Oban Primary Campus hosted their show ‘Dare to Dance’ in The Corran Halls, Oban on Thursday 14th June. Approximately 130 children and 25 members of staff across the campus participated in the sold out show. Everyone enthusiastically performed in front of an audience of 600 people. Children and staff worked hard for 8 weeks to learn and perfect their routines, the show offered everyone participating the opportunity to develop their confidence and team work skills through dance. This was a massive event for our school community and raised a lot of money for our school funds. The show was recorded and DVDs have just been released to the public, the running total of DVDs sold is currently at 180, which is phenomenal.
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Rothesay Primary trip to Science Centre
Primary 7 enjoyed a fun-filled day at the Glasgow Science Centre on Tuesday. We loved the planetarium – especially when it went pitch black and you could see all the stars overhead. It was fun to see the phases of the moon projected on the big screen above us. We watched ‘Hubble 3D’ in the IMAX cinema and couldn’t believe the amazing images that this telescope could bring us. The stars were incredible and seeing the astronauts getting ready for their missions to mend the Hubble was very exciting. The Science Mall is full of interesting exhibits. We particularly enjoyed the thermal camera, the visual illusions, the electricity orb, the ‘Alice in Wonderland’ feature and the technology labs. Thank you to Mrs Blair for organising our trip and to the Science Centre for a great day out! We’re just delighted the ferries were on!
Pirate Day at Dunoon Primary
On Wednesday the 3rd of October Primary 2/3’s took part in a Pirate Day in their class and around the school. They enjoyed a wonderful Pirate feast laid on by the kitchen staff as did the entire school. Mrs Campbell’s walls are decked with pirate memorabillia as the children have carried out a variety of pirate activities throughout the day. They created their own pirate names, played pirate games, made pirate hats and have been working on pirate puzzles, all as part of their class interdisiplinary topic this session. Much fun was had by all! aaarg me hearties!! Continue reading Pirate Day at Dunoon Primary
Lifelong Learners!
The pupils of Clachan Primary School found out about people in the past during a recent visit to Inveraray Jail. We were shown around by one of the ‘prisoners’ from 200 years ago called Eliza. We were able to go into a cell and find out how comfortable sleeping in a hammock could be, how the prisoners did their laundry and how difficult it was to turn the crank wheel.
We thoroughly enjoyed our visit and hope that Eliza is found not guilty and is able to return to her family!
Garelochhead Primary ‘Smoke Free Me’
Garelochhead Primary 7/6 really enjoyed our Health and Wellbeing lessons on Smoke Free Me and we would like to say a ‘HUGE THANK YOU’ to everyone who helped us to enjoy the Rainbow Productions Theatre School at Hermitage Academy. It was a BRILLIANT morning.
Dahlicious Roald Dahl Dress Up Day
Last Friday, the usual pupils of Lismore Primary School did not arrive at school, but a strangely dressed selection of characters did! Oompa Loompas, Mike TeeVee and Veruca Salt from Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, Mr Rabbit, Mr Fox and Ash all turned up ready for a Roald Dahl themed day as part of the countrywide Roald Dahl Dress Up Day.
Activities for the children included making consequence stories using Roald Dahl characters, inventing their own interesting characters and a variety of general knowledge and logic puzzles about Roald Dahl’s stories. The children are now keen to read more of the author’s stories. They also had a lot of fun as well as raising money for Roald Dahl’s Charity.
Macmillan Coffee Morning
On the 28th September pupils and staff from Innellan Primary welcomed everyone to their Coffee Morning in aid of Macmillan Nurses. We were very happy to welcome so many people!
Staff and parents had been busy making lots of lovely cakes to sell along with tea and coffee. We also had a toys and book stall selling items donated by the children that they no longer wanted. Everyone enjoyed the morning and many visitors brought cakes to take home with them. All in all we raised an amazing £302.70 for the Macmillan Nurses!! Thanks to everyone who supported our Coffee Morning.
Let’s Eat, Kilchrenan!
Kilchrenan Primary has been eating its way around the world. Using the book, “Let’s Eat”, pupils used the experiences and cultures of other children, to reflect on their diets, life styles and skills. They learned about the importance of breakfast, and the wide variety of foods used in celebrations. Each stop on the journey involved a session cooking, baking and, of course, eating.
The children prepared Condensed Milk Pudding from South Africa, Salsa from Mexico, Spicy Eggs from Thailand, chocolate cake with yoghurt from France and Jamie Oliver’s chocolate cookies. Continue reading Let’s Eat, Kilchrenan!
Macmillan Tea
A marvellous turnout of parents and friends for the Macmillan Tea afternoon at St Joseph’s resulted in the school raising a whopping £540 for the charity. This was particularly poignant for us all as we had recently lost a very close member of the school family to cancer. However, in true ‘St Joseph’s style’ the afternoon was so well supported by parents, staff and friends either by their attendance or by their very generous donations. Father Lennon, out local parish priest, gave us his usual excellent support by attending and it was a lovely time for parents and staff to catch up. The biggest frenzy was at the ‘children’s stall’ where excitement and joy were in abundance. A lovely day with a fantastic result for Macmillan Cancer Support! Continue reading Macmillan Tea
Building a Sukkah
The pupils of Clachan Primary School have been learning about the Jewish Festival of Sukkot.
We built a Sukkah in the school grounds using wood for the walls and branches for the roof. Once it was completed the pupils sat inside to enjoy home-made scones and juice.
Roald Dahl Day at Cardross
Cardross Primary was transformed into Crunchem Hall School, to celebrate Roald Dahl Day. Pupils and staff raised money for Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity, by dressing up and taking part in activities throughout the day. Our Headteacher doesn’t always look like this! Well….. Continue reading Roald Dahl Day at Cardross
SCOTA-LAND IN PORT ELLEN
On Wednesday morning Leigh from the Mull Theatre group came to a workshop for P6/7 on creating props for the theatre. The props will then be used for a performance on Islay of the groups latest play called Scota-land. We made a map of the Isle of Mickle for their play Scota-land and we also made artifacts that will go in the pretend museum. We made models of black houses, a beautiful crown from copper leaves, ancient runic writing, clay pots and a dinosaur model that all went on the island. The Island was made by everyone passing a crayon along and doing squiggly lines. Continue reading SCOTA-LAND IN PORT ELLEN
Behind-the-Scenes at Tesco
On Wednesday 26th Sept, Achaleven Primary School visited Tesco’s in Oban for a tour as part of the topics “The World of Work” and “Food”.
Gary Killorn, Stock Control Manager gave as tour “where your parents don’t get to go” and we saw how stock goes from lorry to check-out and all the stages in-between. After a quick trip to the fish counter we went into the stock area where we saw the hydraulic lift in operation where the cages of stock come off the lorries. We also saw the recycling areas and the stock areas for dry goods, refrigerated goods (it was quite cold in there) and the high value goods. There was also the freezer stock room but we didn’t go in as it was far too cold! Continue reading Behind-the-Scenes at Tesco
Dunoon Primary – Smoke Free Me
As part of Primary 7’s ‘Smoke Free Me’ programme the pupils attended a performance of ‘Stub it Out’ at the Queens Hall on Frdiay 29th September. The show was a great success and the children thoroughly enjoyed it. They gained lots of information relating to the dangers of smoking. Continue reading Dunoon Primary – Smoke Free Me
World’s Biggest Coffee Morning
Barcaldine Primary took part in the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning event in support of MacMillan Cancer today. Primary 5-7 went along this morning to Poppies Garden Centre in Dunbeg by Oban. We helped Poppies by entertaining all their customers while they enjoyed their cuppa as well as selling raffle tickets and baking. We sang a few songs and also some of us managed to play our musical instruments like saxophone, clarinet, piano and violins to name but a few.
Yesterday we had our textile bank emptied and because we managed to raise so much we decided to donate our earnings to MacMillan Cancer. We presented Mrs Marion MacPherson of Poppies Garden Centre with a cheque for £100 to pass onto this worthwhile cause. We really enjoyed ourselves this morning taking part in the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning and hope we helped to raise lots of money for this great charity.
KILCHRENAN SPLASHES OUT
Kilchrenan Primary took to the waters this week, making plenty of waves. The pupils had chosen a coasteering event with Stramash as an adventurous outdoor challenge, which they met with great success.
With everybody safely equipped,and squeezed into wetsuits, they took to the rocks at Ganavan Sands, by Oban and, led by Andrew from Stramash, set out to explore and to have an adventure. They sat watching an otter, swam in a sea taxi, scrambled across rocks, jumped from the cliffs into the sea and, all agreed, had a fantastic time. Continue reading KILCHRENAN SPLASHES OUT
Croft visit
As part of their crofting topic P5,6,7 pupils from Bunessan Primary enjoyed a very informative visit to two local crofts. On the croft they learned about cutting peat and how to look after different kinds of animals.
They especially enjoyed comparing crofting methods from the past with the present eg the horse with the quad and the scythe with the binder.
Rag Bag Mania
Today was an exciting day at Dunoon Primary as the staff and children collected their biggest ever Rag Bag since they started taking part.
They are all very proud of their efforts and are waiting anxiously to hear how much has been raised for the school funds!
Well done everybody!
Harvest at Port Charlotte
We had an amazing day in Port Charlotte Primary School recently when we held a Harvest Lunch for our parents, friends and family. We had been busy all summer in the garden; growing vegetables like potatoes, turnips, carrots and leeks and had gathered them all in this term.
As part of our Crofting Connections project we also had a go at growing barley, oats, rye and wheat. It took us ages to mill the wheat and oats to make flour!
We used the flour to bake bread and we also made soup from our vegetables and cheese scones and shortbread.
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Ulva Potato Harvest
Last May we had planted potatoes in big yellow tubs in our school garden. We watched the plants grow … and then die down. After the summer holidays we decided to wait a few weeks and then harvest our potatoes on a sunny day.
We had to tip the tubs up to empty out the soil and then hunt for the potatoes. We collected lots of potatoes. We counted them, ordered them according to their size and weighed them. We had collected nearly 2 kilograms of lovely potatoes.
Next week we will make some lunch dishes with our potatoes. We hope they taste good!!
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