Cinema Trip

Mums and Dads, your children were an absolute credit to you during our recent visit to the cinema to watch the Gruffalo and the Gruffalo's Child. Everyone behaved impeccably and all the boys and girls thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

When we got back to the class we completed lots of learning tasks that helped us think about:

• Facts and Information 
• Feelings and Emotions
• Positive ideas and good things about the story
• Negative problems and issues in the story
• How we could be creative when demonstrating our learning

Our Day in Shapinsay

Boys and girls, will you help me write about our trip to Shapinsay? 

Remember to tell your readers what you learned!

Halloween Fun!

Funniest answer of the week!

"Boys and girls, can you remember the French word for apple?" 

" I know, I know... aipples"   :) 


Apple Dukin' Fun!

Halloween Lego Challenge

We were really impressed by Archie's pumpkin, Lauren's spooky witch's house and Alfie's graveyard and flying bat.

We loved the 'spooky' buns for lunch!

'Make a Difference' week

We had lots of fun with P4 making a difference to our school grounds. 

Everyone worked really hard beginning our 'Mound Makeover' and we all agreed that we would like to spend more time improving our school grounds... watch this space!!!!!

'Meet the Teacher'

Thank you to everyone who came along to our 'Meet the Teacher' afternoon, it was great to meet you all and I look forward to getting to know you all better over the coming academic year.

Out of School Achievements :)

At Glaitness we love to celebrate the children's achievements out of school too. Class 3/4S are welcome to bring certificates, medals etc... into school and I will add them to our blog.

Below we celebrate Kiera beginning violin tuition, Gemma celebrating completing her Brownie Promise, Jack & Robert celebrating their selection for the Primary Indoor Football League, Kirsty teaching me how to make a fishtail pleat, Jack's wonderful Eco house that he made with his Grandad and Alfie's super idea on how to use the lanyard given to him by Captain Wylie.

PS. The Primary Indoor Football League will be kicking off on Saturday 25th October with a 4pm kick off at Picky, all 23 teams will be playing on the first night.

Ghanaian Drumming/Dance Group Kakatsitsi

Boys and girls, I have posted these photos to remind you of the fantastic learning experience we had when the master drummers and dancers from the fishing community of Jamestown, Accra came to visit our school. 

I really enjoyed learning some rhythms, chants and the traditional dance, what did you enjoy the most?

'Island Hoppers'

What a fun topic this has been boys and girls. You have learned almost everything we planned to find out about and we still have our trip to Shapinsay to go on!

I think we all particularly enjoyed our visit to the Orkney Island Ferry Office where we met Captain Wylie. Captain Wylie knew lots about the Island Ferries, can you remember what his favourite ferry was called?

Island Hopper Quiz

Island Hoppers, can you solve the anagrams of the Orkney Islands we have been learning about and write a comment telling me which island you think I have missed out?

1. sayligE

2. sayGmear

3. strWyea apaP

4. reyW

5. dsaylanoR roNth

6. daySan

7. yaEd

8. yoH

9. andlnaiM

10. sairayG

11. asyuoR

12. saynortS

13. tatoFl

14. rayruB

15. raysteW

16. thouS asladynoR

Golden Learning Time

In line with Curriculum for Excellence, Golden Learning Time offers pupils personalisation, choice and depth in their learning. Class 2/3, 3/4S and Class 4 have thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to learn from each other during these sessions and have had great fun in the process!

Boys and girls, what have you enjoyed doing and why?

Mock Shop!

"I explore and discover where foods come from as I choose, prepare and taste different foods." 

"I can use money to pay for items and can work out how much change I should receive."

"When preparing and cooking a variety of foods, I am becoming aware of the journeys which foods make from source to consumer, their seasonality, their local availability and their sustainability." 

(Curriculum for Excellence)

We had a really great learning experience when we visited a local supermarket recently.

• We designed a health packed lunch and estimated how much it would cost to buy. 
• Ms. Stuart gave us our budget and we shopped for our items, we put them through the till and we compared our estimate against the actual cost using our receipts. 
• We visited the different areas of the supermarket, we really liked sticking our hands in the freezer!
• We really enjoyed our tasting session and some of us discovered that our taste buds had changed and that we actually liked the taste of things we didn't like before, like water!
• We also designed a packed lunch full of food we thought was produced in Orkney and Ann from the supermarket tried to find these foods.

Boys and Girls, what food produced in Orkney could you buy from the local supermarket for your Orkney Packed Lunch?

Challenger Bus

“Through their learning in religious and moral education all children and young people will develop an understanding of Christianity, which has shaped the history and traditions of Scotland and continues to exert an influence on national life.” (Curriculum for Excellence)

We really enjoyed our interactive learning experience when we visited the Challenger Bus recently. We learned more about Christian beliefs through singing, multimedia and a puppet show.

We also learned about Eric Liddell, the Scottish Olympic hero. 

Boys and girls, what can you remember about Eric Liddell? 

Welcome to 3/4S

A belated welcome to Class 3/4S’ blog!

Boys and girls, what a bunch of ‘SMARTIES’ you all are!

I am so proud of how quickly you have all settled into the class routine and of your positive attitude towards your learning.

This year is going to be filled with lots of fun learning and we will work together to share this learning journey through our blog.

Keep up the good work 3/4S!