Shapinsay School

Here are some of the things we have been doing:

Exploring the properties of liquids in science.

Keyboards in music.

Practising throwing in PE.

Primary Sevens lit the Christmas tree.

Lindsey from Orkney Native Wildlife Project came in to talk to us about the threat of stoats.

We identified the scat of some of the animals.

We made posters about the Aztecs, after researching.

This is all the grammar that we've been learning.

We've been learning about non-renewable and renewable energy.

We've been doing tennis in PE.

We did yoga for a warm up in PE.

In Spanish we played a game.

We planted willows for the Nursery

In drama we've been writing Orcadian scripts

We have been practising for the Picnic

We have been making bread rolls whilst learning about micro organisms

P7 went to Lagganlia, with P7s from Hope, Burray and Papay Schools, and had a great time

We were making cubes and strengthening the joints to hold it up.

We did a science experiment with parachutes. We considered what the variables could be and what would be measured. Each group did their own experiment. (Excuse the pyjamas - this was Children in Need Day!)

We had a great time in Hoy!

Two of the P7s had a great time in Lagganlia, joining in with other schools from Orkney.

We are combining our science, music and technology skills to make our own tuned musical instruments.

P4 - 7 went to Lunch Club today to share their Orcadian interactive dictionary. Lunch Club helped do some recording too.