A group of P6 and 7 pupils were lucky enough to attend the Scottish Book Awards Ceremony for the 8-11 age range, in Edinburgh on Wednesday 4th March. Before the ceremony they met some of the short listed authors and were able to get their books signed. The children were amazed at how young the winning author Alex McCall was. He had only left school three years previously and had been inspired himself by a visit to school by a Scottish Book Trust author!
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Lismore Primary School Celebrity Cook Book
Lismore Primary School P5-P7 have just completed this term’s enterprise project holding a book launch for their Celebrity Cook Book with a Fairtrade Café on Friday 6th March. This is their report:
We decided to make and sell a recipe book to raise money for our Stramash Week at the end of May. The project started at the beginning of this term and we did it on Mondays and Fridays with Hazel, our classroom assistant.
COLOURFUL SAMBA EXTRAVAGANZA – IS THAT ROSNEATH PRIMARY??????????
Primary 7/6 would like to thank our Instructor Rob (can you spot him in our photos?) for teaching us in our 6 Samba Drumming lessons over 6 weeks.
On Thursday it was over to us and SHOWTIME – we had to SHOWCASE our newly acquired SKILLS to the rest of our school and our Parents.
It has been remarked that we showed such CONFIDENCE and MUSICAL TALENT! Rob took a little bit of a back seat and we took over complete with whistle. Well Done to our 3 Leaders – Rhys, David and Ceri.
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WE LOVE BOOKS AT ROSNEATH!!
Here at Rosneath we were very proud to take part in World Book Day. Children most definitely showcased their love of reading and books!
From Disney Princesses to Superheroes to Cats………………………………… the list is endless!
Many thanks to our local Librarian Mrs Barclay (or was it “Where’s Wally’s sister????????????) who kindly organised activities for all five classes.
Great fun!
World Book Day 2015
Dunoon Primary were thrilled to take part in World Book Day 2015 today, (Friday 6th March). The pupils thoroughly enjoyed the day as the school was filled with Harry Potter look-a-likes, Matildas, Where’s Wally, Mary Poppins, Mr Stink, The Twits and Red Ridinghood! The teachers said the overall opinion of the pupils was that it was ‘ phenomenal, fantastic and a super day!’
Lochdonhead World Book Day 2015
On Thursday the 5th of March, Pupils at Lochdonhead Primary took part in an all-day sponsored read for World Book Day 2015.
The classroom was laid out with bean bags and cushions, and pupils came to school in their pyjamas to mark the occasion. The reading began at 9.30am and only stopped for break and lunch. Parents and teachers also read aloud to the class which was a lovely experience. All in all it was a fantastic day, and we would all love to do it again! Especially coming to school in our pyjamas!!!
“It was the best day of the term so far” – Ewan Callander P6
Chick, Chick, Chick!
Primary one pupils at Rosneath Primary School have been lucky to have the Living Eggs experience in their classroom. The children watched 9 fluffy little chicks hatch and cared for them for over a week. An amazing experience that we would highly recommend!
In order to fund this Miss McLean and Primary 1 organised a Toy and Cake Sale for pupils, staff, families and friends. A fantastic total of £250 was raised!
BEAVERS AT DALINTOBER
Oly Hemmings from the Knapdale Beaver Trial and The Scottish Wildlife Trust visited Primary 5 in January and February to help the children learn about beavers and other Scottish wildlife and their habitats. Favourite activities were looking at animal skulls and pelts, trying to make the best dam and creating an arch of dependant plants and creatures with beavers as the keystone species. Using giant building blocks, the children showed their understanding of the food chain. A vigorous game of musical chairs demonstrated what happens when the habitat of animals is changed. Continue reading BEAVERS AT DALINTOBER
BOAT BUILDING IN BOWMORE
As part of their Viking project the pupils of P2/3 were joined by parents, grandparents (and younger brothers) for the afternoon to build their own version of a traditional long ship.
St. Joseph’s Consult on the Local Hermitage Park Development
Representatives of the St Joseph’s Pupil Council and Eco Committee from P4, 5 & 6 went on a fact finding trip to the Victoria Halls last week.
Ambitious plans for the redevelopment of Hermitage Park were unveiled and the St Joseph’s pupils wanted to make sure that the interests of children just like them were heard.
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Cardross get Glowing!
Cardross Primary recently welcomed Chrissie Lamont from Education Scotland. Chrissie was impressed with our technology work at the Scottish Learning Festival and is looking forward to working with us on some exciting GLOW projects.
Dalmally enjoys BBC live drawing lesson!
Primary three to seven took part in a LIVE drawing lesson as part of the BBC’s Big Painting Challenge. Illustrator Nick Sharratt, famous for his illustrations in the Tracy Beaker books, gave us lots of hints and tips for drawing characters with different facial expressions. He showed us how changing a character’s eyebrows and mouth can totally change their expression. Everyone really enjoyed the session, gained lots of new skills and built their confidence with drawing characters.
Cardross Primary 4 – Spanish Assembly
Cardross Primary 4 pupils recently transported us to Spain with their wonderful display of learning! Well done P4!
Bowmore Primary Paints the Town Red!
At Bowmore Primary, we all took up the Big Painting Challenge thanks to the BBC! From Pre 5 to P7, we all followed carefully the live art lesson on Wednesday 25th February. It was a great opportunity and we created some spectacular illustrations alongside Tracey Beaker illustrator, Nick Sharratt.
St. Joseph’s Helps Local Community Foodbank
The SVDP (St. Vincent de Paul) representatives of St. Joseph’s Parish made a visit to St. Joseph’s School last term to ask if we could help advertise the new local Independent Voluntary Foodbank which had opened recently at the Red Cross Hall, 116 East Princes Street, Helensburgh. They informed us that no referral was necessary for anyone to benefit from this new initiative in the town and could we please let parents know of its existence via our next school newsletter.
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Tackling the Tour
Primary 6 pupils at Rhu took on a mighty challenge as they cycled their way around France, without even leaving the comfort of the classroom.
While Tour de France riders battle it out in the mountains for the much-coveted maillot jaune, the pedal-powered pupils each took a spin on a road bike, firmly secured to a turbo trainer, while scenes from last year’s race played on the whiteboard to bring the atmosphere to life. With a cycle computer attached to the rear wheel, the keen class were able to see how far they had travelled and how fast they were pedalling. Continue reading Tackling the Tour
‘Scottish X Factor’ Competition
Children of John Logie Baird Primary School entered into the spirit of Robert Burn’s Day when they participated in a fun and entertaining ‘Scottish X Factor’ competition. Our talented and very hardworking children learnt the Scots language and produced some extremely entertaining and convincing performances for the whole school to enjoy.
Out of all of our semi-finalists, Carla Gorman was surprised and delighted when she learned she was the best overall. The judges; Mr Foxx, Mrs Graham and Mrs Randall awarded Carla a lovely prize, part of which was a mug which said ‘I’m dead chuffed’ and Carla certainly was! It was a very hard decision and all our semi-finalists were awarded a special certificate.
Our thanks to Mr Foxx for his expertise and his recital of ‘To a Haggis’ at our wonderful event.
P3 The Big Bake Off at Dunoon Primary!
On Friday 20th February P3 held a Bake Sale in Dunoon Primary’s GP room. Having decided a few weeks previously that they wanted the opportunity to see a production of ”The Boy and the Bunnet’- a musical story they had studied last term, being held at the Queen’s Hall, funding the visit was a problem. £160 was needed to pay for the tickets. Hannah suggested we hold a Bake Sale and so the plan was hatched.
Better Eating Better Learning at Kirn
The Primary 6 class at Kirn Primary School have this term participated in the Better Eating Better Learning” project in partnership with Children in Scotland ( www.childreninscotland.org.uk)
Adventures in Space
P1/2 at Port Ellen Primary School have been learning all about Space. They have found out about the Sun, Earth and Moon, taking turns at being a Moon Monitor. They watched video clips of Apollo 11 and Neil Armstrong’s moon landing and built their own rockets, complete with different stages. They have looked at the lunar landscape and have investigated how craters were formed using marbles and a tray of moon soil!
