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French Day in P6

Leanne Smith from Stromness Academy came into school today to talk to the P6's about France as part of their class topic this term on Europe. Leanne lived in Pau, in South West France for 9 months teaching the French pupils English. Today she came to share her experiences with us and to teach us what a French pupil may eat for breakfast and tell us what a typical day at school would be like for a French pupil. Everyone got to try crossiants, chocolate bread and hot chocolate. Needless to say not a crumb was left, not even on Mr Gallacher's plate. A big Thank You to Leanne and also to the kitchen staff for preparing all the food.

click here for more photos of our French Day

 

We started off our New Year like the rest of the country with lots of snow. Click on the link to see some snowy pictures of our school.

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Eco Committee

A lot more members have joined the Eco Commitee this term. Members from the Orkney Islands Council-councillors Jim Foubister and Andrew Drever have also joined.

The classes at St Andrews are now competing against each other for the Funky Chicken award. Pupils are busy turning off lights, laptops and data projectors (if the teachers aren't using them that is!)

Ideas are also still needed for the Wibbly Wobbly Wall! There are two sections of the wall still to be completed so pupils are being asked for any ideas that they may have.

And..........last but not least

We are proud to say that St Andrews has received the Silver Award and are now working towards the Green Flag. Hopefully with a little extra hard work at keeping our school 'green' we should gain the Green Flag in the future.

Click here for our eco page

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Children in Need

Well done to the pupils of St Andrews as they have just raised a total of £444 for Children in Need!

The Primary 4/3 class held a day of fun and games for the whole school and everyone came to school in fancy dress. During lunchtime the P5/4's held a karaoke competition. There was a sale's table at break time selling everything from second hand toys to fudge and handmade cards and Jess Butler came into school to paint the children's faces. Having fun while raising money!! What a brilliant idea! Well done to everyone who made the day a fantastic sucess!

 

 

Handwashing with the P2/1's

The P2/1's rcently learnt all about the importance ofwashing their hands. The School Nurse Mrs Vicky Anderson came into our school and taught the pupils how to wash their hands throughly in order to prevent germs and other nasties from making us poorly. The pupils also got to study their hands in more detail under a special light box which can detect any dirt left behind after washing. The pupils all listened really well and has a result there has been a big improvement in keeping the germs and bugs at bay at St Andrews School!

Mrs Anderson showing pupils the light box

 

Drumming with the Kakatsitsi drummers from Ghana

We were all treated to a wonderful concert by the Kakatsitsi drummers recently. Pupils, staff and parents were invited to listen to their unique style of drumming and dancing. Afterwards they very kindly ran workshops for the pupils and staff and everyone agreed what an enjoyable experience it had been!

Cool Seas Visit

Ever had a whale in your school? Or a dolphin or amazingly enough a great white shark?? Well we did last week! And better still they were all life size! Thankfully though they were made out of inflatable plastic and none of the pupils came to any harm!

It was really interesting to see the size and scale of the animals and learn more about them! The pupils all discovered that a coconut is infact more dangerous than a great white shark and they also learnt about how throwing away rubbish can harm our beautiful sea creatures.

Here Andy shows us how tall a dolphin is!

 



 

 

 

 

                                                                             

                                                     

  

 

                                          

                                                                            

  
                                                                    

                                                                                                      

                                             

 

School Trips

We often go out on school trips to particular events or simply to visit places here in Orkney and also further south. Here are some of our visits.


Looking after our teeth

Our health is very important at St Andrews and as well as taking care of our diets, we also take care of our teeth. Cathy comes in every day to help the P1's, P2's and P3's clean their teeth.


From leaves to trees - we get planting



Our very own

Skara Brae

We have built our very own Skara Brae! Pupils can now pretend to be children of the Stone Age! I wonder what their teachers would have taught them?

 


Sports Day 2009     P1-4  

Due to the cancellation of Sports Day a couple of weeks ago, Sports Day this year was split into two separate days. The younger half of the school had their Sports Day on Monday 1st June and the older pupils held theirs after their trip to Lagganlia. The Jackie Clouston Shield was won this year by The Dolphins so a big "well done" goes to them!!

 

 

Saving Energy!

As part of our campaign to become more 'green' in our thinking, we have been discussing ways in which we can save power in our school. The P7's did a study of what electrical items we use throughout the day and suggested to us the ways in which we could 'cut back' We now turn off lights and other appliances when not in use such as Smart Boards and computers etc.

Tweak My Beak!

A pupil made us these wonderful light switch coverings to remind us to turn off the classroom lights during break times.

 

Eco Week

Read all about our Eco Week at school

  

Recycled flowers!

The pupils made some beautiful flowers using only recycled items

Seeing Light Show

We were also very lucky to have visitors from St Andrews University last week as part of the Science Festival here in Orkney. They came to introduce us to their SEEING LIGHT SHOW which was really interesting

The pupils all got the chance to join in with group work and have fun with some of the items that they brought in to show us.

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Visitors to our school

We often get visitors to our school, sometimes from as far away as Canada!

The staff and pupils always look forward to people coming in to see us and sharing their knowledge and experiences with us.

Check out P3's powerpoint of our school

We said a sad goodbye to Claire Irvine and Shona Ritch

We would all like to wish them both lots of good luck for the future!

But on a happy note....

We welcome our new teachers - Mr Gallacher and Mrs McKinley and also our new P.E Teacher - Mr MacDonald, our new Art Teacher - Miss Grant and our new Music Teacher Mrs Denvir.

We hope that they will be very happy working at

St Andrews

Mr Bradley MacDonald
Mr Murray Gallacher
Mrs Hazel McKinlay
Ms Gemma Grant
Mrs Denise Denvir

Valerie also hangs up her peenie

After 46 years of being a cook Valerie has decided to retire. Everyone will miss her and we all wish her a happy retirement.

Click here for an interview with Valerie

Many Congratulations

to our new cook at St Andrews

Mrs Leonora Peace