On Thursday 5th November Active Schools in partnership with Strachur Primary School ran a football festival for P4 and P5 pupils from the smaller primary schools within Cowal, at Strachur Park. The event was well attended with teams from Strachur, Strone, Tighnabruaich, Lochgoilhead and Kilmodan Primary Schools. The competition was based on a round robin with all the teams playing each other. The pupils were all very excited as for many this would be their first competitive football playing against other schools.
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The High Points of Strone’s Health Week.
Last Week Strone Primary School held it’s annual Health Week. Amongst the activities on Monday was a “Ready, Steady Soup Challenge” where children had a morning to come up with a recipe, as well as prepare, cook and advertise their soup in time for a full school lunch to which family and friends were invited. A big thank-you to Morrisons and CO-OP in Dunoon, and the Walled Garden at Ardentinny for generous donations of fresh ingredients.
Dalintober PS Make Guy for Community Firework Display
Pupils from P6 made their annual guy for the town’s Bonfire Night Display, organised by Dalintober and Millknowe Tenants’ Association and Campbeltown Fire Station, taking place on Saturday 7th November, weather permitting.
Salen Primary School Sponsored walk
Singing in the rain!
One very rainy day in September, Salen Primary School and Pre-school children cheerfully set off on their sponsored walk led by mascot Labrador, Sonny Bill, who was celebrating his 3rd birthday.
West of Scotland ensemble championships in Kilmarnock
Five Lochgilphead High School pupils competed in the West of Scotland ensemble championships in Kilmarnock last weekend. Jessica Tanner (trumpet), Freya Corner (trumpet), Sioned Phillips (tenor horn), Alistair Cupples (euphonium) and Gavin Johnson (tuba) competed in the under 21 class.
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St. Mun’s Pupils and Staff Have Their Voices Heard
After last Terms IDL on the Scottish Parliament, where the children of Primary 7/6 researched how a democracy works and how elections are run, the children and staff of St. Mun’s went to the polls to cast their votes on who should represent the School for the session 2015/16.
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A Busy Week for Dalintober PS
Last week was a very busy one for Dalintober PS. We held six Hallowe’en parties across all stages, including ELCC. P5, P6 and P7 visited the excellent, interactive ‘Bibleworld’ bus at Campbeltown Grammar School, the West Midlands Theatre Company performed ‘The Apprentice Sorcerer’ to a captivated whole school audience and P4, P5 and P6 thoroughly enjoyed a visit from storyteller and author Michael Kerins. We even managed to squeeze in a couple of Parents’ Evenings!
Drumlemble & Carradale Primary Schools – 2015 Campbeltown Museum Exhibition
In late spring of this year, pupils from Drumlemble and Carradale Primary Schools took part in an innovative project created and delivered by the Kilmartin Museum education team. The main focus of the project, was the Campbeltown museum objects of the Iron Age/Early Historic period. The pupils enjoyed many days of input from the team and field archaeologist Roddy Regan as well as professional workshops with Lucinda Hopkinson, Sian MacQueen, Philip Price, Mandy Haggith and Jenny England.
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P7’s at Kirn explore My World of Work
Kirn Primary School’s P7 pupils were invited to visit the Job Centre in Dunoon last week to learn how to develop their career skills and think about different jobs in the World of Work. Mrs Bancks, the Manager of the Job Centre had organised some thought provoking activities for everyone to take part in.
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P2 Pirates at Colgrain
Primary 2 pupils at Colgrain have been exploring pirate life as their interdisciplinary study. As well as a visit to the tall ship and the transport museum, they presented their learning to friends and family.
Perfect Picnic Winners – Luss
The children from Luss Primary recently took part in the ACT (Argyll & The Isles Coast & Countryside Trust) “Perfect Picnic Competition” and were awarded a cheque for £100 for their ideas on how their Perfect Picnic site would look. They have been getting the garden ready and will spend the money on things like bird tables, a pop up tent and a parasol to complement the existing picnic benches. They are looking forward to next summer when they will be able to have picnics in the garden.
Rotary Club Young Photographer Competition Winner from Luss!
Savannah, P7, from Luss Primary recently received her certificate and prize from Mr Muggoch, of the Helensburgh Branch of the Rotary Club, for her winning entry in the West of Scotland District round of the Rotary Club Young Photographer competition. She had already won the Local round of the competition in her category which qualified her for the District round. Well done!
Rothesay Joint Campus fundraiser for RNLI
Primary 5/4 at Rothesay Joint Campus held a very successful sale for the RNLI on Friday 23rd October. They raised a whopping £540 for this wonderful organisation.
To prepare for the sale, they learned about the RNLI by going to the Tighnabruiach lifeboat station and meeting the volunteers there. It was great fun going on the B-class rib. They also practised their money skills and customer service skills before the big day.
LETTER FROM THE QUEEN TO ACHAHOISH P.S.
The children at Achahoish P.S. wrote and drew about the very funny book, ‘The Queen’s Knickers.’ As the children had heard that Her Majesty the Queen is now our longest ever reining monarch, they thought she would like to receive their letters and drawings as a little gift to mark this special moment in history.
Strone Primary Make Food Donation
To celebrate Harvest time, Strone’s P5-7 class organised a Harvest Assembly for the school. Parents were invited to come along and bring a donation of food, which the children decided to donate to the Cowal Food Bank. The children had a fantastic response to this request, and last week P5-7 Class Teacher Fiona Maclean, Classroom Assistant Dorothy Brayshaw, and four Strone pupils visited the Cowal Food Bank on Kirk Street, to deliver our donations to staff member Jim Elsby.
Tesco Campbeltown Apple Donation to Dalintober PS
Tesco Campbeltown Donate Hallowe’en Apples to Dalintober PS
Gavin Lawson, Store Manager of Tesco Campbeltown, kindly donated 300 apples for Dalintober Primary School and ELCC’s upcoming Hallowe’en parties. We are extremely grateful for their generosity and look forward to working with the store and team in future school and community projects.
Bowmore Rocks!
Once again our wonderful Kitchen Ladies put on a spectacular themed lunch for us – our hall and kitchen were transformed into an American diner. Cadillacs, jukeboxes as well as records adorned our walls as we sat down to enjoy our meal together.
On the menu, there were burgers, hotdogs, cream sodas as well as some amazing ‘ice-cream’ cones which were made out of cones and butter icing – no melted ice-cream for us!
Dunoon Primary School Nepal Appeal
When last year’s p4 in Dunoon Primary heard of the shocking devastation following the earthquakes in Nepal, they were determined to do something to help the people, who had suffered such losses in the tragedy. They searched online for information about the country and its people and then looked for ways to help. Their initial concern was the lack of clean water, so they organised a raffle and sent £81.15 to UNICEF, who were providing water in the region. However, the help did not stop there.
P6 Harvest Tea
On Thursday 8th October P6 Pupils from Cardross Primary organised a super Harvest Tea for the senior citizens in the local area. They were able to pack 27 bags of food to be given at the tea and still had stacks of food left over for Ian Kerr to come and collect for Helensburgh Food Bank.
Primary Four Harvest Festival Assembly
This term, Primary Four reached out into their local community as part of their learning. They wanted to gain a deeper understanding of the importance that local organisations play in providing the needs of their local community. By investigating the traditions behind Harvest, the children decided to contact Helensburgh and Lomond Foodbank to see how they could help the individuals and families in their community who are not able to fully enjoy the Harvest Festival.
