Category Archives: Personal Development

2016 Argyll and Bute Writing Competition

Awards, Co-operative Learning, Competitions, Creativity, Interdisciplinary, Personal Development, Primary schools, Writing, , ,

CAST is happy to announce that the following young writers have won prizes in the 2016 Argyll and Bute Writing Competition, supported by Scottish Book Trust.

First – Mischief – Anna McCulloch, age 10, Lochgoilhead Primary School
Second – The Artist’s studio – Calum Ellis, P7, Dalintober, Primary School
Third – Bubble trouble – Bel van den Groenendaal, Age 10, Arinagour Primary School

Once again decisions were difficult to make, the standard of writing was superb – imagination abounds! Thanks to everyone who participated and congratulations to the winners.

Hermitage Primary School P7 Technology Challenge

Co-operative Learning, Creativity, Curriculum for Excellence, Maths, Modern Studies, Personal Development, Presentations, Primary schools, PSE, Science, Topics, Writing,

hermitage-ps-dec-2016-tech-challenge-1On Tuesday 6th December the Hermitage Primary School P7 Technology Challenge came to a close with the group presentations to an audience of invited judges and guests. Using skills in Technology, Maths, Language, Science and PSD, the pupils had to work in cooperative groups to plan and design a working electrical vehicle which was supported by a good business plan. They kept track of their progress in a booklet using the Book Creator Ipad app and delivered their presentations supported by a Keynote presentation

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Rookie Lifeguard Awards for St Columba’s Swimmers!

Awards, Communities, Fundraising, Health and Wellbeing, Parent Council, Personal Development, Primary schools, Sport

st-columbas-lifegaurd-award-nov-2016Some of the P7 and P6 pupils in St Columba’s Primary School, Oban, have managed to achieve the Rookie Lifeguard Bronze Award during their swimming lessons in school. With the help of fundraising by the Parent Council, all pupils from P3-P7 have an eight week swimming block every year to ensure that as many pupils as possible are competent swimmers by the time they leave primary school. Of course, none of this would be possible without the help and support of Atlantis Leisure.

Digital Leaders at St Columba’s

Awards, Co-operative Learning, Creativity, Curriculum for Excellence, Interdisciplinary, Personal Development, Primary schools, Science, Topics,

st-columbas-digital-award-2016Some of the pupils in St Columba’s, have been awarded the title of Digital Leaders. The school works in partnership with iTeach, an education company who supports staff and pupils to embed the use of technology into their curriculum, who have helped to train some of the pupils to ensure that they can, amongst a wide range of things, troubleshoot and create video tutorials to support other pupils and staff. Every child in the school has their own iPad that is used to support them in all areas of the curriculum and to ensure that the children in St Columba’s have the very highest standard of digital skills possible.

Strachur Chess Lunch Club

Clubs, Personal Development, Primary schools, PSE

strachur-chess-club-1-nov-2016We were very excited to welcome Elspeth and Tony from the Rotary in Dunoon into Strachur Primary for our very first Chess Lunch Club. It was open to Primary 6 and 7 pupils, although some younger children did choose to watch! We had some children who had played before and some beginners, so thank goodness we had Elspeth and Tony to teach them the game. Chess Lunch Club will continue every Wednesday.

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Strachur Primary 6 Young Leaders

Active Schools, Events, Health and Wellbeing, Leadership, Outdoor Learning, Personal Development, Primary schools, PSE, Sport, Topics, Training

strachur-young-leaders-2016Primary 6 pupils were trained as ‘Young Leaders’ on Wednesday 23rd November. They will be able to organise games for the younger children at playtimes and run a lunchtime activities club too. Well done Primary 6 and thank you Ruairidh at Active Schools for running the training.

Kirn Primary School

Co-operative Learning, Communities and Culture, Creativity, Early Years, Events, Expressive arts, Interdisciplinary, Outdoor Learning, Personal Development, Primary schools

kirn-new-primary-school-planting-1The Contractor building the new Kirn Primary School, Morrisons, invited pupil to design posters which would be enlarged and placed on the hoardings outside the building site. Last Thursday the winners, accompanied by the nursery pupils, visited the site to see their pictures being displayed. While there, the pupils helped plant bulbs at the front of the Site Office.

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Scottish Parliament Outreach at Strachur

Communities and Culture, Debate, Events, Interdisciplinary, Modern Studies, Personal Development, Politics, Primary schools, Topics, Workshops,

strachur-scottish-parliament-1-nov-2016Primary 5/6/7 were delighted to welcome Miss Mairead Mackechnie, Education Officer from the Scottish Parliament, into the class for an afternoon workshop. They have been learning about the topic for the last two weeks and this workshop was very helpful.

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‘The Legend of the Golden Dragon’ & ‘The Da Vinci Trio’ at Castlehill

Creativity, Events, Expressive arts, Music, Performance, Personal Development, Primary schools, PSE

castlehill-golden-dragon-1The children of Castlehill Primary school enjoyed a super performance by West Midlands Children’s Theatre Company on Friday 4th November. The Legend of the Golden Dragon had the children in suspense and Jamie and Rachel took part in the performance and played their parts brilliantly.

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Rockfield Rocks Fasanta!

Co-operative Learning, Communities and Culture, Competitions, Creativity, Events, Exhibition, Interdisciplinary, Personal Development, Primary schools, Social Enterprise

rockfield-fasanta-1A number of pupils in P4,5,6 and 7 took part in Castle to Catwalk, a costume design competition for schools in and around Oban, run by Dunollie Projects Ltd, as part of their Fasanta Festival of Fashion and Textiles.
The winning three designs were made into real wearable costumes by Dunollie’s volunteer Threads and Yarn group and were paraded on stage at their Annual Fasanta Community Catwalk in the Corran Halls on Saturday 22nd October 2016.

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Willow Lantern-making twilight session

Co-operative Learning, Communities and Culture, environment, Events, Outdoor Learning, Personal Development, Primary schools, Topics, Training, Workshops

The Oban & Lorn satellite group of Argyll OWL (Outdoor & Woodland Learning) Group are hosting a willow lantern making session at Barcaldine Primary School this week.

Anyone interested in the workshop and outdoor & woodland learning is invited to come along at 4.30pm to have a chance not only to make lanterns but discover what the OWL group can do to help promote outdoor learning.

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Carradale Primary – Golf Sessions

Active Learning, Active Schools, Communities, Events, Interdisciplinary, Outdoor Learning, PE, Personal Development, Primary schools, School trips, Sport, Training

carradale-golf-sessionsThis is an article written by Catriona Newman, P7

The P4-7s from Carradale Primary School have recently attended a 4 week golf session run by Dr Abernethy and Mrs Margaret Campbell. They were split into two groups, the ones that hadn’t played golf before and the ones that head. They had great fun playing on the field, chipping and putting.

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