Friday Golf

Last Friday we had a great opportunity to go to the Golf Club and learn some golfing skills from the Golf Club members.  It was very cold but we thoroughly enjoyed it.  We got the chance to try putting, chipping and doing some long shots.  It was good to have a go at this after our club golf.  There is training on Monday night which we can go to at the Stromness Golf Club if we’re interested in furthering our skills.  Here we are at the Golf Club with the member s and Mel Douglas who was up for the weekend. 

 

 

Sharing our Learning

This week we have been sharing our learning with Primary 3.  Like us, they are learning about living things so we researched a type of Orkney wildlife, created either a PowerPoint, poster or leaflet and presented it to a small group of P3’s.  It was a super chance for us to share our learning with P3 and have them ask us some questions about Orkney wildlife.  P3 thought the P5’s spoke loud and clear, had interesting facts and good pictures in their presentations.  P5 thought that P3 were an excellent audience who were patient, listened well and asked good questions.

 

Well done P3 and P5! 

Caterpillar Watch

Our caterpillars are now hanging down from the lid of the tub.  This is a sure sign that they are ready to make a chrysalis.  They have been hanging all day so we think that they may make their chrysalis overnight.  Hopefully we will get the chance to see one of them ‘spin’ and make their chrysalis.  Check back for another update tomorrow! 

Humungous Caterpillars!

Our caterpillars have increased vastly in size and we think they are going to make their chrysalis soon.  As you can see they have eaten lots of the food on the bottom of the tub and what they haven't eaten they have mashed up!  They have moved to the top of the peedie tub and were beginning to hang down when we left school today.  We had hoped they would spin their chrysalis’ when we were at school but we are looking forward to checking them tomorrow morning!   

Monday Madness

We’ve had a busy Monday today!  We had our final Tag Rugby session.  We joined up with P4 to make a bigger group so that we could play more games against each other.  We did some warm up games and then practiced our ‘line’ to try and make sure that members of the opposite team didn’t have any gaps to run through. 

We have really enjoyed our Tag Rugby sessions and have made really good progress with our Rugby.  Mark is impressed with how much we have come on and said we will be in a good position when we start next time!

As Tag Rugby finished our Bikability began!  This week we focussed on learning about checking our bike to make sure it was all in check and some general cycling tips.  Mr MacLeod and Mr Johnston went through the different parts of the bike and how we can check that each part is working correctly.  We also had to check our helmets – if you can fit more than 2 fingers under the strap then the helmet is too loose!  Some of us are needing a bit of help at home to adjust the straps before our session next week.  Mr MacLeod also set us homework to revise how to check the bike and is going to see how much we can remember next week!

Bikeability Reminder

Just a reminder that we begin our Bikeability tomorrow, Monday.  Pupils need to take their bike to school and their helmet.  We will be doing the course for the next 6 weeks. 

 

Meeting Martin Brown

We had a great opportunity this week when we were able to go and meet Martin Brown the illustrator of the Horrible Histories books.  He was a great presenter and we had lots of fun.  He told us about drawing pictures and how we needed to believe in our own drawing ability and that just because it doesn’t look exactly like a horse doesn’t mean it isn’t a horse!  It was really interesting to hear him talk and it was brilliant to see him drawing!