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Glaitness
School Kirkwall, Orkney |
Past Projects and ActivitiesClass 7 John Muir Award Primary 7 pupils have completed the John Muir Discovery Level Award. To see photos and download a leaflet that they have produced go to the John Muir webpage. Class 5 Recycling Raps Class 5 have produced raps about recycling rubbish. Click on the following links to hear them.
Class 4 Orkney Rap Class 4 have produced a rap based upon a poem that they wrote about Orkney. Click on one of the following links to hear the rap, using Quicktime if you have a Mac or Windows Media Player if you have a PC. A Rap about Orkney (Quicktime version) A Rap about Orkney (Windows Media Player version) Class 7M WWII Radio Play Class 7M have produced a radio play which tells the story of a family during the blitz of WWII. Click on one of the following links to hear the play, using Quicktime if you have a Mac or Windows Media Player if you have a PC. WWII Radio Play (Quicktime version) WWII Radio Play (Windows Media Player version) Class 4 Ancient Greek Feast Class 4 celebrated their Ancient Greek Topic with a feast in the classroom. They dressed up in Greek costumes and tried different food and drink from the period. Here is a taste of how they got on in the form of a video. Click below to download it. Ancient Greek Feast If you don't have Quicktime it can be downloaded by clicking here. 
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QuicktimeOtherwise go to Class 4 Blog to view the video without the need of a player. Class 11 Radio Play Class 11 have produced a radio play about the life of a family in World War II. Click the file below if you would like to download it in high quality ipod format (available within the Orkney schools network) World war II - Radio Play (m4a) Click the following link to listen to an mp3 version (not available in school) World war II - Radio Play (mp3) Video Conferencing with South America Class 9 (Primary 6/7) have been using a programme called Marratech to video conference with a pupil who is out in South America with his mum for 3 months. Here is a picture that we took while conferencing with him in the music room.  Red Nose Day Here is the Primary 6/7 Band made up of pupils from Class 9 and 11 playing Make Someone Happy for the upper school to sing during the Red Nose Day celebrations Band - Make Someone Happy Upper School - Make Someone Happy Here is Class 6 (Prmary 5) and Class 11 (Primary 7) singing the Red Nose Day Song, Make Someone Happy, in their music class on Friday 16th March. Class 6 - Make Someone Happy Class 11 - Make Someone Happy Class 4 - The Fishing Trip Animation As part of Class 4's Early Settlers history topic and as part of the IT program, class 4 have produced an animation based upon research undertaken on their visit to the Skara Brae village. Click here to view the animation - The Fishing Trip Class 11 - Twelve Green Days of Christmas Click on either of the audio files below to hear Class 11 singing "The Twelve Days of Christmas according to WWF. 12 suggestions for helping to sustain our planet. mp3 version of Twelve Green Days m4a version of Twelve Green Days (ipod compatible) Music: Traditional Lyrics: C Jones; Arr. M Farrow, R McNeil, K Uden Class 11 - Percussion Pieces Here are Class 11's percussion compositions created on the theme of Sustainability. Click below to view the videos:
Class 9 and 11 - News for the Future Class 11 pupils are in the process of developing news articles for a web site in the future, imagining how climate change might have affected us in 20 years time. You will be able to click on the following links to view their pages, as soon as they come online. At present they are still under development, but watch this space. You will need Adobe's Acrobat Reader to download the files. Click on the link at the bottom. Adobe Acrobat Reader Class 6 - Energy Song As part of their Electricity Project last term, Class 6 made up a song about energy, and recorded it. Click on the following link to hear it and sing along - Energy Song Make a Difference Last year's P7 pupils produced web pages to raise awarenes of the eco-issues that the school is focusing on. Click the following link to view the Make a Difference web pages. P5 Radio Play - Assipattle You can now listen to the radio play that Primary 5 pupils recorded last year when they were in P4 by clicking on the following link - Glaitness Edublogs site P4 Animations See Primary 4's latest Space Animation - Alien Adventures, by clicking on the following link - Glaitness Edublogs site P7 Nethybridge Trip Primary 7 have returned from a week of outdoor activities at Nethybridge. We wrote a blog about our trip and included an audio/video diary each day. You can view this by clicking on the following link - Glaitness Edublogs site Primary 6/5 Visit to Scarecrow Festival School Contact Details Head Teacher: Mrs Valerie
Bleakley Tel: 01856 873648 Email: admin.glaitness@glow.orkneyschools.org.uk |