STRICHEN SCHOOL BLOG

Team Building for P7 School Trip

Pupils in P7 from Strichen and Longside had a great morning today (Wednesday 28th March) when they all met together to meet eachother for the first time. They took part in some team building exercises - including tackling a thirty foot climbing wall! Here are some of their thoughts about the morning!

Today Pr 7s from Longside came to see us. We got put in 3 groups. One grope went rock climbing and one went skipping.

The last group stayed inside and played games. Then we would swap groups so we would get a turn at each thing. After we did one thing it was break time. I started with playing inside and finished with skipping. When I was rock climbing I got up two rows. My friend      Heather went up all the rows. I was skipping with my friends. Every thing  was fun but the best bit was rock climbing.

GLASGOW TRIP 2007
Primary 7 are going on a trip to Glasgow along with Longside pupils in May this year. As part of the preparations for the Glasgow trip Longside pupils were invited across to Strichen to meet our P7’s today.

First in the hall we played a couple of games together as one big group. Then Martyn Warren, the active schools co-ordinator from Canada, spilt us up into three groups. Two groups went outside and the other group stayed in the hall. One of the groups outside were on the large climbing wall. The other group outside were taking part in skipping. Inside the other group were playing tails and Fishes and Whales.

I didn’t really think that we would be talking to each other but it was a surprise that both schools were actually talking or at least smiling at each other. It was a really good get together. When everyone had gone I felt a bit sad because we didn’t have to do any work when they were here!

By Sarah.

Glasgow Trip 2007
Primary 7 are going on a trip to Glasgow along with Longside pupils in May this year
As part of the preparations for the trip, Longside were invited across to  Strichen to meet the p7’s today, Wednesday 27 March.
There were four men from the Active Schools Sports group to work with us. We were split in to groups. There was skipping, games in the hall and rock climbing.  We think everyone enjoyed it - well we thought it was great fun. Strichen and Longside were mixed with each other. We know some new people and we hope we get to know the others when we go to Glasgow.     
By Dean & Jack P7.

Glasgow Trip 2007                                                                         
Primary 7 are going on a trip to Glasgow along with Longside pupils in May this year.
As part of the preparations for the trip Longside were invited across to Strichen to meet the P 7’s today. There was a big climbing wall and it was hard to climb. In the gym hall we played some games. One was called fishes and whales. There were people who made us skip while playing tag in the last group.                                                                        
By Marc & Euan

Glasgow trip 2007
Primary 7 are going on trip to Glasgow along with Longside pupils in May this year.
As part of preparations for the trip, Longside were invited across to Strichen to meet the P7s today, Wednesday 28 March.
There were lots of activities to do. They were skipping , climbing and games. We were split into groups. The groups were a mixture of Longside and Strichen pupils.
One of the games was called Whales and fishes. I really enjoyed it and can’t wait to go to Glasgow.
By Grant P7

GLASGOW TRIP 2007

Primary7 are going on a trip to Glasgow along with Longside pupils in May this year.
As part of the preparations for the trip, Longside were invited across to Strichen to meet the P7’s today, Wednesday 27 March.

Today I met 2 pupils from Longside - they were David and Ruth. First we played a game called “tails”. Then we went rock climbing and I managed to reach more than halfway up the wall. After that we went skipping and I tried skipping with 2 ropes but I only managed 1. I felt nervous but excited.

By Brendan P7 

SSA Bingo Night

Everyone at Strichen School would like to thank everyone who came along and supported the school's first 'Bingo Night' held at the Royal British Legion on Friday 23rd March, 2007. Around 40 people came along and had great fun playing bingo - some for the first time ever. Around £300 was raised for the school. We would like to thank everyone who came along, bought raffles and donated goods for the prizes and the raffle. Your help and support is much appreciated.

Red Nose Day

Friday was red Nose day. We had a great time and the pupils really seemed to enjoy dressing as they pleased - and the afternoon was great fun. A big thanks has to go to the staff for organising the activities and to the office staff for counting all the money that was collected.

On Friday it was Red Nose Day and we got to dress as we pleased but we had to try to wear something red! .Nearly all of us managed – even the staff. We bought red noses from the office and loads of people were wearing a red nose.

After lunch we went to each class to do a fun activity for 15 minutes. First we went to class 5 and we played a memory game. Then we went to music and played musical statues. After that we went to class 6 and tried to find the red noses Mrs Mitchell had hidden. There were twenty red noses hidden around the class. Also in class 6 we revised colours in German. Class 4’s activity was in the hall. It was skipping. Class 3’s activity was a beetle drive. In class 2 we played ‘pictionary’. In class 1 we  made fortune tellers. We had loads of fun.

By the end of the day the pupils and staff of the school had managed to raise £300 for Comic Relief.

By Jason and Sophie

Ryan and Megan went and interviewed some pupils from each class to find out what they thought about what we did on ‘Red Nose Day’. Here are some of the comments they received.

Corry and Aaron in Class 1 said that they felt happy and glad.

Rhys, in Class 2, said that Red Nose Day was fun and enjoyable.

Sarah and Stuart, from Class 3, said that it was great fun!

In Class 4 Jamie and Jillian said it was very exciting.

Jacob, from Class 5, said that it was different from a normal Friday afternoon.

Holly and Brendan said that it was a very good day.

What makes us happy!

As part of an activity related to Red Nose Day (Friday 16th March, 2007) primary 7 made a list of the things that make themn happy.

Here is the list they produced.

# Opening presents
# Playing with your friends
# Playing with your pets
# Going on a familiy outing
# Getting food treats
# Using the computer
# Listening and/or playing music
# Clothes shopping
# Swimming
# NO school!!

Well - they have quite an extensive list. I wonder who put the last one? Was it the pupils or the teacher?

If you would like to find out more about Red Nose Day why not look at their website ( www.rednoseday.com ) and find out some of the things that make some children who live in Africa happy. This might make an interesting comparison.

Watch out for an UPDATE with all the information regarding what we did on RED NOSE DAY and hohw much money we managed to raise.

Visit by NHS Health Assistant

Recently we had a visitor to school who works for NHS Grampian. She was a nutritionist and her job is to teach people about the imortance of eating healthily. She visited for the whole day and spoke to each class. Parents were invited to school to h ear the presentation and a few were able to come along to join in. The pupils enjoyed their session and some valuable lessons were learnt!

Here is a brief report from two pupils about the visit.

On Thursday the 22^nd of February a lady called Mrs Gascoigne came in to tell the whole school about healthy eating. She asked us what our favourite food was and how to balance our food types for good health. She had a mat that told us what % of each food type we should eat during the day.  Fruit and vegetables should be 33% of the day’s food.  Bread, cereal and potatoes should also be 33%. Fats and sugar were 10%. Milk and dairy was 12% and meat and fish was also 12%.

Protein helps you grow and helps repair your body. You need at least ¾ portions of milk, yogurt and cheese per day. Vegetarians should eat quorn, beans, eggs and lentils to keep healthy. Vegetarians should eat vitamins and minerals to help heal their body.

To provide energy you need plenty of calories in your food such as potatoes, rice, bread, pasta and cereals. These are the snacks you can eat – cereal bars, fruit bars, fruit flakes, popcorn, pancakes and scones.

In a can of coke and a mars bar there are 16 spoonfuls of sugar!

You should drink 3 to 4 bottles of water per day.

      

By Ryan Forman & Gavin Simpson

PRIMARY 7- ALL IN A WEEK’S WORK!

PRIMARY 7- ALL IN A WEEK’S WORK!

During one week recently, this is what we learned or improved:

A baby hedgehog is called a piglet.

My graph skills on computer are better.

My serve in volleyball is better.

My volleys in volleyball are better.

The breed of Silkie is the most popular breed of poultry in Great Britain.

I learned to make a clapper in Science.

I learned to do and understand ratios.

I can make up and tell a story orally rather than writing it on paper.

I can read Welsh words.

I have improved my arcade driving.

I have improved speaking out with a partner.

I have improved my typing skills on the computer.

I have played less on the play station.

I have improved my skills on a motor bike.

I have improved at bowling.

I have improved at spiking in volleyball.

I learned how to do fingered chords on my keyboard.

I have improved at roller blading.

I have improved in my piano lessons.

I have found out how sore it is when I fall in my ‘heelies’.

I have improved my Highland Dancing.

I have improved my football skills.

I remembered my show and tell talk.

I have improved in my cooking skills.

I have improved at hair pleating.

I learned how to play squash.

I learned how to keep score in volleyball.

I think this lets you see that you often learn MORE than you think when you really think about it!

Well done!  Keep it up!   

Valentine's Day

On the 14th February Class 5 were learning all about the heart since it was Valentines day. We did maths, learnt some ‘Heart’ facts, did sheets about our pulse and drew pictures of hearts with chalk. We drew three hearts and coloured them differently and at the bottom we wrote ‘’Healthy Hearts’’. HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

By Ryan & Megan

Scots Poetry Podcast

Listen to our new PODCAST on the school website. You can hear a selection of pupils reciting the poems they learned as part of the work done in school to celebrate the life of Robbie Burns.

Click on the link to go to the page:

http://www.strichen.aberdeenshire.sch.uk/page31.html

Fire Safety Talk: Lesson 2

Fire Officer Gary Collins paid a second visit to the school this week to teach pupils in P5 & 6 about the importance of fire safety in the home. Here is a report by two of the pupils about their visit.

On the 8^th of February Gary Collins, Fire Safety Officer, came in and gave us a talk about fire safety.

Garyshowed us how quickly a fire can spread. He showed us videos about a hoax call that killed a teenaged girl. She died because her friend made a hoax call because two teen age boys made her do it by locking her in the phone box.

He went over some of the things we did in the previous lesson. He showed us another video called ‘It was just a game.’ It was about a group of friends that went on a bike ride around the country and stopped in a field for a picnic. They played a game where you had to hold a lit match until it went out. A boy called Paul dropped the match and the bale of hay went on fire. A girl named Claire got severe burns because she tried to get her bike but she tripped on a rock in the field and burned her arm.

He kept saying that as a last resort in a fire you should jump out a window because you could break your bones.

At the end he put on a funny cartoon. We really enjoyed the two sessions with Gary.

By Connor and Becky.

Robbie Burns Birthday

Robbie Burns Birthday

On

January 25^th 2007

we had a Scottish Poetry Competition. We had to learn a poem off by heart and put lots of expression into it. We took a lot of Scottish things in .Class 2 came to class 3 and they read some poems to us and some were funny. We had some shortbread and oatcakes and a drink.

This is one of our poems –

             

PETS!

I’ve got a doggie

Jenny’s got a moose

Keith’s got a parrot

Bidin in his hoose.

We dinna play wi Sandy

We’re feart at him ye see

For he’s got a lion

Micht eat us for its tea!

Les Wheeler

We had a lovely time

By Steven and Stuart