Strone Primary School pupils entertained the local community as part of the Blairmore Christmas Lights Switch On last week. During the day members of the Blairmore Village Trust came into school to decorate cupcakes with the children which were then judged at the event, and the children got everyone, including Santa, in the festive spirit by singing a selection of carols and playing Christmas tunes on their clarinets and fiddles.
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Strone Primary School Superheroes for a day!
From Wonder Woman to Superman, Batman to Super Gran, Strone Primary School pupils dressed up as Superheroes for Children in Need. From donations and sales of Pudsey merchandise £95.00 was raised for the charity.
Well done everybody!
Strone Primary Schools pupils receive Sports Prize
Active Schools Co-Ordinator Lindsay Mitchell presented Strone Primary School pupils with a bag of sports equipment for having the highest percentage of pupils taking part in the Commonwealth Passports scheme last year, which rewarded pupils participating in extra-curricular sports activities both in and out of school.
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Jump Rope for Heart challenge at Strone Primary School
As part of an action packed Health Week at Strone Primary, pupils took on the British Heart Foundation’s Jump Rope for Heart sponsored skipping challenge and raised a fantastic £260!
The week long programme also included taster sessions in yoga, karate and zumba, wildfire cooking and outdoor learning activities.
Halloween Party at Strone Primary School
Pupils at Strone Primary transformed themselves into gruesome Halloween characters and enjoyed an afternoon of fun and games.
Inspired by the Ryder Cup
The Ryder Cup wasn’t the only closely contested golf match this week, as twenty three pupils from some of the smaller Cowal Primary schools took part in their very own golf challenge at Blairmore and Strone Golf Course. As part of Strone Primary’s Health Week, they hosted a golf festival for teams of players from; Innellan, Toward, Tighnabruaich, Strone, Strachur and Sandbank Primaries, in conjunction with Blairmore and Strone Golf Club and Active Schools.
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Author Event at Strone Primary School
We were delighted to welcome Children’s Author Nicola Davies to Strone Primary School yesterday, as part of her tour with the Scottish Book Trust. Nicola is a zoologist and presented a workshop to each class, engaging the pupils in a world of ecology, conservation and sharks! Pupils were then able to purchase copies of Nicola’s books which she signed for them.
Outdoor Learning at Strone Primary
The P1-4 class took their maths lesson outdoors this week, and went in search of brambles. Back in the classroom they used ten and twenty frames to count the brambles and are hoping to collect enough to make some jam!
Tuesday Afternoon Skills Clubs at Strone Primary
This week was the start of our weekly skills clubs and pupils could choose between Golf, Cookery, Outdoors and the Mystery Minibus Club. The pupils who chose the Mystery Minibus club were transported to a magical mystery tour of Pucks Glen! The clubs enable pupils to take the curriculum outdoors whilst experiencing different activities which develop new skills in community settings.
Strone Primary School’s Benmore adventure
Strone Primary School attended an activity day at Benmore Gardens, and had great fun making amazing colourful creatures from willow and tissue paper. Here the P5-7’s show off their creations.
Strone Primary School go back to 1939!
The first part of our end of term school trip was a visit to the Scotland Street Museum, where the pupils were taken back in time to experience what life was like for children in 1939.The P1-4 class got ‘Spick, Span and Sporty’ having a taste of the chores children used to do in the home and trying out an old fashioned PE lesson! The P5-7 class took part in an authentic World War ll classroom lesson, and were terrified by the wonderfully acted ‘Miss James’ who had everyone reciting their times tables and writing with ink pens. No-one dared misbehave and risk receiving the belt! Continue reading Strone Primary School go back to 1939!
Strone Primary win illustration prize!
When our P1-3 pupils at Strone Primary School attended the Scottish Book Trust Awards in Glasgow earlier this year, our school was entered into a competition to win an original illustration from one of the nominated books, and to our surprise and excitement we won! Here are some of our P1-4 class showing off the prize. The illustration is by Ben Cort, from the book Jumblebum by Chae Strathie, one of the pupils’ favourite reads.
Strone Primary Commonwealth Sports Day
On Thursday 19th June we held our very own Commonwealth Games in fantastic sunshine at Grahams Point, hugely supported by our parents, carers, families and the local community. The four house teams each chose a Commonwealth country and made flags, decorated t-shirts, and made food to represent their country, which added to the carnival atmosphere. The winning team were Trinidad and Tobago and all the pupils received a medal for their efforts on the day.
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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.
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.
Strone Primary gets adventurous with PGL.
The P5-P7 class at Strone Primary School have recently returned from a fantastic weekend residential at the PGL Adventure Centre in Dalguise. A variety of activities were on offer for the pupils including go-karting, archery, team problem solving, forest hikes and the biggest challenge, the high ropes course. A great time was had by everyone.
The Scottish Book Awards
Primary 1 – 3 pupils from Strone Primary School had a very exciting day out in Glasgow on Wednesday 5th March, attending the Scottish Children’s Book Awards at the Mitchell Library. All the pupils at Strone have been reading the shortlisted titles and voted online for their favourites. At the awards, pupils were able to get their own books signed by the authors and watched the ceremony as the winners were announced.
More literacy themed activities were enjoyed on Thursday 6th March when pupils took part in World Book Day and dressed up as their favourite book characters.
Strone Primary School Breakfast Week
At the end of January, Strone Primary School took part in National Farmhouse Breakfast Week, which raises awareness about the importance of making a healthy start to the day. With donations of vouchers from our local Dunoon CO-OP and eggs from Marshall’s Farm, the pupils were able to tuck into delicious breakfasts with omelettes, cereals, toast, croissants and pancakes. We raised a magnificent £100.00 which the pupils chose to donate to Mary’s Meals, a global project that sets up school feeding projects. Our children wanted to give something back to support children in some of the world’s poorest communities, where hunger and poverty can prevent children from gaining an education.
Children in Need
On Friday the pupils and staff at Strone Primary School dressed up in their onesie’s and pyjamas to raise money for Children in Need. Pictured are the staff and children having a wee rest after their busy day!
