One Planet Picnic

We made posters to explain the picnic and show what foods we were planning to have.

We wanted to use local produce, so decided to use Orkney Cheese to make pizzas and sandwiches.

We made recipes to show how to make the pizza.

Here are the finished pizzas!

We also wanted to have some local, seasonal produce to have with our pizza and sandwiches, so Mrs Tulip kindly gave us some from her garden.

The peas were delicious.

Mrs Tulip also made Orkney Broonie, which is an old fashioned

gingerbread made with oatmeal.  It was really tasty.

We spent the morning working hard preparing the pizzas and sandwiches.

Some mums kindly came in to help with the preparations.

The sun shone for our picnic and we had a lovely time.

We held it in the school courtyard which was a great place for it.

First of all we introduced our teddy bears to each other.

Then we ate!

We had quite an impressive spread. Several pupils brought in pancakes made by their mums and grannies. We enjoyed them with Mrs Tulip's homemade jams.

To ensure there was no waste, we used reusable plates, and containers, and even collected up the crusts and scraps for Mrs Tulip to take home for her hens!

We finished off our picnic by playing in the courtyard with our teddies.

We all had a fantastic time!

Here are some of our comments:

"I learned that all of the food that we ate came from Orkney."  Laura

"I liked the pizza and stuff from Mrs Tulip's garden."  Keira

"I learned not to waste food."  Elin

"I learned all the Orkney foods!  I loved the peas-in-a-pod!"  Magnus

" I learned that just because the picnic was Eco it doesn't mean there not fun."  Lilly

" I liked eating the pizza and playing teddy bear catch.  I learned that you shouldn't waste cups if they're paper and don't waste food." Erin

by P4 (7-8 years old), Glaitness School

Visit to Pickaquoy Campsite

 The weather was lovely when we went to the campsite on Wednesday.

 As it was nearly the end of the holiday season, there was

only one motorhome and three tents that day.

 We were surprised at how big it was.

 The trees did a good job of hiding the building work.

 The building was very impressive.

 It was much easier to write down all the answers to our

questions when we were indoors and had a seat!

Some of us are keen to try out camping now! 

Especially if there are campsites as good as this one!

Visit to the Ayre Hotel

We went to visit the Ayre Hotel today.



We each had a question to ask Wendy.

She did a very good job of answering them all.

It was hard work getting all the answers written down.

We had a tour of the hotel.

We even went in the bar!



There were lots of stairs!



Matt Cardle slept in this room!



We loved the lift!  Although some of us felt as if

 the ground was moving after being in it!



 

 When we were finished, we each got a pen and a leaflet about the hotel.

We all really enjoyed the visit and learned lots.

The Posters Take Shape!

We had another opportunity to work on the posters this afternoon.

Everyone was working really hard.