A group of pupils from Dunoon Grammar have made it through to the regional finals of the Scottish Youth Parliament’s “No Knives, Better Lives” anti knife crime video competition. They need you to vote for them to get to the national final. Go to the SYP website HERE and vote for Dunoon Grammar School.
Firepit Pancakes on Luing
Pancake day on Luing means full winter wear and an open fire, songs around the fire pit followed by a feast of fire-pit pancakes.
Firstly the children measured the ingredients and mixed the batter and then headed outside to the fire pit. Continue reading Firepit Pancakes on Luing
Scanning article
Aspiring farmers at Toward Primary have recently been helping one of the local farmers scan his sheep to discover whether or not the sheep are in lamb and, if so, how many lambs they are going to have. They really enjoyed the experience and gained an insight into why farmers need to feed certain sheep at this time of year and why some get fed more than others according to how many lambs they are going to have. Continue reading Scanning article
Catholic Education Week
February 3 – 8 February was catholic education week and it was greatly celebrated at St Joseph’s in Helensburgh. The focus began on Education Sunday with the Head Teacher speaking to the parish congregation at Sunday Masses about the benefits of catholic education and, more specifically, about the community of learning and faith at St Joseph’s Primary school. In addition, an invitation was extended to all parishioners to join the children at prayer in school during this year of faith at various monthly masses and rosary prayers. Continue reading Catholic Education Week
Scottish Schools ski qualifier – Nevis Range
On Thursday 7th February, a team of four skiers, Isla Fowler, Lawrence Lister, Connor McIntyre and Patrick Feeney from the high school, entered a ski competition at Nevis Range ski centre. After a very early start, 6:15am, we arrived in good time to have a warm up and study the slalom course. Weather conditions were good with little wind and the early morning mist lifting to give good visibility for most of the runs. Continue reading Scottish Schools ski qualifier – Nevis Range
Lismore Goes European for Week
For the week of 4th – 8th February, the children of Lismore Primary School held a EuropeWeek where they learned about all things European.
The children honed their research skills using both computers and books to find out a myriad of facts about their home continent – from the European Union to the different countries; from the highest mountain to the deepest lake and from the variety of languages to the national anthems! Continue reading Lismore Goes European for Week
Barcaldine Bookbug Visit
P2 and 3 children of Barcaldine Primary School went along to Oban High School yesterday morning to participate in a Bookbug song and storytelling session. The children thoroughly enjoyed themselves and even managed to get a picture taken with Bookbug!! Many thanks to Oban High School, Early Years Team, Oban Library and CAST for such an entertaining day – even the adults sang along!!
Road Safety Challenges at North Bute
Our whole school have just finished a Dark Days Challenge Week of road safety activities and events organised in conjunction with Towards Zero Carbon Bute, a local environmental organisation. We worked in our eco groups – Healthy Living Group, Pupil Council and Eco Group – to plan and run a week’s programme of events based on keeping ourselves safe on the roads during winter – dark days! Continue reading Road Safety Challenges at North Bute
SCOTTISH NIGHT AT KILCREGGAN PRIMARY
Pupils, staff and parents enjoyed an excellent evening of entertainment at our Scottish Night last Tuesday. We would like to thank all those pupils who took part, our Friends of Kilcreggan parents and all the Catering Staff for their hard work. Continue reading SCOTTISH NIGHT AT KILCREGGAN PRIMARY
St Joseph’s P7 Trip to Ardlui
P7 of St Joseph’s Primary in Helensburgh arrived safely at Loch Lomond Outdoor Centre on Monday for their residential week of ‘outdoor learning’. After some refreshments, they were on course for a full day of activities. On offer for groups the first day was archery, hill walking and compass work. The children were enthralled by the hill-walking in particular as they were lead up the hills and passed by a waterfall, with one of the children describing the experience as ‘Epic’. One other child commented that he hadn’t understood the term ‘hill-walking’ until he was involved in it himself! Continue reading St Joseph’s P7 Trip to Ardlui
LHS S3 Skills For Work Enterprising events
Lochgilphead High School S3 Skills for Work pupils have taken part in a range of enterprising events. The following events have been organised and run by the pupils in the class. There was a quiz, treasure hunt, coffee morning and a demonstration from the things we are currently learning at College.
The events ran over a couple of weeks during January and February. The first event was the quiz for the S3 pupils organised and run by Kelly Crawford, Ashley Gorrie, David MacDonald and Lorne Harvey. This took place on Thursday the 24th of January 2013. Continue reading LHS S3 Skills For Work Enterprising events
Lochgilphead Joint Campus Church visit
Lochgilphead Joint Campus Learning Centre.
As part of our Christianity topic we visited the Church of Scotland and we had a mock Christening service. We named the baby Valerie.
HELENSBURGH TOYOTA DREAM CAR WINNER
We are thrilled to announce that one of our Primary 7 pupils – Stewart Peden – gained first place in the age 10-12 category of the Helensburgh Toyota Dream Car Competition. Stewart attended a prize-giving ceremony at Toyota, Helensburgh on Friday afternoon where he was presented with a DS 3D and £200 towards School Funds. Continue reading HELENSBURGH TOYOTA DREAM CAR WINNER
Hermitage Primary Visit The Houses of Parliament.
Pupils from Primary 6 and 7 were delighted to take up the invitation to spend a day in London and take part in a workshop at Parliament. The pupils who are all either members of school committees or house captains were up bright and early to catch their morning flight to Gatwick. On arriving in London the pupils had a tour of Westminster Abbey seeing the tomb of the unknown soldier, the coronation chair and Churchill’s memorial. Continue reading Hermitage Primary Visit The Houses of Parliament.
Tartan Tearooms at John Logie Baird Primary
Primary 1 and Primary 2/1 turned their classrooms into Tartan Tearooms as part of JLB’s Burns Day celebrations. This enterprise involved the children writing a list of everything they would need to run a tearoom in their classes, making posters to advertise the event and making tickets to sell to everyone in the school. The uptake of tickets was very positive and almost every child and many adults in our school visited the Tartan Tearooms. Continue reading Tartan Tearooms at John Logie Baird Primary
Teacher will do 27-mile school run… on foot!
A SALTCOATS teacher will give the phrase ‘school-run’ a new meaning when he attempts to jog to his work, which is more than 27 miles away in Dunoon.
Gerard Cavani (pictured), a physical education teacher at Dunoon Grammar School, will make the journey with a difference to raise cash for the school charity Cancer Research UK. The 27-year-old will run from his home on Sharphill Road to his place of work at Ardenslate Road, Kirn, on Wednesday, February 13. Continue reading Teacher will do 27-mile school run… on foot!
Ulva Primary School Burns Lunch
On Friday all of our Mums and Dads came to the school for our Burns Lunch. Aaron and Sorley were the chairmen and they welcomed everyone.
We made tartan banners for the ceiling and we had tartan bunting. We all wore tartan kilts and checked shirts. We set the tables with tartan mats and tartan name tags and we planned where everyone was going to sit. Everyone said the Selkirk Grace before we ate the Cock a leekie soup. It was delicious. Continue reading Ulva Primary School Burns Lunch
Ardrishaig Remembers the Bard!
Staff and Pupils at Ardrishaig Primary School Celebrated Burs’ Day in Style on Friday. Mrs McMillan Piped in the haggis accompanied by Gregor (P7) on his drum. Cameron from P7 then addressed the haggis before we all said the Selkirk Grace and tucked in. We spent the afternoon celebrating all things Burns and Scottish with a selection of poems and songs being performed by children from across the school. Continue reading Ardrishaig Remembers the Bard!
Mike Russell enjoys traditional Burns Lunch with Port Ellen Primary
On Friday 25th January Port Ellen Primary School on Islay had a very special guest for their annual Burns Lunch and Ceilidh. Mr. Mike Russell, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning for Scotland joined pupils, guests and staff for a delicious traditional three course Burns Lunch including of course haggis, neeps and tatties prepared by Mrs. Holyoake and Miss Brown and then the staff served the children and guests. Continue reading Mike Russell enjoys traditional Burns Lunch with Port Ellen Primary
Congratulations to Shona MacKenzie, Barcaldine Primary School
Congratulations to Shona McKenzie, a P7 pupil of Barcaldine Primary School for her runner-up prize in the Helensburgh Toyota Dream Car Art Contest. She was one of 400 regional entries and received a £30 Amazon voucher. Shona’s entry along with the rest will now be forwarded onto the next stage of the competition where a UK winner will be found. Continue reading Congratulations to Shona MacKenzie, Barcaldine Primary School
