P4-7 pupils in Rothesay Primary took part in an oustanding pantomime last week called ‘Cinderella Jones’. This production told the story of Sally, a girl in a very similar dilema to Cinderella in the traditional fairy tale. We had a 5 strong team of rapping mice, a duo of hilarious fairy godmothers and their ‘squeegie’ dancer girls, Matt Vinyl: an overly confident DJ and his two crazy pals, our two ugly (but they were beautiful) sisters, the cool and charming Surfin’ Sam and of course, Sally. Our P1,2 and 3 pupils entertained our two sold-out audiences with Christmas songs during the interval. Continue reading Rothesay Primary WOW two sold-out audiences!
Road Safety Calendar Competition
The monthly assembly at Castlehill Primary included a very special presentation with regards to the Argyll & Bute Road Safety Calendar Competition. Mrs June Graham and Mrs Kay McGhee , from the Road Safety Unit, travelled to Campbeltown and gave the whole school a talk and slide show which let the children who had a winning entry see their pictures on “the big screen”. Certificates and prizes were handed out to the lucky prize winners. Continue reading Road Safety Calendar Competition
Community Christmas Tree Festival
The P1/2 class from Bunessan Primary School had an excellent time decorating a tree for the Ross of Mull and Iona Community Christmas Tree Festival held in Bunessan Hall on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th December. The theme this year was a ‘special event’, so the P5/6/7 class decided that we should decorate our tree in a forest theme as they’d all very much enjoyed forest workshops with An Tobar artist in residence, Emma. Continue reading Community Christmas Tree Festival
BEAVERS COME TO DALINTOBER
Oly Hemmings from Knapdale Beavers came to visit Dalintober recently. Many classes took the opportunity to have a hands on experience. During the sessions children had the opportunity to find out about the habitat, food, tracks and characteristics of beavers. Oly helped the children to learn by investigating items and making discoveries themselves. Follow up materials were provided so that a more in depth study could be made. Continue reading BEAVERS COME TO DALINTOBER
Sprouts are the favourite!!!
On Tuesday lunch time Luing cook Marianne, helped by Liz from Easdale, cooked up a wonderful Christmas dinner for pupils and staff. Sprouts were declared the favourite vegetable by many of the pupils and Mr Glen-Lee. Mr Glen-Lee thought he was champion sprout eater, but sadly lost out to Duncan and Fergus. Everyone had a wonderful time. Continue reading Sprouts are the favourite!!!
Dunoon Primary Choir at Clyde Cottage Nursery
The choir were at Clyde Cottage Nursery on Tuesday morning 18 December 2012 to entertain the nursery children. They had a medley of Christmas songs ready to thrill their audience. The nursery children sat quietly all the way through the choirs performance and they even joined in for Jingle Bells.They sang some favourties e.g. Snowman and He Haw. When the choir finished they were treated to some Christmas songs from the Nursery themselves and even a carol in Spanish!! Continue reading Dunoon Primary Choir at Clyde Cottage Nursery
Barcaldine Entertain Local Community
Barcaldine Primary school children came together on Wednesday night to entertain family, friends and the local community at their annual Christmas Community Night.
It wasn’t easy but we managed to convince Gary Barlow, Nicole Sherzinger, Cheryl Cole, Louis Walsh and Simon Cowell (aka the P7 pupils) to judge our entries for the night. It was tough as comments were flying across the classroom however the evening’s entertainment was quickly finalised. Continue reading Barcaldine Entertain Local Community
Cardross Cinderella Rockerfella
Cardross Primary has been getting into the festive spirit with their production of Cinderella Rockerfella. The P4-7 pupils performed their dress rehearsals to local primaries and nurseries as well as the senior citizens in the village. This was good preparation for their two sell out shows! It was a fantastic experience and tremendous input was given by both pupils and staff to make it a huge success. Continue reading Cardross Cinderella Rockerfella
‘One Bright Star’ Dunoon Primary School Choir
“All who attended St John’s church last Sunday evening enjoyed a pre-Christmas treat as Dunoon Primary School Choir led their annual carol service. Presenting the Christmas story in narrative and song, they performed the lovely cantata “One Bright Star” interspersed with some traditional carols.” Lots of smiling, happy faces from the children proved how much they have enjoyed singing the beautiful songs this year and they were pleased all their hard work had paid off. Continue reading ‘One Bright Star’ Dunoon Primary School Choir
JLB’s Musical Medley
Parents and friends of John Logie Baird Primary were wonderfully entertained by the children of the school during their Christmas performance of ‘JLB’s Musical Medley’.
They were taken to different locations through songs such as ‘How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria’, ‘ Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’, ‘Under The Sea’ & ‘I’m The King of The Swingers’.
The children learned a lot during the creation of the concert about performing to an audience, prop making, costume design and creative dance.
Sgoil Araich visit to MacPherson’s Foods
As part of their topic learning all about food, the children from Rockfield Primary’s Gaelic Nursery visited MacPherson’s foods in Oban. They had great fun learning about recycling and how sandwiches, wraps and baguettes were made from the start to the finished product that’s sold in the shops!
Achaleven Holly Tea
We held our Holly Tea in the school last Saturday. We had fun getting ready for the big day. We iced biscuits, made beautiful table decorations with holly and candles and decorated the classroom with festive pictures.
Everyone helped on the day. There was lots and lots of lovely home baking for sale. Fair Trade tea and coffee was on offer as we are working towards becoming a Fair Trade school. Lots of people turned up to support us and munched through mince pies and shortbread. Continue reading Achaleven Holly Tea
St Joseph’s Primary nativity concert
This year’s Christmas concert at St Joseph’s Primary, Helensburgh saw the children enjoy another successful production. With much fun involved, the children were sometimes unaware of the expert professionalism of the staff in incorporating just the right mixture of personalisation and choice, relevance, coherence, challenge and enjoyment, breadth, depth and progression. Continue reading St Joseph’s Primary nativity concert
Merry Christmas shoppers
Primary 4 children from Lochnell were invited to cheer up shoppers in Oban by creating festive windows in Tescos. As well as reindeer and christmas trees they painted winter scenes and all the shoppers passing by were delighted with the cheery outcome. Mrs McCrindle, their teacher, produced freehand outlines for the children to work on and they painted and decorated with great glee until every window they’d been assigned was a mass of colour. Continue reading Merry Christmas shoppers
Chaplins Panto comes to Kilcreggan!
What a fun-filled afternoon we had at Kilcreggan Primary yesterday (13th). Chaplins Panto visited school and gave a wonderful performance of Dick Whittington. Pupils, staff and parents were literally rolling in the aisles! Our school hall was “magically” transformed into a pantomime theatre and filled with music, jokes and top-class entertainment. We just didn’t want it to end. Continue reading Chaplins Panto comes to Kilcreggan!
Luing Primary School’s Christmas Night of Entertainment
There was not an empty seat in Cullipool Hall when the pupils of Luing Primary School entertained parents, grandparents and members of the local community. The evening started with the audience being greeted at the door with mince pies and mulled wine. The children then sang a variety of seasonal songs (accompanied by the ukuleles). The Early Level stealing the show with their rendition of S.A.N.T.A. Continue reading Luing Primary School’s Christmas Night of Entertainment
Scottish Education Awards 2013
The Scottish Education Awards 2013 were launched on Monday 3 December by Michael Russell, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning. The awards celebrate the hard work and success in Scottish education. They recognise the achievements of people who dedicate their lives to children and young people and showcase the valuable work and innovation in learning environments across Scotland. Continue reading Scottish Education Awards 2013
Christmas Tree Festival
Hermitage Primary School Choir entertained at the Christmas Tree Festival in The United Reform Church in Helensburgh on Wednesday 12th December 2012. This is an annual community event organised to support various charities. This year, it was to support the African Children’s Choir and Combat Stress. The children told the story of Christmas in rhyme and song. The songs were a variety of styles and a good time was had by all, both pupils and audience alike. Continue reading Christmas Tree Festival
Christmas Around the World
A big thank you to Bette, Federica and Doerte for coming along to Easdale Primary and sharing the Christmas traditions from their respective countries of Denmark, Italy and Germany. The children enjoyed hearing their Christmas memories and asking questions about the visual aids the ladies had brought along. The edible gifts went down well! Continue reading Christmas Around the World
Santa Glow Meet 2012
Yes everyone, it’s that special time of year again. Here is the REAL Santa at a school near you, answering your hard Santa questions and checking if you’ve been naughty or nice – well have you? Tune in this Friday (14th) and join all the Christmas fun! Ho ho ho! Click Here to sign up or join in on the day.
