Thursday, 2 October 2014

Fidgety Fish - The Movie (by the Lower Primary pupils)




Lower primary made this animation during the week that celebrated Global Maritime Day.  Mrs. Evans chose it because it was set at sea!  It was a chance to use lots of technology: cameras, microphones and Moviemaker software. 

We designed our own characters and used fabric, paper, ribbons to decorate the sea setting.  Lower Primary’s favourite bit was when Fidgety Fish does the loop the loop; we used cotton wool balls for the bubbles.

We worked together to move the characters; Amber explains that if “we move stuff and change different things a little bit it would look like it was moving.”  Lower Primary were also very good at taking turns and helping each other.  

We made different mouths for Tiddler’s mum, to make her look as though she was talking.  Dan liked the way we made it funny, “like The Big Fish burping!” and his tummy rumbling about by moving the spots around. 

We had a great time making this film and we hope you enjoy watching it!

The Lower Primary class

Thursday, 25 September 2014

Maritime World Day (25/09/2014)

 
 
Today, we have celebrated World Maritime Day.
The pupils have worked in teams which have been made up of children and young adults across the school. They have developed their knowledge and skills in navigation, knot tying, the role of Scapa Flow in WW1 and WW2, the scuttling of the Fleet and the sinking of the Royal Oak. They have also developed their coordination skills through a battleship activity and undertaken a music quiz. Finally, they have learnt about the St Kilda mailboat, having seen a replica which was launched at St Kilda  and found by Neil Carter after it landed on Papa Stronsay .
It has been a real pleasure  to see the whole school working effectively in teams and reinforces to me the wonderful relationship between the pupils with such a wide age range. A truly unique experience!

Mr King


 
 
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Thursday, 18 September 2014

Printable Holiday Calendar (2015-2018)

Holiday Printable Calendar 2015-2018.xls