Term 4 News (April - July 2010)
An explosive end!
We have been studying Volcanoes and this is our most impressive explosion.
Our Puffin
We went to Sumburgh to see Puffins during our last week of term. We got really close and they posed so well for the camera.
Strawberry Fields
Although our polytunnel is quite small - we have enjoyed some delicious crops: strawberries, lettuce & radish. All better than shop bought we think.
Bookstart
The Nursery are entertained by Mrs Gibb as part of the Bookstart Rhyme Time activities.
End of Term Picnic
We went outside for an end of term picnic with the Nursery. The sun was shining!
Final Fun Raiser
As part of our P7's leaving events we held a 'Final Fetlar Fun Raiser'. This was a fund raiser with a difference - in that we didn't chargfe any money for any of the activities: Bingo, the Raffle or the food.
Visit of Baltasound Nursery
On Thursday 23rd June our two Nursery bairns welcomed Mrs Gibb and her class to our school. It was great fun. The pupils made pizza and chocolate crispies in preparation for their friends. They even put on some posh frocks in anticipation. The school was really busy.
On his bike
Its that time of year when our P7 turns into an S1.
He's been out on transition days this week - hopefully he didn't have to ride all the way to the big school.
Baking
We decided to make Chocolate Crispies for our friends from Baltasound Nursery. We melted the chocolate, stirred in the crispies and put them in the cases. Our P7 couldn't resist helping!
A Peerie Harvest
Our polytunnel has been producing lots of radish and lettuce these past two weeks.
That's because we have watered our plants carefully and checked them for taste & flavour as often as we could.
We're waiting for the strawberries and the tomatoes now!
A Healthy Take Away
This Nursery bairn was so pleased with the fresh radish & lettuce that they had grown. We're informed that it went nicely with the baked tatties for tea.
Bookstart Rhymetime
We had a visitor on Monday 7th June, as Mrs Gibb from Baltasound Junior High School's Nursery department came into the school to do an interactive session. We listened to stories, sang and played games.
We were lucky enough to have our P7, a visiting P2, the Nursery Bairns, the Cook's Grand Daughter and 2 future Fetlar Nursery pupils in to take part.
We even had a hen that laid an egg!
A Visitor
We have had another pupil in the school this week but sadly, only for 2 days. She cleaned the beach, built a Volcano and enjoyed the Nursery's water topic.
Voar Redd Up
Picking up the Litter. Bags & bags of bruck.
The Redd Up is when everyone goes and spring cleans the beach. Its a community event which usually takes place at the end of May. The school redded up the Links at Tresta & the beach at Aithbank. We had a few parent and family helpers.
Growing Together in the Polytunnel
As its summer, we have decided to grow some things in our polytunnel.
We have Strawberries, Tomatoes, Radish & Lettuce.We have plans to set some carrots next week.
Snack with Cress
Our cress grew within 10 days. We enjoyed it with our snack.
Teddy Bears Picnic
We have been waiting for a beautiful summers day so that we could go and have a Teddy Bears picnic in a garden near the beach. The day we chose was misty and dull, so we picnicked in the classroom with the soft toys. As you can see, our bears are rather a healthy lot.
Sunny Day
This is the week after it snowed. Soon after this the week changed back to a cold wind. But it was a nice 4 days.
We wondered if that was Summer?
Baltasound Art Day
Mrs Nelson, our Art Teacher came in with Baltasound P3-7 to sketch LambHoga, which is the view below.
It was a great day.
There was also a young budding artist in the room.
Growing Cress
The Nursery bairns have been thinking about plants, bees & how things grow. We decided to grow Cress on paper towels and discussed that we would need to water the seeds so that they would grow. We were very careful.
Scared of a Spider? Not us!
As part of the Nursery's creep and crawl week, the bairns made a huge cardboard spider. But they weren't scared of it.
In The Nursery's Virtual Garden
We have been working on animals that live in the soil. We made worms and then decided to make a garden with flowers (made with hand prints). Our P7 just couldn't say no to the young ones and made his own tulip.
Snow? In May?
Yes, it snowed on May 3rd. Is Summer not here yet? The Fetlar forest is just visible through the flakes.
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The following News items are from the end of last term and were not added to the Term 3 News Page:
Mother's Day
As part of our Curriculum For Excellence work the P7 made a Mother's Day present. This involved Maths (Making the Box), Technology (Making the Sweets) and Art (Designing the box cover). The sample sweets were very nice.
Space - The Nursery's Frontier
The Nursery have been investigating Space. They have made a spaceship which is currently travelling past many stars and galaxies.
Then they landed on a strange planet:
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