Iona Primary School children were amazed when the Northern Ireland Minister for Justice popped in yesterday to thank them for a gift. David Ford from Stormont Castle came to thank the children for the very special book about Iona that the pupils had lovingly made from scratch (including the paper).
Former Head Teacher, Liz Kennedy, had had the inspired idea for this special book to be transported in the coracle that was sailing to Ireland as part of the St Columba’s Celebrations at the end of term. In memory of the journey of the famous Book of Kells. Continue reading Iona Primary welcomes a very special VIP
Kodu programming – getting started
Kodu is a visual programming language for creating games! Kodu can be controlled using an Xbox controller or a mouse and keyboard.
- Kodu provides easy tools to create elaborate 3D landscapes, and control the lighting and camera.
- Kodu programming involves selecting visual tiles for a condition (WHEN) and an action (DO).
- Students can learn about cooperation, logic and creativity, not just about programming.
Argyll and Bute ipads for teaching and learning: Educators Event.
Argyll and Bute, in partnership with Apple and XMA, invite you to a day with Keynote Guests and hands on workshops to explore the potential of this technology to transform learning. Topics include: Assessing with iPad – A hands on workshop exploring assessment. Creating Content with iPad – A hands on workshop looking at how to use content creation tools. Teaching with iPad – A hands on workshop focusing on how the iPad can transform learning and teaching.
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Kilmartin’s amazing coloured potatoes!!
It’s great to start the new school year with exciting news! Kilmartin Primary’s Early level class grew some amazing coloured potatoes in our garden and this summer the potatoes won 1st prize in their category at the Mid Argyll Agricultural Show.The potatoes are a dark purple all the way through. Later in September, the school will be holding a vegetable sale with all of our garden produce and, of course, we will be making some very tasty soup! Continue reading Kilmartin’s amazing coloured potatoes!!
Lochdonhead Winners
Lochdonhead Primary School has been very successful recently in two national competitions.
In June we were told that we were the winners of the Total Green School Award run by the Young People’s Trust. In our entry we recorded and reported all the work we have done over the year to improve our school grounds. The results were reported as ‘excellent and the judges were all extremely impressed’. Almost 44,500 children took part in the Award for 2013 which emphasises the scale of our achievement. We were given a certificate and a cheque for £500. Continue reading Lochdonhead Winners
Welcome to all of the new P1 pupils
We hope that all of the new Primary 1 pupils across the authority had a wonderful first day at school. We would like to take this opportunity to wish all pupils and colleagues all the very best for an excellent 2013-14 session.
Argyll Collection Primary Writing Competition 2013
CAST is delighted to introduce the theme for this year’s Argyll Collection Primary Writing Competition and announce continued support from Scottish Book Trust.
2013 competition prizes:
1st prize: 5 books, 2nd prize: 3 books, 3rd prize: 3 books
£250 worth of books for the winning pupil’s primary school.
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‘Code Ninjas’ Learn Way of the Python at Dunoon Grammar School
Computer Programming Summer School a Massive Hit
A dedicated, skilled team of young learners from Dunoon Grammar School recently sacrificed a full week of their precious summer holiday to attend the inaugural ‘Code Ninjas’ Summer School held in the school’s Faculty of Business & Computing. Continue reading ‘Code Ninjas’ Learn Way of the Python at Dunoon Grammar School
St Josephs Summer Disco
What a great night was had by all at St. Joseph’s Primary School on Friday when the whole school came together to help P7 celebrate their primary school years. The Leavers’ Disco was a marvellous success as the P7 children were waited upon by their teachers and the parent council at the special VIP table. However, as is the way at St. Joseph’s, the whole school family was involved with mums and dads together with children from all stages of the school being in attendance to give P7 a wonderful, St Joseph’s send off. Continue reading St Josephs Summer Disco
Easdale Makeover
Staff, children, parents and community members gave up the first week of the holidays to decorate the gym hall in Easdale Primary. The hall is half gloss so the preparation took 2 days before any paint could touch the walls. A full undercoat followed by a full decoration has left a perfect Gym hall for the children and staff in the school. Mr Glen-Lee was in his element filling the bins making sure only quality resources returned to the shelves.
Mud day celebrations – revisited
Pupils once again decided not to let the rain get them down on the last day of term. International Mud Day is officially the 29th June, but nobody felt like coming to school on Saturday to take part – what’s a day between friends? The fun started with a muddy burn walk, then a ‘hit the moving target’ session on the rope swing. The water pistols were an attempt to keep things clean but, like most plans, it didn’t quite work that way! Mrs Finnie certainly wasn’t any cleaner by the time she’d had her turn. Continue reading Mud day celebrations – revisited
Rothesay Post Card Event
Thank you to everyone who sent postcards for the World Record Postcard Event. These are being passed to Guiness for approval.
The Post Cards will be part of an art instillation at the Cabbie’s Rest in the last weekend of July.
We will still accept post cards for the installation over the next month so if you or your pupils have are away over the next few weeks please feel free to carry on writing! Continue reading Rothesay Post Card Event
Barcaldine & Ardchattan win an Oscar!
Over the last few months Sam Harrison of Open Ground has been working with several schools on making outdoor films. The project involved children exploring their own habitat and then when back in the classroom decide how to make and produce their own film. Sam Harrison joined each school for two days when one day was spent exploring their own landscapes and then acting out their ideas. When Sam Harrison came back for his second visit, schools then had an idea of where their film was going and all Sam had to do was film it. Continue reading Barcaldine & Ardchattan win an Oscar!
P1-3 Gaelic Katie Morag Day on the Isle of Tiree
Primary 1-3 Gaelic had a lovely Katie Morag afternoon to round off their Katie Morag theme last Thursday at Tiree Primary. Parents and family were invited (especially Grannies!) to watch and listen to the children display their work and we also had a very unexpected guest who just had time to squeeze in reading one our favourite Katie Morag stories! The children showed off their Katie Morag puppets and read some of their imaginary Katie Morag stories before leading their parents on a tour of their work. We hope Granny Mainland made her way to the Isle of Struay for her holidays!
St. Joseph’s Concert
Another super performance by the children of St. Joseph’s took place on the evenings of Wednesday and Thursday 12 and 13 June respectively. P4 and P5 performed Peter Pan to a sell out audience on both nights with P6 & P7 presenting some gritty performances as the cast embraced the musical ‘Oliver’.
The audience were in awe of all the children as the show opened with a performance from the full scale school orchestra. The ensemble played in perfect tune culminating in a fantastic performance of the theme from James Bond. Continue reading St. Joseph’s Concert
Dunoon Grammar School Head Teacher Mr Shaw retires
Mr Shaw, Head Teacher of Dunoon Grammar School is retiring this summer after 33 years of service to Argyll & Bute Council. Mr Shaw started working for Argyll and Bute Council in Rothesay Academy where he spent 28 years. He was appointed Head Teacher of Dunoon Grammar School in 2008 where he has spent the last 5 years. Head Girl Iona Cairns and Head Boy Andrew Black commented, “In the last 5 years we have got to know Mr Shaw very well and worked closely with him. His warmth and presence will be missed throughout the whole school. We wish him a very long and happy retirement.”
DGS Teachers v Pupils annual golf match
Dunoon Grammar Pupils Victorious!
On Wednesday 26th June, 10 elated pupils from Dunoon Grammar School defeated the teachers by the narrowest of margins in the annual teachers v pupils golf match at Cowal Golf Club. After some shots of outstanding quality and highly competitive games the pupils won by 5.5 points to 4.5. Congratulations to Andrew Black (head boy) for winning both nearest the pin prizes and for giving Mr Wilson (Principal teacher of P.E.) a golfing lesson.
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Our chicks have fledged
This week we came into school and saw that our bird box was empty, all our 7 chicks had fledged and flew away with their mum and dad. We hope we get more chicks next spring . By Jonathan Bingham P7
Interplanetary Pioneer – Fergus Glen-Lee
Fergus Glen-Lee from Oban High School has been invited to join Fuselab at Edinburgh University to plan life for future civilizations in the event of an evacuation of Earth.
Fergus saw the avert on SAL for the opportunity for young Scots to join the team made up of business and academia from North West European Communities. Fergus had to demonstrate his creative and divergent thinking to get through the selection process and has been chosen to spend a week at Edinburgh University.
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GROWING OUR OWN AT OHS SUPPORT DEPARTMENT!
In October 2012 we took charge of a supersized poly tunnel which was erected in the grounds of Glencruitten Hostel. This was the first step in our plan to grow and sell produce to parents, staff and the hostel kitchen! In our Tech classes we have made six raised beds for the tunnel and plan to make more for outside. We have planted potatoes, onions, herbs and blackcurrants so far and have also been improving the hostel grounds by planting hedges and trees!
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