Barcaldine Primary congratulates Rose McIntyre who recently took part in the Argyll & Bute Cardiovascular District 3k Fun Run. Rose came third in the race and received a lovely trophy.
Well done Rose!!
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Barcaldine wins in RBS Easter Competition
Children from Barcaldine Primary School all drew Easter themed pictures for the recent RBS (Royal Bank of Scotland) Easter Drawing Competition.
Well done to Eilidh Munro, a P7 pupil, who won a prize. She has received a £10 Amazon voucher.
New Polytunnel at Barcaldine Primary
Children at Barcaldine Primary School are excited and eager to get started planting in their new polytunnel which was funded by Scottish Sea Farms.
Here is Barcaldine Primary School showing off their new Fourth Green Flag.
The children were commended for the steady progress that they had made since their last award in 2011 and also for having so many sound ideas for the future. Families, local community, local business and environmental organisations were involved in this journey. The children were particularly commended for the progress that they made with their transport topic via events such as the Big Pedal and the assessors were delighted to hear of the wonderful use the children were making of their local cycle path. Continue reading Here is Barcaldine Primary School showing off their new Fourth Green Flag.
Red Nose Day – Barcaldine & Ardchattan Primary Schools
Barcaldine & Ardchattan Primary Schools got together for Red Nose Day on Friday 15th March.
The theme for the day was a Red Head Day with a cake stall and bring and buy stall. Lots of toys, games and books were up for grabs and many a bargain was had. The cake stall was amazing with lots of cakes, bars and biscuits for sale – and they were delicious too!!
Together Barcaldine and Ardchattan’s 20 children raised an impressive £93.15.
Fun in Fundraising at Barcaldine!
Barcaldine Primary School has been enjoying the opportunity to raise funds for two different charities as well as incorporating our cycling activities towards our Big Pedal competition.
Today we all dressed in yellow to raise money for Cancer Research. The money that we are donating will help the Marie Curie Nurses provide more free care to people with terminal illnesses in their own homes. Continue reading Fun in Fundraising at Barcaldine!
Barcaldine and Beavers!
Barcaldine Primary School was delighted to have Olwen Hemmings visit us from Knapdale this week.
We had a very interesting day, learning all about beavers. We got a chance to feel their fur, see a skull, have life-size images of beavers, learn about their diet and we even tried to be beavers and build our own dam!! We had an absolutely wonderful morning and thank Olly so much for coming to see us.
Barcaldine – Big Pedal 2013
Barcaldine Primary School are again participating in The Big Pedal 2013.
The Big Pedal is a giant inter-school virtual cycling competition running from 28th February until 20 March 2013. It works a bit like the Tour de France but in the UK we are following Sustrans cycle routes around Great Britain.
Barcaldine Primary, visit by Sharon MacKechnie
Barcaldine Primary School was very fortunate to have Sharon MacKechnie for the day on Monday 25th February.
We spent most of the day in Sutherland’s Grove completing a variety of challenges. Team work involved us leading our group through a chosen path. We worked in pairs to feel & touch the trees BLINDFOLDED!!! The big challenge was then to figure out which tree we had hugged! Continue reading Barcaldine Primary, visit by Sharon MacKechnie
Barcaldine Burns Competition winners!!
Barcaldine Primary School along with many other local Primary Schools participated in Kilninver Primary School’s Burns Competition. Barcaldine school children were very productive and sent entries in for poems, stories, pictures (hand-drawn and computerised) and powerpoints.
We achieved a 1st Prize in P5 Poem and a 2nd prize in the P7 Poem categories and also 5 Highly Commended certificates for powerpoints, poems and pictures.
Well done!!!!!
Barcaldine Bookbug Visit
P2 and 3 children of Barcaldine Primary School went along to Oban High School yesterday morning to participate in a Bookbug song and storytelling session. The children thoroughly enjoyed themselves and even managed to get a picture taken with Bookbug!! Many thanks to Oban High School, Early Years Team, Oban Library and CAST for such an entertaining day – even the adults sang along!!
Congratulations to Shona MacKenzie, Barcaldine Primary School
Congratulations to Shona McKenzie, a P7 pupil of Barcaldine Primary School for her runner-up prize in the Helensburgh Toyota Dream Car Art Contest. She was one of 400 regional entries and received a £30 Amazon voucher. Shona’s entry along with the rest will now be forwarded onto the next stage of the competition where a UK winner will be found. Continue reading Congratulations to Shona MacKenzie, Barcaldine Primary School
Barcaldine Primary Christmas Party
Barcaldine Primary School had their Christmas Party on Thursday 21st December. We all got dressed up into our sparkly and smart clothes – even the teachers were dressed to impress! We had an awesome buffet to start with and then we moved onto lots of party games. We had lots and lots of fun and we were joined by some Pre-5 children from our village. We were so good this year that even Santa managed to fit us in his busy schedule.
Primary Schools Join Forces for Annual Nativity
Barcaldine and Ardchattan Primary schools joined forces this year for their annual nativity performances in St Modans Church, Benderloch! The nativity was called ‘It takes a Village’ which we thought was rather appropriately named. Our Primary 7 pupils chose their own parts and then helped in the process of picking all the other characters. Every child had a significant role to play and there was plenty of hilarity – the nativity was all in rhyme and there was joyful singing.
The silver collection at the door raised just over £50 and the children selected ‘Help for Heroes’ as their chosen charity this year.
Local Primary Schools Entertain Residents
Barcaldine and Ardchattan Primary school children joined forces to entertain the residents of the Lynn of Lorne Nursing Home. They sang a collection of Christmas songs as well as songs from their nativity to the residents who sang along with quite a few of them!! The residents always enjoy the children’s visit.
Barcaldine Entertaining!!
Barcaldine Primary School Children went along to St Modans Church on Wednesday afternoon to entertain the Benderloch Senior Citizens Club. The children sang a range of songs as well as a child doing a solo song from Les Miserables. Singing was not the only order of the day as some of our children played their instruments – a fiddlist as well as a trumpeter with only a few months instruction. WOW!! Continue reading Barcaldine Entertaining!!
Barcaldine at the Farmer’s Market
Primary 7 pupils of Barcaldine Primary school went along to the Local Farmers’ Market on Thursday 5th December to sell our enterprise makes. We have been busy making lots of things to sell as part of our enterprise project. We took everything along yesterday and were very busy manning our stall. We raised over £65 towards our School Fund.
Zofia, Eilidh, Rianna, Shona and Connor
Primary 7 pupils
Primary Schools join forces for Children in Need
Barcaldine and Ardchattan Primary Schools joined forces last Thursday to raise funds for Children in Need 2012. All the children (and teachers) arrived at school in their pyjamas. In the afternoon lots of fun and games entertained all. The children raised £43 and Eilidh, a Barcaldine Primary pupil, raised £50 by doing a sponsored silence – which proved to be rather difficult when practising her part in the nativity play!
Polar Lands
As part of their topic work on Polar Lands, children from Barcaldine Primary were lucky enough to enjoy a workshop with Dr Tim Boyd of SAMs. The experiment involved them decorating polystyrene cups which Dr Boyd then took with him to the North Atlantic. These cups were lowered to 1000 metres depth along with exploratory equipment and then retrieved at the end of the trip. As you can see the change was amazing. The cups shrank but remained perfect in every detail. Continue reading Polar Lands
Halloween Fun at Barcaldine Primary
Primary 7 pupils organised an afternoon of fun to celebrate Halloween at Barcaldine Primary. All the children (and teachers!!) were asked to come dressed up as an animal – we had everything from starlings and swans to dogs and dinosaurs to name but a few! The fun started with ducking for apples and pinning the rabbit’s tail with everyone getting sticky from trying to eat doughnuts that had been strung up without using their hands and marshmallows with squidgy cream. Everyone had to eat a slug – thankfully it turned out to be an orange segment covered in chocolate – PHEW! Fun was the ingredient of the day and thank you to our P7 pupils for arranging such a great day.
