Ross made this fantastic oil rig – read all about how he did it.THE LIGHTS; THEY ARE MADE UP OF A VERY SIMPLE ELECTRONIC CURCUIT. IT IS MADE UP BY JUST THE LIGHTS (L.E.D.S) AND A 12 VOLT POWER SUPPLY, WHICH WAS ACTUALY A 16 VOLT SUPPLY WITH A 3 AND A 12 VOLT ADAPTOR SO I USED THE 12 VOLT ADAPTOR.

THE WINCH; THIS IS A VERY COMPLICATED CURCUIT. ALL OF THE CURCIUT IS HELD IN THE BLACK BOX. IT CONSISTS OF A TIMER CURCUIT AND SPEED CONTROL CURCUIT. THERE WERE A LOT OF TRICKY COMPONENTS TO SOLDER IN PLACE, SO MY GRANDAD AND HIS FRIEND DID IT FOR ME.

THE LEGS; THE LEGS HAVE A REALISTIC LATICE LOOK TO THEM. THIS WAS DONE BY WRAPING THE LEG IN STRING AND SPRAY PAINTING THEM IN BLACK AND RED.

THE DERICK; IT IS MADE JUST FROM CARDBOARD AND IS MOUNTED ON A WOODEN PLATFORM. IT HAS THE SAME LATICE LOOK AS THE LEGS DO.

THE POLES COMING UP THE SIDE ARE MENT TO PARTS OF THE DRILL.

THE HELI PAD; IT IS MADE FROM WOOD WITH LAMINATED GREEN PAPER ON TOP. THE H SHAPE IS MADE FROM WHITE TAPE.

OVERALL IT TOOK 2 WEEKS TO MAKE

Yesterday we had the basketball tournmant and we all had good fun.

We have all being working hard on our cross stitch. They all look really good.

Everyone hopes you get better soon.

xx

Put every sound into a bag,

And carried them away. 

The chattering of the children,

The turning of the pages,

The cutting of the scissors,

And the zipping of the pencil cases. 

The crunching of the crisps,

The slurping of the juice,

The turning of the skipping rope,

And the children running loose. 

A stranger called this morning,

He didn’t leave his name,

Left us only silence,

Life will never be the same.

 By Jamie Stewart, Alisha Paul, Reece Miller

Hi there,

We thought you’d like to know about our Pupil of the Week system. This is how we run it all. We have a blue shiny box which has all of the pupil’s names in P6/2 in it.

Once every week a new name is picked out of the box. Whatever name comes out that person will get their picture and name pinned up on the wall and will get to look after our class puppet Lucky Duck. They will have jobs to do, like lunch register, messages and a pink absence slip which goes to the office to let the school know who’s present and who’s not. They give out all the books that week, clean the board and keep our rewards ticks up to date so that we can have a dip in the Lucky Bucket. The Pupil of the Week has to be very responsible and be quick with every job they are given.

By the end of the week everyone in the class will have written a boost up or two about the Pupil of the Week and they get to take these home.

 By Rebecca and Jodi.

Its nearly Christmas!!

Last week our school shinty team were away playing a game. They were at Castle Leod in Strathpeffer. The game was very fair and we won 1-0. Our goal was scored by Ian and our team voted for Jordan as the best player. The team said their defence was great but Niall was amazing. One of our players said the game was very hard but we deserved to win.They scored the goal on the 56th minute. We will bring you another report after our next game.

By Ross + Liam

Photo by Victoria

The Basic Game of Shinty

Shinty was invented when settlers from Ireland brought the sport of hurling to Scotland, where the game was played as such until the 14 century. Though the caman, is a traditional shinty stick it is a different shape. The game was traditionally played through the winter months, with New Year’s Day being the day when whole villages would gather together to play games featuring teams of up to 80 a side, players often using any piece of wood with a hook as a caman. Even though shinty originated from hurling there are a few differences. In hurling you are allowed to pick up the ball and run with it for a short distance, unlike in shinty where this is against the rules.  

The game of shinty has strict rules and is played with two teams of twelve and normally has three substitutes. It’s played with two periods of forty five minutes. To keep the game under control there are rules. The main rules are – you are not allowed to kick the ball, the goalkeeper is the only person that is allowed to handle the ball, you are not allowed to header the ball and you are not allowed to hit, kick or trip up your opponent and you are not allowed to go inside the box before the ball. 

There are twelve players on a shinty team. These are a goalkeeper, four defenders, three midfielders, one half forward and three full forwards. Each of these players plays a vital role in the team. 

By Euan and Callum

When we were looking at Sandaig Primary’s weblog we saw these poems. We liked them so much we decided to try them ourselves. They go with our silhouettes which are all about us and what we are like.

These paintings are beautiful, aren’t they ? P6/1 are going to tell us how they made them tomorrow.

We are studying Europe and have been looking at European artists.We enjoyed copying Van Gogh’s sunflowers. We used acrylic paint and canvas boards. The good thing was it didn’t soak right through and you could paint over it.We had to be careful as it would stain our clothes.Some of our class have bought their own acrylic paint to try it out at home.

Van Gogh was born in the Netherlands but moved to Paris to be with his brother Theo. He lived a lonely and sad life as nobody liked his work (but his brother.) His last painting was of wheat fields. The odd thing is he took his life in one. He used brush strokes really well. We loved it (Mrs MacWilliams was great.)