tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14064063389784476312024-03-13T19:43:33.300-07:00Glaitness Class 7 2010/11Tim Geddeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00793760142638734505noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406406338978447631.post-57390411631295239522011-06-13T02:27:00.000-07:002011-06-13T02:27:54.632-07:00Sports Day<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">P7 supporters.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cheering them on.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">P7 flat race.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sack race.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Go, go ,go!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Made it!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bib, hat and hoop.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Congratulations Ayre! <br />
Well done everyone!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Lesley Mackayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12960109701584888782noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406406338978447631.post-9484726909006756032011-06-03T07:38:00.000-07:002011-06-03T07:38:47.682-07:00Archaeology in our locality<div style="text-align: center;">Today Caroline Wickham-Jones came back to our class to see how we were getting on with our mural.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We have almost finished adding important sites and finds to it and we think it looks good as well as being really interesting and full of information.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The mural on display.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"> Class 1F have been finding out about castles so they have added some drawings of castles in Orkney. P4/5 have been finding out about Vikings so they have added really interesting and detailed information about Viking finds. We think it will be a useful focus for lots of classes. The mural could be used to display lots of different things in the future like clothing or food through the ages, so we hope it will be used again and again, and help everyone understand when things happened and places were made.</div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paleoloithic hand axe.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">Caroline showed us the paleolithic hand axe and explained that it was 100,000 years old or more. The people who made and used it woudl know what mammoths looked like and probably what they tasted like too! She explained that it is difficult to know where it came from originally even though it has been found in Orkney. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We are working hard to finish our <a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=208654627076204470251.0004a441c06324300bede&ll=58.986202,-2.965922&spn=0.010194,0.038495&z=15">digital map of the archaeology around our school</a> and to design an interpretation board for the Picky Mound.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The digital map will have a lot of the information we found out about by investigating sites at the archives, the museum and with archaeologists on site visits.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Copy of the original watercolour from the 19th century excavation of the Grain Earth House at Hatston.<br />
You can see the original at the Archives.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Detail of the Ayre Mills section of our tour.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Peedie Sea or Peerie Sea or Oyce has changed a lot.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our display shows the planes lost in Kirkwall Bay.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Did you know about St Duthac's Chapel or the Pickaquoy Mound?</td></tr>
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Keep checking our digital map as we add more information.</div>Lesley Mackayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12960109701584888782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406406338978447631.post-59647037871940292402011-06-02T07:03:00.000-07:002011-06-02T07:08:49.888-07:00Visit to KGS<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Woodwork.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dinner hall.</td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Berlin Sans FB"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">On Monday the 30<sup>th</sup> of May 2011 a small group of primary 7s went to KGS to have a look around the school. They are going to be moving up to the Grammar School in August. They had a good time looking around the school with a guidance teacher and Mrs. Nicholson. They looked around lots of places and saw lots of people. They thought that the school was very big and a few people thought they were definitely going to get lost! The corridors of different houses, such as Scapa, are very colourful and welcoming. We are all looking forward to moving up to the KGS. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Berlin Sans FB"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We are excited about meeting new friends and having mixed classes with people we don’t know.</span></div>Lesley Mackayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12960109701584888782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406406338978447631.post-83035195771818536282011-05-25T04:35:00.000-07:002011-05-25T04:39:09.916-07:00Bronze Age adventures.<div style="text-align: center;">Please read our <a href="http://glaitnessclass7.wikispaces.com/Bronze+Age+Adventures">adventure stories</a> about travelling back in time to the Bronze Age. Mystery objects, strange languages, earth houses and carved stones... </div><div style="text-align: center;">Inspired by our archaeology topic and Michelle Paver's <a href="http://www.michellepaver.com/creating-a-stone-age-world">Chronicles of Ancient Darkness</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is an extract from Tom's story to get you hooked...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">' ...as I held my phone firmly in my right hand, my phone seemed to be texting Charlie automatically. It said, 'I'm not going to make it...' I lay in the mud and grabbed a plain, grey pebble and squeezed it as hard as I could as I felt myself spinning in circles. I tried to yell but I couldn't. I was out.'</span></em></div>Lesley Mackayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12960109701584888782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406406338978447631.post-6014772690518995612011-05-24T01:01:00.000-07:002011-05-24T01:01:19.770-07:00The climbing wall and the big tree<div style="text-align: center;">We hope these videos have given a flavour of the activities at Nethybridge.<br />
It has taken a fair while to get these clips uploaded so that's all for now.<br />
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</tbody></table>Lesley Mackayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12960109701584888782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406406338978447631.post-61060401874116716042011-05-12T03:20:00.000-07:002011-05-13T13:24:43.400-07:00The Adventure Course<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="299" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/23627637?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="398"></iframe></div>Lesley Mackayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12960109701584888782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406406338978447631.post-42801564116184303432011-05-11T05:17:00.000-07:002011-05-11T05:18:48.858-07:00Hatston field trip<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today we went on a field trip around the school, Peedie Sea and Hatston area.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We researched what we could before we went about a few specific sites in the area.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The future swimming pool site.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"> First we noted where St Duthac's Chapel would have been, now the building site for the new pool.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then we went on to the Pickaquoy Mound.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sitting on the burnt mound.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"> The Picky Mound is sited where two burns meet and was excavated in the middle of the 19th century but had already been excavated for stone - maybe for St Duthac's chapel. A stone with cup and ring marks was found here. The best place to go look at what it might have been like is Liddle in South Ronaldsay on the way to the Tomb of the Eagles.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The burnt mound and the building there has been excavated and its easy to see the structure. No one is quite sure what burnt mounds were used for. It may have been Bronze Age cooking, wool processing, a sauna.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Grain Earth House at Hatston was our next stop. We met our expert there - James Moore, an Iron Age specialist. He told us that there were other similar settlements in the area. The entrance to the souterrain would have been inside the house. James showed us where the door and the hearth would have been.</div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back out in the sunshine.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"> We carried on to the Hatston slip. We had found out the types of airplanes which are in Kirkwall Bay and why the slip is so wide.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On Hatston slip - the airfield would have been nearby.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At Ayre Mills, having passed the old bridge and the site of the ford.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">The Peedie Sea has changed a lot since the end of WW2. </div><div style="text-align: center;">We finished our journey back to school by walking across the new path on the reclaimed land, imagining what it might have been like when the sea went right up to the cathedral and before that when the old broch (where the RBS bank is today) looked out from the shore.</div>Lesley Mackayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12960109701584888782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406406338978447631.post-32583800090862200602011-05-10T09:25:00.001-07:002011-05-10T09:25:38.434-07:00Nethybridge Video -The ZipWire<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="299" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/23535269?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="398"></iframe></div>Lesley Mackayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12960109701584888782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406406338978447631.post-62503657506749502692011-05-06T07:36:00.000-07:002011-05-06T07:36:13.718-07:00Tag Rugby Festival<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today Glaitness P5, P6 and P7 pupils took part in the Tag Rugby Festival.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here area few photos of one of the teams, Glaitness 1, to give a flavour of the event.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">There was lots of good teamwork.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well played everybody!</div>Lesley Mackayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12960109701584888782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406406338978447631.post-9903830590981747442011-05-05T04:19:00.000-07:002011-05-05T04:19:33.944-07:00Wideford Hill archaeology investigations<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On Wednesday we went to a field at Wideford Hill where we met archaeologist Christopher Gee and our friend Mary Saunders from ORCA. Chris showed us how he had marked out the field in a grid of 20m x20m squares. He needed to do this so that a record could be made of where any finds had been made.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Mary showed us how geophysics technology could be used to survey the field and find out what was under the ground. When archaeologists have a picture of this they can decide where the best place on the site might be to investigate further.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">The first machine looked at the magnetic field of what was around it, so our metal zips and buttons affected the results. Mary was wearing clothes which didn't have any metal in them so that she could take more accurate readings.</div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Telling the machine where NSEW is.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"> The next machine send a signal down in to the ground and showed its results in a screen in the form of a spiky graph. We could see where it had detected something quite easily. It was important to move the machine at the right speed and cover the distance of a metre for each beep it sounded.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Meanwhile another group were fieldwalking and found some interesting stones. We could work out interesting information from most of them, though some of it was evidence of quite recent activity.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The GPS system that Mary used was accurate to 6mm. That meant that archaeologists coudl return to the site much later and find the precise place where an object was found.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Many thanks to Mary, Christopher and ORCA and Orkney College for allowing us to meet the experts in the field.</div>Lesley Mackayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12960109701584888782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406406338978447631.post-84068109353059140252011-05-05T03:57:00.000-07:002011-05-05T03:57:54.118-07:00Choices for Life<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This week we went to Choices for Life at the Pickaquoy Centre.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It helped us think about some difficult choices we might have to make in the next few years.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There was video real life stories and drama, as well as live drama acted out on stage.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There was some live music from teh MacDonald brothers and Carrie Mac too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The MacDonald brothers.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meeting the actors back at school.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Communication and coordination.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">We finished off the day trying to adapt some of the Silver Maze puzzles to challenges we could do with our own playground equipment. This one worked very well and was seriously difficult!</div>Lesley Mackayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12960109701584888782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406406338978447631.post-13841778863944051772011-04-29T02:34:00.000-07:002011-04-29T02:35:59.311-07:00Nethybridge Day 5<div style="text-align: center;">At the end of day 4 we had a game wih the other school, Insch Primary, on the playing field.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Is it The Ba'?</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"> Then it was time for a barbecue and a sing-song round the fire.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waiting for our sausage rolls.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Songs with actions as the sun goes down.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"> The following morning it was a hive of activity as everyone squeezed their belongings back into bags which seemed to have shrunk and tidied up the chalets.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">In our 2 groups we tackled the climbing wall and the abseil tree.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting to grips with the climbing wall.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waiting to go up and encouraging those who are coming down.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maddy leaves the platform.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making her way down.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Well done Maddy!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robbie sets off up the tree.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">Soon it will be time to get on the bus (named Isla!) and head home. We have had a brilliant time. The Centre staff have been fantastic, many thanks to Alex and Pete our instructors. The weather has been amazing and we are very grateful to our parent helpers.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chalet D girls.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chalet C girls.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chalet B boys.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Thank you Bridget and Kenny,<br />
...and Mrs McRae!</div>Lesley Mackayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12960109701584888782noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406406338978447631.post-83054212664996339062011-04-28T09:19:00.000-07:002011-04-28T09:19:57.585-07:00Nethbridge Day 4<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At last it was time to tackle the famous <em> Silver Maze!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We split up into our 2 groups and headed off to try challenges on different parts of the course.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Team work was the name of the game. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Group 1 at the Spider's Web.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Group 1 cross the minefield.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Group 1 at the blindfold challenge.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Group 1 raise Leah up over the abyss.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Group 2 at the pipe challenge.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Group 2 try to solve the triangle puzzle.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Group 2 working together to move the silver ball.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alex with the group at <em>Mission Impossible.</em></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thinking it through at the <em>Code breaker.</em></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em>Memory map</em> - it gets more difficult as you progress!</td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the afternoon it was time for archery and canoeing, or rather, archery, canoeing and jumping in!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Group 2 at archery.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Group 2 at the pond getting ready for a paddle.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Standing on the gunwhales.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The canoeing pond at Abernethy on a beautiful Spring day.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I can paddle standing up!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The moment Isla has been waiting for!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Altogether now!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Group 1 at archery.</td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: center;">At the end of a muddy morning and soaking wet afternoon it is time for another swim.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now we are looking forward to the barbecue tonight!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Our pine cone land art competition has produced some nice results!</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5QHn0rkshYk/TbmIgmvqqNI/AAAAAAAACB4/yHftAOZwQ40/s1600/P1020074+%2528Medium%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240px" j8="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5QHn0rkshYk/TbmIgmvqqNI/AAAAAAAACB4/yHftAOZwQ40/s320/P1020074+%2528Medium%2529.JPG" width="320px" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3D cone stars.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swirls.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A cone broch - or is it a sun?</td></tr>
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Tomorrow we have our final activity - climbing and abseiling at the big tree!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Come back to our blog to see how we get on!</div>Lesley Mackayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12960109701584888782noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406406338978447631.post-6850547776743070852011-04-27T09:33:00.000-07:002011-04-27T11:14:30.441-07:00Nethybridge Day 3<div style="text-align: center;">This morning we went off into the forest for an adventure.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Forest walk.</td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: center;">Along the way we played some games and learned some new things about the environment.</div><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OzPjRuT8R-k/TbhABrZ38rI/AAAAAAAACAs/IgIyfyHi5T4/s1600/P1010924+%2528Medium%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240px" i8="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OzPjRuT8R-k/TbhABrZ38rI/AAAAAAAACAs/IgIyfyHi5T4/s320/P1010924+%2528Medium%2529.JPG" width="320px" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oxgen game.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"> It was great to be in a real forest and to be able to play and discover what was around us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-48zxvs8oYTc/TbhAES-3YtI/AAAAAAAACAw/qtBn_54Ckyw/s1600/P1010935+%2528Medium%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240px" i8="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-48zxvs8oYTc/TbhAES-3YtI/AAAAAAAACAw/qtBn_54Ckyw/s320/P1010935+%2528Medium%2529.JPG" width="320px" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two tribes meet in the forest.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"> After a break in a sunny spot with a magnificent view of the Cairngorms we played a 'camouflage' game.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Time for a break.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hV5Xpsmuig4/TbhAJ7nYGHI/AAAAAAAACA4/5LRPKyMKtYA/s1600/P1010945+%2528Medium%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240px" i8="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hV5Xpsmuig4/TbhAJ7nYGHI/AAAAAAAACA4/5LRPKyMKtYA/s320/P1010945+%2528Medium%2529.JPG" width="320px" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view from the platform was great but we still managed to hide from the instructors.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"> A little further on we made some shelters from what was lying around on the forest floor. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bA97tg-A0tQ/TbhANX_NLDI/AAAAAAAACA8/Ne4IPI6gOyc/s1600/P1010949+%2528Medium%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240px" i8="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bA97tg-A0tQ/TbhANX_NLDI/AAAAAAAACA8/Ne4IPI6gOyc/s320/P1010949+%2528Medium%2529.JPG" width="320px" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shelter building.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"> In the afternoon it was time for skiing on the dry slope. </div><div style="text-align: center;">After getting all the kit ready we learned how to put the skis on, take them off and how to stand up if we fell over. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bv8kwsAcR0U/TbhAQ21PSkI/AAAAAAAACBA/rof-szL-Xt4/s1600/P1010958+%2528Medium%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240px" i8="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bv8kwsAcR0U/TbhAQ21PSkI/AAAAAAAACBA/rof-szL-Xt4/s320/P1010958+%2528Medium%2529.JPG" width="320px" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Listening to Pete.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"> After a while everyone was doing really well, thinking about good body position and trying to change direction on the way down. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice and controlled!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7QbdyZZO6q4/TbhAV5rnCYI/AAAAAAAACBI/-ourn-ztVd8/s1600/P1010967+%2528Medium%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240px" i8="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7QbdyZZO6q4/TbhAV5rnCYI/AAAAAAAACBI/-ourn-ztVd8/s320/P1010967+%2528Medium%2529.JPG" width="320px" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ellie 'high fives' with Alex after another great run.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"> Well done everyone! While the experienced skiiers worked on some 360 turns and backwards skiing everyone else achieved lots of new skills. </div> <br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3iS7TyFr0mI/TbhAgGTQBSI/AAAAAAAACBM/Xb305-MKIbU/s1600/P1010974+%2528Medium%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240px" i8="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3iS7TyFr0mI/TbhAgGTQBSI/AAAAAAAACBM/Xb305-MKIbU/s320/P1010974+%2528Medium%2529.JPG" width="320px" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Of course sometimes it didn't work out quite so well!</td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: center;"> After an exhausting day a dip in the pool was much appreciated. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S2iyBvyThZ4/TbhAkmiEVrI/AAAAAAAACBQ/7d48Jt7HFvI/s1600/P1010984+%2528Medium%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240px" i8="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S2iyBvyThZ4/TbhAkmiEVrI/AAAAAAAACBQ/7d48Jt7HFvI/s320/P1010984+%2528Medium%2529.JPG" width="320px" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Having a good splash!</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">Brilliant!</div><div style="text-align: center;">More to come tomorrow. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Slide shows of the <strong><em>dozens </em></strong>of photos we took today will be posted here next week. </div>Lesley Mackayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12960109701584888782noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406406338978447631.post-5892582351593095812011-04-26T09:06:00.000-07:002011-04-26T09:06:06.039-07:00Nethbridge Day 2<div style="text-align: center;">Day 2 began with getting kitted out for the Zipe Wire. </div><div style="text-align: center;">At the store we got harnesses and helmets.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting ready.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"> We walked down to the zipwire landing in the sunshine and got ready. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The safety check.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"> Everyone zipped across the pond. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Even Mrs Moodie and Mr Walker!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zipping over the pond.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"> The team at the landing pulled everyone in safely.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wJ0D5OrC0_E/TbbpOT6hU6I/AAAAAAAACAA/Jp3yf9eadyY/s1600/P1010848+%2528Medium%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240px" i8="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wJ0D5OrC0_E/TbbpOT6hU6I/AAAAAAAACAA/Jp3yf9eadyY/s320/P1010848+%2528Medium%2529.JPG" width="320px" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Being pulled in.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"> After a break it was on to the adventure course.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The wobbly log.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"> After lunch it was orienteering. First it was photo orienteering and then we used maps and pegs. In teams we had our own mini-adventures with mud trying to fnd all the locations!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Orienteering - the map!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and they are off!</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">After a swim and dinner it will be another jam packed evening!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">There will be lots of video and photos to bring home - slide shows will be appearing on our blog next week! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Come back here tomorrow for another photo bulletin!</div>Lesley Mackayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12960109701584888782noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406406338978447631.post-91186876392459826892011-04-25T11:49:00.000-07:002011-04-25T11:50:22.090-07:00Nethybridge Day 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">The first day of the class trip to Nethybridge has been great. There was a bit of swell crossing the Firth but everyone coped well. We passed the time with games and books, and ate a little lunch.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Home made top trumps are the best!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Time to relax.</td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: center;">The bus journey went smoothly - our stop at Capaldi's was much appreciated. </div><div style="text-align: center;">We even had a DVD.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ice cream time on the bus.</td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: center;">Finally we arrived and settled in to the chalets. </div><div style="text-align: center;">A quick game of football and it was time for dinner. Leek and potato soup, chicken casserole then pears and ice cream. Yum!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We have arrived!</td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: center;">Time to phone home and go to the shop before more games on the lawn and then 'Time Out' in the theatre.</div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Time to phone home.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Day 1 is nearly over - we can't wait for the activities to begin tomorrow!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We will post more photos here tomorrow evening.</div>Lesley Mackayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12960109701584888782noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406406338978447631.post-24017549905913862582011-04-20T06:27:00.000-07:002011-04-22T03:43:20.111-07:00Kirkwall Archive and the Orkney museum<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As part of our project this term we are looking at lots of sources of evidence which tell us about the past in Orkney. In particular we are looking for information about how the area near our school has changed and how people have used it over thousands of years.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taking a closer look at old maps.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"> Our first stop today was the Archives at the library. The staff had got some really intersting letters, maps and photographs of our part of Kirkwall and the Glaitness area. The Peedie Sea has changed a lot as the land was gradually reclaimed from the cathedral all the way back to where it is today over hundreds of years.</div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original documents have to be covered - you can't touch them.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snack time at Tankerness House Gardens.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"> In the museum we found artefacts from all over Orkney which help us understand how people lived through the ages. We think some of the most important objects are the Orkney Hood, the Scar plaque and the insect brooch. </div> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drawing the details of medieval objects.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">Soon we will be investigating our own locality and we will share with you what we find here on our blog.</div>Lesley Mackayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12960109701584888782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406406338978447631.post-42608788318972401862011-04-14T03:33:00.000-07:002011-04-14T03:33:44.847-07:00Orkney's World Heritage Site<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_qQ9IS1RmiQ/TabDiPebihI/AAAAAAAAB-4/gnU5c2tccUY/s1600/Brodgar%2528Medium%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" i8="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_qQ9IS1RmiQ/TabDiPebihI/AAAAAAAAB-4/gnU5c2tccUY/s320/Brodgar%2528Medium%2529.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">On 13<sup>th</sup> April, Class 7 went on a day trip to Ring of Brodgar, Skara Brae and Broch of Gurness. We wanted to find out more about Orkney’s ‘World Heritage’ site, ‘The Heart of Neolithic Orkney.’ The sites in Orkney received this honour because they are one of a kind and unique to Orkney. At Brodgar we found out about the possibilities of what the mysterious stone circle really was. The rangers Sandra and Elaine explained that nobody really knows what the ring was used for but a lot of the archaeologists who come to study Orkney’s Neolithic past think it may have been a memorial to those who died. The stones have been recognised as coming from the place they point to. We were told about the individual stones and what they meant. One of them had been struck by lightning on 5<sup>th</sup> of June 1980. This had caused it to split in two. The piece which broke off is still next to the original upright piece but on the ground. We played a game at the end to test of knowledge of the Ring of Brodgar and its surroundings. </span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CO3lNu32jIw/TabDsf09KHI/AAAAAAAAB-8/cG2byVr94Z8/s1600/P1010800+SkaraBrae%2528Medium%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" i8="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CO3lNu32jIw/TabDsf09KHI/AAAAAAAAB-8/cG2byVr94Z8/s320/P1010800+SkaraBrae%2528Medium%2529.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The next place we visited was the famous Neolithic <place w:st="on"><placetype w:st="on">village</placetype> of <placename w:st="on">Skara Brae</placename></place>. Older than The Great Pyramids the village is 5100 years old. The houses are still complete with their stone furniture, but the items have been removed to preserve them for future generations. The houses all has a very similar layout. The fire was in the middle of the room and stone beds were placed at the sides. In the larger house stands a dresser where the people would have kept their treasured possessions. Unfortunately the village is vulnerable to coastal erosion and eventually the barricades will be undermined further until the sea causes damage to houses.</span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kyY6YUhdXCE/TabDwE5TIhI/AAAAAAAAB_A/q1xLXyzUypw/s1600/Gurness%2528Medium%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" i8="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kyY6YUhdXCE/TabDwE5TIhI/AAAAAAAAB_A/q1xLXyzUypw/s320/Gurness%2528Medium%2529.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The next place we visited was the Broch of Gurness. This settlement was from the Iron Age. A large round house built of stone was roughly in the middle of the building and houses. We discovered tunnels and staircases throughout the building that guards would have used when the house was in use in 500BC, 2500 years ago. The large house was surrounded by houses a lot smaller than the main broch. The had mostly the same type of structure and layout as Skara Brae. We enjoyed running around and exploring the site together.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The queue for the bake sale.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lots of lovely cakes!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Lets hope we raise lots of money for Red Nose Day and Comic Relief projects here in the UK and in Africa.Lesley Mackayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12960109701584888782noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406406338978447631.post-61212996695796965722011-03-16T09:29:00.000-07:002011-03-16T09:29:49.384-07:00Beautiful Fair Trade Bunting<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fair trade bunting.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">Our fair trade cotton bunting is finished and ready to send off for the world record attempt at the longest ever bunting . When Fairtrade Fortnight's over, the bunting will be stitched together in an attempt to break the world record for the longest continual piece of bunting to help tell more people about how Fairtrade cotton protects the livelihoods of cotton farmers and to pressure decision-makers to make trade fairer for cotton farmers in West Africa.</div>Lesley Mackayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12960109701584888782noreply@blogger.com2