On Thursday Primary 3 held an Ancient Egypt Open Afternoon. There was a fabulous turnout of parents, grandparents and siblings. The children of P3 led their visitors round the five activities including puzzles, problem solving, inventing and playing Ancient Egyptian games. Everyone enjoyed their wonderful afternoon and overall our classroom was a place of shared learning, engagement and lots of laughter! Continue reading Dunoon Primary School Open Afternoon Antics!
Monthly Archives: January 2014
National Swimming Success
Congratulations to Kimmi Rae who has qualified for the Girls’ 12 and Under 50m backstroke event at the 2014 Scottish Schools’ Swimming Finals. Kimmi, who is a member of the Islay and Jura Dolphins A.S.C. , will be representing Bowmore Primary School at the Finals in East Kilbride on the 7th March. She is the first pupil from Bowmore Primary School and only the 4th swimmer from Islay and Jura to qualify for the Finals. Go for it and best of luck!
Rockfield’s Drovers Monday 27 January 2014
In Rockfield School two classes, P5/4 mainstream and P7/6/5 Gaelic, have worked together to learn about the life of the ancient Drovers in Argyll.
They have worked in partnership with Joyce Gilbert from the Royal Scottish Geographical Society and Sally Harkness, Storyline Scotland, with both classes following Sally’s world renowned Storyline Approach. It has been a wonderful example of Curriculum for Excellence at its best and a thematic approach to Social Studies.
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Ulva Primary School Burns Lunch 23rd January 2014
At Ulva Primary School on Thursday 23rd of January we had a fabulous Burns Lunch. We fed 24 people Cock-a-leekie soup, followed by delicious Isle of Mull Haggis, neeps and tatties. Later we finished off with Granny Carol’s scrumptious cloutie dumpling and custard.
We played Scottish Pass the Parcel and some forfeits were hilarious, like having to do the highland fling.
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Dalintober PS Pupil Pipes for Care Home Burns Supper
Dalintober Primary School continued to extend its links with local care home, Auchinlee, when one of our school’s Pipe Band members was invited to pipe in the haggis for the residents’ Burns Supper.
Traditional Music at Easdale!
A huge thank you to the fabulous Traditional Music Group from Oban High School for visiting our school last Wednesday and playing for us.
Their audience ranged from Pre 5 to P7 and was very much enjoyed by pupils and staff. It was a great opportunity for the older members of our school strings orchestra to play along prior to their own performance at our Burns Celebration.
We enjoyed an excellent finale with The Traditional Group playing and the whole school dancing the Gay Gordons.
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Dalintober Infants Celebrate Burns
Children in Primary 1 and 2 at Dalintober Primary held a Burns morning in school. They came to school wearing something tartan and kicked off the morning with a Scottish dance. All the children took it in turns to recite a Scottish poem to a large audience. After the recital the children enjoyed a wee dram of Irn Bru and some delicious shortbread. Both children and staff thoroughly enjoyed their morning!
Fruitshare at Sandbank
After the Christmas holidays, Sandbank Primary Pupils got back to work and planted their fruit trees which arrived in January. The eco-committee had applied for the trees through the fruitshare scheme which was advertised on a cookery programme on TV. We were very fortunate in being one of the first schools to apply and we were successful in receiving 4 well-grown fruit trees for free.
Holocaust Memorial Day
Monday 27th January marked Holocaust Memorial Day where communities across the world are asked to come together to remember those affected by genocide. The theme for 2014 is ‘Journeys’ and S3 students at Lochgilphead High School decided to use the Kindertransport, where Jewish children were removed from their families and sent to safety in Britain, as the focus for their presentation to P7 and S2 students in the campus.
Time To Clean Up Dunoon
A campaign to clean up the area around Dunoon Primary School – and beyond – is well underway.
Dunoon Primary’s Eco Schools Committee was delighted to receive its second green flag.
Burns celebrations at Minard Primary
Minard Primary School celebrated Burns Day in style by inviting guests to their Burns Supper(Lunch!) on Friday 24th of January.
After much peeling, boiling and mashing they served up a delicious feast of haggis, neeps and tatties followed by scotch trifle and clootie dumpling.
Benmore Fundraising Disco at DPS!
Dunoon Primary danced the night away at the recent disco in their school hall. They were delighted to welcome P6/7 pupils from other local primary schools There was no shortage of pupils on the floor as the DJ Steven Simpson played top chart music along with some old favourites like the Macarena! Mrs Clark Headteacher, Mrs Stewart Deputy Head and Mrs Wakefield Principal Teacher along with our terrific parent helpers who were on the scene to take care of entrance tickets and refreshments.
In-reach/Out-reach at Parklands
This week has seen the start of the new in-reach/out-reach programme at Parklands School. The programme sees pupils from mainstream schools in the Helensburgh and Lomond cluster attending Parklands for sessions through the week. Pupils may attend The Sunshine Room or The Evergreen Room where they will work on social and emotional well-being, social skills, play and independent skills for life. Pupils may also access our sensory room or hydrotherapy pool. Everyone at Parklands is looking forward to working with the pupils attending.
Luing’s Burns Lunch
The children of Luing Primary School held a Burns Lunch and invited parents and friends to join them.
Mr Robertson played the haggis in and the older children gave the Address to the Haggis. After the Selkirk Grace, everyone was served a wonderful lunch cooked by Liz and Linda.
The Education Minister Outdoors
Stramash was delighted to welcome Michael Russell MSP , to view the projects and work of the organisation. He began the day by visiting the children at the outdoor nursery site to explore the site and discover more about the learning taking place within the early years setting outdoors. The children were very inquisitive to meet their special visitor!
Janis Mackay, Scottish Children’s Book Awards author, visits Kirn Primary
Kirn Primary School were so lucky to welcome Janis Mackay, one of the authors whose book “The Accidental Time Traveller” is currently shortlisted for the Scottish Children’s Book Awards.
Janis came in to speak to our P6 and P7 pupils, who are reading the book as part of their ‘Milestones in Scottish History’ topic.
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St. Mun’s On Their Bikes
A group of Primary 7 children at St. Mun’s were recently presented with their well-earned i-cycle certificates at a whole school assembly.
The children who had undergone their training in Term 1, had to demonstrate their ability to ride safely on the road (displaying knowledge of the Highway Code), cycle maintenance and road user awareness, as well as passing a written multiple choice test. Well done everyone.
St. Mun’s Launch New Whole School IDL
Tuesday 7th January saw the official launch of their new whole school IDL on Scotland. Planning for the project involved staff, pupils, parents and carers and the parish of Our Lady and St. Mun’s who were all asked to put their heads together to help plan and share skills, which would ensure the children would get the most out of their learning. Continue reading St. Mun’s Launch New Whole School IDL
Oban Burns Committee
P7 Pupil council members from 3 schools in the Oban area have formed committee and are now in the process of organising a day of Burns for children in the local area.
Children from Barcaldine, Rockfield and Kilninver have followed the same basic format as last year. They have been involved in the practical tasks that setting up an event for 200 children involves including booking a theatre group, hiring the venue, ordering medals, designing certificates and making rosettes for the event.
Scrooge – Achahoish style!
We managed to write our own script based ‘loosely’ around ‘A Christmas Story’ by Charles Dickens. It was tricky to take what we watched in our DVD study of the film to create our own up-to-date version of it. We based our setting in the local estate of Ormsary where we performed our Pantomime to the community. Scrooge was a local ‘Dell Boy’ working on the Estate. He had had a string of unfortunate Christmas Eves and hated them.
