One of our wee p2s took this picture of a p1 beside our marvelous marble head planter. Barcaldine Primary
Easter Island – Task 3 part 2 – Rothesay Primary
As part of our 3rd task, we wrote a story of how our Moai Head was feeling when he came to our school.
To help us write the story we thought about how we would feel if we were in the same position.
Primary 2
Rothesay Primary Continue reading Easter Island – Task 3 part 2 – Rothesay Primary
Latest national creativity NewsCAST
Please have a look through these latest news items for interesting opportunities/announcements.
Authors Live: Oliver Jeffers
Join us in Celebrating Summer of Song and the Olympic Torch Relay in Scotland with award winning author/illustrator Oliver Jeffers. Oliver’s interactive illustration workshop will guide your pupils through drawing characters from his new series The Hueys as well as an exclusive reading of The Hueys!
14th June 2012 @11am Nursery – P3 Ages 3-7
Register here: http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/learning/authors-live/oliver-jeffers Continue reading Latest national creativity NewsCAST
CAST & ‘Festival of the Seas’ Exhibition.
An exhibition was held recently in Oban’s Corran Halls celebrating the artwork and music created during the CAST project ‘Composition to Exhibition’. The project involved secondary art and music pupils from Islay, Tiree, Bute, Mull and Oban and the theme was tidal energy. . The exhibition featured fabric art, stained glass, printing and collage as well as original soundtracks from each school. The project was funded by Argyll & Bute Council and ‘Scotland’s Islands’. Continue reading CAST & ‘Festival of the Seas’ Exhibition.
St Columba’s get cooking for the Queen
Primary 7 pupils at St. Columba’s Primary School in Oban have been announced as one of four winners of Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall’s competition inviting schools to create a special Diamond Jubilee menu for The Queen. The prize winning team of Samantha Parkinson, Jessica Swan, Rebecca Campbell, Nathan Allan, Jack Forgrieve, Lucy Anderson, Niamh MacKenzie and Robert Krolikowski will travel to Buckingham Palace on 15 June to see their recipes prepared by the Royal Chef and will help serve the Queen and the Duchess of Cornwall at a special reception. Continue reading St Columba’s get cooking for the Queen
THE MAC SCARECROWS OF GLENSUNNYBOGLE
Primary 6, Dalintober Primary School, entertained P1 and P2 pupils with a performance starring the Mac Scarecrow puppets.
All the children in the class had written scripts based on the Mac Scarecrows. They peer assessed the scripts and decided which play should be performed. “The Mac Scarecrow Clan is Rich” was chosen and performed to great acclaim from their audiences.
The whole class were involved in some way and thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
UP THE TITAN CRANE, CLYDEBANK
Rosneath Primary School visited the Titan Crane recently. We would highly recommend going. As you can see some of us did not look that keen to be going way up there but we did it! Can you imagine the size of some of those vessels that were lifted? The weather was against us that day – wet, freezing cold and windy – but we soldiered on. The guides were great and we had an interactive World War 2 workshop using the Smart board. This was linked to our Interdisciplinary Study of the Second World War with a particular focus on the Clydebank Blitz. Continue reading UP THE TITAN CRANE, CLYDEBANK
CHRISTIAN AID NETBALL TOURNAMENT
Rosneath Primary School were very excited to be taking part in this annual Tournament at the Lomond Sports Hall in Helensburgh. We played against teams from other Helensburgh and Peninsula schools. We were DELIGHTED that our little school won a Bronze medal. We played our hearts out and everyone is SO proud of us. Our joint Team Captains look so happy and the main point of the evening was that everyone had great fun meeting up together and cheering each other on. Continue reading CHRISTIAN AID NETBALL TOURNAMENT
Young Tobermory Authors
Seeing a gap in the market, Primary 3 & 4, along with their teacher Mrs Carmichael, from Tobermory High School decided to embark on an enterprising interdisciplinary project and write their very own Mull & Iona Activity Book. This was designed for locals as well as visiting children to buy when they come to the Island. The full colour book is very informative and contains lots of fun activities for children to enjoy. It tells the reader many facts about the island they are visiting, including the history and wildlife of Mull as well as key events going on throughout the year. Continue reading Young Tobermory Authors
Kilcreggan Primary Fun Day
On Saturday 12th May our Parents’ Association held a Fun Day in the School grounds. We had games, stalls and a visit from the Royal Navy Bomb Disposal Unit from Faslane together with our local Fire Brigade. There were teas & cakes in the School Hall and a great afternoon of fun was had by all.
We would like to thank all those parents and staff who helped on the day and all those parents and children who took part and helped to raise £400 for our School Fund. Continue reading Kilcreggan Primary Fun Day
Kilninver Animated Viking Video
The story of the Lewis Chess men researched, re-invented, retold and reenacted by the children of Kilninver Primary school through an animated film.
Please have a look. Continue reading Kilninver Animated Viking Video
Fund raising for MacMillan Cancer Care
P6 pupils Amy Paterson, Millar Irwin and Nicola McKerral from Castlehill Primary in Campbeltown, walked, jogged and ran 3 miles round the school to raise funds for McMillan Cancer Care. They raised over £82 from pupils and staff – what a fantastic amount! We are all very proud of them. Continue reading Fund raising for MacMillan Cancer Care
Iona’s Junior Tour Guides
Iona Primary School pupils have been celebrated for their wonderful work in contributing to the island’s very special tourism economy. All of Iona is magical, but the focal point for most visitors must be the magnificent abbey, which is seen to best effect under the expert guidance of Iona’s knowledgeable Junior Tour Guides!
SCOTTISH EXTRAVAGANZA AT DALINTOBER
Primary 5 at Dalintober have recently completed an Interdisciplinary topic about Scotland ‘s landscape. The subject was introduced through Chocolate Geography which used various bars of chocolate to show how the world is made up out of 3 types of rock. The idea we used was supplied by The National Parks, Loch Lomond. We investigated the three main areas in Scotland by using websites, games and videos. We used Google Maps to find places in Scotland and marked them on a large map along with some pictures. This formed a quiz for other pupils. We used photographs of the local area taken from a microlight. Continue reading SCOTTISH EXTRAVAGANZA AT DALINTOBER
Easter Island Challenges continue at Rothesay Primary
Primary 2 received another letter today from Easter Island.
Task 3 Letter from Easter Island
There are lots of things we can do from this task letter, we have decided to do 3 different parts to this task.
Poem, Short story, Inside my Head song. Continue reading Easter Island Challenges continue at Rothesay Primary
Castlehill Primary School – Baldy Cup Winners!
Castlehill Primary were this year’s winners of the Baldy Cup football trophy. Teams from South Kintyre primary schools all took part – a great time was had by all. Weather stayed dry!!! Looking forward to Millennium Cup to be held in June.
Port Ellen Beach Clean
WHAT A LOAD OF RUBBISH
On Friday afternoon the whole school took part in a beach clean of our adopt a beach Leodamus Bay in Port Ellen. It was a lovely if windy afternoon, and the tide was very far out so we were able to access parts of the beach we do not normally manage, and gather a large quantity of rubbish. Apart from the usual suspects such as tyres and plastic string, we also cleared an old umbrella, boat rudder and half a canoe. Polly Mather, the Islay and Jura beach ranger, was there to help and provide the bags. In total we collected half a tonne of rubbish, earning the school a donation of £110 from REJIG. Well done everyone who took part! Continue reading Port Ellen Beach Clean
Joint Sports Activities Day.
Children from Kilninver, Easdale and Luing primary schools came together for a sports activity day.
Following a day of activity the children won the tug of war hands down, pulling the teachers clean off their feet
We are sure they wouldn’t have managed it if there hadn’t been 80 of them.
Continue reading Joint Sports Activities Day.
Coming up! Kodamba CPD: Creative Active Music Making
Kodamba is a music programme created for Argyll and Bute schools offering free CPD sessions.
LEVEL 1 CPD (P2-5)
15 May Lochgilphead Primary School
17 May Kirn primary school, Dunoon
22 May Park primary, Oban
24 May Dalintober primary, Campbeltown
30 May Rhu primary, Helensburgh
All sessions run from 4-5.45pm Continue reading Coming up! Kodamba CPD: Creative Active Music Making
Smartphones in schools?
As the current news is filled with polarised opinions over the merits or horrors of allowing learners to have smartphones in schools, we thought that this blog about positive learning using mobile phones would help prompt a healthy debate. You might actually like some of the ideas?
