STRICHEN SCHOOL BLOG

Class 1 Sound Quiz

Class 1 went all round the school to record all the different noises they could hear. Can you guess what some of the noises are that they have recorded?

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Visit to Pr 7 by Guitar Instructor

Primary 7 had a visit last week from one of the authority's guitar instructors to give them a demonstration about learnign to play the guitar. They really enjoyed the visit and were amazed at what they heard from Mr Holroyd. Jason has produced a powerpoint presentation about the visit. We hope that you enjoy it.

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Comic Relief

Strichen School pupils managed to raise over £300 for Comic Relief. The pupils dressed as they pleased.....as long as they had a red nose and wore something red. The pupil council organised activities for the morning for the pupils to come along and join in with. In the afternoon wehad a 'hunt the red nose' competition round the school grounds. Classes were paired up and the pupilsworked in pairs to go round the school grounds to find one of the 10 red noses hidden there.  Everyone had great fun and we were delighted that once again the pupils and their families helped to donate such a great amount to a worthwhile charity. Thanksa to everyone for your help.

World War II - Primary 6

Class 5 are studying WW2 this term.

You may have heard about some of the things we have been finding out about, and the activities we have been taking part in.

Over the weeks we have been gathering various items from war time. Class 3 saw some of the items and were so interested, they asked to come and have a look.

So………………Class 5 decided to make it really fun for them!

We had 4 activities organised for Class 3 to take part in.

     1.      Display Cabinets –

    Mintlaw Museum provided Class 5 with 2 large display cabinets.

One of our groups acted as tour guides and showed the items in the Cabinets and spoke to Class 3 about a selected few. They then were able to complete their own ‘artefact’ sheet on their favourite item.

 

2. Evacuation!

As Class 5 enjoyed their mock Evacuation so much, they decided to let Class 3 experience some of the things they did. So they got to make their own evacuee labels, and then Class 5 helped them to think about and choose some items they would take with them if they were to be evacuated.

 

3. Class 5 have set up their own mini display cabinet in their classroom, so they wanted to share the items they have gathered with Class 3. The children got to try on some of the items, and were able to have a turn on an authentic air raid siren – This was a great favourite!

   4. Finally, one of the groups in class 5 had made their own matching game on the interactive SMART board. The children in Class 3 had to match the meanings to some WW2 words and phrases, this was really tricky! They were then able to have a turn of some authentic WW2 phones that would have been used to help fire fighters during emergencies. This was another favourite activity!

Class 3 had a great time learning about the things Class 5 have been up to, and seeing all the interesting war time items.

Class 5 also had a great time preparing the activities and getting to work with other children in the school, and pass on some of the things they had been learning.

 

Primary 7: Loch Insh Trip

Want to find out about what the Primary 7 pupils from Longside and Strichen have been up to? Well.... go and look at our P7 trip blog. We hope that you enjoy reading about what they have been up to.

http://strichenschoolblog.typepad.co.uk/p7trip/

Photos from round the school - February 2009.

A new album of photos of some of the children's art work is available to view in the 'Photo Album' section of the blog on the left side of the screen. Please look for the album called '08/09 Art Gallery'. Among the photos you will see some of Class 3's new designs for a shield for Strichen, Class 1's excellent pieces of hand work of lighthouses, Class 5's art work showing Spitfires flying across the White CLiffs of Dover, and a selection work from the nursery.

Primary 6 Pupils Evacuated from School!

THe pupils and staff from Primary 6 were dramatically evacuated from Strichen School today after the school bells were sounded at 9.15 in the morning . As part of their project on World War II they had been finding out all about 'Evacuation' and we thought it would be a great idea to let the children experience what it might feel like to be told they were going to be evacuated from Strichen to somewhere safer! The pupils had produced gas mask boxes and 'evacuation bags' which they had taken home to pack as if they were to be evacuated.

The pupils then went for a short walk round the village before ending up at The British Legion Hall where they were to wait to be chosen by their new family! After Miss CLark took a roll call the children were joined by five volunteers who had come along especially to tell the children about their experiences during the war when they were younger.

The children heard a wide range of stories from our visitors and asked a lot of questions about what life was like in the 1940's. Having had a short time with each visitor the children had juice and a biscuit before some more locals arrived to choose their new 'children'.

We would like to thank our visitors for sharing such interesting stories with the children and the British Legion for generously allowing us to use their hall for holding the event. You can see some of the photos of the event in the photo album section at the left side of the screen. Look for the album called '08/09 Evacuation'.

Scotland: Homecoming Project : Class 4

As a class we enjoyed finding out a little bit about Scotland. 

We designed pamphlets to encourage people to come to Scotland, during this the Homecoming year.    Have a read of some of our ideas and thoughts about why people should come to Scotland.

We have also typed up the Scottish poems that we learned so that you too can have a go at reading them.  We hope you enjoy them as much as we did.

We have also included a quiz, made up by Andrew and Jordan, for you to try.  Can you match the person to the reason they are famous.  Answers to follow.

Class 4

Come to Scotland

Try the Food:  Eat haggis, stovies and short bread.

Try the sports:  You can play golf, go skating, swimming and lots more. 

Come and see the Places:  You can go to Edinburgh Castle, Mormond Hill to see the white horse or you can try to climb Ben Nevis.  

A brilliant place is Scotland.  Come and just enjoy yourself with all this good stuff to do. So if you are looking somewhere to go for a holiday the place to go is SCOTLAND!!!!! 

Typed by Andrew and Joshua

Come to Bonnie Scotland

Ø            enjoy Scottish food like haggis, neaps and tatties.

Ø            or go and watch some Highland dancing and people playing bagpipes.

Ø            here you can find the capital city of Scotland, Edinburgh.  It has a castle,

          lovely shops, walking areas and perfect cafes. 

Ø            try to spot Nessy up in the Highlands.

Ø            try to climb Ben-Nevis, it isn’t just the biggest mountain in Scotland but

          the biggest in Great Britain!

Ø            in Strichen there is a lovely hill called Mormand hill.

SO COME TO SCOTLAND!

 

Come to Scotland

Sports

·        Go to Hamden stadium & see Scotland play against Argentina.

·    Go to Aviemore and have a go at ski-ing it is amazing.

Fashion

·      Go to Glasgow and shop till you drop Girls.

·      There’s some dresses just calling your name.

Food

·           We have some great food here in Scotland.

·           Haggis, neaps, taties, porridge & stovies.

·           They’re all very nice, you will find haggis in a butcher.

·           You can try growing some neaps & taties in your garden.

·           Give it a go!!!

By Nathan & Chelsea.

   Come to Scotland

    Visit the North-East

Ø      You can go swimming in Peterhead, Fraserburgh and Aberdeen.

Ø      Come and try our haggis, neaps and tatties.

Ø      Come to the park in Strichen or go to Aiden park.

Ø      Try out some highland dancing.

Ø      If you have any children they can go to boomerangs in Fraserburgh.

Ø      Go to Edinburgh castle.

Ø      Go to the Mormond hill

Ø    By Shannon and Nicole

We had to learn one of these poems off by heart.
Pedro Puddock

Pedro paddock bides in Fife

Hasna hoppit far in life

He’s sae bored it nips his lugs

Catchin the same clarty bugs

Richt scunnered wi himself yin day

He loups Loch Leven and the Tay

A happy paddy nou that he’s free

He turbo-skites over the cauld North Sea

Oor paddocks in France in under and oor

Whaur he bangs he’s heid aff the Eiffel touer

Owre Europe he jouks, intae Egypt he jinks

Tae he’s keekin up at the stoorie auld sphinx

Then guddles aboot in the bay o Bengal

An staps for a jam piece at the Taj Mahal

But Pedro Puddock’s leggies are pure gowpin

Efter aw that intercontinental lowpin

Sair teeth By Ellie McDonald

I’ll hae tae buy a dentist’s drill

Tae gie my Teddy’s teeth a fill

I’ve telt him every nicht,

Clean yer teeth and dae it richt.

But Teddy disnae – that’s for shair-

And nou his twa front teeth are sair.

My teddy’s thrawn as thrawn can be

N winna pey nae heed tae me.

My mither says ‘weill that’s a laugh.

Wha dae ye think he taks it aff?

Snailie by Sheena Blackhall

Snailie snailie on the waa

Are ye niver feart ye’d fa?

Wi yer hoosie on yer back

Like a hiker wi a pack?

Feech, snailie! Dicht yer snoot!

Slivvrin ower the watter spoot!

 

Can you match these people to the reason why they’re famous.
People:

William Wallace         Alexander Graham Bell         Robert Burns                           

Robert the Bruce      James Watt          Mary Queen of Scots        

Barry Furguson

                                      

Famous for:             
Poet         Footballer              Inventor (phone)     Braveheart
Inventor (Steam train)          Queen                      King

By Andrew & Jordan

New Photo Albums

Welcome to our first post for this term. We have added some new photos to the albums at the left side fo the screen. They are of Class 3's walks round Sttrichen and one of some photos of displays and work round the school. Look at the list of Photo Albums to see the new ones.

New Photo Albums

We have added some new photo albums to the blog site. You can easily check this sessions photo albums as they have been renamed to start with '08 /09' so that you know they from this session!

We hope you enjoy looking at them. Please leave a comment if you look  at them.