A new ‘Excellence Group’ has been announced by Cabinet Secretary Mike Russell to consider the future direction of GLOW. It certainly seems like a group constituted to think big and to be creative, leading us to think that the recent GLOW agreement with Microsoft and their “365” suite of tools may not yet indicate our long term direction.
International Mud Day at Tighnabruaich Primary
We were pleased to see the rain on the last day of term because it guaranteed lots of MUD for us to wallow in during International Mud Day. Pupils wanting to take part had to write and return their own permission slip and bring in a complete change of clothes.
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Kilcreggan Primary Anderson Shelter
Primary 7/6 class project this term has been World War II. We visited the World War II exhibition at Kelvingrove Museum earlier in the term and the children studied how people had lived through the blitz in London and Clydebank.
Parklands School Olympic Challenge
The pupils of Parklands School were all recently set an Olympic Challenge. Pupils had to take part in a torch relay by either swimming, hill walking, cycling or walking. Pupils designed and made their own torches (complete with realistic looking flames!) and had to carry them throughout their challenge. All pupils successfully completed their events and were very proud to received specially commissioned medals at our annual award ceremony.
Dalintober’s Mini-Olympics
Dalintober PS held a Mini-Olympics event on Wednesday 28thJune. Primary 7 organised the event with the help of Mr Kupris from Active Schools. All the pupils in the school were divided into one of five countries – Great Britain, Greece, China, Spain or Jamaica – and wore colours to represent each country.
Dalintober Primary Allotment
On Wednesday 20th June Dalintober PS officially ‘opened’ their leased allotment from ACHA at New Parliament Place, Campbeltown. It was a lovely afternoon with lots of visitors – family, teachers and wider community – being shown round the allotment by members of the school Eco Group. The pupils in the Eco-Group worked on the allotment with help from Chris and Ryan from the Community Garden and with Mrs McSporran and Miss Brown.
Education Blog Awards 2012
Rosneath Primary P5/6 are delighted that their blog has been awarded Runner up in the Best Class Blog category of the Education Blog Awards 2012. Over 900 blogs were nominated this year and nearly 8000 votes cast. The ten blogs that received the most votes in each category were then sent to the judges.
Definitions of Creativity
Creative Questions #1
Are we more creative when we focus on solving a problem?
Oban Lorn and the Isles Spring Tag Festival 2012
More than 150 Primary School children from the Oban area attended the recent Spring Tag Rugby Festival hosted by Oban Lorne RFC. The event which was organised by Scottish Rugby Modern Apprentices Emma Roxburgh and Fergus Matheson was delivered as an end of season friendly tournament for all the primary schools who have taken part in the Tag Rugby Programme this school year. The event was run in Partnership with Active Schools co-ordinator Dale Kupris and Rugby Development Officer Allan Wright who assisted with the organisation of the event.
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THANK YOU!
The SAL administrators would like to say a huge thanks to all the teachers and pupils who have contributed to SAL in its first few months. We are delighted at the variety of posts and hope you have enjoyed them so far. The interest in the site has exceeded our expectations and we can’t wait till next term to see what everyone wants to share. Have a great break!
The SAL team.
Strachur Primary does ‘The Good Old Days’
As part of our ongoing centenary celebrations, we produced a show called ‘The Good Old Days’ . Children sang old time music hall songs, baffled the audience with magic tricks, entertained with various circus acts and showed off their gymnastic skills, all ably compered by two enterprising P6 girls.
Look out Ant and Dec!
To look the part the children dressed in their 1912 outfits and parents and carers were delighted to see so many confident, enthusiastic performers!
Mid Argyll Children Celebrate World Sports Day
A huge gathering of 400 children came together on Monday 25th June at Lochgilphead Joint Campus to celebrate World Sports Day. Aged between 5 and 12 years, the children took part in a raft of sports, all skilfully organised by Jillian Gibson, Mid Argyll’s awesome Active Schools Coordinator. The children, ably assisted by sports instructors, teachers, S4-6 students, classroom assistants and parent helpers, took part in shinty, rugby, football, handball, hockey, games and the annual inter-school relay races.
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Archaelogical Dig
On the 19th June four pupils from Kilchattan Primary on Colonsay went on an archaeological dig with archaeologists from Ulster University. We went up Dun Cholla which they believe is a fort used by Colin MacDonald, Lord of the Isles. We found a gun flint, charcoal and animal/fish bones. It was exciting and good fun!
Definitions of Creativity
Definitions of Creativity
#2…..Imagination
“Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.”
Carl Sagan
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Dunbeg Primary – Seafari Adventure
On Friday 22nd June P5-7 pupils from Dunbeg Primary travelled to Easdale to go on a Seafari Adventure. First of all everyone got kitted up in waterproofs and lifejackets. After safety instructions we hopped onto the boats.
We were about to witness a world of wildlife … red deer galloping up hills, oyster catchers diving for food, huge salmon leaping out of the water and so much more!
Social Enterprise Award for Kilmodan Primary
It was an early start for pupils, parents and staff of Kilmodan Primary as they made their way to Edinburgh on Tuesday 19th June. Mrs Hawkins and the P6 children were heading to The Hub to meet Mr John Swinney MSP who awarded them with the Social Enterprise in Schools Award. The award is in recognition of our very successful tearoom venture which we have been running monthly in the school. Only last week we attended The Scottish Education Awards at the Glasgow Hilton as finalists in the ‘Enterprise and Employability across Learning’ category, also for our successful tearoom.
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KILCREGGAN P1 CLASS VISIT BALLAGAN GARDEN CENTRE
Our Primary 1 class visited Ballagan Garden Centre and Birds of Prey Centre last week. Everybody had a fantastic time. The pupils were shown how to plant-up and each child was given a pot plant to bring home. They then went on to visit the Birds of Prey Centre where they met owls and falcons. What a great day!
We would like to thank Thomas Callaghan and his team at the Garden Centre and Stewart and his team at the Birds of Prey Centre for making our day so special.
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The Pied Piper of Hamelin
A group of 40 Tobermory High School pupils, ranging from P4 – S6, recently took to the stage to deliver their annual school show. The cast delivered two polished performances in the Aros Hall, Tobermory, in front of two packed houses. The production was directed by Social Subjects teacher, Ryan Lowe, ably supported by many members of staff and the wider community. The cast will be singing a selection of songs at the school’s annual Celebration of Achievement, which marks the end of term. Bravo to all involved!
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Tobermory and Tiree High Schools Visit Paris and Ypres
S3/4 students from Tobermory and Tiree High Schools bonded on a recent trip to Paris and Ypres. They spent the day at Euro Disney where Space Mountain was the most popular ride (with students!). All pupils and staff also managed the exhausting climb up the 264 steps of the spiral staircase to the top of the Arc de Triomphe where they had a more unusual view of the Eternal Flame as well as stunning views of the Champs Elysées and the Eiffel Tower. They completed the Paris leg of the trip with a visit to Notre Dame, the Musée d’Orsay and the Stade de France. Continue reading Tobermory and Tiree High Schools Visit Paris and Ypres
Definitions of Creativity
Definitions of Creativity
#1…..Inventiveness!
“Necessity… the mother of invention.” (Plato)
The story of human progress has arguably been a story of inventiveness. Where there was no wheel, there came a wheel. Where there was no printing press there came a printing press. Once there were no schools and then we invented schooling.
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