Nursery and Primary classes at Lochnell Primary held their annual toy sale in aid of Children In Need on Thursday 15th November. Children bring toys and games they have finished playing with and donate them to this great cause. Senior pupils sort through everything and create a shop like no other. Continue reading Children in Need at Lochnell Primary School
Category Archives: Events
Children In Need 2012 at Dunoon Primary
Mrs Macdonald and Primary 6 of Dunoon Primary School organised activities to raise money for Children In Need. The children sold raffle tickets to win a ‘Sporty Pudsey’ from Build A Bear, they organised an art competition to draw a Sporty Pudsey honouring the success of the Olympics. On Friday 16th November everyone was asked to wear something Spotty or Sporty and to give a donation of 50p for Children In Need. A Baking Sale was also organised for Friday morning to enable children to buy a weekend treat for themselves and their families. Continue reading Children In Need 2012 at Dunoon Primary
Remembrance Day
On Sunday 11th November S6 captains Megan, Ryan, Laura and Sophie participated in the annual Remembrance Service at Croc an Raer, Bute. The service, to commemorate civilian sailors lost during the Second World War and buried at the cemetery. To reflect the many nationalities buried far from home, the captains laid flags representing each of the sailors’ country of origin whilst reading the poem Taking a Stand by John Bailey. Continue reading Remembrance Day
Social Enterprise Academy
Glasgow Caledonian University and the Social Enterprise Aacdemy present: Social Enterprise: an academic discussion or a way of changing the way we do business?
Thursday 6th December 2012
5pm – 7.30pm
Smoke Free Me
Primary 7 in Tarbert held an Open Hour to share their learning from their Smoke Free Me topic. The children gave presentations on what was in a cigarette, the gruesome effect smoking has on the body, the timeline of smoking in the UK, resisting peer pressure and the help available if you want to stop. They devised games, challenges and drama for the parents to try and watch. The parents said they’d learned a lot!
Oban Winter Festival art competition winners
The recently held Art Competition sponsored by the Oban Winter Festival had a fantastic number of high quality entries.The judges had a very very hard time deciding and everyone who entered deserves recognition for their art skills BUT…….
The winners are: First: Isla Buchanan, Lochnell
Joint second: Ellie Lopez, Rockfield and Noah Domingues, Luing
Third: Craig Campbell-Roberts, Lochnell
See below for their lovely artwork……….. Continue reading Oban Winter Festival art competition winners
London Early Years Foundation conference report
Council staff highly praised at London Early Years Foundation Conference (LEYF)
A team from Argyll and Bute Council were invited to deliver workshops at the London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) staff conference on the 2 November in Pimlico, London.
Anne Paterson – Quality Improvement Manager, Stephen Glen-Lee – Head Teacher at Easdale and Luing Primary School and Kathleen Johnston – Head Teacher at Keills and Small Isles Primary School were part of a group of eight who travelled to the conference from Scotland. Other members of the group included Anne Marie Burns from Glasgow Libraries, Alice Sharp – Managing Director of Experiential Play and two members of her team, along with Paul Brannigan, lead actor from the hit Scottish Film ‘Angels’ Share’.
Continue reading London Early Years Foundation conference report
Cardross Primary Garscube Harriers Schools Cross Country Races 2012
Cardross Primary finished on top at the recent Garscube Harriers Scottish Schools Cross Country Races on the 11th November. The primary six boys won their age group finishing in 6th, 7th and 11th place ahead of strong teams from The Glasgow Academy and The High School of Glasgow. Many of the girls also put in strong individual performances and Mrs Girling and Mrs Davis were delighted with the results. Continue reading Cardross Primary Garscube Harriers Schools Cross Country Races 2012
Dancing in Pyjamas
As part of their health topic Easdale Primary children planned a dance fit session with Mrs Lindsay McGhee. After having so much fun they invited Lindsay back for another session with a difference. Children, teachers and parents donned their pyjamas as part of the Blue Peter challenge to raise money for Children in Need. All took part in a series of dances and donations were collected. £79 was raised for Children in Need and lots of fun was had by all!
Polar Lands
As part of their topic work on Polar Lands, children from Barcaldine Primary were lucky enough to enjoy a workshop with Dr Tim Boyd of SAMs. The experiment involved them decorating polystyrene cups which Dr Boyd then took with him to the North Atlantic. These cups were lowered to 1000 metres depth along with exploratory equipment and then retrieved at the end of the trip. As you can see the change was amazing. The cups shrank but remained perfect in every detail. Continue reading Polar Lands
Bunessan Primary Pre5 Sponsored Walk
On Friday 21st September 2012 Bunessan Primary Pre-5 Unit did a sponsored walk to support Yorkhill Children’s Foundation. We walked from school to the bridge in Bunessan and back again. The children also brought their favourite toys to play with and enjoyed a celebratory cake and juice after the walk. The children thoroughly enjoyed this event and were well supported by family and friends. We raised the grand total of £183.50.
Lunch Date with Wallace and Gromit
Cardross Primary entertained some special guests for lunch this week. The pupils were supporting the Wallace and Gromit Charity by enjoying some Wallace and Gromit Pasta. It was wonderful to welcome Wallace and Gromit to the school and their pasta was delicious. Continue reading Lunch Date with Wallace and Gromit
Guide Dogs for the Blind
The children of St Joseph’s Primary were delighted to welcome Mrs Bridget Carr of the Guide Dogs for The Blind charity and her faithful companion, golden retriever Michelle to school this week. Mrs Carr presented a talk to the children about the inception of the charity, the great number of dogs trained and the still increasing numbers of people with limited sight issues who benefit from having a guide dog. Continue reading Guide Dogs for the Blind
Cinderella Ball
Colgrain Primary P2’s had a Cinderella ball on the 1st of October as they had been learning about it for their topic. Pupils dressed in special clothes for the day. First they met a prince who they had to bow and curtsy too, then they got a partner and danced the waltz. The teachers looked for the best dancers; the winners were Megan and Tom who each got a tiara and a crown. Afterwards they had a little snack of biscuits and juice. Primary 2’s played games called pass the wand and secret corners, whoever won got some bubbles. A great time was had by all!
‘Elephant Angel’ in Kintyre!! (It was a sell out)
Scottish Opera visited Kintyre last week and put on a fabulous show at Campbeltown Grammar. 7 local primaries had encouraged their P7 pupils to embrace the chance of working with SO to help stage the performance. Pupils contributions included: writing original material, graphic design, advertising and marketing, singing and acting, front of house and prop building.
In total 65 pupils were involved all of whom came to the performance with 35 being part of the chorus on stage. SO rehearsed with these 35 pupils for 2 days and the entire company thrilled an audience of 340 with their version of a ‘The Elephant Angel’. Continue reading ‘Elephant Angel’ in Kintyre!! (It was a sell out)
Park Primary Swimming Success!
Park Primary School is celebrating recent success at the Inter School Swimming Competition. Park won the overall competition for the first time ever, coming home with 23 medals and a shield. Between the 9 swimmers, 16 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze medals were awarded from a mixture of individual and relay events which took place throughout the day of Friday 10th November at Atlantis Leisure Centre, Oban. The prize winners were: Ella P5 – 6 golds, Fergus P6 – 5 golds, Mia P7, 1 gold & 1 silver – Sam P6 – 2 golds, Cara P7 – 1 silver & 1 bronze, Cameron P7 – 1 silver & 1 bronze and Calum P5 – 1 silver & 1 bronze.
Equipment Galore
Last summer the children of Port Charlotte Primary School worked hard in a variety of sponsored events to raise money for athletic and PE equipment. P1-2 skipped none stop in lots of skipping activities and P3-7 completed an orienteering challenge in the local area. The two events raised nearly £700. Only some of the equipment is pictured with the children as we couldn’t fit it all in! Thank you to everyone who supported the school in this sporting venture. The children and staff are looking forward to using the new equipment.
Burgh Hall Fun
Tuesday 30th October, saw Dunoon Primary P5 out once again using their investigative and learning skills. The venue was the Burgh Hall and the event was the “Beach Forum”. All children had to complete four varied activities. They especially enjoyed all the hands on tasks. They became archaelogists with the Kilmartin Group – finding many examples of what life was like through the ages. Continue reading Burgh Hall Fun
Swimming Success
Calum made us all very proud today when he scooped the silver medal for the boys 50m backstroke at the Oban schools swimming Gala. He is only in P5 and is chuffed to bits with his achievement because there were lots of P7 boys in the race. He knows this is his strongest stroke and puts his success down to the fact that his goggles fit really well and that he has lots of stamina so can keep going for ages and ages when lots of other people have given up.
Well done Calum! – Kilninver Primary School
We Are Vikings
As part of Bowmore Primary’s P4/5 Viking project they were given a very interesting homework task –to make their own Viking costumes to wear at their very own Viking feast. All worked hard to create the costumes, using items found in their homes, and on Tuesday 6th November brought their masterpieces into school. The morning was spent preparing the food, including making their own butter, and in the afternoon P4/5 put on their fabulous costumes to enjoy the feast. The food was delicious and all costumes looked absolutely fantastic!
