Stronsay Junior High School -
Stronsay -
Orkney Islands, KW172AE -
Tel: (01857) 616 246 -
Head Teacher: Dr Petra McLay -
admin.stronsay@glow.orkneyschools.org.uk
"On the 25th of April 2014
the S3s planned and presented the S4s Leavers' ceremony. Family and friends of
the Leavers joined us to celebrate the S4s time at Stronsay School
and wish them good luck for their exams and the future. A video of the photos
to present day was played then they were presented with gifts including
t-shirts for friends and teachers to sign and write little messages on as a
reminder bye. Family and friends were welcome to stay and have tea, coffee,
homemade cake and cookies made by the S3s. Altogether it was a very emotional
day.
The S3s would like to say a big thank you to all the teachers who allowed us to
use their lessons as time to plan the ceremony and also to the SOS committee
for their very generous contribution towards the Leavers' gifts."
The SOS (Support Our School) Committee held a concert on Saturday 15th
March 2014. We raised £547.20 for little extras that the Stronsay
Junior High pupils require. It was a great night enjoyed by our
appreciative and close community. Please find below some photographs of
the evening and a few reports written by our talented pupils. Enjoy...
Stronsay's SOS (Support Our School) Concert 2014
by Elizabeth, Primary 5
"On
Saturday 15th March 2014 we had an SOS (Support Our School) Concert. We
had it to raise money for the school. It started at 7pm and ended at
10.15pm.
On the stage first was Stronsay's Silver Darlings, they were amazing.Then the Lower Primary told the story of 'The Little Red Hen' , they were very loud and clear and great at remembering what they had to do and say at the right time.
Mike
Burgher and Bruce Fletcher were up next and while Mike sung about a
flea, Bruce played the piano. Millie and Rebecca did ballet and it was
beautiful.
Brother Seelos played 'The Entertainer' on the piano and then Brother Martin sung a song. The SOS Singers and Don and Mike sang three songs, it was epic.
The Stronsay Bairns (Upper Primary and Lower Primary) sang three songs called 'Coulter's Candy, Soldier, Soldier and Ye Canny Shove yer Granny aff a bus' and Mr King was granny. Awesome.
Then
we had a raffle and there were so many things put in the raffle it took
forever to get through it. After the raffle some of the Secondary did
dance moves to 'Thriller'. It
was fantastically, fantastic. Then Tilly, Josephine and Mike did some
songs. The SAS Singers (Stronsay's Alternative Singers!) sang some songs
from the music hall times and their outfits were delightful.
Ingram,Diane
and Mike played some songs on harmonica, cello and guitar and Roger
told a funny story. Stronsay Strummers played some songs on their
guitars and the audience sang.
Jacqui,
Diane and Natalie played and sung some songs which included
'Wagonwheel'. Then the SOS Singers, Don and Mike sung a song. At the
end, unexpectedly they asked the audience to come on stage and join them
to sing it. Their costumes were awesome and cool.The
event raised a grand total of £547.20. Thank you everyone who
participated, donated raffles and worked to make it a very enjoyable
evening."
For the second year in a row, release day on Stronsay couldn’t have
happen on a better day! A bright sun was out and the surface of the
Meikle Water was more like a sheet of glass… Mrs Denisson’s class walked down to the bank
of the loch and once all the 150 or so small fish had been transferred
into small poly bags, it was time to let them swim freely into their
new environment which seemed very welcoming on such a gorgeous spring
day! Our next mission was to try and find out what the newly stocked fry
would be feeding on for the next few years: nets, trays and magnifying
glasses came out and soon, the pupils were bringing back some very
interesting tiny creatures: water beetles, fresh water shrimps, water
boatmen (corixa), stone fly larvae, caddis larvae and a type of flatworm, not yet identified. After a very enjoyable afternoon, with the calls of greylag geese and
oyster-catchers in the background, it was time to catch the minibus
back to school. Well done to the Stronsay pupils for carefully looking after the
small trout and once more, achieving to bring to fry stage most of the
ova (around 95%) the school received back in early February!
Mr P.
For more posts on our trout project, visit the "Troot in the Shed" blog by clicking on:
Today, to celebrate Mardi Gras, the S1 and S2 pupils were given a recipe (typed in French, of course!) to make "crêpes". The pupils were very proficient in the kitchen and produced mouth-watering pancakes. The highlight was what everybody had been waiting for: the pancake flipping! And pretty successful some pupils were too!
As
part of our Aims and Ethos Day, students had the chance to work as a team to produce
a costume based on a country theme or historical theme. To add an eco- friendly
element to the challenge, all the costumes had to be made from old/unwanted/
recyclable stuff! The results were very creative ..as you can see. Well done to
ALL !
