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On This Day

Stay up to date with the latest events and news including Shrove Tuesday, Valentine's Day, Winter Olympics, Playground Safety, Papdale Winter Olympics, and more. Get involved in activities, stay safe, and be informed!

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On This Day

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  1. On This Day Shrove Tuesday Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day) is the day in February or March immediately preceding Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent). Valentine’s Day Valentine’s Day is celebrated annually on 14th February. It is recognized as a significant cultural, religious and commercial celebration of romance in many regions around the World.

  2. Winter Olympics 2018 The Olympic Winter Games is a major international sporting event held once every 4 years for sports played on snow and ice. It is held in PyeongChang, South Korea this year.

  3. Papdale Winter Olympics We are hosting our own Olympics Games at Papdale! If you’d like to take part, please collect a form at the School Office. • Teams of 5 • P4 – 7 • Breaktimes/Lunchtimes (Starting Monday 26th February) • 5 different sports

  4. Playground Safety Just a reminder to all pupils, that during this unpredictable weather and the possibility of some more snow, there are to be no snowballs thrown in the playground. There may be a snowball target set up if children wanted.

  5. What’s on this week? Monday 9.15 Business Meeting – PE Hall 10.00 Active Schools Football 3M – PE Hall 11.15 Active Schools Football 3S – PE Hall 1.45 Active Schools Football 3E – PE Hall 3.15 Netball Training P6 – Infant Hall Tuesday 2.00 Ragi visit to 4E (Norse Names) 3.00 Chess Club Wednesday 3.00 SUPA Club P5-7

  6. Pupil Group News On Thursday afternoon last week Scotland’s Children and Young People’s Commissioner visited our school. His name is Bruce Adamson and he is from New Zealand but has been in Scotland for over 16 years. He is a lawyer and has been working with children and families for over 20 years. He took over the post of Commissioner for Children and Young People in May last year and this was his first visit to Orkney. He was accompanied by Stephan Grounds, a member of his team in Edinburgh, Jack Norquoy, who is one of Orkney’s Youth Parliament members and Ernie Skea who is part of Orkney’s Community Learning and Development Team.

  7. Pupil Group News Our P6 and P7 Eco Club, Games Parliament and Pupil Council members were joined by pupils from P7 at Glaitness School and we met up in GP Room 2. Mr Adamson introduced himself and told us a bit about his job and what he did. He said he liked to meet and speak to children and young people and listen to their thoughts and ideas and what was important to them. We also discussed the Global Goals and we told him about our New Years Resolution to focus on three of them – Gender Equality, Quality Education and Clean Water and Sanitation which our three Pupil Groups are promoting.

  8. Pupil Group News He asked us questions about living in Orkney, what was good about it and what wasn’t so good! We discussed it with each other and in groups and then shared our thoughts with everyone. It seemed that everyone thought living here wasn’t too bad at all! We also spoke about the Your Kirkwall Youth Summit which we attended to look at Kirkwall in the future and what we would like to see in the plans. The Glaitness pupils shared a project they have been working on to try to raise awareness about the dangers to the environment of throwing away plastic and in particular plastic straws. At the end we had a group photo taken which is on our website.

  9. Well done to… Well done to Josh, Finlay, Innes, Laurie, Kieran, Ramsay, George, Magnus, Matthew and Murray who took part in the Boys Brigade Parade on Sunday. It was very snowy and cold!

  10. Well done to… Well done to the Zebras; Maya, Ellie, Emily and Zara who took part in the P4/5 Netball Festival at the weekend.

  11. Well done to… Well done to the Puppies; Joseph, Molly, Niamh and Abbie who took part in the P4/5 Netball Festival at the weekend.

  12. Well done to… Well done to the Unicorns; Sophie, Blair Dee, Leah, Summer and Emma who took part in the P4/5 Netball Festival at the weekend.

  13. Well done to… Well done to the Turtles; Kaylee, Alaina, Stella, Amelie and Scarlet who took part in the P4/5 Netball Festival at the weekend.

  14. Well done to… Well done to the Seals; Lauren, Eva, Alisha and Stacey who took part in the P4/5 Netball Festival at the weekend.

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