On the 26th of March Primary 6&7 and Primary 3&4 had a India afternoon. We invited parents and we had stalls ready for the parents to interact with. To start off the day we showed power points on different celebrations in India we also made Indian God masks to show to our parents. In p3/4 there was a shadow puppet show of Rama and Sita and Rangoli patterns to do also hand paints and guess the spice. We also set up a build the Taj Mahal with lego stall.
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Red Nose Day – Wear something funny for money day on Luing
There was lots of laughter when the children appeared wearing something funny for money. Kyle and Corey had a backwards day, wearing their clothes back to front; fortunately this did not affect their work. Kurtis was hoping to hide away in the garden in his special floral camouflage suit. Everyone felt extra safe with Batman and Spiderman in the school, ready to swoop into action at the first sign of danger. The rest of the children arrived in their onesies, hoping for a sleepy and peaceful morning. Lots of fun was had playing games and we raised a total of £25.
Rednose Day at Kilninver
On the 15th March children at Kilninver Primary raised £30 for Comic Relief.
The pupil Council organised a day of hilarious activities. We built houses for our dinosaur noses from K’nex, designed placemats and played a whole school game of pass the parcel to tell a joke.
We had a lot of fun and know that the money raised will go to help a good cause. Continue reading Rednose Day at Kilninver
Mid Argyll Music Festival
On Friday the 22nd March Kelsey took part in the beginners woodwind section of the Argyll Music festival. She has only been playing the clarinet for 6 months and was delighted to come away with first place for her rendition of 6, 5, 0h, oh oh, which she played from memory.
Well done Kelsey
Kilninver Primary School Spring Fayre
The parents of Kilninver Primary organised a Spring Fayre on the 24th of March. The coffee afternoon and table top sale was well attended by the local community.
The children sold the Easter crafts they had made. The bookmarks turned out to be the best seller.
eggybition
The parents of Kilninver primary school organised this years Eggybition.
The winners were Archie, Neve and Georgie.
Well Done to all who submitted entries.
Maths Challenge
Mr Priest would like to extend congratulations to Joshua Finnie (S1), Libby MacLean (S1), Bethany Walsh (S2) and Robbie Ireland (S2) who represented Dunoon Grammar School excellently against strong competition at the UKMT Team Maths challenge in Falkirk. After four rounds, including an intense relay race, marks were tallied and we ranked 15th place!
Film G Winners!
Congratulations to Ms McDonald’s S4 Film G team. ‘Tha an t-acras gam tholladh’ won the Film G Theme Award category for the film that interprets the FilmG theme – ‘Hunger/Desire’ – in the most original, engaging and inspirational way. Students attended the award ceremony at The Arches in Glasgow on 22nd March. Continue reading Film G Winners!
National Science and Engineering Week at Port Ellen
We have had a busy science week, which kicked off with a visit by Dr Dave Stodhart from the Fraunhofer Institute in Glasgow. Dave works as a scientist making lasers that can detect escaping gas, and talked to us about his work and being an inventor. He also showed us how to make our own spectroscopes to see the colours found in light. It was excellent. Primary 6&7 shared their learning on light with primary 3&4, who then went on to create shadow puppets with what they learned.
Continue reading National Science and Engineering Week at Port Ellen
Dunoon Volleyball Tournament
The Annual Interschool Volleyball Tournament took place today at Dunoon Grammar School. Dunoon had 6 teams. Each one played very well with 2 teams getting to the semi final and the final. Lauren, Luke and Jack went through to the final against a strong Kirn Team C who won the match. A great day was had by all the Primary 7’s and there were lots of happy smiling faces to be seen around the hall.
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Park Primary Fairtrade Cake Bake
Park Primary School held a two day Fairtrade Cakebake last week. Many of the pupils and staff baked cakes and biscuits using at least one Fairtrade ingredient to show their support towards Fairtrade products during Fairtrade Fortnight. This was a huge success and raised £340.01. Well done to all the bakers and thank you to all who came along and spent some money!
Third Green Flag for Luing
Luing’s third green flag proudly hoisted.
Over the past two years all the pupils of Luing Primary have been working very hard towards their third green flag. They investigated the subjects: – waste minimisation, litter and water.
Red Nose Day at Oban High School
Oban High School students and staff report Rudolph has nothing on them!
More than 600 of the three varieties of the 2013 Red Nose Day noses were sold for £1 each at Oban High School for Comic Relief. Students and staff raised £1,063.68 to contribute to the international global assistance agency through a variety of activities including open mic performances in costume; face painting stalls and cake bakes. Continue reading Red Nose Day at Oban High School
Teddies at Beddies at Rothesay Primary
Rothesay Primary recently presented Primary 2 with their special teddies. The teds are special because there is nothing they like better that a good book! The children and their parents and carers have all promised to look after their bears by reading them at least one book per week and remembering to change the books every week at the library.
Lochdonhead playgound development
The pupils of Lochdonhead Primary School have planned, resourced, gained funding, and overseen the development of their school playground, creating a story glen, based on an old Gaelic tale, Iolaire Loch Treig. The pupils have worked with various artists and they are even working with pupils in a secondary school in Harrogate, who are designing wooden story boards based on our children’s designs.
We now have a fantastic imaginative play area, including a willow dome with tunnels, a willow cave and a log ringed area.
Toyota dream Car competition
Here at Bowmore Primary, we are so proud of Natasha Thomson, P.5. Natasha’s class entered the Toyota dream Car competition and this is what happened…
‘I had to draw a picture of my dream car and I found out I had got into the World Competition!
I was so excited when I entered the Toyota Headquarters because it was soooooo big. We had lunch in a private room and it was delicious.
Red Nose Day at Rothesay Primary and Pre-5
Comic Relief 2013
Rothesay Primary had a Red Nose Day on Friday the 15th March. All the Primary 7s gathered up to organise a day full of fun for the rest of the pupils. We had a sponge throw; nail bar; designer dreams stall; a raffle; beat the goalie; car wash; float the lemon game and face painting. Everyone had a brilliant day! Along with the money raised in Pre-5, Primary 2 and the red noses sold by our pupil council, we raised a staggering £1028.78! It was such a successful day for all the Rothesay Primary pupils and staff.
Clachan Primary Vocal Ensemble
Success at Mid Argyll Music Festival
Clachan Primary Vocal Ensemble were delighted to be awarded first place in the vocal ensemble competition at the Mid Argyll Music Festival yesterday.
The pupils had a wonderful day participating in a variety of solo competitions too.
Many thanks to all the organisers and to the parents for all their support.
Red Nose Day at Bowmore Primary School
Bowmore Primary School all rocked up in red on Friday 15th March for Red Nose Day! We all put some money in the collection and raised a fantastic amount of £211.02! In the afternoon everyone from the nursery right up to Primary 7 went through to the hall and showed our fabulous Zumba skills on the Wii for a while. It was amazing and some of the teachers joined in too! It was a fantastic day and we are all so proud of how much we raised!
Zoolab visit to Strone Primary School
On Monday 18th March, Alannah from Zoolab visited us as part of our Eco Schools programme. She brought lots of interesting mini beasts including Hissing Cockroaches, Rats, Snakes, Millipedes, Tarantulas and a Tree Frog.
She talked to us about Paper and Deforestation, Mining in the Rainforest, Energy Saving, Acid Rain and Climate Change. We loved learning this way and Alannah and the animals were great.
