Category Archives: Exhibition

Butterflies Exhibition at Campbeltown Museum

December 19, 2018Communities and Culture, Creativity, Exhibition, Interdisciplinary, Primary schoolsDalintober Primary SchoolUser deactivated

An exhibition of work by pupils from Dalintober Primary School will be on display at Campbeltown Museum until April 2019. The pupils worked with staff from Kilmartin Museum and Campbeltown Museum, as well as musicians, photographers and natural historians to create the exhibition.

For an opportunity to enjoy the photography, music, sound and artwork created by the pupils, alongside the Robert Weir Butterfly Collection visit Campbeltown Museum, which is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday (9am to 12.30pm, 1.30pm- 5pm) and Wednesday (10am – 5pm).

Funded by Ernest Cook Trust.

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Residency in Campbeltown October 2018

October 4, 2018Co-operative Learning, Communities and Culture, Creative Writing, Events, Exhibition, Interdisciplinary, Music, Performance, Personal Development, Primary schools, Secondary schools, Workshops, WritingCampbeltown Grammar, Castlehill Primary School, Clachan Primary School, Dalintober Primary School, Gigha Primary School, Glenbarr Primary School, Kintyre Schools, Rhunahaorine Primary School, Southend Primary SchoolUser deactivated

The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (BBC SSO) have been working with primary and secondary school pupils across Kintyre as part of a week-long residency in Campbeltown. Pupils have taken part in performances and song writing workshops with BBC SSO musicians, including a special workshop on Gigha. The pupils created their own songs based on Mussorgsky’s “Pictures From an Exhibition”, inspired by characters in the paintings which inspired the music, including the “Troll King” and the “Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks”.
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Digital Leaders at Dunoon Primary showcase “Our Children Their Future App at SLF

September 22, 2017Creativity, Digital Leaders, Events, Exhibition, Expressive arts, Presentations, Primary schools, Science, Social EnterpriseDunoon Primary School, TechnologyUser deactivated

The last two days have been so exciting for Dunoon Primary Digital Leaders. They attended the Scottish Learning Festival and were based at Argyll & Bute Councils Stand.
The children showcased their mobile app called ‘Our Children Their Future’ which provides information about the local authority Education Service Vision and Strategy. The app was created by Digital Leaders with support from Mr Gary Clark.

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Kilchrenan Primary School Spring Festival

March 21, 2017Communities and Culture, Competitions, Creativity, Events, Exhibition, Friends and Family, Fundraising, Hospitality, Interdisciplinary, Music, Primary schoolsKilchrenanUser deactivated

Friday 24th March and Saturday 25th March 10.30am until 2.30pm

Please do come in and join us at Kilchrenan Village Hall

• Art Exhibition
• Craft Sale
• Refreshments
• Music
• Table Top Games
• Face painting for Red Nose Day

PLUS: Grand Easter Raffle
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Kirn Primary Brightens Up their Building Site

January 4, 2017Creativity, Exhibition, Interdisciplinary, Outdoor Learning, Personal Development, Presentations, Primary schoolsKirnUser deactivated

Children from Kirn Primary School were invited to imagine their ideal new school playground and create a drawing to illustrate it. The best designs were chosen by the building contractor Morrisons, enlarged and are now on display on the hoardings around the building site for the new Kirn Primary School.

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Magic Castle Celebrations at Rhu Primary

January 4, 2017Communities and Culture, Creativity, Events, Exhibition, Friends and Family, History, Interdisciplinary, Personal Development, Primary schools, PSE, Social Enterprise, TopicsRhuUser deactivated

The P4 children at Rhu Primary recently celebrated their hard work for ‘The Magic Castle topic’ with friends and family. The pupils held an open afternoon where they gave visitors a guided tour of the ‘Great Hall’. Wall displays included Suits of Armour, Castle Maps, Fantasy Broomsticks, Owl collages, Secret Panels and even a Magic Spell Recipe book! The children also demonstrated how to build a catapult using lolly sticks and elastic bands!

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Rockfield Rocks Fasanta!

October 31, 2016Co-operative Learning, Communities and Culture, Competitions, Creativity, Events, Exhibition, Interdisciplinary, Personal Development, Primary schools, Social EnterpriseRockfieldUser deactivated

A 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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The Olympic Week.

June 22, 2016Active Schools, Awards, Communities and Culture, Creativity, Curriculum for Excellence, Events, Exhibition, Health and Wellbeing, History, Interdisciplinary, Outdoor Learning, Parental Engagement, PE, Personal Development, Primary schools, Projects, Sport, TrainingTaynuiltUser deactivated

Starting on the 13th of June Taynuilt Primary did a whole school project on the Olympic Games. Primary four to seven were organised into groups of 3 to 4 children by the teachers, with a p4, p5, p6 and p7 members of each group depending on the number of children in each group. The groups each chose specialist areas to research in order to find out about the Ancient Greek Olympics and the Ancient Greek World.

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JUNIOR SALTIRE WINNERS!

June 14, 2016Awards, Communities and Culture, Competitions, Creativity, Curriculum for Excellence, Eco Schools, environment, Events, Exhibition, Geography, Global Citizenship, Interdisciplinary, Learning Tech, Outdoor Learning, Personal Development, Presentations, Primary schools, School trips, Science, Social EnterprisePort Ellen, TechnologyUser deactivated

Last week Joe, Bronagh, Kaya and Murray traveled with Mrs Clark and Mrs Leask to Glasgow and Edinburgh to take part in the Celebration of Science and Engineering run by @scdiYESC at the Glasgow Science Centre. They were finalists in the Junior Saltire Awards with their Wave Islay design, made with help from Bronagh’s dad Gus, an excellent boat builder. They tested their devices at the Flowave facility in Edinburgh along with 6 other primary schools and 5 secondary schools, before attending the event and presenting to the judges.

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ECO SCHOOLS POCKET GARDEN WINNERS

June 14, 2016Awards, Communities and Culture, Competitions, Curriculum for Excellence, Eco Schools, environment, Events, Exhibition, Global Citizenship, Outdoor Learning, Parental Engagement, Personal Development, Presentations, Primary schools, School trips, Science, TopicsPort EllenUser deactivated

On Thursday 2nd June Mirren and Rebecca traveled to Edinburgh to set up their One Planet Picnic Pocket Pallet Garden after winning an Eco Schools Scotland garden design competition. When they arrived, they set up their Hogwarts Buzzing garden for the next morning when the show would be held. The garden was designed to attract bees. The Garden Show was held in Ingliston. They next morning Mirren and Rebecca and their families went to the show. There were lots of really good gardens from other sections and the section Mirren and Rebecca’s garden was in. They looked around all of the gardens and then they went back to theirs because a politician,Roseanna Cunningham, came to look at our garden and asked us questions about it. Then we got our picture taken by a photographer. After that we all went to look at other gardens and got ice-cream before we traveled back down the road to the ferry.
By Mirren and Rebecca

S3 art pupils get protesting!

June 7, 2016Creativity, Exhibition, Expressive arts, Projects, Secondary schoolsCampbeltown Grammar, CAST, Dunoon Grammar, Hermitage Academy, Lochgilphead Joint Campus, Oban High, Tarbert AcademyUser deactivated

S3 art and design pupils in six secondary schools have recently had a day off timetable to work with two professional artists and Fiona Blakey, Cultural Coordinator. The project was inspired by a recent visit from the Travelling Gallery and supported by Argyll Youth Arts and Education Scotland through the Creative Learning Network scheme. Coordinated by CAST, the artists, Rob Walker, Amy Whiten and Gillian Steele, worked with pupils from Oban, Lochgilphead, Tarbert, Campbeltown, Dunoon and Helensburgh. During their time with the artists pupils tried a variety of printing and urban contemporary art techniques each producing a large protest placard. Please see below for a Youth Arts film about the project. Continue reading S3 art pupils get protesting! →

Furnace and Minard’s Art Exhibition

May 26, 2016Communities, Events, Exhibition, Expressive arts, Fundraising, Interdisciplinary, Parental Engagement, Personal Development, Primary schoolsFurnace, MinardUser deactivated

Last Wednesday evening the children of Furnace and Minard primaries put on an art exhibition for parents and the community in Furnace Primary. It was well attended and bidding was fierce during the silent auction!

There was a variety of work on display but all were particularly proud of the watercolour landscapes they had worked on with Mrs Cindy MacDonald. These were also turned into cards and prints were available.
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