April 1st 2016 was Autism Awareness Day in Dunoon Grammar School. The Learning Centre pupils prepared a Power Point presentation to show at house time and made a whole army of gingerbread cookies to sell on the day. The whole school was invited to design jigsaw pieces which were joined together for display in the Forum, showing that DGS supports Autism awareness. The event was a great success so well done to everyone involved. A total of £120 was raised for our local autism support organisation: Autism Argyll.
DGS Learning Centre pupils visit Ardroy Outdoor Centre
Dunoon Grammar School learning centre pupils have returned from a big adventure at Ardroy Outdoor Centre on the shore of Loch Goil. This three day residential formed part of their John Muir Silver Award and involved learning centre pupils exploring hillsides, beaches and taking to the water in canoes. They built dens, made fire and some even made a mud slide down the hill!
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Science Fun Day at Sandbank Primary
On Wednesday 30th March the children of Sandbank Primary and Pre-5 Unit enjoyed a Science Fun Day. The day blasted off with a whole school assembly about Fantastic Forces. Some pupils were pushed, pulled and stretched in the name of science as they explored the effects of friction and gravity.
Bowmore’s Super Spring Fayre!
We held our very first Spring Fayre at Bowmore Primary on Wednesday 30th March. The sky was blue, the sun was shining and there was an air of excitement within the school! Beautiful crafts were created by our children, from cute wee birdhouses to Easter egg flowers! Our ECO committee sold their home-grown plants and organised a second hand book and toy stall which proved very popular.
Author visit in Mid-Argyll
On Thursday the 31st of March children from across Mid-Argyll in P4 and 5 enjoyed a workshop with children’s author, Emily Dodd.
Emily, whose books include, ‘The Mouse and the Grouse’ and ‘Can’t Dance Cameron’ worked with the children on how to write a good story. She used the two book characters, ‘Book Buddy’ and ‘Reading Rhino’ that the children in Mid-Argyll had voted on for our recent Reading is Fun competition.
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Strath of Appin Pupils Perform ‘Troy Story’
Primary 4-7 pupils perform ‘Troy Story’ at the North Lorn Drama Festival. Adjudicator Nat Little congratulated the pupils on an excellent play which was ‘word-perfect’ with great team work, a ‘real credit to Community Drama’. Particular highlights included the choreography, sound effects, costumes and the ‘funeral scene’. The children had worked hard on the play focussing on voice projection and use of expression in movement. A super achievement winning some well-deserved silverware too!
Strath of Appin – Magnificent Masks!
Pre school and primary pupils at Strath of Appin Primary show-off their crafty masks. As part of their whole school homework challenge the pupils had to design and make an Easter or spring-themed mask. A wonderful assortment of masks were made and brought in to school where the pupils enjoyed wearing them to their Easter Service at Appin Church.
Zoo Lab at Strachur Primary
We enjoyed meeting various mini-beasts this afternoon at Strachur Primary. We got to hold a spider, a snail, a beetle and even a snake!
Beach Clean at Strone
P1-4 pupils at Strone Primary School are involved in a 6 week Beach and Marine Litter Project with the GRAB Trust. The most interesting discovery so far is a Dogfish skeleton. Whilst exploring the beach the pupils are also making a positive difference by collecting sackfuls of beach litter.
EMPTY CLASSROOMS IN CASTLEHILL!
Empty classrooms, shouts of encouragement and bright rosy faces ………..it can only mean one thing, Castlehill pupils and staff are all outside taking part in the Sport Relief Mile!
WE “CLEANED FOR THE QUEEN” BEFORE RAISING OUR FLAG!!!
As part of the campaign to clear up Britain in time for the Queen’s 90th birthday, Rosneath Primary School went to two local beaches and cleaned up!
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Sport Relief’ Fundraising at Dalintober PS and ELCC
Pupils of Dalintober PS and ELCC held a number of fundraising events for ‘Sport Relief’, including bootcamps, a zumbathon and fitness challenges. The pupils raised a fantastic £1619.18 for the charity and would like to thank members of the school community for their kind and generous donations and sponsors.
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Glassary Beetle Drive
Glassary Primary 1-4 class organised a fantastic Beetle Drive today as a final event for their Enterprise topic. The children designed and created all elements of the event and could invite one special guest each.
They did a brilliant job of explaining the rules to their visitors and a great time was had by all. The children enjoyed it so much they are planning to invite the older class to a Beetle Drive next week.
Active Schools Grassroots Sports Development – Parklands Tennis Project
With the recent success of local sporting hero Gordon Reid winning his first Australian Open Tennis title and other British players doing well in the same competition, it seems a perfect time to highlight current investment to develop Tennis at grassroots level.
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Dunoon Primary Celebrate British Science Week
Dunoon Primary Celebrate British Science Week Pupils in Dunoon Primary School went on a journey of discovery into the world of nanoscience and engineering.
Dunoon Primary School was awarded funding from the British Science Association to host a science event, one of thousands of activities occurring across the country, for British Science Week (11th-20th of March).
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There was lots happening in Tarbert Academy during Sport Relief week!
On the Tuesday, Primary 7/6 organised a ‘Run & Row to Rio’ day to get the whole school involved in their Run to Rio challenge. The day started with the P7/6s running the ‘Tarbert Mile’ along the harbour side. The rest of the primary pupils, plus parents, buggies and friends, then joined in to walk the mile again. A great turnout saw around 140 people take part.
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Girl Power at Castlehill
Girl Power!
Castlehill Primary’s P5-7 girls have enjoyed after school SOS fitness sessions over the last few weeks. Fiona and Morgan Irwin have provided a varied programme of activities including dance, boxing and the much loved boot camp experience! Castlehill Primary School wants to motivate its pupils to keep fit and active, and to improve social and emotional wellbeing.
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‘Tasty Tuck Team’ Hit Dalintober PS
This month, the ‘Tasty Tuck Team’, aka Dalintober Primary’s Pupil Council members, launched their annual initiative to encourage pupils to bring in healthy snacks for playtimes. They sold some tasty morsels – fruit, pitta breads and crackers – as suggestions and these ‘tasters’ went down a treat with their fellow pupils. Following the current project’s run; they hope that parents and pupils will continue to promote the healthy eating message. The ‘Tasty Tuck Team’ would like to thank Miss Flaws, Miss McCallum, Mr Strang and the staff of Tesco Campbeltown for their help.
Breakfast Buzz at Bowmore!
On Tuesday 15th March, Bowmore Primary opened its doors at 8.30am, ready to fill any tummies which needed extra fuel for the day – staff and pupils alike! Cereal, including porridge, as well as toast was on offer. Jam and honey added a bit of sweetness to the proceedings and all was washed down with a glass of milk! 30 children tucked in on Tuesday….
Sports Relief at Strachur
Strachur Primary pupils and staff dressed sporty and red on Friday 18th March for their Sport Relief activities. We held three football tournments, refereed by Mr Ferguson, Mr Bryce and Tommi from P7. We had a P1/2 game, a P3/4/5 game and a P6/7 game.
