Thank you to all those who supported children to take part in the “sponsored listen.” We raised £393.50 to buy a listening station! A photo of this is displayed in the entrance area. Thank you!
Nursery: Open Session on Monday 14th May at 3-4pm
We are having an open session for parents from 3-4pm on Monday 14th April. Please come along and have a look at the talking floor books and your children’s “special books.” Activity cards will be displayed to explain the learning opportunities available in the different play provision areas. Staff will be available to talk to you about planning and how the Nursery operates. We are really keen to find out your ideas and suggestions for the Nursery and a guest book will be available. We would be delighted to see you there!
Special books are also available for parents to take home at any time and there is a log in book for this in the cloakroom area.
Nursery: April Newsletter
Please take a look at the Nursery Newsletter. It has lots of information for parents about important dates and planning in the Nursery.
Thank you, Mrs Mackenzie
LEPRA Fundraising Workout
The pupils raised a tremendous figure of £1200.10 for the LEPRA charity. LEPRA is working towards the prevention of Leprosy in countries which still have the disease and to help people who already have the illness. The children of Dalbeattie Primary asked family and friends for sponsorship to take part in a work out, which took place in February. Our photograph, taken in April 2012, shows Liz Osbourne of LEPRA presenting some of the pupils with their t-shirts (as a thank you for raising £21 or more) and a plaque to be displayed in school.
Caribbean caper!
In Primary 6 as part of their Caribbean open afternoon P6M dressed up and performed the limbo dance, sipped exotic cocktails and had a throughly enjoyable afternoon.
Rainforest animals come to P5!
Mrs Dyson set a homework challenge for us to research and present information on a Rainforest mammal. We had to use a variety of sources to collect our information. We wrote an information card for our mammal which included details on location, diet, habitat, size and other interesting facts. We had to use our creativity and imagination to present this information. Finally, we had to create a 3D model of our chosen mammal. We made our own decisions on what materials to use and the size of our model. We presented our homework project to the class and then celebrated our learning by sharing with the upper school classes. Mrs Dyson was very proud of all our efforts.
Rhet tractor at Dalbeattie!
National Spring Clean Litter Pick
On Tuesday 24th April Primary 3A/T took part in a litter pick to tidy up Colliston Park. The children were accompained by Mr McMickan from Dalbeattie Community Initiative. The activity is all part of The Keep Scotland Beautiful Scheme. Although the children regularly litter pick in their own school grounds, this particular event is aimed at widening our tidying and care of the environment to places in the local community.
Titanic Day
We had a very successful dress up day on Friday 20th April. Mr Henderson from the museum came along to help judge the best dressed girls and boys. The theme was Edwardian or nautical. Prizes were donated kindly by the Dalbeattie Co-op store. Mr Henderson also presented the prize of a Titanic model kit to the pupil, who won the quiz sheet competition, all about William Murdoch and the Titanic, in conjunction with Dalbeattie Museum. In the holidays, the children were encourgaed to visit the museum in their own time with their parents to answer five questions about this important part of history for Dalbeattie.The winners of the dressing up competition were:
Primary 1
Zara Ireland
Reilly Nelson (boy)
Primary 2
Lainey Ireland
Sam McKnight(boy)
Primary 3
Faye McKnight
Nathan Harper
Primary 4
Saffy Kirkman
Aaron Jamieson
Primary 5
Sam McConaghie (boy)
Kaylin Patterson
Primary 6
Kerry Aitchison
Neil Herries
Primary 7
Keeley Maxwell
Erin Aitchison
Alistair Rae
Overall winners:Gregor Davidson,Nicole Geddes
Titanic Celebrations!
Titanic
The anniversary of the Titanic is of great importance to Dalbeattie Primary as First Officer
Murdoch attended this very school!
Mrs Howie has devised a quiz in partnership with the museum that children can complete with their parents in the Easter Holidays-The Prize– a model kit of the Titanic !!
Mr Henderson from Dalbeattie Museum is visiting P5 on the subject of the Titanic this very week! His Powerpoint presentation will be available to all classes.
We will be dressing up in Edwardian clothes to commemorate the Titanic in the last week of term.
In addition Mrs Howie will be opening the school in the Easter holidays for the lantern making workshop.
