All posts by Mrs MacDiarmid

Primary 1- 100 Days at School!

On Friday 26th January, Primary 1 dressed up as 100 year olds to celebrate the fact that they had been at school for 100 days!

They played games, made cakes, sang songs and did lots of maths activities relating to the number 100. The Primary 7 pupils came down to help too. What a wonderful way to spend a day!

Written by Jamail P.7

Burns Poem Competition

Here are the finalists and winners of the Burns Poem Competition. Everybody tried as hard as they could but only 6 people from each class were allowed to be finalists. It was a very difficult decision for our Head Teacher, Mrs Hutchinson and one of our Deputy Heads, Mrs MacDiarmid, but they came to the conclusion that the finalists would be Eve Parish, Finley Liddle, Ben Britton, Ava Curr and  Rebecca Anderson. The younger classes performed Scottish songs and poems together and were amazing too!

by Ellie P.7

Children’s Mental Health Week 2018

At school we have enhanced the experience of the National Children’s Mental Health Week by doing lots of activities which make us happy. Some of these include; telling jokes, wearing bright clothing, having a compliments jar, doing random acts of kindness, mindfulness and yoga.

Our teachers also took part by having ‘Secret Buddies’ who they had to do random acts of kindness for throughout the week. We also raised £240 for CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) in Dundee.

We thought the the week was really fun! Everyone was much happier and we enjoyed how nice everyone was to each other. Let’s do it again next year!

Written by Anna P.7

Peer Mentoring

Here are our new Peer Mentors and Mediators for 2017/18.

These P6 and P7 pupils will be helping others around the school. They have received training in problem solving, listening, showing compassion and strategies for resolving conflict.

Fun in Athletics

On Wednesday 15th November we took a team of 30 pupils to the Fun in Athletics competition at Carnoustie Sports Centre. We won by 1 point against 3 other schools; Seaview, Grange and Liff.

Well done Birkhill! We are now through to the semi-finals next Wednesday!

By Anna and Ellie P7

Antimicrobial Rocks!

Last week we found this rock at our front entrance. We were intrigued! We have since found out that this is a campaign to raise awareness of antibiotic resistance. The link below explains this in more detail:

NHS Tayside Rocks poster

There are 5 others throughout Muirhead and Birkhill and 2 at Camperdown park too. Have you found them yet?

P7 Classroom

Our P7 pupils are loving their new classroom! As part of a Digital Innovation project we were granted money to enhance the learning and engagement of our pupils. We used some of this to buy each pupil an iPad and some to buy new furniture for the class. We have 6 nodes, 6 beanbags, a standing whiteboard table, 6 wobble stools, yellow interlocking tables, a Promethean ActivTable and ActivPanel.

Feedback so far has been very positive! Here is Megan to tell us what she thinks!

by Jamail P7