Category Archives: Interdisciplinary

Furnace and Minard Pupils Go Gruffalo Hunting

December 1, 2016Active Learning, Active Schools, Co-operative Learning, Communities and Culture, Curriculum for Excellence, environment, Events, Forest Schools, Interdisciplinary, Literacy, Modern Studies, Outdoor Learning, Primary schools, School trips, TopicsFurnace, MinardUser deactivated

Last Friday, while the ‘bigger’ pupils were off learning how to become Digital Leaders, Furnace and Minard ‘littler’ pupils decided to go off on a Gruffalo Hunt to Ardkinglas Gardens to have some outdoor fun and learn some more Scots words. The crispy cold day added to the sense of adventure, especially as we had recently read The Gurffalo’s Child. We followed the little mouse’s directions past Tod’s ‘deep-dooon hoose’, Hoolet’s “tree-tap hoose” and Snake’s “log-hoose”.

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Children in Need Fundraiser at Toward Primary School

December 1, 2016Creativity, Events, Expressive arts, Fundraising, Interdisciplinary, Primary schoolsTowardUser deactivated

Pupils and staff from Toward Primary School dressed up in spots on Friday 18th November 2016 to raise funds for Children In Need. We raised £90.65.

Children In Need Fundraising at Castlehill

December 1, 2016Communities, Events, Fundraising, Interdisciplinary, Parental Engagement, Primary schools, TopicsCastlehillUser deactivated

Castlehill fundraised for CIN with a superb and varied Talent Show in the morning and then a bring and buy sale in the afternoon. Pictured are the children that performed for the school, family and friends. A grand total of £764 was raised.

Easdale Primary Remembrance

November 16, 2016Communities, Events, History, Interdisciplinary, Primary schools, PSE, Remembrance, RMEEasdaleUser deactivated

Helen Glennie, Ron Hetherington and Colonel Tim Sinclair came into give us a talk on Remembrance and showed us a display. Helen told us about some of the people who were from Seil, Easdale and Luing who died in World War 1. Tim told us about why we do remembrance and what it is for as well as why we wear poppies. Tim came in his uniform and told us about his medals and rank.

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Minard PS Win CRNS School Challenge

November 16, 2016Awards, Co-operative Learning, Communities, Conferences, Eco Schools, Events, Global Citizenship, Interdisciplinary, Outdoor Learning, Primary schools, Projects, PSEMinardUser deactivated

This month Minard Primary fought off stiff competition from across Scotland to win a national competition for its innovative ways of making waste go for further.
Instead of using traditional recycling methods for disposing of waste paper, pupils at Minard Primary School have been turning it into recycled paper briquettes which can then be used in the community as fuel. As a result of this ingenious idea, Minard Primary was crowned the winner of the Community Resources Network Scotland (CRNS) School Challenge Competition.
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ANY EXCUSE TO DRESS UP!

November 14, 2016Creativity, Events, Interdisciplinary, Primary schools, TopicsSandbankUser deactivated

Sandbank Primary became a place of confusion on Monday 31st Oct.!
With staff and students enjoying a day in costume, no one was quite sure who was really who! We think everything has returned to normal now; vampires vanished, batman returned to the bat cave and the undead laid to rest. Staff have managed to remove most of their glitter and makeup!

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Oban Primary Campus Remembrance Day Service

November 14, 2016Communities and Culture, History, Interdisciplinary, Literacy, Primary schools, Remembrance, RMEOban Primary Campus, Rockfield, St columba'sUser deactivated

Rockfield Primary School and St.Columba’s Primary School came together this morning in a Remembrance Day Service. Senior Pupil Leaders from both schools participated in the service by giving information about The Great War and reading the poem, ‘The Cherry Trees,’ by Edward Thomas.

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Dalintober PS Councils 2016-17

November 14, 2016Active Learning, Eco committe, Interdisciplinary, Leadership, Primary schools, Pupil Council, Sports councilDalintoberUser deactivated

At the beginning of this term, Dalintober PS elected their three new council members for the Pupil Council, Eco Council and Sports Council.

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Three New After-School Clubs for Dalintober Pupils

November 14, 2016Events, Health and Wellbeing, Interdisciplinary, Leadership, PE, Primary schools, Secondary schools, Sport, TopicsCampbeltown Grammar, DalintoberUser deactivated

Three new After School Clubs have proved a huge success at Dalintober PS – P5 Club Golf, P3 Junior Jog and CGS Young Leaders’ P4 Multi-Sports.

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Hallowe’en at Strachur Primary and Pre-5 Auto

November 8, 2016Awards, Communities and Culture, Creativity, Early Years, Events, Interdisciplinary, Primary schoolsStrachurUser deactivated

Well we had a ball last week for Hallowe’en at school. Everyone dressed up as you can see from our pictures. Prizes were awarded to Finlay (Ghostbuster), Sophie (clown), Leo (the Joker), Morven (zombie bride), Hamish (a pumpkin) and Alleah (Spidergirl). Staff were dressed up too – even Mr Campbell our chanter tutor!

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Scottish Parliament Outreach at Strachur

November 8, 2016Communities and Culture, Debate, Events, Interdisciplinary, Modern Studies, Personal Development, Politics, Primary schools, Topics, WorkshopsStrachur, TechnologyUser deactivated

Primary 5/6/7 were delighted to welcome Miss Mairead Mackechnie, Education Officer from the Scottish Parliament, into the class for an afternoon workshop. They have been learning about the topic for the last two weeks and this workshop was very helpful.

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Another Green Flag at Colgrain!

November 4, 2016Awards, Eco Schools, environment, Events, Interdisciplinary, Primary schoolsColgrainUser deactivated

Colgrain Primary School are very pleased to announce that they have been awarded their fourth Green Flag. A fantastic amount of effort was put in by all pupils and staff and we look forward to celebrating. More photographs will follow when we receive our brand new flag!

Open morning at Easdale School

November 4, 2016Co-operative Learning, Communities and Culture, Donations, Events, Health and Wellbeing, Hospitality, Interdisciplinary, Outdoor Learning, Parental Engagement, Presentations, Primary schools, PSE, TopicsEasdaleUser deactivated

Parents came to Easdale School to find out about what pupils have been learning. We invited the adults to join us for breakfast. There were lots of healthy breakfast foods to choose from. Mrs MacKechnie and Mrs MacLarty helped us by setting up the kitchen and hall. Thank you to Tesco for the food donations for this.

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Castlehill P1 & P2 Hallowe’en Party

October 31, 2016Communities and Culture, Creativity, Early Years, Events, Expressive arts, Hospitality, Interdisciplinary, Primary schoolsCastlehillUser deactivated

Castlehill’s Primary 1 and Primary 2 classes enjoyed dressing up, dancing, playing party games and dooking for apples at their Hallowe’en party on Friday afternoon.

Rockfield Rocks Fasanta!

October 31, 2016Co-operative Learning, Communities and Culture, Competitions, Creativity, Events, Exhibition, Interdisciplinary, Personal Development, Primary schools, Social EnterpriseRockfieldUser deactivated

A number of pupils in P4,5,6 and 7 took part in Castle to Catwalk, a costume design competition for schools in and around Oban, run by Dunollie Projects Ltd, as part of their Fasanta Festival of Fashion and Textiles.
The winning three designs were made into real wearable costumes by Dunollie’s volunteer Threads and Yarn group and were paraded on stage at their Annual Fasanta Community Catwalk in the Corran Halls on Saturday 22nd October 2016.

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Stand Up to Cancer at St Joseph’s!

October 27, 2016Co-operative Learning, Communities, Events, Fundraising, Health and Wellbeing, Interdisciplinary, Parental Engagement, Primary schools, Social Enterprise, TopicsSt. Joseph'sUser deactivated

The children, parents and staff of St Joseph’s were delighted to sponsor the Stand Up to Cancer campaign in school on 14th October. The children came to school out of uniform and happily donated £1 towards this very worthy charity. The school had been approached by the local Cancer Research Shop and asked to be party to their local Stand Up to Cancer Campaign.

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P6 Harvest Tea

October 27, 2016Communities and Culture, Events, Fundraising, Grandparents, Home Economics, Hospitality, Interdisciplinary, Primary schools, Social Enterprise, TopicsCardrossUser deactivated

Last term Primary 6 in Cardross were thinking a lot about how they could help the local community and town during Harvest time. Everyday they collected tins and packets of food from the whole school for the Food Bank in Helensburgh, they were overwhelmed by everyone’s kind generosity.Primary 6 were also the hosts for the Senior Citizen Harvest tea and this year we decided to create ‘ Super Soup’ parcels for them to take home and enjoy.

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26.9.16 European Day of Languages at Tayvallich Primary School, Argyll.

October 18, 2016Co-operative Learning, Communities and Culture, Creativity, Early Years, Events, Expressive arts, History, Interdisciplinary, Literacy, Modern languages, Modern Studies, Parental Engagement, Personal Development, Primary schools, TopicsTayvallichUser deactivated

“On Monday, 26th September, Tayvallich Primary School was full of bright colours and laughter. It was European Language Day and each child and staff-member was dressed from head-to-toe in the bright colours of a chosen European flag. We all said which country we represented and some even had found out the Capital city of their country! The classroom was decorated with the colourful flags of Europe; balloons with Spanish colour words; and information boards with a variety of different language posters.”
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Meet and Eat Gets off to a Good Start at St. Joseph’s

October 13, 2016Co-operative Learning, Communities, Communities and Culture, Early Years, Events, History, Home Economics, Hospitality, Interdisciplinary, Learning Centres, Parental Engagement, Primary schoolsSt. Joseph'sUser deactivated

The staff of St. Joseph’s Primary and Family Learning Centre has been working with Kirkmichael Community Development Group over the last few months to get a new ‘Meet and Eat’ programme for the elderly in the local community developed at St. Joseph’s Family Learning Centre. Wednesday 12 October, 2016 saw the launch of this excellent new initiative with the helpers of the Community Development Group bringing in the required food and setting up beautifully presented tables for the elderly to come along and enjoy some sandwiches, baking and a blether.
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Carradale Primary – Golf Sessions

October 12, 2016Active Learning, Active Schools, Communities, Events, Interdisciplinary, Outdoor Learning, PE, Personal Development, Primary schools, School trips, Sport, TrainingCarradaleUser deactivated

This is an article written by Catriona Newman, P7

The P4-7s from Carradale Primary School have recently attended a 4 week golf session run by Dr Abernethy and Mrs Margaret Campbell. They were split into two groups, the ones that hadn’t played golf before and the ones that head. They had great fun playing on the field, chipping and putting.

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