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New Session

2012—13

TERM 1

Tuesday 21 August

School Starts

9.00am

School Finishes

3.00pm

P1—7

End of Term

Friday

29

June

3.35pm

Have a lovely

summer holiday

everyone!

Issue 51 June 2012

PAPDALE PRIMARY

SCHOOL

Tel:872650 Fax: 870392

Email: admin.papdale@glow.orkneyschools.org.uk

Website: www.papdale.orkney.sch.uk

School Website

Please see our school website and news blogs for regular up to date news and pictures of

what we are up to in our learning and CfE developments.

Dear Everyone

We are now rapidly approaching the end of Term

and the end of a busy school session. Our

children have been out and about all over the

Orkney Mainland, Hoy and beyond and had some

great experiences! The P7s have been up to KGS

for their 2 day visit and have come back looking

forward to the next stage in their education. We

wish them well for the future. Their end of

Primary School Farewell for their parents is on

Friday 29 June at 2.30 pm in the Infant Hall.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank

you all for your support over the past session and

wish you all a lovely, relaxing holiday with some

sunshine!

Jane Bruce

Head Teacher

Lost Property

There is a huge amount of unclaimed lost property in school. This will be on display from the week beginning 25th June for 2 weeks on tables in our reception area. Please feel free to pop in and have a

look.

Mrs Clark and Mrs Talbot We say a fond farewell to Mrs Dorothy

Clark and Mrs Marion Talbot who are

retiring at the end of this session. Dorothy

has been with us for 24 years and Marion

for 7 years and they have both been stal-

warts of the Early Years Department. We

wish them every good wish for the

future and hope they take away many happy

memories. A huge thank you to you both for

your dedication and commitment to our

school.

Internet Safety

The children will receiva leaflet this week for (parents)

on ‘Keeping your child safe online’. It has been put to-

gether by Child Exploitation and Online Protection

(CEOP) and was recommended to us by the police.

Please read it and keep it safe to refer to. The CEOP

website www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents also has some

useful advice and information on it.

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Learning Steel Pans

Just recently I learned to play the steel pans. I play

the steel pan called the guitars. I don’t play the main

tune but I play the chorels. The music that we are

working on is Brown Gal in de Ring and The Banana Boat

Song. The beaters vary in wideness, the big base drum

beaters are big and pink and the guitar beaters are

quite a bit smaller than the guitars and they are orange.

The seconds beaters are a little bit smaller than the

guitars and they are orange as well. The tenor beaters

are the smallest and they are black, red and orange. If

you hit a pan too hard it comes out with a horrible tin

sound but if you hit it just right it makes a lovely sound.

Erica Moar

Learning Steel Pans On the first day of steel pans I wasn’t there unfortu-

nately but all they did was play each pan and decided

which one they wanted to plays so it didn’t affect me

that much. The next week I went and I decided there

and then that I was going to play the guitars (a steel

pan not an actual guitar) but it was great. We started

off by playing Brown Dal in De Rig—it wasn’t that hard

(nly at the end). The steel pan members were: Daisy

(Tenor), Katy (Tenor), Grace (Tenor), Callie (Secons),

Erica (Guitar)s, Me (Katelin on Guitars) and Charlotte

on the Bass but that changed when Charlotte said she

was going on holiday and wouldn’t be here for the con-

cert and wouldn’t be here for the concert so Miss Ged-

des said said I could go on the bass 3 weeks before the

concert. I had to learn my part quickly, but did it!

There are 6 bass drums but I only have to use 3 of

them and I only need 4 notes: G, C, B and D, it is the

concert tonight I am nervous but still excited.

Katelin Scholes 6M

We came to school as normal and we went into class and got ready, we went down to wait for the bus, but

the bus took longer than we thought but it came finally and we were on our way. People were singing on the

bus and about half way there it started to get annoying. We got to Stromness and went to the Museum.

I found our visit to the Stromness museum on Wednesday the 9 of May fantastic for several reasons. I

discovered that I AB and Co made the whale harpoon gun and had no idea what a harpoon gun was but now I

do. There were six little model huskie dogs, they were owned by the Inuit from Lake Lalhkeyed. The seals

were used for a charm.

I also learned that John Rae used plates instead of paddles. There was a really big HBC (Hudson Bay

Company) flag on the wall. I saw John Rae’s fiddle and it looked like it was played a lot. There was a love-

ly pin cushion with really nice beadwork on it and I think John Rae made it. The model of the boat that

John Rae made was in really looked very real. The models of different kind of boats were really detailed.

It was interesting that the whale skull could fit under the table I thought that it would nt fit and its really

big. I liked the portrait of John Rae and the gold border around it, it was very posh.

Finally we got to the stuffed animals but the poor animals. I learned that turtles eat jellyfish and that

stennes trout weighs 29lbs. There was a huge turle on the wall (I think it was pretent but

still looked real). There was some bird nests with eggs in them, I think they were real.

As you can see this was a brilliant trip and I learned a lot. We were just going to go but

before we did Mrs Coltherd asked us onething we learned and we told her and then we went

to the bus and went back to school in Kirkwall.

Lily MacKenzi

Stromness

Museum Recount

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Little Red Riding Hood

Once upon a time there was a girl and

her name was Little Red Riding Hood.

One day her mum said your Granny is ill.

You must go and visit her said mum.

So little Red Riding Hood set off and she

met a tall figure and it was a wolf. The

wolf said where are you going little girl.

I’m going to Granny’s, sorry, got to go.

So Little Red Riding Hood continued

walking to Granny’s but !!!!!! the Wolf was

there and !!!!! ate Granny up.

Little Red Riding Hood knocked on the

door the wolf said who’s that. It is Lit-

tle Red Riding Hood she said. The wolf

said come in. Little Red Riding Hood said

oh Granny what big teeth . All the

better to eat!! you with my dear. So the

wolf frightened Little Red Riding Hood.

She screamed and the wood cutter

chopped the wolf in

half and out came

Granny.

By Ellie Drever 2M

Little Red Riding Hood Once upon a time there was a

brave little girl called Red

Riding Hood. Her Granny was

not well. She was lying in bed.

She had to sail on a boat and she took some food.

Her Granny lived in the USA in Penslyannia. When

she was on the boat she met a wicked fox and a

wicked wolf. The fox and wolf chased Little Red

Riding Hood around the boat.

She walked to Granny’s cottage but he fox and the

wolf ate Granny all up. Then Little Red Riding Hood

said what big eyes you have. All the better to see

you with my dear. And granny what big ears you

have. All the better to hear you with my dear. But

granny what big teeth you have. All the better to

eat you with.

Then Little Red Riding Hood screamed like mad but a

wood cutter chopped his belly open and Granny

popped our. After that hey had a great big party.

By Harvey Rendall 2M

Little Red Riding Hood

Once upon a time there was a little girl called Little Red Riding Hood. Her mum said your dad is

ill can you see him she did. She went through the woods. Suddenly a wolf jumped out of the

bush and ran like thunder to Dad’s home and ate Dad up. The wold got Dad’s clothes on. Then

Little Red Riding Hood noticed that it was a wolf. After that a wood cutter chopped the wolf in

half and Dad jumped the wolf in half and Dad jumped out then they had a big party.

By Conal King 2M

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Primary 2S Visit to Northvet

As part of their ‘Looking after Living Things’ topic, P2 recently visited the Northvet surgery .

We were shown all through the treatment areas and a few of our own animals even got a check

-up! They very kindly gave us a ‘goodie’ bag of equipment such as bandages, syringes, etc for

our own Vet Surgery in class. Here are some of the children’s comments. Afterwards they

went to the Orkney Library where they found lots of interesting books about animals and

heard an animal story.

My favourite thing was seeing the x-ray on the

special computer. I found out that operating an

animal takes a lot of time. Hannah

I liked seeing the dogs and cats. I noticed that you

work very hard. Serena

I felt sorry for the cat that got ran over by the

car. Grace

I loved this trip. It was amazing. Evie

I found out that you have to wear special suits on x-rays. We have started our

own vets in our classroom thanks to Margaret (Northvet nurse). Eleanor

I found out that they keep cow medicine in the fridge. Robbie

The Music Course at the Picky Centre, May 2012

On the first day of the music course we went into the cinema and Mr Giles explained

to us about the course, the rules and the rooms that we were in. The wind band was

in the Quayside suite.

I led the second trumpets, I had the first trumpets behind me and the flutes in front of me.

We had three breaks in one day. We could go anywhere in the building and use the vending

machines, we could also use the running track. The day of the concert was the most fun!

At the concert the hall was split into two by a curtain. we got ready on one side and performed

on the other side. Dad was taking photos the whole time and they were really good. We played

about eight tunes during the concert.

After the concert I was shattered after a brilliant week and I am looking forward to

participating in this event again next year.

By Sadie Balcombe, 7E

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In the pre-school we have been inspired by all the building working going on around us. We worked together to plan

and build our own ‘new school’. We visited the site of the new KGS and took photographs of the building works to

make sure our plan included everything that we needed. We then set about making our model.

Our plan! Creating the stairs.

David from Morrisons Construction

had heard all about our new school!

He came to visit us and we shared

our model with him. He was very

impressed! He told us about the

new KGS and shared some of the

plans and pictures with us.

He also helped us learn how the workers stay safe on the building

site. He took some items in. We had to guess what they were and

how they helped to keep the workers safe. We even got to try

them on!

We have learned a lot about how to make unsafe situations safer. We were able to use what

had learned to help make it safe for us to use real tools in our model making! We created

our own rules and signs to make the area safe. We helped to set up and check the area, and

wore safety equipment. We spoke about safe and unsafe ways to use the tools.

Working with ‘ModRoc’

to cover the model and

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Orkney Badminton Summer Camp

This will be taking place at Picky Centre from Monday 23rd until Fri 27th July. There will be

Groups of various abilities ongoing each day for approximately 2 hour sessions . Visiting

Scottish Coach Angela Bell takes these along with local Coaches. There are a few places left

in most abilities at the moment including beginners. If you are interested please contact Eion

Ballantine (see below) as soon as possible.

Cost shall be £25 for 5 x 2 hour sessions with the Scottish Coach and her helpers.

Eion Ballantine

3 Soulisquoy Loan

Kirkwall - Tel 871848 or email eionballantine@btinternet.com

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I found the mountaineering tiring but

we made it! On the way down, I went

over my ankle and it was sore. At the

tree climbing Oskar went first. He was

nervous and wanted to come down but

he pushed himself to the top and made

it! Dane got to the top and tried to jump

down! At night we did a scatter course

and it was fun! Julie Sivier

Gorge Walking! We had to put on a teddy bear suit

and water resistant trousers and coat. It was boil-

ing!! When we got there we found out that we were

going to climb up a waterfall! When we got to the

top, there was a slide that we went down. Lagganlia

was wicked!

Rosa Horrobin

Tuesday 22nd May – Today is the day that we got wet

because we went canoeing. I was really excited to do

this activity. It took 25 minutes to get to the Loch.

We had to tie 2 canoes together and lift it over some

rocks. At the end of the day, we all had a swim and it

was really fun!

Caitlin Drever

On Tuesday, my group went mountain biking. We cy-

cled about 3 miles. After lunch, we did a gorge walk.

It was a long walk to get there but it was fun. We all

had to kiss the waterfall but didn’t have any time to

go down the slide!

Lauren Poke

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Eco Club A thoroughly busy year has been had by our 2011-2012 Eco Club Members. We started the year with 14 targets and all but two have turned green and completed. There is time yet turn to one of the last two green. There have been so many highlights of this year; with visitors coming in to speak; more development of the School Grounds by planting, creating new habitats and putting small recycling facilities outside; our Eco Easter Service; publishing our new Eco Code and finally our Eco Action Day – Teaching and Learning Outdoors. This has been a particular success with many children and staff providing positive feedback and great thoughts about the future. We were ably assist-ed this year by a new member Mr McKinnon (School Janitor) and Mr Macnaughton (School Chaplain) who gave of their time to fully participate in the Club. Many thanks to all the mem-bers, you have worked so hard this year and achieved so much. Some final thoughts from the members themselves; we felt that we really have made a difference with all the work we have done this year. We had a lot of fun and wish we could do it all over again although speaking at the Business Meeting is a little scary. I thought it was really nice getting to know everyone. I thought it was fun and enjoyable. I think everyone has worked really hard and I always had something to say at our Class Council. Mr McKinnon said that it was great to get to know what the club was all about and how it worked. It was great to hear all the opinions the children had and it gave him a lot to think about. Mrs Dufort

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Eco Action Day 2012

Teaching and Learning Outdoors