With the recent announcement of the local Queen’s Baton Bearers for the final leg of its journey in Argyll, the Primary 7’s at St. Mun’s Primary School decided to invite some of them along to share their stories. Gillian Purdie and Pev McChlerey were the first to be put through their paces as the children conducted a question and answer session, which they filmed and later edited. Gillian, whose son Graham is a pupil at the school, said she was very honoured to have been nominated. Continue reading St. Mun’s Pupils Interview Queen’s Baton Bearers
Category Archives: Primary schools
Strone Primary Commonwealth Sports Day
On Thursday 19th June we held our very own Commonwealth Games in fantastic sunshine at Grahams Point, hugely supported by our parents, carers, families and the local community. The four house teams each chose a Commonwealth country and made flags, decorated t-shirts, and made food to represent their country, which added to the carnival atmosphere. The winning team were Trinidad and Tobago and all the pupils received a medal for their efforts on the day.
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News from Furnace and Minard
Joint sports day at Minard
The children at Minard and Furnace Primaries enjoyed a lovely afternoon of sporting activities at Minard Primary school on Wednesday the 18th. Organised by our PE teacher, Mrs Floyd, the children were split into four teams and took part in a variety of events including ‘Jimmygymnastics’ ‘water archery’ and the space hopper relay!
Small Isles Primary win Community Archives and Heritage Group award
On March 26th Small Isles Primary heard that the school had been nominated (as part of the Jura Lives project) for the Community Archive and Heritage Group Inspiration Award. On 12th June, it was announced at the annual conference of the Community Archive and Heritage Group that Jura Lives has been named Community Archives and Heritage Group Overall Winner 2014, and that Small Isles Primary’s Community Cafes received the ‘inspiration’ award.
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Cycling proficiency success Small Isles
Small Isles is proud to announce that our P7s successfully completed their cycling proficiency training on Thursday 19th June. It has taken two terms of regular training to get to this point, and to those of you who think that learning to ride a bike competently would be easy on Jura, we would say think again; a single track road has it’s own challenges, especially in tourist season. Well done P7s and a big thank you to Dorota, our instructor.
Achaleven Primary sponsored walk
Achaleven Primary raised a fantastic £198.95 at their recent sponsored walk from Dunbeg to Ganavan and back. Some of the incoming primary one pupils also joined them for the event to help raise funds for the school garden. The sun shone and they had a wonderful picnic with the toddler group at Ganavan beach to rejuvenate them for the journey back.
Rockfield Learning Centre ‘Scottish Art Gallery’
Rockfield Learning Centre Art Gallery
Pupils in the learning Centre class have been learning about our school, our town and our country.
We were so inspired by the artwork of Scottish artist JoLoMo that we decided to try our hand at creating works for our own art gallery! We think they look wonderful and really cheer up the corridor at school.
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P6 Cycling Success at Dalintober PS
P6 Cycling Proficiency success at Dalintober PS
All P6 pupils in Dalintober PS completed and passed their Cycling Proficiency theory test and practicals. The class and their teacher, Miss Brown, would like to thank June and Kay and all the volunteers and parent helpers who gave up their time to help with training.
Robert Miller Baton Bearer Visits Dunoon Primary!
Robert Miller, a 4th year pupil at Dunoon Grammar School recently visited Dunoon Primary School to talk about his recent nomination as Baton Bearer in the Queen’s Baton Relay. During his enthusiastic presentation he said he was surprised to hear he had been selected from so many community nominations as up to 4000 Baton Bearers from 34 local authorities will take part in the relay.
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Reading Force at John Logie Baird Primary School
Mrs Smith and Mrs Cambridge launched Reading Force at John Logie Baird Primary School with two special events. The first was a visit by Star Author, Janis Mackay, who read to the children from her book “The Accidental Time Traveller”. Janis also spoke to the children about Reading Force and about setting up their own book groups. Children then had the opportunity to explore the Reading Force scrapbooks and many also bought a signed copy of one of Janis’ books. Perhaps they’ll read this in their book groups!
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Rosneath Primary Blue Day
Blue Day for MS
On Friday 13th June Rosneath Primary School held a BLUE day to raise money for the Multiple Sclerosis Trust. Pupils and staff came to school wearing bright blue clothing and some even dyed their hair!
All children and staff taking part made a donation to the collection and assisted in raising a fantastic £105.41 for this very worthy charity.
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P7/6 WW2 Drama Production & 1940’s Street Party
As a finale to their pupil led World War 2 Interdisciplinary Study, the pupils of P7/6 warmly invited parents & family members to their World War 2 Drama Adaptation of Carrie’s War on 15th of May 2014.
As a thank you to family members for allowing pupils to bring in fantastic artefacts & interesting resources from home eg vintage ration books & genuine war medals, the class also invited family and friends to join them for a splendid Street Party after the production. Continue reading P7/6 WW2 Drama Production & 1940’s Street Party
PHENOMENAL CYCLISTS – P6 AT ROSNEATH
Today, P6 were absolutely delighted that ALL 11 cyclists passed their Cycling Proficiency Theory Test and ALL got an ‘A’ Pass in the practical.
Kay, Road Safety Officer, said she had never seen such phenomenal cycling!
Well done to you all!
Mrs Munro, Mrs Keech, Mrs McDermid and the whole school are so proud of you!
Tesco Bank Summer Reading Challenge Scotland
There’s a world of fantasy and adventure waiting for you when you take part in Mythical Maze, the Tesco Bank Summer Reading Challenge 2014! Lose yourself in your local Library as you explore the maze and meet some weird and wonderful creatures from myths and legends. All you have to do is read any six books over the summer – just as long as they are borrowed from the library. They can be story books, fact books, picture books, joke books and audio books. Continue reading Tesco Bank Summer Reading Challenge Scotland
P7 organise P1-3 “Fitness and Fun” Club at Dunoon Primary
As part of the whole school Commonwealth celebrations, Miss Johnston and P7 have been planning, organising and running a sports club for P1-3 pupils. Each week the younger children have had the opportunity to try out a different sport featuring at this year’s games, e.g. hockey, football, badminton, etc. Almost all P7 pupils have volunteered to help run the club showing themselves to be responsible and effective members of the school. They have also developed their coaching and mentoring skills.
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Kirn Primary visit Medieval Stirling
Primaries 5, 6 and 7 spent the day at the medieval castle of Stirling to bring to life all their work on the Scottish Wars of Independence and Milestones in Scottish History.
Highlights of the trip were the Great Hall “where they dined and danced, and at night the servants slept there”. The Jester told a story about “changing mud into gold, and everyone was acting parts” and there were visits to the King’s Garden and the forest where the King would hunt.
Keills and Small Isles do Samba!
A clear blue sky, sunshine warming the air and a gentle breeze – the perfect conditions for an outdoor Samba Drumming Performance for the family and friends of Keills and Small Isles P.5-7 pupils. The rhythmic sound of surdo drums, agogo bells, tamborims and ganza shakers playing together was heard throughout the school grounds, probably most of Keills village and quite possibly Port Askaig!
Dervaig Primary School Summer Fair
The school held its annual summer fair on Sunday 8 June. The weather was good to us and stayed bright and sunny for the afternoon. The pupils, with the help of some parents, ran all the stalls. We also had a duck race in the River Bellart. This was a very successful afternoon and we raised the grand total £1200.
Rothesay Primary Visit Mount Stuart
P5/6 and P6 enjoyed a fantastic day trip to Mount Stuart on Bute. Half the group had an extra special tour of the house which visited some areas not seen on regular tours. The other half explored the extensive grounds. They found out lots about the Victorian Era which has been their latest Topic. After a picnic lunch in the courtyard the groups swapped over. They ended the trip with a delicious cream tea provided by Mount Stuart.
Scottish Kodu Kup Final
Pupils at Cardross Primary School were delighted to learn that 2 groups of budding computer programmers have been selected to attend the Scottish Kodu Kup final next week. The final 10 teams will meet at West College Scotland, Paisley Campus on Monday 16th July. The finalists will have the opportunity to work on their games before presenting their game and concept to the panel of judges.
