The Race Is On

As the general election is 7 days time Primary six have been coming to the conclusion of their study on Local & National Government.  In our party groups of six we democratically selected a candidate to represent our party.  Each member of the group used the manifesto information to write a persuasive and exciting speech and as a group a final version was compiled.  We filmed our party political broadcasts yesterday and they are currently being edited.  We look quite convincing as prospective M.P.s don't you think?

Two members of our party were responsible for advertising.  They had a limited budget and had to cost out the materials they felt would be most useful, from crepe paper to prints of their candidates face!  Once their budget was approved they were free to create their advertising materials.  St Andrews is looking forward to watching your broadcast videos, and voting on General Election day!

Metaphor Poems

Last week were were learning about metaphors, and how they can create really nice images that add detail to characters within your stories.  After looking careful at a poem called "My Headteacher" we decided to create our own metaphor poems.

Do you think they have been successful?  Have they painted a picture of the person they are writing about? 

Heroes & Role Models

Today we have been further investigating the people we look up to and admire.  We had to bring in an image of someone who we did not know but thought was 'cool' or impressive.  We realised so many of our heroes are actually admired for their skill or talent, rather than their personality.

After creating a list of positive and negative personality traits we thought of someone we knew much better that we really admire.  Lots of different people were thought of and here are a few examples.

Thank you P6 for your very interesting discussion contributions, I can really see how much you are thinking about what kind of people you would like to grow up to be!

Bag the Bruck

Last Friday Primary Six were doing their part to help keep Orkney clean and tidy.  Every year there is a "Bag the Bruck" weekend where volunteers across the county head out to pick up litter and other waste from around the coastlines and countryside.  P6 & P3/2 (with the help of Mrs Aitken, Mr McIntosh and some other helpers) went to Dingieshowe beach, Deerness and managed to collect 40 bags of rubbish collected from the beach!

Well done for all your hard work, a clean beach not only benefits us but really helps all the wildlife that live around our shores too.  Keep up the Eco-Friendly work.

A New Term - A New Challenge

Primary Six are now back refreshed and raring to go after the Easter holidays.  Last week we held our own K'nex Engineering Challenge.  The task put to the teams this week was to create a vehicle that could be used around the Olympic Site for London 2012.  In order to be successful the vehicle had to have at least three wheels, have space for a driver, passengers and luggage.  To test it's strength it also had to be able to carry a 500g weight.

Pupils had to work together to draw plans, considering all the elements of the design.  Half the class built their models while the other half judged their success.  It was a closely run competition, with the majority of models completing the task successfully.  But in the end it had to come down to one winner, which we can see below!

 

This model was selected because of the team's excellent communication skills, their problem solving when things didn't work and their model's ability not hold not only 500g but 2kg!  Well done guys, looking forward to seeing how you do in the next challenge!