Please click on the link below to find out more about the SSA Coffee Mrning held recently. This post was produced by Rhia, Caitlin and Amy. We hope that you emjoy it.
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10/03/2011
09/25/2011
09/22/2011
Primary 4/5 Blog Entry
Welcome to our new Blog for this session.
This term we have been discussing our summer holidays and “Friendship”.
Here are some photos of our work. Click on the link below to see a slideshow of photos.
Strichen Retain Mintlaw Rugby Festival Shield
CONGRATULATIONS!
One of the teams we entered in the 'Mintlaw Rugby Festival' managed to win the event making this the second year in a row we have won! Last year a team from Primary 7 were victorious but this year iut was a team from Pr 4-6 that were successful.
The festival was held on the playing field at The Ritchie Hall and was attended by many of the local schools. In a close final our 'A Team' managed to defeat Fetterangus!
Well done to the team for their efforts and well done to the other teams who took part so well. Look out for a report from them soon!
08/27/2011
Primary 6/7 - Blog Update No 1
Our first blog is about our new class photo with Mrs Mitchell. She let us organise it all ourselves and let us take in any props we needed. For planning it, firstly we got into small groups and decided what we would be doing in our own groups. Mrs Mitchell told us to show her our idea and told us if we needed to sort it or not. Then next we grouped into our whole class and lined up sp we could take a practice shot.
Then next day we voted for where we wanted to take the picture. It turned out that took the picture in front of a wall in the playground – some of the boys did football, some people did music stuff, others did holiday things and the rest did horse riding. We took some shots of us smiling and some of our own expressions then we re-arranged our selves and took some more pictures of us smiling and some more of our own expressions.
Which one do you prefer?
Please let us know. Thank you!
By Georgia, Lauren, Katie and Gillian. P6/7
06/07/2011
Sports Day Fun
Tuesday 7th June was Sports Day! The weather stayed fine over the day although it was quite chilly towards the end of the afternoon.
Sports day is a very busy day with the traditional sports in the morning and potted sports in the afternoon. The morning sports went very well. Over the morning over 70 races were held. 6 different types of race were held for both boys and girls from nursery to P7.
A healthy audience were on hand to view the proceedings and they cheered on all the pupils during the races. The pupils sat in their house groups and cheered on their fellow team mates.
We would like to thank everyone who turned up and the parents who manned the finishing line and awarded the placings for each race.
The afternoon was very busy with 16 house teams working round 16 bases which varied from football skills, throwing skills, logic skills, target skills and some that were just there for fun. Theteams took part very well and the senior pupils marshalled their teams well making sure everyone was trying their very best.
We would like to thank some of the P7 pupils who were very helpful over the day with setting up, marshalling and helping out with a range of tasks. We would also like to thank Mr Witt, our PE teacher, for starting all the races and timing all the potted sports events.
Results will be shared with the pupils soon.
Theatre Group Visit
We recently had a visit to the school from the West Midlands Children's Theatre Company to put on a performance of 'The Bluebird'! The children really enjoyed the performance and they really got into the spirit of the performance. A number of puils went out to help the performers during their performance. The children joined in enthusiastically and the buzz when they left the hall was great to see.
05/26/2011
Fallen Tree Removed!
The fallen tree was removed today by Landscape Services. It did not take long to remove it and it went away in three trailers to be shredded up for use in other landscape projects. However, we did not get rid of ALL of it! A section of the trunk was kept and the men removing it helped us turn it into a bench for the playground! Other parts of the trunk were used to make some stools for the Secret Garden. At least part of the tree will remain on the school grounds and will be used by the children.
Amazingly the tree did stand once more before finally being removed! Once all the greenery was cut off and a ot of the trunk had been cut off the tree suddenly sprung to life and righted itself so that about 15 feet of the trunk was back in its original position! We would love to have left it like that but it would have just been too dangerous!
Download some of the photos of the tree being cleared below!
05/23/2011
Blustery Breeze Fells Tree!
We were all very disappointed to discover that the strong winds have uprooted one of the large trees that stand along the front of the school grounds on North Street. The tree fell over between 4.10pm and 4.45pm on Monday 23rd May. The tree has been well and truly uprooted and another tree came down in one of the gardens in a house next to the school.
We are just relieved that the tree fell down once all the pupils had gone home and that it fell towards the school on the grass and did not crash through the railings and on to the road.
However, the tree next to it also seems to show signs of movement and you can see some of the cracks running along the roots. It will need to be checked by Landscape Services but we hope that it will be safe.
However, the fallen tree will leave a terrible gap in the line of trees that help enhance the school grounds. This is a sad day for the school.
To see some more photos down load the slide show below.
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