Medieval Historians and Firemen at Furnace Primary School

Active Learning, Co-operative Learning, Communities and Culture, Events, History, Interdisciplinary, Primary schools, PSE, Topics, Work Experience,

furnace-and-minard-careers-4-sept-2016Medieval Historians and Firemen – what do they have in common? Furnace Primary children have had active learning sessions from both in the last week. Why? We have been learning about different types of careers as part of our “World of Work” topic and were visited by Dr Steve Marritt from the University of Glasgow Medieval History department (complete with armour) and we visited Lochgilphead Fire Station where we had a tour from David Gilmour the Community Safety Officer.

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Coding at Minard and Furnace Primaries

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furance-and-minard-coding-1Pupils at Minard and Furnace Primaries were very fortunate last week to have developed their coding skills through two mini-technology days led by Steven Simpson of Argyll & Bute Council. The technology days came about as a result of pupil feedback saying they were really keen to learn more about coding. Steven came along to both primaries armed with Raspberry Pi, Lego We Do 2.0 (programmable lego) and ‘Flying Spiders’ (drones). Steven also showed us how to make mini-film trailers using Ipads.
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Show and Tell

Primary schools

Salen Show and Tell Sept 2016Show and Tell
Ruaridh Dalgleish of Salen Primary School captivated his classmates with a most enjoyable topic at Show and Tell. His puppy, Arlo, a Spaniel/Labrador cross, popped in to Mrs MacLean’s classroom patio accompanied by Ruaridh’s mum. The pupils enjoyed hearing all about how to care for a puppy and many speculated as to what size Arlo will be when fully grown. We can’t wait to see which guestimates are the closest.

Inverness 10k

Awards, Communities, Competitions, Events, Fundraising, Health and Wellbeing, Interdisciplinary, Outdoor Learning, PE, Personal Development, Primary schools, Sport

Salen PS Inverness 10k June 30th 2016SPS Runners
Ellen and Gemma MacRae of Salen Primary School raised £570 for Cancer Research UK by running the Inverness 10k. Well done girls! You ran an amazing distance and collected a phenomenal amount of money.

They are so keen on running and sports. They also achieved a 1st and 2nd place at the Tiree Fitness Kids Event.

Autumn Education Programmes at Mount Stuart, Isle of Bute

Co-operative Learning, Communities and Culture, environment, Health and Wellbeing, Home Economics, Hospitality, Interdisciplinary, Personal Development, Primary schools, Secondary schools, Training, Transition, Workshops

Mount Stuart Root Camp2Root Camp is a not-for-profit social enterprise committed to changing the consumer habits of young adults in the UK. They work with 14-21 year olds, spending a week in a rural environment, dividing time between cooking in a professional kitchen and hands on experience in the fields – planting, harvesting, foraging and fishing.

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Isaac’s Design Success

Awards, Competitions, Creativity, Events, Expressive arts, Personal Development, Primary schools

Strachur PS Isaac fringe compLast year Isaac McAlinden from Strachur Primary entered a competition, along with the rest of his P6/7 class, to design the front cover of this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival programme. His design was shortlisted and displayed in ‘Our Dynamic Earth’ in Edinburgh over the summer. We love his design, what do you think?

Well done Isaac!

First Harvest from Strachur Polytunnel

environment, Interdisciplinary, Outdoor Learning, Personal Development, Primary schools, Topics

First Harvest from Strachur PS 1Pupils have been busy picking perfect potatoes, enormous cabbage and delicious cherry tomatoes from our polytunnel – all the hard work has paid off! Thank you to Mr Burke for his expertise and commitment to our school. Also thank you Mrs Speirs in the kitchen for preparing the vegetables to serve in the lunch hall.

What will we plant next?

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Cove Park Community Open Day – 2-6pm, Saturday 17 September 2016


Co-operative Learning, Communities, Creativity, Expressive arts, Primary schools, Secondary schools, Topics, Workshops

Cove ParkCove Park Community Open Day – 2-6pm, Saturday 17 September 2016

Take a look inside Cove Park’s new Artist Centre, meet resident artists and get creative with a taste of Cove Park’s ’Hands-On’ programme at their Community Open Day.

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Gaelic Learners Education Opportunities for (GLPS)

Gaelic, Personal Development, Primary schools, Topics

A & B logoThere are spaces available on this year’s GLPS course.

The training programme is held at Stirling Court Hotel and is centrally funded.
Those who have undertaken the GLPS training in the past are full of praise for the tools and confidence it has given them to deliver Gaelic Language Learning in their settings. The closing date for the participants to put their name forward via their Headteacher is Friday 9th September 2016

Dalintober Primary 7 Lunchtime Buddies

Health and Wellbeing, Leadership, Personal Development, Primary schools, PSE

Dalintober Buddy 2Primary 7s have quickly started to learn about their new roles of responsibility by assisting the new Primary 1 pupils at lunchtimes. Each P1 pupil has a P7 buddy who helps them throughout the lunch break. The Primary 7s have all enthusiastically risen to the challenge and are demonstrating a range of leaderships skills such as good communication, empathy and organisation. Later in the session the P7s will run sports and art lunchtime clubs for other pupils in the school. The Lunchtime Buddy scheme is giving them the skills they will need for these more challenging roles.

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DGS Learning Centre at Kirn Gala

Communities, Events, Fundraising, Hospitality, Interdisciplinary, Secondary schools

dgslearningcentrekirngala2016On Wednesday 24th August Dunoon Grammar School’s learning centre had a stall at Kirn Gala.
On our stall we had lots of Different plants, Home baking, Tablet, Fudge, Home grown Organic Vegetables and Herbs
The weather was very kind to us, The sun was shining and it was very busy .We had a very successful evening. We raised £206.49
We would like to say a big thank you to everyone who helped us.

Cowal Inter Sports Winners !

Active Schools, Communities, Communities and Culture, Events, Health and Wellbeing, Interdisciplinary, Outdoor Learning, PE, Primary schools, Secondary schools, Sport,

DPS Sports Winners 8 31 Aug 2016Cowal Highland Gathering Stadium was the venue for the Active Schools Sports Day. This year they decided to change the format of the annual sports event to increase participation within the local primary schools.

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