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Room 14 Enjoy the Sun at Stonehaven

By Clare Russell 19th June 2019 19th June 2019 Room 14, Secondary Department

Room 14 enjoyed a trip to Stonehaven beach. We had lunch from the Bay Chipper and a play in the park. Room 14 boys enjoyed themselves.

Learning Through Stories in Room 14

By Clare Russell 24th May 2019 24th May 2019 Room 14, Secondary Department, Uncategorised

Room 14 have been looking at various stories and songs this month and then doing a variety of activities connected to these stories.

This week we were listening to road safety songs and considering how to cross the road safely. We followed this up with some science exploring cars moving down ramps. We also coloured some pictures of our favourite cars.

We have looked at the Story of St George, using CBeebies to support our understanding. We explored riding horses and saving people from dragons.

We have also been reading stories relating to summer such as ‘Jaspers Beanstalk’ written by Nick Butterworth, and ‘Little Grey Rabbit’s May Day’ written by Alison Uttley.

Easter Experiences in Room 14

By Clare Russell 24th April 2019 23rd May 2019 Core Curriculum, Room 14, Secondary Department

Room 14 have enjoyed looking at Easter and participating in a range of activities around this.

We have explored the Easter story, rolled eggs, participated in several Easter egg hunts and enjoyed decorating eggs.

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.

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.

Ragbag Collection

By Clare Russell 11th March 2019 11th March 2019 Eco Group, Howes House, Nursery @ Ashgrove, Nursery @ Howes Road, Primary 1 @ Ashgrove, Room 10, Room 11, Room 12, Room 14, Room 15, Room 16, Room 17, Room 18, Room 3, Room 4, Room 5, Room 6, Room 8, Room 9, Secondary Department

The pupils in Room 16 have been working hard on our Ragbag project for 18 months now. We are delighted to confirm that we have raised approximately £900 for the school fund (that’s more than 2 tonnes of clothing that have been saved from landfill!).

Rag bag is a Scottish textile and clothing recycling scheme. Items are graded according to their quality at their premises in Falkirk. Wearable items are sent to developing countries as 2^nd hand clothing, items which may have been torn or damaged recycled and become carpet underlay or industrial cleaning cloths or even mattress lining. Either way they are kept from landfill.

There are 3 collection schemes, 1: send bags home, 2: inside collection bin (at school front office) and 3: external collection bin. We are proud to say that we have all 3 schemes in operation.

We collect clothes, pairs of shoes, belts and bags.

So this Spring, as you clear out your winter wardrobe, feel free to fill a bag of rags for us!

Lawman Piano arrives at Orchard Brae

By Amy Dunnett 7th February 2019 15th February 2019 Citizenship, Music Therapy, Room 14

Today we were very lucky to receive a Lawman Piano which had been gifted to the school to help support all the amazing development and engagement work that takes place with our Music Therapist Emmeline. The Lawman Panio was created by Gordon Bell Pianos in conjuction with Passell designers to celebrate Aberdeen footballer Denis Law receiving the Freedom of Aberdeen City in 2018. The Panio has been on a tour of all the Football clubs that Dennis Law played for and on it’s return was auctioned off for charity. We are delighted to have been selected as it’s permanent home where we are sure it will be used by all of the pupils in school.

One of our Senior pupils really enjoyed the opportunity to make music on this amazing piano, which is fabulously decorated, including its light show and Dennis Law’s signature.

Room 14 Exploring Our World of Colour

By Clare Russell 7th February 2019 15th February 2019 Core Curriculum, Expressive Arts, Inter Disciplinary Learning, Room 14, Secondary Department, Specialist Areas

Room 14 enjoyed exploring the snow and ice last week. We added food colouring to make the snow change colour. Everyone had fun.

This week, Room 14 had fun exploring the colourful world of musicals in Drama with Sam. We focused on the musical, Hairspray.

Room 14 Health and Wellbeing: Hand washing and Games

By Clare Russell 23rd January 2019 15th February 2019 Core Curriculum, Health and Well Being, Room 14, Secondary Department

Room 14 have been learning about our bodies and focusing on hand washing. We used the Glitter Bugs hand washing equipment to show where the bacteria is on our hands. Everyone enjoyed participating in this activity.