The Great Glassary Market

May 27, 2016Communities and Culture, Enterprise, Events, Fundraising, Home Economics, Hospitality, Interdisciplinary, offers, Outdoor Learning, Primary schools, RequestsGlassaryUser deactivated

Are you bored on Saturday? Well, there’s a market on at Glassary Primary, selling lots of great things like fragrances, sweets, tattoos and ice creams. There’s a bike wash, toys and more. Plus there’s a Fun Day, with burgers, face paints, a bottle stall, cakes, coffees and teas and a slow bike race!

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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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Health Week Partnership at St Joseph’s

May 25, 2016Active Schools, Communities and Culture, Early Years, Events, Expressive arts, Health and Wellbeing, Interdisciplinary, Modern Studies, Music, Outdoor Learning, PE, Primary schools, PSE, ScienceSt. Joseph'sUser deactivated

Last week saw the whole school and Pre-5 unit get involved in Health Week here at St. Joseph’s. Fantastic Physical Health activities were delivered, particularly in conjunction with Active Schools.

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Remembering Mrs Tato at Strachur Primary

May 24, 2016Awards, Communities, Early Years, Fundraising, Geography, Home Economics, Hospitality, Interdisciplinary, Literacy, Memorial, Outdoor Learning, Primary schools, Sport, WorkshopsStrachurUser deactivated

Many thanks to all who contributed on Friday to Mrs Tato’s memorial day. The children from Pre-5 to P5 enjoyed their pizza workshops with P6/7 (Mrs Tato loved Italy and used to stay there).

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SANDBANK PUPILS HELP TO ‘SEND MY FRIEND TO SCHOOL’

May 23, 2016Communities and Culture, Early Years, environment, Events, Fundraising, Global Citizenship, History, Interdisciplinary, Modern Studies, Outdoor Learning, Performance, Personal Development, Politics, Primary schools, Projects, PSE, RMESandbankUser deactivated

The pupils of Sandbank Primary School and the Early Learning and Childcare Unit are very aware of how lucky they are to have access to a safe and stable school environment where they can learn and have fun together with their friends. They, along with their teachers, know that this is unfortunately not the case for all children around the world and the school regularly has participated in the “Send My Friend to School Project”

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PGL Adventures for Strone Primary

May 19, 2016Communities and Culture, environment, Events, Health and Wellbeing, Interdisciplinary, Outdoor Learning, PE, Personal Development, Primary schools, PSE, School trips, SportStroneUser deactivated

P5-7 pupils enjoyed an action packed weekend at the PGL Dalguise Centre in Perthshire. Activities included canoeing, zip wire, climbing and abseiling, problem solving games and the giant swing which was everyone’s favourite. The fantastic weather was an extra bonus!

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Nettle Soup

May 19, 2016Communities and Culture, environment, Events, Forest Schools, Health and Wellbeing, History, Home Economics, Hospitality, Interdisciplinary, Outdoor Learning, Primary schools, Science, TopicsRhuUser deactivated

A Prickly Meal

Primary 6 pupils at Rhu had a prickly meal when they took part in a Stone Age food sampling day.

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Salen Go Cycle

May 19, 2016Events, Health and Wellbeing, Interdisciplinary, Outdoor Learning, PE, Personal Development, Primary schools, PSE, Road Safety, TrainingSalenUser deactivated

SPS successfully applied for a grant from the Sports Scotland Core PE Fund. We were awarded an amazing £3000 to encourage cycling!

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Bowmore Goes Gaelic!

May 19, 2016Communities and Culture, environment, Events, Expressive arts, Fundraising, Gaelic, Geography, History, Hospitality, Interdisciplinary, Literacy, Modern languages, Music, Outdoor Learning, Parental Engagement, Performance, Primary schools, TopicsBowmoreUser deactivated

On Thursday 28th April, we hosted a Gaelic Open Afternoon to share our learning with our families and friends! Each class’s IDL had a Gaelic theme – whether it was historical or cultural!
Gaelic songs were sung, Gaelic stories were told. Lots of lovely art work illustrated the stories children had been learning about! The Gaelic tradition of the belief in the fairy world was explored – there was even a glittery fairy garden in the grounds of BPS! Many children are going home to create their own.
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Heartstart at Strachur

May 18, 2016Co-operative Learning, Communities, Events, Health and Wellbeing, Interdisciplinary, Personal Development, Primary schools, Topics, TrainingStrachur, TechnologyUser deactivated

Angela from the British Heart foundation was in our school today to train our Primary 7s in the Heartstart Emergency Life Support Programme. They learned how to perform CPR and other emergency life saving skills. Mrs Wilson was Angela’s assistant for demonstrating the recovery position, thank you Mrs Wilson!

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Inverchaolain Church

May 18, 2016Co-operative Learning, Communities and Culture, Community Council, Curriculum for Excellence, environment, Events, Health and Wellbeing, History, Interdisciplinary, Outdoor Learning, Parental Engagement, Primary schools, TopicsInnellan, TowardUser deactivated

As part of the Innellan and Toward Primary Schools Health Week, the pupils spent the day exploring and researching the history of Inverchaolain Church on Loch Striven. They were joined by parents, siblings and members of the public at various times throughout the day.

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ARINAGOUR PRIMARY SCHOOL – 1ST WINNERS OF NEW TROPHY

May 18, 2016Competitions, Events, Health and Wellbeing, Interdisciplinary, Outdoor Learning, PE, Personal Development, Primary schools, SportArinagour, Oban Lorn and IslesUser deactivated

5 pupils competed in the OLI Interschools orienteering Championships at Ganavan on Friday 6th May.

A wonderful team effort resulted in the children winning the trophy for teams from smaller schools in the closely fought competition.
Also well done on two outstanding individual performances Gold Medal winner – boys P7 Gold Medal winner – boys P6

Healthy Tuck

May 18, 2016Events, Fundraising, Health and Wellbeing, Home Economics, Hospitality, Interdisciplinary, Primary schools, School trips, TopicsStrachurUser deactivated

Primary pupils had a healthy tuck shop in school last week. Amanda from our SPPG prepared some delicious fruit – grapes, bananas and apples. Also on sale were cereal bars, flavoured water and our favourite… ice lollies!

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Miniature Creations at Strone Primary School

May 16, 2016Co-operative Learning, Communities and Culture, environment, Events, Interdisciplinary, Outdoor Learning, Personal Development, Primary schools, ProjectsStroneUser deactivated

Strone Primary School pupils were delighted to work alongside Blairmore Village Trust to create 30 miniature gardens of wild flowers. The children worked really hard, asked many questions, and took great pleasure in planting up the miniature gardens. The wild flower seeds were supplied by “Your Scotland”; Morrison’s supplied us with their surplus polystyrene fish boxes which we recycled for planting; BVT supplied the compost and the children did the rest.

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Allan’s Road Safety Magic Show

May 13, 2016Communities, environment, Events, Health and Wellbeing, Interdisciplinary, Outdoor Learning, Personal Development, Primary schools, PSE, Road Safety, TopicsArdrishaig, Cardross, Castlehill, Dalintober, Dunbeg, Lochgilphead Primary, Lochnell, Oban Primary Campus, Park, RhuUser deactivated

Pupils from Argyll and Bute’s Cardross Primary School had a ‘magical’ start to their week when they had a visit from Allan’s Road Safety Magic Show.
The innovative show uses magic tricks to highlight key road safety themes including safe places to cross, the importance of wearing bright clothing and keeping away from parked cars.

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International Education at St. Joseph’s!

May 13, 2016Communities and Culture, Curriculum for Excellence, Events, Global Citizenship, Hospitality, Interdisciplinary, Modern Studies, Parent Council, Parental Engagement, Presentations, Primary schools, Pupil Council, Science, TopicsSt. Joseph'sUser deactivated

St. Joseph’s was delighted to host an information afternoon for some Dutch teaching colleagues this week. A total of nine colleagues from Holland joined us to find out a bit more about the Scottish Education System. We had been approached by Strathclyde University as the Dutch teachers were their visitors and were in Scotland to look at Science and Technology in particular. Having previously been involved with Strathclyde University in developing their VIP approach to Science (for which they won an award), we were happy to help.
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Rothesay Primary School Eco Day

May 13, 2016Co-operative Learning, Communities and Culture, Curriculum for Excellence, Eco Schools, environment, Events, Fundraising, Geography, Global Citizenship, Health and Wellbeing, History, Home Economics, Hospitality, Interdisciplinary, Modern Studies, Outdoor Learning, Personal Development, Primary schools, PSE, Secondary schools, Social Enterprise, TopicsRothesay Joint Campus, Rothesay Primary SchoolUser deactivated

Rothesay Primary School held their first ever Eco day on Monday 9th May. It was a huge success. The Eco committee worked with teachers to organise lots of different activities and all 255 pupils took part. Some of the favourite things were making (and eating) fruit kebabs, making bird feeders, parachute games, Eco art, making Earth mobiles, and singing Eco songs. We also picked up every scrap of litter from the playground. The whole school learned about the United Nations’ Global Goals for Sustainability, too. Continue reading Rothesay Primary School Eco Day →

Transition Time at Colgrain

May 13, 2016Communities and Culture, Early Years, Events, Outdoor Learning, Parental Engagement, Primary schools, TransitionColgrainUser deactivated

It’s been a very busy few weeks for the Pre-5 boys and girls who will be coming to Primary 1 in Colgrain! All boys and girls have had the opportunity to come to school and see the classrooms while taking part in lots of exciting activities. We have explored the outdoor environment during our Free Flow sessions, and even planted some of our own vegetables! We have enjoyed meeting ‘Percy the Park Keeper’ and his animal companions.

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Swimming with Dolphins and other Mammals at Salen PS

May 13, 2016Communities and Culture, environment, Events, Outdoor Learning, Primary schools, Science, TopicsSalenUser deactivated

The children and staff had a lovely treat when the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust brought some of their friends to school. P1-5 learned lots of interesting facts about the types of mammals in our waters and enjoyed listening to recordings of the mammal conversations. It was fascinating to hear about the research and monitoring carried out by the HWDT.