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BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Residency in Campbeltown October 2018

October 4, 2018Co-operative Learning, Communities and Culture, Creative Writing, Events, Exhibition, Interdisciplinary, Music, Performance, Personal Development, Primary schools, Secondary schools, Workshops, WritingCampbeltown Grammar, Castlehill Primary School, Clachan Primary School, Dalintober Primary School, Gigha Primary School, Glenbarr Primary School, Kintyre Schools, Rhunahaorine Primary School, Southend Primary SchoolUser deactivated

The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (BBC SSO) have been working with primary and secondary school pupils across Kintyre as part of a week-long residency in Campbeltown. Pupils have taken part in performances and song writing workshops with BBC SSO musicians, including a special workshop on Gigha. The pupils created their own songs based on Mussorgsky’s “Pictures From an Exhibition”, inspired by characters in the paintings which inspired the music, including the “Troll King” and the “Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks”.
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World Book Day

April 10, 2018Creative Learning, Events, Literacy, Primary schools, PSEGlenbarr Primary SchoolUser deactivated

Glenbarr pupils celebrated world Book Day by dressing up as characters from books. They also enjoyed activities inspired by M. G. Leonard’s ‘Beetle Boy’ – making clay beetles, compiling beetle top trump cards and looking at insects.

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Glenbarr Primary School’s Burns Lunch

February 19, 2018Baking, Communities, Creative Writing, Creativity, Events, History, Home Economics, Interdisciplinary, Music, Musical Instruments, Robert Burn's DayGlenbarr Primary SchoolClaire McCahey

Glenbarr Primary School welcomed families and friends to a Burns lunch on Tuesday, 30^th January. The children had made tartan-inspired place mats, non-alcoholic Cranachan, and shortbread for their guests. The pupils entertained their visitors with poems, songs and tunes using ocarinas, recorders and bells. A good time was had by all!
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