Hoy day 2

Day 2 dawned sunny and bright and the groups set off for canoeing and walking to the Old Man of Hoy.

Journey to the Bothy.

 One group paddled in the burn at Rackwick while the other walked.

On the way back.

 It was tempting to jump into the burn to cool off!

The Old Man in the distance on the return journey.

Tonight we have more evening activity at the Hoy Centre.

We are hoping for more good weather tomorrow!

Hoy day 1 evening activities

After dinner we went down to the beach and had a treasure hunt and tried a colour matching quiz.

Mermaid's purse/

 We found plenty of human rubbish which was a danger to animals, as well as evidence that there was plenty of animal life around .

Bruck!

Birds nest in the sand.

 Each group had a turn at archery. Everyone learned how to aim and shoot.

Archery as the sun goes down.

 Soon it was time to go back to the Centre for supper and bedtime.

We'll sleep well tonight!

Waiting for a turn to shoot.

Looking forward to tomorrow already.

Hoy day 1

It was lovely and sunny as we set off this morning for Hoy.

Along with a few tourists we loaded our bags and waved to our mums and dads on the pier.

Goodbye Stromness! Hello Hoy!

 Very soon we had arrived in Hoy, jumped in the minibuses and arrived at the Hoy Centre.

After getting our kit, we had lunch and set off for some gorge walking.

Happy gorgewalkers!

 A gentle start  let everyone get used to wet feet.

Everyone helped each other.

Three points of contact.

 Soon everyone was enjoying being in such a special place and seeing nature from a different perspective.

Travelling in groups.

The gorge gets steeper.

At the end of the gorge there were a couple of caves to explore before making our way back up. By then  we were experienced gorge walkers and we made quick work of getting back to the top.

Back to the Hoy Centre for dinner and a change of clothes.

This evening beach activities and archery!

Tour Guiding Costumes

Here are most of our pupils in costume, ready to give our first tour of the Earl's and Bishop's Palaces in Kirkwall. The costumes and scripts were provided by Historic Scotland. We all have to act as characters who lived in the past.

Our Buddhist Display

Here is our display on Buddhism. The brightly coloured mandalas in the centre are used as an aid to meditating. Round the edge we each wrote how we can bring light into the lives of others. At the bottom you can see a garland made by the whole class. This is worn at the Buddhist festival known as Wesak.

Homework P6


Homework for Friday 17th June
Reading –  3 nights (none for Wednesday)
Blog - Read new Blog post on Cycling 
Progress Jotter – Stick in Progress Sheet and complete.
New section to discuss with parent
Language - Using a thesaurus, write out the first 5 meanings of the following; (a) funny (b) energy
(c) hurricane (d) tell (e) large
Tour Guiding - If needed, spend some time on script

Royal Wedding

On Friday 29th April we watched some ofthe main events in William's marriage to Kate. In the afternoon we had a street party with Primary 5A. Several of us took in sandwiches and bakes for the food table.