Past
News
BiWater Construction Safety
Competition Winners
Here are the winners of the BiWater Competition
who designed posters on the theme of constuction site safety. Well done
to them all! We look forward to seeing everyone back safe and sound
after the holidays.
Sports
Day
Congratulations to Ayre House who won the House
Cup yesterday and to Grain and Corse who were neck and neck all the way
to the end. The pupils' enthusiasm for their respective houses was
stronger than ever. We were blessed that the weather held for the
Sports Day!
Octopush
Some of the pupils who travelled to Sheffield
last weekend to play Octopush!
Retirement
Presentation
Here is Alan Gray, our former Janitor, at the
Retirement Presentation on Friday 29th June at the Council Offices
Kirkwall.
Primary
6 - Hoy Trip
Primary 6 pupils were in Hoy in May for a week
of outdoor activities. Click on the following link to see
their activities - http://glaitnessoutdoored.learnerblogs.org
Primary 7 Transition Sports Day
Primary
7 pupils from Glaitness, Papdale, Orphir, Flotta, Sanday, Hoy and
Westray took part in a day of sports to help us get to know each other
before moving up to Kirkwall Grammar School. Fifth year pupils from the
Grammar School came to help us learn four sports - rugby, hockey,
badminton and volleyball. We all enjoyed ourselves very much
and
made lots of new friends. We were given free hats,
toothbrushes
and information to take away.
Norwegian
Day
Parade
This year the Glaitness School Choir as well as pupils from Classes 6,
7 and 12, were invited to take part in the Norwegian Day Celebrations.
After marching through the streets of Kirkwall, the choir
sang three Orcadian songs in the Cathedral, and were later
congratulated on their "Brilliant" performance. Click on the
following links to view various highlights of the day.
Nethybridge
- Click the following link to find out the latest news from
Nethybridge, and please feel free to leave a comment by clicking on the
comments link at the bottom of each day's post.
http://glaitnessoutdoored.learnerblogs.org
Make a Difference Day 2
As you can see from the photos and video
below, a super MADD day was had by all on Wednesday March 25th.
Pupils visited the school gym throughout the day and took
part in activities designed to raise awareness of environmental issues.
Pupils and staff were also encouraged to make and
wear a waistcoat made out of recyclable material. Many thanks
to Inga Falconer for all the planning and organisation that made it
such a successful day.
Click here to view the video - MADD2
Red Nose Day
Hear all the latest news featuring highlights of Red Nose Day, by
clicking on the following link:
March
2007 Newscast
Alternatively go to TV
Glaitness at http://glaitnessnewscast.learnerblogs.org
First Newsreel
The Primary 7 pupils have put together their first video newsre
el under
the banner of TV Glaitness. The aim of the project is to
produce
a news bulletin every month in order for parents to view the latest
school news about events that have taken place as well as forthcoming
activities - (a video version of the newsletter).
Although the finished product is important, the process involved
requires a whole variety of different skills as well as the need to
work as a team. The class is divided into reporters,
script editors, presenters, interviewers, cameramen, technicians and
movie editors, according to their interests and skills. You
can
see the latest newscast by clicking on the following link -
February
2007 Newscast
Alternatively, if you would like to receive our newscasts regularly,
you can subscribe to receive a podcast in iTunes or a similar
application, by entering the following url:
http://glaitnessnewscast.learnerblogs.org/feed/
School Contact Details
Head Teacher: Mrs Valerie
Bleakley
Pickaquoy Road,
Kirkwall,
Orkney,
KW15 1RP
Tel: 01856 873648
Fax: 01856 878868
Email: admin.glaitness@glow.orkneyschools.org.uk
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