opportunity to vote for the species they feel is most deserving of sponsorship. Results will be revealed very soon.

Last week we had a special visitor, Miss Mackay. She came to tell us all about marine litter and the Pick Up Three Pieces campaign. We are really hoping to help support this. Miss Mackay had even been down at Aikerness and brought up a whole basket of items she found washed up on the shore there including a lobster trap label from Newfoundland, Canada and a broken buoy from Norway!
We were amazed at the variety of things that have been washed up around the shoreline of Orkney and did a treasure hunt to look for items.

We are hoping to see Ms Mackay again in the future and to support the campaign.

Scrapstore Playpod

We have been thinking about what we like to play outside and ways to make it even better. One of these things is a Scrapstore Playpod. When P3/4/5 went to Kirkwall last week they got to try out the Glaitness Scrapstore and really enjoyed it. Take a look on their blog page for photos of the whole day. Stromness Primary and Burray Primary also have Scrapstores. Evie and Firth Primaries are the next two schools to think about this with several other Orkney schools all planning to intoduce them this year.
Here is a short clip to give you a flavour of what this is all about from a school in England.

Going Wild on Wednesday

This term we are visiting the Wild Garden every Wednesday at breaktime. The whole school joins in with Mrs Kennedy, Mrs Fairnie, Mrs Rendall, Mrs Wishart, Andy and Mrs Vincent. We had a willing parent participant today too. Some of us have been tidying up the garden, weeding, harvesting tatties or playing hide and seek.
We are also hoping to finally finish the bottle greenhouse and have a good general tidy up.

Right in the centre

 Weeding

 

 

Look what I found!

 Helping each other

 Great gardeners!

 

Exploration



Taking  a close look!

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.