Orkney Athletics Awards

Today we presented the children who placed in the top three their certificates.  Congratulations students and next Friday they are off to the Clusters.
The order of the photos are:
Sprints

800m

Ball Throw

High Jump

Long Jump

Discus

Shotput

Dune Planting

Today we walked to Tay Street with Room 3 and Room 12 to help with the restoration of the sand dunes. We planted spinifix and learnt how it is a sand binding plant that builds up the dunes. By doing this the dunes protect our homes, and provide homes for insects, birds and lizards.
Even though it was cold to start with we had fun planting and helping the younger classes with this important task.

Please respect and look after our dunes by keeping to the accessway paths so we will always have our fantastic beaches.

Figurative Language

We have been writing poetry using a variety of figurative Language and descriptive language.
Below are poems with a focus on Metaphors and adverbs.
The rest are on display in our classroom.

Pink

Pink is  the candyfloss that melts in my mouth at the noisy fair

Pink is a gooey marshmallow that  crackles over the fire with my long stick

Pink is the brilliant sweet smelling rose as I sniff it cheerfully

Pink is a jolly fat pig chomping down its food greedily

Pink is the exploding fireworks rocketing through the night sky

Pink is a feisty crab pinching my toes.

By Kyah

My eyes

My eyes are a glistening blue ocean shining in the daylight

My pupils are dark obsidian stormy nights

My eyelashes are butterflies fluttering when they blink

My scleras are ghastly ghosts helping people.

By Sophia Brock

GREEN

Green is the fresh wet grass in the sunny morning

It is a slimy slippery frog hopping away from me

It is a bristly leaf floating down from the trees onto the fresh grass

It is healthy broccoli sitting on my dinner plate waiting to get eaten

It is the tall mount with people climbing up and around it

Green is a pesky weed sitting in my beautiful garden

By Ashton

Red

Red is the shiny stunning rose slowly growing in the rainy spring

Red is the dark red blood slowly flowing down the green veins

Red is the hot lava boiling in the colossal frightful volcano

Red is enchanting hibiscus standing still in the tall sparkling vase

Red is the hot fire quickly spreading through the big green forest

Red is the sporty ladybird quietly sitting under the bright green leaf.

By Parisha Naidu

Mount College Road Show

On Tuesday the Year 6 children went to Mount College to see their performing arts students share their Road Show.  It was very impressive and thoroughly entertaining.  We loved the variety and seeing some of the old Mounties was a highlight.

Rm 16 Vege Creations

Today we made our vege creations.
Part of our success criteria was to have the least amount of waste and to be able to reuse and eat our creations afterwards.
Here are our creations.

Charli enjoyed eating her creation It was delicious! 

 Eat Your 5 servings of fruit and vegetables! Enjoy!