Our ePals

We have been emailing our ePals in Colorado. We have been finding out about the mountains and what it is like living in the middle of a continent, next to a huge mountain range, compared with here in Orkney.

There are lots of children in Mr Cleland's class compared with our 'peedie' class.

Ready to post!

The parcel is ready to post and we are ready to email our ePals at Ridgeview Elementary School.

We are so excited!

Packing the box

We have put together a box of interesting things from Orkney to send to Colorado. We hope the children at our link school enjoy opening the box and discovering what is inside.

Ridgeview Elementary School, CO, USA

View Ridgeview Elementary School, Colorado Springs, USA in a larger map

Zoom in to find our link school!

The Sanday lighthouse

This is the lighthouse on the island of Sanday which is in Orkney. There are so many lighthouses in Orkney because there are lots of dangerous waters.

St Magnus Cathedral

Here is a picture of St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall.
It was built by the Vikings in 1137.

Orkney is a mainly flat group of islands apart from Hoy. We have very few trees and a lot of green farmland.

Old Man of Hoy

This is the Old Man of Hoy. It is a 450ft high sea stack of red sandstone.

beach

On the left side there is a beach.It was around in the First World War and the ship wrecks are still on the beach.

On the right side there is the Churchill Barriers that defend Scapa Flow. It was built in the Second World War to stop ships from getting through.

Skara Brae

Skara Brae was a stone age village that was occupied in 3100-2500 BC. The house contains a central hearth, a stone dresser and a small bed. This is one of the many buildings or villages that is still standing today.

Finding Colorado Springs on Google Earth

Here is our class looking on Google Earth to find out where our link school is located in Colorado Springs, USA. Some of our class said that they had been to Florida, but we realised that it is still a very long way from the school.

We also took a photo of the Orkney Islands where our school is located, in the far north of Scotland in the UK.

Here is a picture of the P6 pupils smiling happily.