Pupils at St. Andrew’s Primary School treated their parents and parishioners to an afternoon of poetry, song, dance and art on St. Andrew’s Day. The celebration of teaching and learning was the culmination of a weeklong learning journey by each class exploring all things Scottish.
Primary 6/7 shared their learning about the life and times of our national bard, Robert Burns, and sang a beautiful rendition of Leezie Lindsay before encouraging school mates and parents to join in with the rousing Charlie is My Darling.
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Category Archives: Events
Strachur Primary Bring and Buy Sale
P6-7 held a Bring and Buy Sale in their classroom today and raised £93! This goes towards the P7 transition trip to Benmore next year. They will have the chance to bond with their future Dunoon Grammar peers. Thanks to all the families who donated items to sell. Well done P6-7 and Mrs Tato!
Bowmore’s Blast Off!
We have been studying space at Bowmore Primary and following Tim Peake! G4-7 used their 3D shape knowledge and built a rocket! P1/2 have made rocket packs to help boost them into space. P3/4 found Tim Peake’s space boots in their classroom along with moon dust footprints. P4/5 seem to spend a lot of time researching in their space station as do G1-3. P6/7 used an awful lot of paper to demonstrate the distance between the sun and the planets and the sun.
Mental Maths Success
Last week the pupils of Lochdonhead primary school took part in the Argyll and Bute ‘Sumdog’ competition. It is answering mental maths questions on a computer game. Every pupil has to try and answer 1000 questions in a week. We did a lot of playing at home too.
Strachur Primary Sumdog :)
We are very proud of our P6-7 class for coming 3rd overall in Argyll and Bute in the Sumdog Maths Contest. Congratulations to them and their teacher, Mrs Tato. Isaac in Primary 6 also came third place out of all 290 students that took part. Well done Isaac!
Breaking news!
Clachan Primary School got our fifth Green Flag and we are very proud of it.
This is what we do; reduce, reuse, recycle. Grow our own fruit and vegetables, have our own bees and plenty more.
St Andrew’s Day celebrations at Parklands
Pupils at Parklands had a fun-filled day on Monday to celebrate St Andrew’s day. They took part in a range of Scottish activities including Scottish ceilidh dancing, Scottish food tasting, a mini Highland games and a Scottish inventors challenge. In class pupils were learning about the life of St Andrew and some Scottish history.
60s Themed Pop-up shop – 1 day only
Dunoon Primary open 60s themed pop-up shop
Love to shop? Remember life in the Sixties? The children of Dunoon Primary School invite you to their sixties themed pop up shop. Opening for one day only, Thursday 3rd December, 11am to 4pm, at “The Braes”.
Anti-Bullying Week at Strachur Primary
Pupils at Strachur Primary invited parents, carers and other family members into school on Friday of last week to share what we had been learning about Anti-Bullying. Visitors popped into classes to see our hard work, were asked to give their view on ‘bullying’ and asked how they feel staff at Strachur Primary should respond to it. This information will contribute towards the creation of a new Anti-Bullying Policy for Strachur Primary.
Benmore Banquet for Strone Primary School!
As part of our Food for Thought project the P1-3’s visited the James Duncan Café at Benmore Gardens to sample local produce and learn about sources of food and food journeys.
We received a warm welcome from all the staff who treated us to a delicious 3 course banquet of locally sourced dishes, including Loch Fyne Smoked Salmon and Braddan Rost with Black’s of Dunoon Oatcakes, Winston Churchill Venison Casserole and Burgers and Isle of Arran Ice-Cream with samples of home-baking from the café. Continue reading Benmore Banquet for Strone Primary School!
Park Primary 3 visit OHS Science Department!
Primary 3 from Park Primary school recently made two trips to visit the Oban High Science department as part of their project on the States of Matter. They had a fantastic time learning about the changing states of matter and exploring materials that are soluble and insoluble.
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Lochnell Primary Children in Need Toy Sale
Primary seven pupils at Lochnell Primary organised a ” recycle your toys” event for Children in Need. They raised £165.56 selling toys donated by all the pupils in the school and nursery.
Dalintober PS Support Children In Need 2015
Dalintober PS and ELCC Fundraise for Children In Need
Dalintober PS and ELCC raised funds for BBC’s ‘Children In Need’ annual appeal last Friday. A non-uniform day was held – with an array of outfits and costumes on show! Various smaller fundraisers were led by pupils throughout the day including a discothon, cake stall, face painting and much more. A fabulous £430.03 was raised for the charity.
CASTLEHILL PRIMARY DO THEIR BIT FOR CHILDREN IN NEED.
Pupils in Castlehill Primary had a busy week carrying out various activities to help raise money for Children In Need.
On Tuesday the P7s held an ‘All Day Beetle Drive’ where they invited each of the classes in the school to play ‘Beetle’. Great fun was had by all!
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Children in need 2015 at Dunoon primary
In Dunoon Primary, Mrs Macdonald and P7 organised a Drawing Competition, a Raffle, made Badges and Bookmarks, held a Non Uniform Day and held a Bake Sale all to raise money for Children in Need. Thanks to the fantastic support of staff, pupils, parents and friends of Dunoon Primary the amazing sum of £928.47 was raised. A huge thank you to all!
P7 Dunoon Primary School
Storytelling at Minard Primary
Recently Minard Primary children welcomed Mrs Linda Williamson to their school as part of their ‘Scottish Traditions’ topic. Mrs Williamson is the wife of the late Duncan Williamson, storyteller, who had connections with the area. We spent the morning listening to Linda’s stories and hearing about her life then were joined by the children from Furnace Primary and members of the community for more stories and fun. We hope to welcome Linda again soon.
Wear to Scare for Save the Children
The children of Salen Primary School and Pre-school held a Wear to Scare day for Halloween to raise funds for Save the Children. The children and staff came to school dressed up for the day and staged a magnificent parade in the hall. The school hall had been spookily decorated by Janny Jan for the village Halloween party organised by our lovely SWRI. It was the perfect venue for a quick parade and collection which amounted to £80.
Salen Primary Hosts Rugby World Cup
Five countries battled for supremacy with Ireland achieving world domination when they scooped up the prestigious Rugby World Cup at Salen Primary School.
This event was made possible with the help of Mr Gus Whyte who kindly refereed and Mrs Babs Whyte, PE Teacher. The children of Salen Primary School were joined by children from Lochdonhead Primary and Ulva Primary Schools as part of their normal PE sessions. Continue reading Salen Primary Hosts Rugby World Cup
Make a reading space and enter the Oban prize draw!
For Book Week Scotland 2015, Oban Library are asking all schools and homes to create their own reading spaces.
It could come in any shape or form from a shelf in the staffroom to a tented reading den. Whatever it is, make more space for reading this #BookWeekScot…
Take a picture and send it to Oban Library to enter a free prize draw. Closing date Monday 7th December
obanlibrary@argyll-bute.gov.uk
Halloween and GuyFawkes
Pupils in the support department in Oban High School celebrated Hallowe’en and Guy Fawkes by making pumpkin lanterns and a guy for the bonfire! They raised £22 for the local MS centre with their “Penny for the Guy”.
