STRICHEN SCHOOL BLOG

Term 4 Updates

This is going to be a very busy term up to the summer holidays. Already two weeks are past and we are down to just over 8 weeks of term left! There will be lots going on over thecourse of th is term. More information will come out to keep you up to date.

Updates:

At our assembly today the following certificates were handed out!

- Head teacher Awards for Week 1 and Week 2!

- Primary 6 pupils received their 'Play Leaders' certificates and badges having completed the 'Play Leader' training to help organise and run activities in the playground for the younger pupils.  We look forward to them taking over from the current P7 pupils in arranging activities for the pupils to do at lunchtime.
Well done to all the pupils whoworked very hard.

- Primary 7 pupils received their LochInsh Certificate having successfuly completed the Loch Insh Activities Week. Well done to everyone!

- Over the year a number of pupils have been completing their 'Commonwwealth Games Legacy Passports' and they have logged details of events and activities they have been involved in after school events. Six pupils received certificates as a result!

Carla McKenzie:            Gold & Silver Certificates

Kady Gordon:                Gold & Silver Certificates

Megan Malcolm:            Gold & Silver & Bronze & Participation Certificates

Callum Gordon:            Gold & Silver Certificates

Isla Mutch:                    Silver, Bronze & Participation Certificates

Isla Malcolm:                Bronze & Silver Certificates

Robert Gray:                Participation Certificate

Well done to all six. Keep up the hard work!

Loch Insh 2015 Video

Follow the link below to be taken to the Loch Insh trip blog site. 

Loch Insh Trip Blog

You can view the video of their trip here sent to us by the staff at Loch Insh. Click on the link below to go to the video.

Loch Insh 2015 VIDEO

Loch Insh Day 3

Click on the link to see today's blog entry!

Loch INsh 2015 Day 3

Loch Insh Day 2

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Loch Insh 2015 Day 2

Primary 7 Loch Insh Trip Day 1

Click on the link below to find the blog for Day 1.

2015 Day 1 Tuesday

Red Nose Day & World Book Day

We were delighted to raise over £300 for Red Nose day recently. The children had great fun coming to school dressed in red and they took part in a number of activities.

One of the activities was to design a new REDE NOSE and draw the environment it would found in. The winners from each class received House Points and the best from each class received an Easter Egg.

Winners from the classes were Finlay White, Shaylyn Watt, Ewan Gordon, Nadine Allan and Amber Weatherhead.

 

On World Book Day we held a competition to design a new front cover for a book they had really enjoyed. The winner of this was Teigan Allan in Primary 6/7. House Points were awarded to those in each class whose design was in the top three.

Well done to everyone. The House Points Challenge is hotting up and will get even more intense when the sports points are awarded next term.

 

 

 

School Uniform Online

Strichen School has just recently signed up with TESCO to provide an additional source for ordering school uniform. The service provided by TESCO is an online service and we have selected a number of products such as sweatshirts, polo shirts and fleeces for the Primary School and Nursery.

These can be ordered online at any time and a 5% donation will be made to the school from every order.

The link below will take you to the page for Strichen School where orders can be made.

http://www.clothingattesco.com/aberdeenshire/strichen-school/invt/5220920

 

Of course you can still place orders with Buchan Embroidery in Peterhead at any time during the year.
Their contact details are:
36 Merchant Street, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, AB42 1DU, Scotland
   tel:  (01779) 480900    email:        [email protected]

Their website is:  http://buchanembroidery.com/

The school will still send out an annual order form where you can order the items you need for the next session  and this will be delivered to the school and distributed to you. However, there are times when you may need to purchase new items of school uniform outwith the main order period and these sources allow you to do this easily and quickly.

We look forward to hearing how this develops. If you have any queries please contact the school office.

 

To A Mouse! ( A Translation by Primary 6/7)

Pupils in Primary 6/7 were recently doing some work on Scottish poetry to mark Burns Night! Miss Clark set them  the challenge of translating one of his most famous poems 'To a Mouse'.

Well done to everyone!

To a Mouse

Translated by P6/7 2015

Small migit, cowering mouse,

Don't be frightened,

You don't need to run away,

you're a fast little animal,

I won't crush your guts out,

I am not in the mood.

Erin, Chloe, Louise, Callum

 

 I'm really sorry you fat rat ,

 I didn't mean to ruin your house,

But its me or you moose

We both have the rite to live here

Sorry my earth companion

See you next year if you're not dead!

Erin, Chloe, Louise, Callum

 

 

I don't doubt that sometimes you might steal,

 but after all poor mouse you have to live.

It’s a small request,

 I will get a blessing with the group

And never miss it.  

Deniss, Henry, Alissa

 

Their little house also wrecked!

Its silly walls, the winds are brewing!

And nothing, now, to build a new one,

A pile of leaves,

And miserable December winds are coming,

Both fast and keen!

Ruth, Ben, Kimi

 

You saw the fields left bare in waste, and a stormy winter is coming fast,

You were cosy here beneath the blast,

You thought here to live,until........ CRASH!

The nasty plough passed out through your house.

Matthew, Saffron

 

That little pile of leaves and the leftover straw,

Has cost you many a tired nibble,

But look how it turned out for all of the trouble,

But house and home,

To withstand the winter's snowy weather,

And keep out the freezing cold.

Amelia, Kaitlyn, Georgia, Aneila, Meira

 

But mouse, I know the pain,

 proof that future may be a fail,

The best laid schemes of mice and men go really wrong,

And lead us nothing but greif and pain,

For promise and joy.

Elisa, Teigan, Nadine, Adam

 

Still you are better off than me,

The problems of men barely touch you,

But oh! I take a look at my dreary past.

Although I cannot see my future,

I can guess it’s just as bad.

Amelia

Pr 5/6 The Numicon and Probot Challenge

In numeracy this week we have been looking at lots of different mathematical concepts including practicing symmetry using the Numicon and practising direction with angles using the Probot cars- we had lots of fun!

picture 1-2: Here is a Picture of Josh and Tyler setting eachother a symmetry challenge through using the Numicon- Josh is very happy as Tyler gave him a tricky one and he has completed it perfectly! Great stuff Josh!!

Picture 3: Aiden is giving Stuart feedback on how he has completed his symmetry challenge through self-checking his pattern with a mirror :) 

Picture 4: Lydia's team is busy making pictures out of Numicon shapes as a way of memorizing the different shapes and colours!

Picture 5: Jack and Campbell are figuring out how to make an arrow shape using the Probot - later they will place a pencil into the Probot and watch it draw out their shape- Lets hope the directions are correct!

 

 

 

 

Strichen School Burns Lunch

As we are almost at the 25th  of January - Burns Day - the school held its annual 'Burns Lunch' today (Friday) for all the classes. However, we had a great addition to today's event as one of our parents, Mr Frank Fowlie, volunteered to come in an do 'The Address to the Haggis'.

We were delighted to accept his offer and he came in and did 'The Address' for the nursery group (they too had haggis, neaps and tatties for their snack!) and then for the rest of the school in the canteen just before they had their llunch.

Mr Fowlie really rose to the occasion and did an excellent recitation of the famous Burns poem - including actions and a very theatrical cutting open of the haggis! He received a very well deserved round of applause at the end from everyone and then joined the children for their lunch.

For many this might have been the first time they have witnessed a real 'address to the haggis' and we would like to thank Mr Fowlie very much for coming along and sharing this very important Scottish tradition with us.

Here is the poem 'Address to a Haggis' by Robert  Burns.

	Address to a Haggis.
	Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face, Great chieftain o the puddin'-race! Aboon them a' ye tak your place, Painch, tripe, or thairm: Weel are ye wordy of a grace As lang's my arm. The groaning trencher there ye fill, Your hurdies like a distant hill, Your pin wad help to mend a mill In time o need, While thro your pores the dews distil Like amber bead. His knife see rustic Labour dight, An cut you up wi ready slight, Trenching your gushing entrails bright, Like onie ditch; And then, O what a glorious sight, Warm-reekin, rich! Then, horn for horn, they stretch an strive: Deil tak the hindmost, on they drive, Till a' their weel-swall'd kytes belyve Are bent like drums; The auld Guidman, maist like to rive, 'Bethankit' hums. Is there that owre his French ragout, Or olio that wad staw a sow, Or fricassee wad mak her spew Wi perfect sconner, Looks down wi sneering, scornfu view On sic a dinner? Poor devil! see him owre his trash, As feckless as a wither'd rash, His spindle shank a guid whip-lash, His nieve a nit: Thro bloody flood or field to dash, O how unfit! But mark the Rustic, haggis-fed, The trembling earth resounds his tread, Clap in his walie nieve a blade, He'll make it whissle; An legs an arms, an heads will sned, Like taps o thrissle. Ye Pow'rs, wha mak mankind your care, And dish them out their bill o fare, Auld Scotland wants nae skinking ware That jaups in luggies: But, if ye wish her gratefu prayer, Gie her a Haggis!	cheerful above paunch, guts worthy - buttocks skewer - wipe skill Digging - well swollen bellies, soon burst - sicken disgust - weak, rush fist, nut - choice trim tops, thistle - watery splashes, porringers -