Cardross Primary were the winners at the recent Christian Aid Netball Tournament organised by Mrs Clark from Garelochhead Primary. The standard of play was amazing with St Joseph’s, Rhu, Colgrain and Cardross in the semi-final stages. Cardross were given a tough match against Colgrain Primary in the final. It was a great event and many thanks to all of the players, coaches and volunteers at the event.
Cardross haven’t lifted the trophy since 2001 and we were delighted!
Category Archives: Health and Wellbeing
Strone Primary Clubs
Every Tuesday afternoon pupils from Strone Primary School are taking part in a choice of four activity clubs. This term we have on offer Golf at Strone Golf Club, Commonwealth Cookery, Outdoor Art, and Outdoor Activities at Hunter’s Quay Holiday Village. The picture shows the pupils at Hunter’s Quay Holiday Village all prepared for an afternoon of being Junior Explorers.
Al Fresco dining at Strone Primary!
Whilst our P4-7’s were enjoying the sunshine at the Police Sports Day in Dunoon, our P1-3’s dined outside at lunchtime to make the most of the fantastic weather. A big thank-you to our kitchen staff Mrs Rodger and Miss Lees for setting up the tables and waitressing.
What a coup for St Joseph’s!
What a result for the netball team of St Joseph’s at the recent Christain Aid Netball Tournament. Under the excellent tuition of Geraldine Wilkie of G84 the team have climbed the ranks from 10th last year to 4th – phenomenal leap which was widely commented upon on the night! The whole school was delighted to hear the news and celebrated the team’s success. It’s onwards and upwards now for St. Joseph’s team!
Salen Success
Pupils and staff at Salen Primary were delighted to hear we have been awarded a Sport Scotland Gold Award for achieving excellence in physical education and school sport. The staff found out on Friday but we decided to keep it a secret so we could announce it at the start of our Commonwealth Games Week.
Park Primary gains SportScotland Gold School Award
After a lot of hard work from both staff and children, Park School have just been awarded Gold in the School Sport Awards. We are the first school in Scotland to achieve this status.
This was a pilot award which was open to schools in Argyll and Bute and East Renfrewshire. As Park has a very strong record of promoting and encouraging Health and Wellbeing, and participation in a wide range of sports, we are delighted to have this work recognised.
Dalintober PS Pupils Encourage MOKRUNNERS
P2, P4 and P6 pupils from Dalintober PS designed posters to motivate and inspire participants in Campbeltown’s MOKRUN 10k route. MOKRUN – a 10k and half marathon – is an annual highlight in the town, and was voted the world’s number one event by ‘Running World’. All at Dalintober PS wish the competitors all the best in their endeavours, with a special mention for the staff members, parents and family members who are participating. Good Luck!
Kilmartin P7-4 Take the Bear Grylls Challenge!
To test how good our children’s survival skills are, the P7-4 children were set a task to organise an emergency camp, find dry tinder, for a fire and forage for some food. They received no help from adults and had to agree as a team who would be responsible for each task.They had to revisit what they had already learned to help them and give their best effort to achieve the outcome.
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Strone Primary School cook with Jamie Oliver!
Last Friday the P1-4 class invited parents and family members to join in the Food Revolution event. Everyone got messy and covered in beetroot, creating healthy snacks with a live cooking lesson from Jamie Oliver.
Kidz Fit at DPS!!
Today Dunoon Primary was treated to a day with Kidz Fit! The gym hall was filled with smiling faces and the skilful instructor Carl put the pupils through their paces! Kidz Fit sessions educate children about how to achieve and maintain a healthy lifestyle, how the human body works, as well as the importance of giving one hundred percent and being the best we can be! The ultimate goal is to improve Every Child’s self esteem, physical and mental well-being, confidence, and motivation, all combining For A Better Future.
Jamie Oliver Food Revolution!
The children at Kilmartin P.S. today took part in Jamie Oliver’s Global Food Revolution. As part of Forest Schools, the children are already very familiar with what they can gather and eat from their local environment and have previously made a wild salad with sorrel, wood sorrel, dandelion leaves, wild garlic, golden saxifrage, primrose flowers and beech sapling leaves. Jamie Oliver’s Global Action Day gave us another excuse to forage and make our own food; this time, nettle and wild garlic soup. Continue reading Jamie Oliver Food Revolution!
Dunoon Grammar School – Milton House S1 PSE
Milton house’s S1 visited Primary 7 in Kirn Primary on Wednesday 6th May. They had been studying Health and Internet Safety in their PSE class and wanted to pass on advice to the Primary 7s to encourage them to keep themselves safe too. The visit was enjoyed by all involved!
SCIENCE IN ACTION
Kilchrenan Primary pupils have been learning about the science of plant with Mrs Love, and now it is time to put their new knowledge into action and develop some practical science skills. They selected a range of vegetables and fruit for their new mini greenhouse: two types of tomato, strawberry, garlic, beetroot, mini cucumbers, cabbage and more. They took time to reassess the state of planters around the school. Some have been thrown out and new ones purchased and planted with differing types of plants to attract different types of insects, all to increase biodiversity in the school grounds. Continue reading SCIENCE IN ACTION
Baird of Bute Scholarship
Rothesay Academy recently held an assembly in partnership with the Baird of Bute Society to announce the winners of The Inaugural Baird of Bute Canadian Scholarship. This scholarship has been organised by Mr Chris Markwell of the Baird of Bute Society, and will commence on the 18th of May for three weeks.
This years’ winners are Bonnie Caldwell and Joshua McFadden. They will spend three weeks in Canada and will be working with Professor Patrick Gunning at his lab in the University of Toronto.
£317.50 raised for Sports Relief
The nineteen pupils at Tayvallich Primary donned all sorts of fancy dress and ran a mile each to raise money for Sports Relief.
ROSNEATH PLAY AT HAMPDEN!
As you may know, the famous Hampden Park is being used to host the Field/Athletics events at this year’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. There is major refurbishment going on outside at the moment with the deadline for completion growing ever near!!
WORTHY MEDAL WINNERS
Rosneath Primary School were delighted to take part in the Inter Schools Cross Country Run at Helensburgh Rugby Club today.
For a small school, we were absolutely delighted and SO proud to come away with the Gold medal for P6 Girls (Eva Campbell) and the Bronze medal for P7 Boys (Marcus Frame).
A GREAT BIG WELL DONE to all of our runners and to everyone who took part and crossed that Finish Line.
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Rhu Primary School Primary 3 Streetfeet
Primary 3 pupils in Rhu Primary School took part in ‘Streetfeet’, a pedestrian training scheme. The scheme consisted of 3 training sessions, the first of which involved role play in the hall and the subsequent two sessions involved kerbside training outside. The children were encouraged to think about how to choose a safe place to cross the road and learned how to cross safely between parked cars.
Orienteering Medals!
Barcaldine Primary School sent six children along to the annual OLI Interschool’s Orienteering competition on Friday morning. Dunstaffnage in Dunbeg was the location and we were very thankful for the lovely dry weather, it makes all the difference when it is dry!!! One of our six was unable to take part in the orienteering competition as he had a sports injury but he was photographer and supporter for the rest of the troops all day long. The other five impressively came back to school with a medal each. Continue reading Orienteering Medals!
Sponsored cycle at Small Isles
In the Easter holidays almost all the children from Small Isles Primary on Jura took part in a sponsored cycle ride from Craighouse to Lagg. It’s a seven and a half mile cycle with some challenging hills, and everyone managed to do it, even our Primary One person. It took two hours for everyone to get there.
