Red Nose Day 2013

Primary 2 and Mrs Dass worked very hard this year to organise Red Nose Day.  They had their Assembly the week before and told us what Red Nose Day is all about and the reasons for raising money for this. 

 

On Red Nose Day there was a sale in Primary 2's classroom - everyone had been asked to bring in toys / books etc that they no longer played with and these were sold so that other people could play with them.  There was not a single thing left at the end of the day - which is amazing when you look at the amount of things for sale in the morning! 

Here are some photos of Primary 2's Assembly and the sale on Red Nose Day:

Slideshow - Red Nose Day 2013

St Andrews School raised £791.89 altogether - well done everyone, and especially well done to Primary 2 and Mrs Dass.  Thank you!
 

Visit to the Power Station

We have been learning about different sources of energy this term, looking at both renewable and non-renewable energy sources.  As part of our learning, we visited the Power Station in Kirkwall and saw what happens there.  We all learned lots of new information and found it really interesting.  Here are some photos of us on our visit for you to have a look at:
 

Slideshow - Visit to the powerstation

 

Can the members of Primary 4 add some comments to tell everyone about what you learned please?  If anyone has any questions for the class, please post them on here and we will try to answer you!

David Smith MBE visits St Andrews

We had a very exciting visitor at school today!  David Smith is a Scottish paralympian (from Aviemore) who raced in the mixed coxed four with crewmates Pamela Relph, Naomi Riches, James Roe and Lily van den Broecke (cox).  The crew finished in first place, over two seconds ahead of Germany and won the race.  They were all awarded MBEs in the 2013 New Year Honours list.

David spent some time this afternoon telling Primaries 4, 5, 6 and 7 about his life and how he came to win a gold medal in the Paralympics in London last year.  We all enjoyed hearing about how he overcame his disability to win an Olympic Gold Medal. 

We hope David will inspire everyone to always do their best, and never to give up - no matter how difficult things are.

Handwork

We are very lucky in St Andrews Primary to have lots of people from the community who come in to help us with our handwork on Thursday afternoon every week (in Terms 2 and 3). 

 

When we start at school we learn how to sew by making mats. We need to make two mats before we can start to learn how to knit. We are all learning to knit in Class 4 now - some of us are knitting scarves, others are knitting purses and others are knitting teddies.

       

It needs a lot of concentration to knit - and sometimes we are a little too chatty and this is when we make mistakes!

Children in Need

Mrs Kirkness and Primary 3 did a fantastic job of arranging activities for Children in Need again this year and organised lots of different activities for everyone to take part in.  Some of the activities included:

fun games and competitions

wearing our pyjamas to school

face painting

bake sales at break times

getting our photos taken with Pudsey

karaoke

We are really proud of ourselves at St Andrews Primary because we raised £728.21 altogether!  This was a fantastic total - well done and thank you to all the staff and parents who helped!

Have a look at some photos that were taken -
Children in Need slideshow