Tag Rugby Festival

On Friday 2nd May Dounby P5, 6 and 7's set off to Kirkwall where we took part in the annual Tag Rugby Festival with various schools from around Orkney.  

We took part in lots of games!

Team selfies!

We won the cup! We were the most committed and supporting school.

We took the cup back to show it at assembly.  We are going to display our cup proudly at the school library.  

Scottish History - The Celts build Crannogs

This week we have been learning about the Celts who built Crannogs in order to make their living space safer.                                                  

Some groups made and presented posters while others took to the great outdoors to source materials to build model Crannogs!!  One group even managed to make their Crannog float!!

Puppet Workshop

On Friday 25th April we took part in a fantastic puppet workshop.  A very talented puppeteer visited our school to perform for us.                     

We then performed a story using the puppets.  It was great fun and had us all giggling with laughter! 

We were then able to use the puppets to perform our own peedie shows.  

Different types of Pollution

In Flotta class we have begun learning about Conservation and Pollution.  We started off by thinking about what Conservation and Pollution was.  Then we thought more in depth about Pollution.   We split into groups to sort out the main categories of pollution and designed a poster to display the type, the physical changes and the effects it has on people, animals etc.  

Scottish History

As part of our Scottish History work we have been learning about the Hillforts and the Celts.  We learnt about the Brochs which have been made all over Scotland, but in particular; in Orkney.  

Some of us made models of Brochs and buildings showing what houses would have looked like at that time.                                                          

Others used clay to demonstrate their understanding of what the Brochs would have looked like. Each group then presented their learning to the rest of the class.

Diwali Festival

Today we lit our Diwali Diva pots which we had made in class.  We spent time looking at the lights and thinking about the story of Rama and Sita arriving home whilst using the lights to guide them.

 We also set our Rangoli patterns on the floor to welcome visitors during the Festival of Diwali.  These patterns are seen as good luck and fortune to the families who have them.

 We then enjoyed watching our Indian puppet shows whilst trying out some of the Indian foods we had baked over the past few days.