Gaelic Pupils Explore for Dragons at Dunollie

Events, Gaelic, Interdisciplinary, Outdoor Learning, Primary schools, School trips,

Children in Oban’s Gaelic-medium P1 and P2 classes experienced a fabulous day of exploration and outdoor learning recently, organised by Stramash. The activities were linked to the children’s Knights and Castles topic, and the day started at Dunollie Castle with a scavenger hunt. The natural materials the children collected were used to make special crowns, and other activities included creating dragon potions and exploring the castle itself.

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Hermitage Primary School New Playground Development

Outdoor Learning, Primary schools

Excited pupils from Hermitage Primary School thought that Christmas had arrived again when they returned from their Easter holidays. In just two weeks an exciting imaginative play area had grown up in a previously disused section of the grounds. As part of a larger redevelopment the playground has been extended to include an imaginative play area. There are zones devoted to story-telling, drama, music and a fabulous Viking long ship. Here you can see that the Primary Seven pupils approve whole heartedly.

GO GREEN DAY AT CLACHAN PRIMARY

Eco Schools, Events, Interdisciplinary, Outdoor Learning, Primary schools, ,

The children of Achahoish Primary and Skipness Primary joined the pupils in Clachan for their Go Green Day. We shared a morning of Geocaching and all had fun using the GPS receivers to locate buried treasure clues. After our lunch we shared four workshops together. We planted sunflower seeds in handmade newspaper pots, we created a human tree, we used fairtrade ingredients to bake Easter nests and we worked together to build a Go Green Scarecrow.
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Kodu Kup 2013

Learning Tech

If you are interested in game design then a good place to start is with a free application called Kodu. This is a visual programming language and games lab environment which allows students from Second Level upwards to design and build three dimensional games using either a PC or an XBox and XBox controller.  When using an application such as Kodu learners can begin to learn the core concepts of computer science within the context of a project which includes narrative writing, design and maths.  Kodu was developed in the Microsoft Research Labs and is completely free to download and use.

If you are interested in submitting an entry to the Kodu Kup then full details are available here.

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Cardross Primary Health week

Active Schools, Events, Fundraising, Health and Wellbeing, Interdisciplinary, Primary schools

Cardross Primary finished the Easter term with their annual health week. Some of the highlights were ‘Healthy Hearts’ with Andy McKechnie, ‘Funky Fitness’ with Julie Smith and the Chest, Heart and Stroke – Cardio Hoop Fundraiser. Thank you to Mrs Sharp for all of her efforts in planning and organising such a wonderful week for pupils and staff.

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Daffodil Tea at Dunoon Primary

Events, Expressive arts, Fundraising, Interdisciplinary, Primary schools, Social Enterprise

“Outstanding! Superb! Moving!” These were some of the comments made to describe the Daffodil Tea performance by Dunoon Primary School Choir on Tuesday 26th March. The choir performed their programme in the afternoon for invited guests within the community and also in the evening for parents, relatives and friends. The hall was decorated with artwork produced by all the classes and refreshments were provided by the PTA.

Cardross Primary Health Week

Events, Health and Wellbeing, Primary schools

Cardross Primary finished the Easter term with their annual health week. Some of the highlights were ‘Healthy Hearts’ with Andy McKechnie, ‘Funky Fitness’ with Julie Smith and the Chest, Heart and Stroke – Cardio Hoop Fundraiser.
Thank you to Mrs Sharp for all of her efforts in planning and organising such a wonderful week for pupils and staff. Continue reading Cardross Primary Health Week →

Daffodil Tea at Dunoon Primary

Events, Expressive arts, Primary schools

“Outstanding! Superb! Moving!” These were some of the comments made to describe the Daffodil Tea performance by Dunoon Primary School Choir on Tuesday 26th March. The choir performed their programme in the afternoon for invited guests within the community and also in the evening for parents, relatives and friends. The hall was decorated with artwork produced by all the classes and refreshments were provided by the PTA.

Hermitage Art Show success!

Events, Expressive arts, Primary schools

Talented Young Artists from Primary Seven at Hermitage Primary School gathered at the Victoria Halls on Tuesday 19th March to show off their art at an Exhibition for parents and invited guests. The pupils produced pieces of contemporary art around the theme of transition and the result was a very colourful and imaginative exhibition which included a piece of art from all seventy three children in Primary Seven. The exhibition was opened by successful sculptor and artist Jason Pyper Davis who was very impressed by the vast array of skills and ideas on display. Continue reading Hermitage Art Show success! →

Dalmally Talent Contest

Competitions, Events, Expressive arts, Fundraising, Interdisciplinary, Primary schools

Dalmally’s Got Talent!

At the end of March the children of Dalmally Primary School organised a talent show. This was no ordinary evening; in fact it was a very exclusive event. Guests entered through the V.I.P entrance, made their way along the red carpet and were greeted with a champagne (sparkling fruit juice!) reception. The event was not complete without a panel of celebrity judges who took their roles very seriously.
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Hermitage Primary Netball

Competitions, Events, Health and Wellbeing, Interdisciplinary, Primary schools, Sport

Hermitage Primary are very proud of the school netball team for winning the Lomond School Netball Tournament. The group phase saw some excellent play in all sectors of the court and the team progressed into the final undefeated. Hermitage faced Cardross in a nail biting final in which both teams played superb netball and were equally matched. However a tense 4 minutes of extra time allowed Hermitage to score a further 2 goals and finally win the trophy. Well done to the whole team!

Tobermory High – Comic Relief

Competitions, Events, Interdisciplinary, Primary schools, Secondary schools, Social Enterprise,

From the youngest primary children to the oldest S6 and most of the staff everyone joined in the fun of Red Nose Day. Crazy hair and pyjamas were the themes and most people rose to the challenge so there were some interesting sights in Assembly. In primary they baked cakes and had an impromptu dance contest whilst in secondary most junior pupils had bought senior genies for the day who carried bags, helped with work and in some classes lead a bit of karaoke.

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Burns organising committee

Competitions, Events, History, Interdisciplinary, Primary schools, ,

On the 5th Feb the organising committee for the Local schools Burns event met for the second time to confirm their plans for the day. The representatives from Rockfield, Lochnell and Kilninver’s Pupil councils printed certificates and organised nametags and presentations. Hopefully the arrangements we have made will ensure that the day runs smoothly.

Good Luck to everyone who is planning to take part….break a leg.

rural schools athletics final

Competitions, Events, Health and Wellbeing, Interdisciplinary, Outdoor Learning, Primary schools, Sport

On the 7th March our P4&5 children were chuffed to bits to qualify for the Oban schools athletics competition.

This is the first time we have made it into the final. Some of us jumped and threw further than we have ever managed before. with a bit of training who knows, we might make the medals next year.

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heartstart assembly

Health and Wellbeing, Interdisciplinary, Primary schools, Science, Training

On the 12th March we held our Easter assembly, we based it around the theme of helping your neighbour.

The children demonstrated how to phone for an ambulance, put someone into the recovery position and do CPR if necessary. The parents followed the instructions the children gave them and asked lots of questions about the Heart Start programme.

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Southend snow and scarecrows

Events, Interdisciplinary, Outdoor Learning, Primary schools

Just back for 1 day after the 5 day black-out but we got right down to it by designing and making two scarecrows as part of the Southend Village Scarecrow Challenge. We couldn’t miss out on the very topical theme of power cuts either. Pupils enjoyed playing in the huge pile of snow which had fallen from the roof and they even managed to make a mini-snowman.

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Easter Bonnet Parade

Competitions, Early Years, Events, Expressive arts, Interdisciplinary, Primary schools

There may have been wintry temperatures and snow showers outside on Wednesday March 27th, but inside Dunoon Primary there was most definitely a celebration of Spring and Creativity taking place, as children from the Nursery and P1 – 3 arrived in the hall, wearing a fantastic array of colourful Easter bonnets. The pupils of P4 – 7 and staff showed their appreciation, as the younger children took to the stage to model their amazing creations. A wonderful effort! Well done!
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Author , Kenneth Steven, at Lochnell

Events, Interdisciplinary, Literacy, Primary schools

We were delighted to have a visit from children’s author Kenneth Steven just before we closed for the holiday. Author of wonderful stories like Fergus Finds a Friend, The Biggest Thing in the World and The Sea Mice and the Stars chose to visit Lochnell Primary INSTEAD of travelling to Norway where he was to be awarded Best Children’s Picture Book of the year.

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Greeen Flag erected at St Joseph’s Primary

Eco Schools, Events, Health and Wellbeing, Interdisciplinary, Primary schools

The children, parents and staff of St. Joseph’s Primary were delighted to see their Green Flag finally erected this week. A very enthusiastic Eco Group were very pleased as they are very committed in their mission to make all things ‘Eco-Friendly’ at St Joseph’s. Each year the Eco Committee encourage all children and staff to audit the school for ‘green’ capacity and from this audit produce their own ‘Eco Plan’ for the school.

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