Football  Report by Mr Simon Mein

The primary 5 footballers, coached by Mr Mein and two high School pupils, have been playing their first matches! 

Dalbeattie Primary School P5 Football team played its first competitive match recently, recording a 6-3 home win against Castle Douglas. It was watched by a good turn out of spectators, and despite the driving rain and hailstones, the players performed admirably and were a credit to the school. Special mention should go to hat-trick hero Kieran and also to Adam, Greg and Owen who were rock-like in defence throughout. Charlie and Paige were playing in their first competitive matches and both had highly creditable debuts, putting in some fine tackles.

The next fixture took place as an away match at  Castle Douglas on March 4^th , again in  with some hail and good parental support! This was another win for our team, they won 2-1. The team was also delighted to be wearing a brand new set of football strips supplied by Ashliegh Construction, the company who is  currently building the new Dalbeattie Clinic. Thank you to project manager David Roan for this super set of strips for our school.

The team has been training for several weeks under the watchful eyes of High School student coaches Duncan Scott and Frazer McClelland. Currently 15 students take part in training although there is always space for more. The large squad means there is a lot of rotating of players during the matches but the students cope with the changes well and adapt well to new positions. Hopefully more  matches can be arranged soon!

Another win for Dalbeattie Primary! Once again our Primary 7 team: Sam Maxwell, Hamish Anderson, Beth Porter and Lachlan Mc Killop went up against teams from Colvend, Palnackie and Kirkgunzeon in the first round of the annual Rotary Quiz.Some of the questions needed lots of thought and there were some tense moments but Dalbeattie held onto their lead and came away victorious! The next round takes place in Dumfries.

On Thursday 6th March our school was transformed into a magical world of literary characters. Dragons, princesses and Vikings rubbed shoulders with Horrid Henry, jungle animals and even Tweedledum and Tweedledee! The staff joined in as well and classes were taught by Pippi Longstocking, Fantastic Mr Fox and even a midwife! World book day is a wonderful opportunity to raise awareness of how exciting a good book can be and encourages children to realise that there is a wide range of authors and stories available to them. Many thanks to parents, carers, staff and children for joining in and making the day a success!