Clare Russell

Curling Festival: Room 16

By Clare Russell 28th March 2019 29th March 2019 Room 16, Secondary Department

We went to the ASN Curling festival at Curl Aberdeen. It was cold standing on the ice and we all wore cosy jackets. The coaches gave us different challenges to do. We all liked knocking down the skittles. It was great to do real curling after using the indoor curling stones in the classroom. Here are some of our thoughts on the Curling Festival:

“It was great man.”

“It was good but very cold.”

“I liked the cup of tea.”

The Greatest Showman in Room 12

By Clare Russell 28th March 2019 28th March 2019 Expressive Arts, Room 12, Secondary Department, Specialist Areas

Room 12 thoroughly enjoyed their Greatest Showman themed drama lesson. Drama Sam had brought in some fantastic props for us to use and we had great fun displaying our skills with hoops and ribbons! It just so happens that The Greatest Showman is a favourite with some of our classmates, so we know the songs quite well. We were dancing, singing and acting being circus performers, and that wasn’t just the pupils…!

Enjoying a Visiting Storyteller in Room 12

By Clare Russell 27th March 2019 27th March 2019 Core Curriculum, Literacy and Communication, Room 12, Secondary Department

Room 12 enjoyed a visit from multi-sensory storyteller, Ailie, of Flotsam and Jetsam. The story she shared with us was about a cat going to see a giant. As you can see from our faces, we were all entertained by the story and the range of props that supported our understanding and enjoyment.

Active Schools Curling Festival

By Clare Russell 27th March 2019 27th March 2019 Howes House, P.E., Room 10, Room 14, Room 17, Room 18, Secondary Department, Specialist Areas

Pupils enjoyed taking part in the curling festival at Curl Aberdeen. We rotated around 6 different stations and had the opportunity to try different activities. Everyone tried pushing the stones at skittles, targets and playing a game of curling. We all had different strengths: some of us were very good at aiming for the centre of the target, gently pushing the curling stones with just the right amount of force, while others were very good at skittles due to our ability to push the curling stone a long way.

Choosing Books: Room 15 Visit Waterstones

By Clare Russell 20th March 2019 20th March 2019 Core Curriculum, Literacy and Communication, Room 15, Secondary Department

Room 15 pupils enjoyed a bus trip to Waterstones in the Bon Accord Centre. We all had fun choosing a book. We looked carefully at the different books before deciding which one we wanted. Some of us chose ‘Ten Little Bookworms’ and some of us chose ‘Minifigure Mayhem’. We are all looking forward to reading our books at home.

New Appointment: Orchard Brae Environmental Officer

By Clare Russell 20th March 2019 20th March 2019 Howes House, Secondary Department, Senior phase, Work Experience

We are pleased to announce that a pupil from Howes Hoose has been appointed Environmental Officer for the school. He will be responsible for monitoring the litter in the school playground, in the Community and in the wider Community of Aberdeen, a big job. We have already noticed some fly-tipping in the area which will be reported to the Council.

Please help us to look after our environment!

Thank you.

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We went to visit the fantastic recycling facilities in Aberdeen. We would like to encourage you all to reduce your waste, re-use items or give them to someone who can re-use them like a Charity Shop, or recycle them. Thank you.

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PE Challenges for Room 14

By Clare Russell 19th March 2019 19th March 2019 Core Curriculum, Health and Well Being, P.E., Room 14, Secondary Department, Specialist Areas

Room 14 have been enjoying obstacle courses in PE this term. We have been climbing, doing hurdles, walking on uneven surfaces and going in, on and under things. We have also really enjoyed bouncing on the trampette.

Our pupils have grown in confidence and have been challenged with different apparatus, growing in confidence as a result of this.

‘Mouse Paint’: Colour Mixing in Room 14

By Clare Russell 19th March 2019 19th March 2019 Inter Disciplinary Learning, Literacy and Communication, Room 14, Secondary Department

Room 14 enjoyed listening to and watching the story ‘Mouse Paint’ by Ellen Walsh. We then enjoyed a variety of activities exploring colour mixing.

Red Nose Day in Room 18

By Clare Russell 14th March 2019 14th March 2019 Citizenship, Room 18

Room 18 celebrated Red Nose Day today. We watched a short film and learned about the serious side of Comic Relief, talking about the way that donations made support children both in the UK and across the world. We then had some fun, playing a game of ‘Nose’ (a Beetle Drive by another name). We did this in teams and had lots of laughs throughout!

Room 17 celebrates Chinese New Year!

By Clare Russell 11th March 2019 17th April 2019 Room 17, Secondary Department

Room 17 had a fun week celebrating Chinese New Year. At the start of the week we learned all about the celebration. We heard the story of why the years are named after animals, watched the Lion Dance, and sang some songs – including Happy New Year in Chinese! At Music, we watched some Chinese drummers and played along on our own drums and cymbals as we watched. We even went to the Chinese Restaurant in Aberdeen Market for our morning snack on bus day and tried lots of different Chinese foods. We also had a pretend Chinese Takeaway through the week which turned into the real thing on Friday at snacktime – complete with fortune cookies! A great time was had by all!!!