Our Upper school Christmas Show took place on Thursday. We had lots of parents come along and join us in singing a host of Christmas songs. P3/4 were dressed in their pyjamas and sang I Saw Mummy Kissing Santa Claua . P4 were dressed very festively and sang Do They Know It’s Christmas . They had also decorated the stage with some super snowmen and Christmas trees. P5 were resplendent in bow ties and skirts and not only sang but also danced. P5/6 and P6/7 sang together and they sang three songs including a French song. Then P7 came on in their pyjamas and sang beautifully. Then at the end all the classes came on together and sang Away in a Manger and We Wish You a Merry Christmas. Thank you to all the parents and carers who came along to join in with us.
Christmas Fayre
On Friday we had our Christmas Fayre. All the classes did an enterprise topic based around preparing for the Christmas Fayre. We looked at creating the products and what kind of pricing we would need to make a profit.
Lots of parents and carers came along to join us on Friday afternoon. They took their children round all the stalls and took part in some activities. There was Sock it to Santa, Pick a Brick, Face Painting and Tattoos. It was a very busy afternoon with Christmas music playing and everyone having fun.
Thank you to all who supported us. Our grand total was £350 which will go to our school fund.
READ week at Dens
This week Dens Road have been exploring reading in a big way. All the classes have been involved in doing Book based activities all week. This has included Book Swap, Down Time, Mystery Readers, Visiting Readers, visits to the library, free books for P1, Book studies, activities and Teddy Bears Picnic.
P5/6 organised a Book Swap. Lots of children from across the school brought in books. These were collected from the class and the children were given a ticket. On Thursday anyone with a ticket was allowed to come and choose a book.Well done to P5/6 for team work and organisational skills.
On Wednesday the Infant Department had a Teddy Bear’s Picnic. This involved Teddy Bear stories, creating a Teddy Bear bookmark, Teddy Bear Drive, Teddy Bear colouring and a Teddy Bear picnic. The Teddy Bears all had a great time sharing their snack with the children!
On Friday morning we had Down Time. P7’s made posters and posted them round school so everyone knew what to do. Everyone in school had to down tools and read for half an hour. Some of the P7’s came down and read to the P1 children.
The nursery children brought in their favourite books and these were shared with everyone at group time.
All the P1 children were given a book bag as part of READ week and were given three free books. In class they did activities around the story of Jack and the Flum Flum Tree, one of the free books in the bag.
P1/2 have been focusing on Roald Dahl books for a few weeks now. This week they have been enjoying The Twits.
P2 have also been working on Roald Dahl and have been writing stories about it.
P3 have been listening to stories about Horrid Henry.
P3/4 have been exploring Roald Dahl through a Brainpop video and answering questions about his life.
P4 have done a huge amount of work on The Big Friendly Giant looking at stories by Roald Dahl.
P5 have been looking at Stories of Sherlock Holmes and trying to solve the mysteries.
P5/6 have been learning about Charles Dickens and looking a The Christmas Carol.
P6/7 have looked at Out of the Depths by Cathy MacPhail.
P7 had a mystery reader in the form of Mrs Taylor! Mrs Taylor used to be their teacher and came back for a morning to read Skyhawk by Gill Lewis.
A great week with children immersed in literacy including reading and being read to. Well Done the whole school!
Digital Leaders
At Dens Road we have embarked on a journey to engage more with technology to support learning. We are embarking on this journey with the help of some of our pupils.This is a new role and the exact nature of the role will develop over time, but the types of responsibilities the children will have are:
* Investigating existing software and Glow and then demonstrating them to other children and teachers
* Supporting their peers and possibly teachers with existing software
* Supporting their peers and possibly teachers with Glow
In time, they might also:
* Lead a lunchtime ICT Club for another class (supervised by an adult)
* Writing blog posts for the school to add to the school website
There is a small team of Digital Leaders selected from those who were interested in P7. This is a very important role and I hope that the children will enjoy it.
We look forward to supporting the school with their ICT skills and innovative ideas.
Our Digital Leaders this year are:
Owen, Marlie, Amina, Ewen, Abbie, Bethany
Check out our Blog here…
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/dd/DensRoadDigitalLeaders/
Mrs Munro (ICT Coordinator)
P1 Photo Time
We had our photograph taken for the Evening Telegraph! Read all about it!!! Primary one are going to be in the paper, Dundee’s Evening Telegraph! Look out for it appearing in their P1 editions. This week we had our photograph taken by a lovely man called Bob from D.C. Thomson. We had to arrange ourselves into three groups. The tallest people sat on chairs, the smallest people stood behind them and the medium sized people sa on the floor. We were very good at arranging ourselves into groups . We were super and all said cheese! We looked very smart in our school uniforms! Our teachers, Mrs Mackay and Mrs Munro are going to print two big copies to put on our door and wall.
Jubilee Jamboree
We have had a wonderful afternoon at our Jubilee Jamboree to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee. An afternoon shared with parents and carers.
Children came to school dressed in Red, White and blue and there was a prize for most patriotic costume.
The afternoon stalls consisted of…
Refreshments – Strawberries and Royal punch (non-alcoholic!) for adults
Jubilee biscuits and juice for children (with option for parents to buy strawbs if available.)
Pick a Brick – £25 cash prize
Find the Crown – £10 cash Prize
Raffle – various prizes
Face painting – 50p each
Tattoos
Tin Can Alley – small prize (pencils, rubbers etc)
Royal Races – just for fun!!
Pin the Tail on the Corgi – small prize (pencils, rubbers etc)
Selling jubilee candy apples
Thank you to Cash for kids for the donation of Lemonade, strawberries and some prizes.
A great time was had by all!
Nursery Basic Moves
The nursery finished off a few weeks of basic moves sessions by inviting parents along to see what they had been learning.
The Sports Development team introduced the children to jumping, running and over arm throwing. They showed them the skills and techniques for jumping and landing properly and super throwing techniques.
Thank you so much for all their help with our nursery children.
P1 Guide Dog Support Day
After our visit from Hector the Guide Dog we decided to try and raise some money to help.
Our Guide Dog Support Day will be on Friday 22nd June.
Cost is £1 per child and children should wear yellow and / or blue or they can come dressed as a dog! There will be a raffle which p1 will organise and tickets will cost 10p each- 3 winners will be announced by lunchtime on the day.
If you want to read more about our Guide Dog visit please have a look at the P1 blog here….
Girls Football
The P5 girls recently took part in a football tournament on
Tuesday 6th March. They had to play 7 matches against different schools including Eastern, Lochee, Hillside and St Joseph’s. The girls had great fun and
can’t wait to take part in another competition.
Doctors and Nurses
Dundee University Doctors and Nurses Students Visit P4/5 and P5/6
P4/5 + P5/6 have been learning all about our body and the vital organs with Mr Day and Miss Hamilton. We even got to dissect a sheep heart and lungs which was amazing fun and very interesting. Mr Day and Miss Hamilton spent a whole week with our classes teaching us how our organs work and how to keep our bodies healthy. We also got some very hands on experience of what to do if we find somebody unconscious.
