On 28th October 2013 Colgrain Primary School was selected by Nick Morgan from Education Scotland to host nineteen Norwegian teachers on a study visit to Scotland. The Norwegian visitors had a particular interest in Assessment is for Learning and in the Early level concept of Curriculum for Excellence. Colgrain Primary has a very successful approach to formative assessment and the Norwegian visitors were particularly interested in our communication with home and our celebration of pupil’s wider achievement.
Category Archives: Primary schools
Strone Primary’s Kilmun Pageant
On Thursday the 31st of October, Halloween, Strone Primary’s p5 to 7s took part in a pageant in partnership with Argyll Mausoleum. We were taking part in this Pageant so that people buried in Kilmun graveyard would be remembered.
Leading up to the Pageant, Ann Galliard and Fiona Lochhead came and talked to us about interesting people who are buried in the graveyard. We all had to think of well known people from the past and research their life stories. It was interesting to find out about the famous people in the graveyard.
Eco Week at Luss Primary
The pupils at Luss Primary have recently had their Eco Week. During the week the children took part in many activities which all the pupils thoroughly enjoyed. The activities ranged from finding out about beavers, making dams, taking cuttings from plants, having an eco picnic and going into the local woods. One of the activities they did in the woods was to use materials around them such as moss, leaves, grass, etc. to build a home for a mouse that would keep as much heat in as possible.
Pre-5 and P7 work together at Appin
‘The Primary 7 and pre-5 pupils at Strath of Appin school have been busy foraging berries along the local cycle track, learning about what berries you can eat and those that can be used to make jellies. Their efforts resulted in a sale of jellies that were made from the fruits picked. There were a variety of jellies such as rowan, hedgerow and bramble. £43.28 was raised and has been placed in school funds for future use. This project has developed from a pilot scheme where the P7’s meet with the pre 5 children every week, encouraging learning, developing good friendships, mentoring and building confidence all round.’
Peace Assembly at Colgrain Primary School
The Primary 6 and 7 pupils at Colgrain Primary School presented a beautiful assembly to coincide with Remembrance Day. The pupils talked about the Scottish Poppy Appeal with great knowledge and told the stories of service men and women who have been an inspiration to them. Many pupils at Colgrain are children of Service men and women and know first-hand what it is like to have family members in areas of the world where there is conflict. The pupils spoke very confidently about the history of the Scottish Poppy Appeal and encouraged the children in the school to donate and wear a Poppy with pride.
The Green Man at North Bute
Primary 4/5 have been busy working on a science topic of plants. As part of that topic, we went on Thinking Walks, copying the idea from Charles Darwin. He went on these walks regularly to think about his discoveries. We did this too and collected specimens and pressed them to study them more. On one of our walks, we collected leaves that had fallen from the trees and that were beautiful autumn colours.
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Dalintober PS Make ‘Guy’ for Community Bonfire.
Primary 6 pupils were very busy in the lead up to Guy Fawkes night when they were asked to make the Guy Fawkes effigy for the annual community bonfire and fireworks display which is organised by the Dalintober and Milknowe Tenants Association. The children took ‘Guy’ on a tour of the school before he was collected by members of the fire brigade and taken to be placed on top of the bonfire before the event on Tuesday 5th November.
world of work day at port ellen
Wonderful World Of Work
As part of their topic ‘Going For Gold’, P4/5 in Port Ellen Primary School organised a ‘wonderful world of work’ event to help them to develop their knowledge of different jobs. The children brainstormed people in the community who they thought had interesting jobs and sent out invitations. They were delighted when eighteen people from a wide variety of working backgrounds agreed to come along. Continue reading world of work day at port ellen
Dalintober PS make ‘Penny Jars’ for local fundraisers
Primary 2 and Primary 5 pupils from Dalintober PS have been busy making ‘Penny Jars’ to be placed in local shops to support two important fundraising ventures in Campbeltown. The pupils created the jars, in conjunction with ‘Explore Campbeltown’ to encourage shoppers to give their loose change to funds being raised for Campbeltown Christmas Lights Group and CGS4Gambia.
Zumba Dancing at DPS!!
Dunoon Primary held a sponsored Zumbathon in the lunch hall of their school. All pupils thoroughly enjoyed it! The music and the atmosphere in the hall was very energetic and Dunoon Primary cant wait for another shot at this super experience. The staff of the Queens Hall led the way and pupils from P1-P7 were smiling all the way back to their classes. The staff are raring to go with their own Zumba Class! The pupils even had a wee class of their own in the playground after it at lunch time.
Smoke Free Me
On Friday 24th October we went to the Queens Hall to see Smoke Free Me! The actors were fantastic. In the show the characters were called Ziggy with the Ciggy, Willie Tryit and Claire Air. The show was about a time machine and Willie Tryit and Claire Air tried to stop Ziggy from smoking. Ziggy went back in time to meet a tobacco lord and a scientist who talked about the link between lung cancer and cigarettes. We sang songs and a rap! They were called Smoke Free Me, Make Smoking History and Keep it to yourself.
Halloween Disco fever at Dunoon Primary!
Dunoon Primary School’s Parent Teacher Association treated the pupils from P4-P7 to a fun filled evening on Wednesday 30th October. The pupils took part with the help of our teachers in dooking for apples, stringy doughnuts and whats in the feely box? The hall was beautifully decorated with lots of spooky characters! A very busy hall filled with squeals of excitement and laughter and there was no shortage of unusual outfits!
Halloween fun at Glassary
The parent council at Glassary helped to transform the classroom into a top to toe spooky cavern after school on Friday, complete with bats on the walls and cobwebs and pumpkins around the room.
The children returned at 6.30 for a great disco, looking fantastic in their halloween costumes. Fun was had by all with traditional Halloween games and a surprise appearance of two life size mummies to scare and then dance with the children!
Year of Faith Mass
Friday 1 November 2013 will go down in the history of St Joseph’s Primary School as a monumental day as The Most Reverend Philip Tartaglia, Archbishop of Glasgow visited the school to say a special Mass. Archbishop Tartaglia was there not only to celebrate All Saints Day but also as a culmination of the school’s Year of Faith activities.
Healthy Breakfast Bonanza at Strath of Appin Primary School
As part of their Health and Wellbeing topic, all the children in the school have been learning about healthy eating and the importance of not skipping breakfast. The children came up with a variety of healthy options that they wanted to try at the Breakfast Club and over the five days the children were given the opportunity to taste these. Options included fruit juices, fresh and dried fruit, whole grain cereals, porridge, wholemeal and seeded breads, yoghurt and semi-skimmed milk.
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Halloween ‘Havoc’ At St. Mun’s
In a break from the traditional Halloween Disco, the children of St. Mun’s Primary were treated to a whole day of Halloween activities, fun and games.
The morning saw the children take part in a carousel of activities including arts and crafts, biscuit decorating , scary stories, sensory ‘feely’ basins filled with lots of unthinkable things and fancy dress parades, to name just a few. While the afternoon was full of dancing, dooking for apples, stringy donuts and party games.
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St Joseph’s VIB meets VIPs!!!!
St Joseph’s Very Important Bear meets some Very Important People!
In P6 & P7 this year at St Joseph’s the children’s very important bear, Buddy, has been visiting some wonderful places and the resulting creative and expressive language from the children’s accounts of these were a dream to hear. However, the other week Buddy was already ‘booked’ for an adventure when another P7 child asked to take him to the STV Appeal.
Smoke Free Me
Castlehill’s P7s joined up with other local schools on Monday 28th Oct at Dalintober Primary to take part in the Smoke Free Me presentation performed by Raenbow Productions. The children have been learning about the effects of smoking recently and this was the culmination of their work. The pupils had a great time interacting with the drama group and highlighting the alarming, but true, facts they had discovered about the consequences of becoming a smoker.
SKIPATHON AT KILCREGGAN PRIMARY
SKIPATHON & RED, WHITE AND BLUE DAY
AT KILCREGGAN PRIMARY SCHOOL
On Friday 11th October our pupils took part in a Skipathon in aid of The British Heart Foundation for which the pupils were sponsored. Each class had spent some time learning skipping routines set to music and parents and friends were then invited to attend a demonstration. On the same day we were all encouraged to wear red, white & blue and make a donation to support The Armed Forces charities.
Wonka’s Surprise
St. Joseph’s Golden Tickets!
Such is the ethos at St. Joseph’s that when one class starts a project…..we all get involved!! Happily that includes the entire school family and this week it was the turn of the catering staff to help develop the new P5 Interdisciplinary study ‘Wonka’s Surprise’. Canteen supervisor Sue and her staff took an enterprising view of the month’s ‘theme day’ to create a Willy Wonka style lunch.
