Hello Sally!

Welcome Sally!

This week the whole school met Sally the sea turtle at assembly. Children from P1 explained that she had come from Trinidad for a visit and tried to work out how old she was.

There were lots of questions.

Class 1 are making a display all about Trinidad for their topic, 'My Island Home'.

Voice from Slovenia

Hi there. It’s me Vesna, current Comenius assistant from Slovenia. I graduated in June 2010 and was eager to spend a part of my life working and living abroad.

But who is actually responsible for me being here? Here is the answer. On the one hand, it is the European programme – Comenius Assistantship which offers teachers to be (either students or teachers who haven't started teaching yet since graduation) a chance to get their first teaching experiences abroad, while on the other had it was me, as I applied for being a Comenius assistant.

At the beginning I wasn't actually sure of whether I was going anywhere at all, since I was put on the reserve list. Later on, they contacted me and here I am – right in Orkney :) …
Thanks again to our National Agency in Slovenia and to the people who encouraged me to take this opportunity and spend 6 months abroad.

I’ll never be sorry for coming here and that’s why so many thanks go to those who welcomed me here in such a nice manner as well.

In my upcoming blogs I’ll be speaking about differences between the school systems and tell you more about Slovene culture and holidays as we go along.

Look forward to speaking to you soon.

What makes us happy?

What do we need?

Class 3  are creating pictures for an art competition on the theme of 'What makes us happy?' 

What do you need?
Is it the same?

 The fundraising competition will raise awareness of what the children in Bangladesh need.



Mrs Whittles in Bangladesh.



Class 3 will be sharing their pictures on their blog next week.

Icelandic visitors

This week Class 7 learned a little Icelandic and found out about life for children their own age in Iceland.

To read about the visit you can go to the class blog.

We hope we can build a link with a school in the North East of the country where it is already snowing!

Hello Trinidad!

The Primary 1 classes have a new friend!

Sally has arrived from Trinidad!

She will be finding out all about life here in Orkney while she is here.

To find out more look at the Class 1F blog here.

International School Award Success!

We begin the year with the news that we have achieved the full International School Award.!

Well done everyone!

Spirit Dancer

Spirit Dancer visited the school today.

P3/4 got a chance to sit inside the canoe.

James played the pipes.

It was a celebration for the P3/4 class who have had a link with a school in Canada this year.

The link was established through the canoe family who paddled the Spirit Dancer in Orkney last year.

This week there are more opportunities for members of the local community and families to paddle the canoe around Orkney.

Lots of people came to see the canoe and listen to James play.