Category Archives: Health and Wellbeing

Bella Beatson visits Strachur Primary School

Communities, Donations, Events, Health and Wellbeing, Primary schools, PSE, Science

On Friday 24th February we had a very special visitor at Strachur Primary School – the mascot for the Beatson Hospital in Glasgow, Bella Beatson. The children were very excited and some came to school dressed in black and yellow to match Bella! Bella’s escort, Amy, told the children about the work the Beatson does and how people with cancer can be looked after there. We put our donations in Bella’s collection can and raised £121.30 for the charity.

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Junior Chef training at the Isle of Coll Hotel

Co-operative Learning, Communities and Culture, Curriculum for Excellence, Events, Health and Wellbeing, Home Economics, Hospitality, Personal Development, Primary schools, Science, Work Experience

Arinagour Primary Schools P4, P6 and P7 pupils enjoyed four trips to the Coll Hotel to participate in Junior Chef training sessions.

With the guidance of owner and chef Julie Oliphant, chef Graham Griffiths and hotel manager Laura Oliphant the pupils developed skills in food preparation. They identified ingredients, units of measure and equipment used in the cooking process.

They also learned about cleanliness, hygiene and safety

P1 and P2 pupils joined the senior pupils as guests to sample the meals that had been prepared.

Good2Go programme

Curriculum for Excellence, Health and Wellbeing, Primary schools, Secondary schools

3128164-bluish-gymnastics-icon1-150x1501“Good2Go is a comprehensive health and wellbeing programme for all primary pupils. We have created 6 core lessons plans for early, first a second level, which cover topics outlined by the Scottish Government in their Child Healthy Weight Strategy. Completion of the full programme will allow you to meet all “Food and Health” HWB outcomes for early, first and second level.”

A folder with all resources needed, is on SALI for all teachers to access, under the Health and Wellbeing tab

Clan Day at Dunoon Primary School!!

Clans, Events, Health and Wellbeing, Interdisciplinary, Primary schools, Writing

dps-clan-day-fed-2017On the 7th of February Dunoon Primary held a whole school Clan day. Pupils gathered in their Clans; Clan MacCallum, Clan Hunter, Clan Campbell and Clan MacQueen. The atmosphere was one of excitement as the Clans discussed Wants & Needs, children’s Rights & Responsibilities and Anti-bullying. Head Boy and Head Girl, Callum Crofts & Ceana Walker, are now writing to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to tell her what Rights and Responsibilities the Clans think the people of Scotland should have.

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BMT Masterclass at Dalintober PS & ELC

Active Learning, Curriculum for Excellence, Early Years, Events, Health and Wellbeing, Interdisciplinary, PE, Personal Development, Primary schools, PSE, Science, Sport, Training,

dalintober-dr-dalziell-janaury-2017Dalintober PS & ELC were delighted to welcome Dr Andrew Dalziell as part of the school’s commitment to developing the acclaimed ‘Better Movers & Thinkers’ programme across the whole school and ELC. Dr Dalziell is highly regarded for his work and research in this area and worked with the staff and pupils on the theory and practice of BMT and the marriage of healthy, active bodies and healthy, active minds – we look forward to welcoming him back in March.

Road Safety Calendar Competition winner announced

Awards, Competitions, Creativity, Events, Health and Wellbeing, Interdisciplinary, Personal Development, Primary schools, PSE, Road Safety, Topics, Writing

lochnell-road-safety-competition-tara-heritage-crabb-2017-winnerThe whole of Lochnell Primary School were in attendance for an award presentation on Tuesday of this week when Tara Heritage-Crabb was announced as the winner of the 2017 Road Safety Calendar Competition. Tara, a P5 pupil, was very surprised but thrilled to be this year’s winner. Her brightly coloured picture, bearing the message ‘Wait till the red goes green’ was selected as the header for the 2017 calendar. Judging was again incredibly difficult for the Road Safety Unit who received 1,673 entries from 43 of our schools.
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Dalintober PS Pupil Council’s ‘Tasty Tuck’ Promotion

Communities and Culture, Events, Health and Wellbeing, Home Economics, Interdisciplinary, Personal Development, Primary schools, PSE, Topics

dalintober-liam-tasty-tuck-salDalintober PS Pupil Council’s ‘Tasty Tuck’ ‘Tasty Tuck Team’ Hit Dalintober PS
This month, the ‘Tasty Tuck Team’, aka Dalintober Primary’s Pupil Council members, launched their annual initiative to encourage pupils to bring in healthy snacks for playtimes. They sold some tasty morsels – fruit, pitta breads and crackers – as suggestions and these ‘tasters’ went down a treat with their fellow pupils. Following the current project’s run; they hope that parents and pupils will continue to promote the healthy eating message. The ‘Tasty Tuck Team’ would like to thank Miss Flaws, Miss McCallum, Mr Strang and the staff of Tesco Campbeltown for their help.

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.

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.

Glasgow Science Centre Visit Strachur Primary

Early Years, Events, Health and Wellbeing, PE, Primary schools, Science,

strachur-science-centre-6Strachur Primary pupils (and a few of our pre-5!) were delighted to have visitors from Glasgow Science Centre on Tuesday to teach us about how our bodies use oxygen.

Primary 1-4 participated in a workshop called ‘Go, Oxygen, Go!’ and P5-7 had ‘Get Active’. We found out where oxygen comes from, how it enters our body, how the body transfers it to our blood and it’s journey to our muscles. We took part in lots if fun experiments and learned many interesting facts.
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Early Level Activities at Park

Communities and Culture, Creativity, Early Years, environment, Events, Forest Schools, Geography, Health and Wellbeing, Interdisciplinary, Literacy, Outdoor Learning, Primary schools, Topics

park-ps-forest-schools-2Park Primary 1 and Early Learning and Childcare Centre share learning experiences in Early Level activities. This term the activities took the children to Dunollie woods where they chose to learn about trees. Each group made friends with a tree and got to know their new friend really well(its name, shape of leaves, type of seeds, parts of a tree, bark pattern).

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Salen Primary Star Jumper

Awards, Events, Health and Wellbeing, Presentations, Primary schools, Sport

keira-trophy-480x640P7 pupil, Keira Munro, proudly shows her shield. Keira and Toby won the O’Donnell Shield at the Pony Club Working Hunter Show for having the most points over all. Well done, Keira. You were up against older and more experienced competitors. Keira had previously managed to achieve a 2nd and two 3rds for show jumping at the Salen Show in August. We look forward to following your Pony Club career. Continue reading Salen Primary Star Jumper →

Right on Track at Rockfield Primary!

Active Learning, Co-operative Learning, Communities, Health and Wellbeing, Interdisciplinary, Outdoor Learning, Primary schools, Topics, Workshops,

rps-scotrail-workshops-1Pupils from Primary 6 and Primary 7 in Rockfield school recently took part in active workshops, which focussed on being safe around trains, train stations and railway tracks. These safety workshops were provided by Scotrail and encouraged the pupils to think about all of the issues surrounding rail safety. The workshops included discussion work and drama activities, which the pupils really enjoyed.

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