On This Day 17th March St Patrick’s Day 18th March First Space Walk Saint Patrick’s Day is a cultural and religious celebration held on 17th March. 18th March First Space Walk On the 18th March 1965 Alexey Leonov, a Russian cosmonaut, was the first human to enter Space, and did a 12 minute space walk. 19th March Sydney Harbour Bridge On the 19th March 1932, the Sydney Harbour Bridge opened. It is the 6th longest spanning arch bridge in the World.

What’s on this week? Monday 9.15 Business Meeting – PE Hall 10.00 Active Schools Football – P3 Tuesday 3.00 Chess Club Wednesday Down’s Syndrome Day (Odd Socks Day) 9.00 Drama P7 – Infant Hall 3.00 SUPA Club P5-7

What’s on this week? Thursday 3.00 Netball Training P7 – Infant Hall 3.00 Football Training P5-7 - KGS Friday Sport Relief Day 12.00 Pupil Council – GP Room 2 3.00 Netball Training P4/5 – Infant Hall

Papdale Winter Olympics The scores for the third event, Team Skipping were: Team Skipping 1st – Fabulous Five 2nd – Crazy Coocoo Llamas 3rd – The Dog Squad The Leading Teams after three events are: 1st – Fabulous Five 2nd –Crazy Coocoo Llamas 3rd – Mushy Potatoes 4th – Shark Bite/The Squad 5th – Red Knights 6th – The Flappers/The Duck Squad Target Bowls and Leap Frog will be held in the All Weather Pitch this week. At break today the teams competing in Target Bowls are: Team Olympics, Xbox Guides, Fabulous Five and Snowball Girls. At 1.30pm it will be: Shark Bite, The Squad, Crystal Unicorns and Banana Bunch. Please check the fixtures on the notice boards to see when your team is competing for the rest of the week.

Games Parliament News Mini League We are also wanting to know if there is enough interest to start a mini league dodgeball for P4 to P7 and Netball for P6 and P7’s. If you are interested please put your name on the sign up sheet in the foyer this week. Thank you.

Eco Club News Good morning. In P4-7 assembly last Friday the Eco Club members reminded everyone about Earth Hour and shared plans of what we are doing this week. Here are the highlights from 2017 across the globe – 3,100 landmarks and monuments switched off their lights including our very own St Magnus Cathedral here in Kirkwall. The official Earth Hour is Saturday 24th of March from 8.30pm to 9.30pm. Here at Papdale, we would like everyone in school to switch off lights and equipment as much as possible from 2-3pm every afternoon this week for Earth Hour.

Eco Club News The Eco Club reps will take meter readings at 2pm every day. Please meet Mr MacKinnon at reception just when the classes are going in after lunch. Monday will be Ryan and Jacob Tuesday will be Jenna and Jamsie Wednesday will be Ailsa and Callum Thursday will be Alannah and Ellie Friday will be Emma and Bailey Also at assembly we showed the Litter Pick Up Results. It is slightly better than last year but not great compared to 2013! Plastic straws, juice cups and crisp packets are the most frequent things we picked up. Unfortunately, they cannot be recycled. Starting today, at our Early Bird Bar, we will now be selling bottles of water that can be recycled. When you are finished drinking, please return your empty bottle into the bin next to the Early Bird Bar door for recycling. Thank you for supporting us with the Earth Hour switch off every afternoon from 2 to 3pm this week. You also might like to switch off on Saturday night starting at 8.30pm. Earth Hour is more than just switching off the lights, it’s a commitment to unit and protect the Earth.

6S are on Law Duty this week Eco Club News 6S are on Law Duty this week

Well done to… Ailsa and Erica, who travelled to Thurso at the weekend to take part in a Highland Dancing Competition!

Well done to… Well done to all those who took part in the Spring League 2018 Swimming Gala. The Sharks won the competition overall.