Jake's frog

Our last Mission to Muddisdale

looking closely at trees and plants

At Muddisdale the Muddisdale all-stars where making and eating the dough twists at the camp fire. They started by they started by wrapping some raw dough around the small end of a stick. Then they put it above the fire. While they were doing that other groups where doing different activities such as: Bark rubbing and tree identification, Build a bridge, clay and stick woodland creatures, campfire song and lots more. Because this was our last trip and lots of people had more than 4 activities because people had been of or sat out something so we had some extra things to do so that everyone could get there mission marvellous Muddisdale award. Most groups had people who needed to extra stuff all except Muddisdale all-stars who had finished everything. In the end I think we all got all our stickers and our mission Muddisdale award and we all defiantly earned it.

Daisy and Paige

the last campfire

Mission Muddisdale continued...

At Muddisdale MMM’s  group were at the campfire making dough twists. It was fun but I think Daisy’s was the best. Tyler’s didn’t go that well because his was covered in smoke. Nature agents made clay and stick woodland creatures, web game, bark rubbing and map of Muddisdale.  Muddisdale All Stars did bark rubbing, kims game, clay and stick woodland creature and campfire song. It was a perfect day.  by Aiden from MMM’s and Scott from Muddisdale All Stars.

Muddisdale Part 3

Nature Agents

Yesterday we went to Muddisdale and the nature agents did dough twist but we had to set up a shelter first. We dug a hole out of the ground for the fire and then we put some stones in the hole. Then we put the pot in then we put small peace’s of wood in. Then we grabbed a long stick’s  then we put some hand gel on then we got the dough and we  made the dough it in to a sausage shape. Then we put it around our long stick’s then we started the fire with the fire steel once we got the fire going we started to roast our dough. We had to make then look brown but some went black then we took turns to roast our dough. Once we finished we all twisted the dough of the stick then we ate the dough  tasted like toast. by Ryan and Cameron

When we arrived at Muddisdale we set up the base around about the middle. Then we set off to do our first activities. Ours was build a bridge for a mini beast. We split into 2 groups and started to build the bridge one group used just yarn and the other used sticks and yarn. Our second activity was Nature Park in a tray which is basically just like a mini Muddisdale and in a tray at the same time. Our third activity was draw a map of Muddisdale and it was quite tricky because there was a lot of turns and twists and because Muddisdale is so big. Finally we did a scavenger hunt and we took turns to tell everyone what to get then everyone had to go and get it. Then we had to pack up and go back to school. The Muddisdale All Stars

By Brogan and Paige

Mission Marvellous

 Muddisdale

On Monday the 16^th of May 2016 we went to muddisdale for are third trip. First we made nature park in a tray, we split are group into groups of 3. Then we made a perfume in pairs, we put flowers, water, mud in are perfume. Cierra had to go in a ditch to get water and got pocked by a pointy bush it was funny. Next we made homes for mini beasts in trees and on the grass / mud and we worked in pairs and 3s. After that we got lost in the trees and had to use a compass to find are way out. But Tyler and Kayden got lost in a thorny bush so Ingrid had to get them out of the bush and fix them up. Then we walked back to school. We had a great time at Muddisdale.

By the M MM’S 

Mission Muddisdale Award Part 2

At Muddisdale we started by trying to start a fire to make dough twists but it didn’t get hot enough to cook the dough. Then we started collecting flowers and leaves to press them. After that we did the web game, we splitted our group into boys and girls and made two different webs. The webs were like giant spider webs made out of wool. The aim of the game was to get through the web without touching it but you needed your team to help you through the web. After we split into pairs or some people worked by their self we made rafts for Mini beasts. After we made them we got to sail them in the river, they all floated. After that we looked at our pitfall trap but unfortunately our one had been turned upside-down so we had no bugs in it. By MMM    

Muddisdale!

On the 9^th of May 2016 our class went up to Muddisdale. We had our own peedie groups there was mission marvellous Muddisdale, Muddisdale all stars and us the Nature Agents. Our first activity was making a perfume we were split up into three groups. The perfumes were named messy mud (very muddy), wild watermelon 0% watermelon and Fresh (no mud or watermelon). After we did our perfume we had snack and put hand gel on our hands (and a little bit in our perfume). Then we made a den for minibeasts we made it out of sticks and leaves. Jennifer Sofia and Morwena found a tree with a face on it. Then we made a nature park in a tray we got a tray and a few sticks, leaves and mud we laid it out like a little garden. Finally we made a sundial and compass we knew our north south east and west so we knew what we were doing. Then when we were finished we had to leave no trace so we all tidied up but then Angus forgot his hat way up at the top of Muddisdale so he ran up to get it and ran back down. Then we all walked back to school. By the nature agents. Ryan Angus Declan Cameron Bruce Finlay Sofia and Jennifer.

As soon as we got to Muddisdale we set our base up. The first activity was the web game. We got the wool from our helper and found two trees to tie the web on to. We climbed through the web a few times. Then we did the pressing flowers activity we found some plants and we put them in the folder.We made dough twists and cooked them on the fire and eat them. We made dens for mini beasts and we did this in partners they were mostly made of sticks and grass.  We checked the pit fall traps. There were lots of insects in them! By the Muddisdale all stars!

Mission Muddisdale - our first trip.

buildning bridges and rafts for minibeasts... click on the picture to make it bigger, there are loads of great photos here!

restoring the structures

Today we went to Muddisdale and we were in groups and came up with group names. There was Tealkdace, Muddisdale All Stars and Nature Agents. Once we came up with our names we picked some activities such as make a perfume, start a fire and build a bridge between two trees for mini beasts. When we got to Muddisdale we got with our groups and with our teachers and went to start our activities. Some of us started with the pit fall traps to make a pit fall trap we had to get a jar and put some jam or apple in it then find a good spot to put the jar this could be somewhere sheltered.   by Kaylen and Lauren          

bare feet and pitfall traps

firestarting

creating scents of woodland and springtime

Tag Rugby Festival

On Friday we were all ready for the tag rugby festival. People there were a lot older than us but we were not bothered. The atmosphere was amazing. There were people from all the schools in Orkney and the Islands.    by William and Jake                                                         

5 minute talks

Our 5 minute talks got off to a great start today with 3 well organised and thoughtfully planned talks.

The subjects were: Violin, How to make corner bookmarks, and baking ( by a Great Orcadian Bake Off winner!). Also we got to participate in a making activity, listen to a tune on the violin and try out some delicious brownies!

We are looking forward to the next ones!

Bag the Bruck 2016

This year we have started out Bag the Bruck litter picking with a trip to Scapa beach to do our annual big clean up. P5, P6 and P7 all went to Scapa and spead out from one end to the other and worked their way back to the middle filling bags as they went.

We collected 42 bags altogether and a lot of larger pieces of plastic and rope which was too big to go in bags.

Well done us!

Our Open Afternoon and Class Cafe

On the 22^nd of March we had our Open Afternoon it was all about Space. We took lots of time and effort to prepare for it. There were lots of little stations, like the Baking, Research and Development group, the coding game and the space race and you can also leave a comment on the blog. Then there was wild reading group and reading aloud and last but not least the space buggy making challenge. There was also a Host in every group there was 10 in total the 2 important Hosts were Tyler and Caitlin they made amazing little cards (maps) and so the grown-ups knew where to go.

by Jennifer and Tyler

If I could read anywhere I would....

We are wild readers. We read outside. We like to read in groups. 

We like to read on climbing frames.

We like to read in trees.

We like to read on our own.

If you look carefully in our playground you might spot...

the lesser blue legged tree recliner...

the purple checked book bird...

the wild tree daisy...

the red legged page turner...

the green topped book balancer

the purple chested tree slitherer

and some people reading on an almost warm sunny path.

Reading to a P1 audience

Today some of us went down to the P1 class to read picture books aloud to them. Some of stayed in our own room and some P1s came up to our room to be read to. We learned a lot about how to make a book interesting for an audience, even how best to hold a read a book when the pictures are imprortant - or even what to say when there are no words in the book at all. 

Well done everyone!

Cookery group, persuasive letters and book boxes for 'Wild Readers'

What is a Wild Reader 

by Aneisha and Erin K.

A wild reader is someone who takes their reading to the next level. Like reading outdoors at places like the play park, Muddisdale and Wideford Hill.

A wild reader is also someone who reads different types of books like fiction, picture books and information books, and people who want to try reading books by different authors like Jacqueline Wilson ,Roald Dahl and David Walliams. A wild reader is someone who takes there book out whenever they have time to read without being asked. So that is what a wild reader is. Are you a wild reader?

Preparing our book boxes.

We continued today with preparing our presentations on multiplication. This can be tricky because its not just doing a sum but explaining how and why we use a strategy or a method, all the steps, useful advice, helpful hints - AND you need to confidently know your tables.

The most recent 10 point group chose to do a cookery activity. they made peppermint creams and drizzled them with chocolate. Mmmmm.

Today we also wrote a letter using persuasive language to Tesco, Lidl and the Co-op. 

We hope we will get a positive reply.

Designing and making our own spacecraft

Today our own P5 space engineers modelled their own designs for spacecraft and space equipment. Last time we worked in groups and had a strict deadline. This time we had a much looser deadline (some models are still to be completed) and everyone worked individually.

To start with everyone drew a plan of their ideas. There were many very detailed and careful plans, Diagrams were thoughtful and well considered. Everyone showed clearly what a lot they had learned about what humans in space need to survive and how many different jobs a space craft has to fulfil.

Concentration and focus was obvious as everyone took the task very seriously.

Future space travel of the human race is assured.

The International Space Station

Last week we found out some of the things you need to be able to do to be an astronaut and some information about what it takes to survive in space. The human body adapts to lack of gravity by bones losing strength and astronauts get taller! They need to keep exercising 2 hours each day to stay healthy.

Astronauts in training.

Measurement is really important in space.

This week we have started on our models of the Soyuz rocket, the crew module and the International Space Station. We planned the layout and split up tasks within the group then organised the junk we needed. We have begun joining and finishing the models. They will be painted white first then finally we will put detail on.

Planning the models.

Deciding on the realtive sizes of each part of the rocket.

Later in the term we will design and make our own space station models from junk in a similar way. We will need to present our designs and models and explain the layout and what each part is for - it needs to be able to sustain life! Start collecting your own personal junk!

In the comments below you can read what we think are the most interesting facts we have learned so far.