Author: Clare Russell

Reindeer Decorations in Room 14

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Room 14 have been getting into the festive spirit and been making some beautiful Christmas decorations. We have been making little reindeer faces using pieces of wood we have been drying out. The pupils did some planning before the decorating to choose how to personalise their reindeer. Everyone decided to go for a red nose! We also decorated some cute mini Christmas trees to take home!

Room 18 Perform in the Living Advent Calendar

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Room 18 were invited to join in Aberdeen Library’s Living Advent Calendar. We had a great time performing some of our favourite pieces from Drama and Trash Band. We ate our lunch in the committee room and then performed in the main library. Some members of the public joined in with our Trash Band piece.

We had a great time!

A Christmas Outing for Room 17

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Room 17 thoroughly enjoyed a special outing yesterday, bowling and then to Pizza Hut for lunch. Everyone enjoyed the bowling and as you can see in our photos, we became more independent during the course of the game. We all really enjoyed our pizza lunch, one of us trying pizza for the very first time! I suspect it might not be the last!

Merry Christmas from Room 13

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On Friday Room 13 went looking for a Christmas tree. We went round a few outlets on the school bus to find the one that was best for the school.

We found the tree that was just right at ALDI Cornhill Shopping Centre. We would like to thank the management and the staff of the shop for their generosity and assistance while sourcing the Christmas tree.

We wish them all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Here we see Room 13 preparing the tree for decoration. They made a great job of it!

And the final result!

Have a wonderful Christmas and New Year.

From everyone in Room 13.

Enterprise Rewards for Room 16

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In October we collected items and organised a tombola. We walked around school with the tombola on a trolley and sold tickets to the staff, escorts and bus drivers we met.  In November we used the money we raised to pay for a trip to Codona’s bowling alley.  Hard work does pay off!

Noodles, Reindeer and Remembrance in Outdoor Education

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Room 19 have been looking at preparing food for our Duke of Edinburgh Bronze award.  We tested 2 different brands of noodles, and enjoyed eating them both.  Even those who were not sure, once they tried them, discovered that they were nice to eat.

We assembled and used a Trangia stove to boil water, and add then added to the dried noodles.  Part of our assessment will be making a hot meal, from scratch, using a stove.

We have also cooked sausages outside which were very popular.

This week we even made hot chocolate, heating up chocolate milk on a stove.

We all agree – food tastes better when cooked outside!

 

Outdoor learning has looked at using natural materials like grass, beech nuts and twigs to make textured animals.  We have made spikey hedgehogs from twigs. We also made soft fluffy reindeer for their fur, and small twigs to make their antlers.  Some of our reindeer also had a shiny red nose like Rudolph.

 

We also made poppies to celebrate Armistice Day out of heart shaped pieces of red paper.  We were using scissors, paint, different colours to recreate poppies in the wild.

Secondary Futures Event

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We would like to thank everyone that attended the Secondary Futures Event this week. It was a successful evening with a wide range of partners attending – some who support pupils through work experience at Senior Phase, and others who support our young people on leaving school. The evening was relaxed with plenty of time to chat and find out about services following a talk from Elaine Thomson, Head of Secondary, on the senior curriculum.

Duke of Edinburgh’s Award in Room 19

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Room 19 are working on their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award this year. So far, we have chosen our physical activity and are working on basketball, table tennis and yoga.

For our skills section we are fundraising through our sandwich enterprise. We are also volunteering by helping out in classes with younger pupils and supporting an older gentleman in his home and garden.

In outdoor education, we have learned how to use fire sticks to light the gas for cooking with the trangia stove, all in preparation for our residential expedition next year.

Gearing up for the Christmas Fair

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Room 12 have been busy making gingerbread playdough to sell at our Christmas Fair on Saturday!

We mixed the ingredients, worked it together and put in into recycled jars which we have decorated with sparkly netting, gingerbread men ribbon and pretty tags.

We enjoyed smelling and handling the ingredients.

We hope you will visit our stall to see our finished product!

At the sale, we are also selling tickets for our raffle to win the doll, wicker basket bed, bedding and clothes. There will also be separate dolls clothes to buy. All proceeds from the playdough, doll raffle and doll clothes to the Friends of Orchard Brae!