The children in our nursery have been having a ‘Wacky Week’. As part of this week they arranged to have a visit from a magician, and invited the rest of the school to join them for the magic show. We were entertained with a variety of tricks and magic which held the children spellbound. Just like every magician, the show included a white rabbit and it made it’s appearance at the end.
On Thursday28th February, at 5.30pm we held a belated Burns Supper in the school for families and friends. Our school minister, norman Hutcheson kindly came and worked with the senior pupils to prepare all the customery speeches performed at such an event. The children worked hard and came up with some excellent original material to present from the top table. Parent Council members made and dished up a traditional Burns feast of ‘haggis, neeps and tatties’ along with Scotland’s other national drink – Irn Bru, to accompany the various toasts. The guests were also entertained by the children with a variety of Scots verse and music. Below you can see some of our puctures showing various aspects of the evening.
Blythswood Care – building wells in India
On Saturday 23rd February the pupils in P.5,6,7, held a coffee morning and art exhibition.This was what the pupils decided to do for their challenge to make £20 GROW into something bigger. Blythswood Care challenged the children to raise money to help towards building water wells in villages in India. They decided to ask Janey’s mum and Dad if we could use the dining-room of their hotel in Castle Douglas for the venue, to host a cooffee morning and exhibition of some of their art work from throughout the school session. They also made Indian style beaded bracelets and hairbraids to sell. Charlotte made a giant cupcake to raffle, Georgia and Henry sold Scottish sweet packs from their parents business, and we made a well for donations to go in. We also had a photo competition for people to enter which cost £1 per entry. A very successful morning was had by all and we raised:
Well done and thank you to everyone who baked, and helped us on the day.
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P6 and P7 along with their peers from the other small schools in our cluster group, had three days of challenge at the Dukeswood Centre near Hexham in Northumberland. A wide variety of activities was on offer for the children to help them achieve goals and challenge themselves both on a personal level and as team challenges which required communication skills and team building efforts. The pupils were mixed up into groups with children from each of the other 4 schools, and rotated around the many activities during their stay. A camp fire and a disco were the 2 evening activities, all which helped the children mix with each other. This has become one of our trasnsition activities where the children make friendships with others who they will meet when moving on to High School.Below are a few photographs of some of the activities undertaken. A successful trip was had by all.
P. 1,2,3 made the most of the snow on Burns Day (25th January). They got all dressed up in their warm clothes and went outside to see who could make the best snowman. They had great fun before going home for the weekend.
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Last week Lauren and Robyn came all the way from a heatwave in South Africa to snowy Scotland to join us here at Hardgate School. We are hoping that we may be able to set up a link with their previous school in South Africa to share our learning experiences and find out about another culture.
Russell Brown MP has again run his Christmas card competition for senior pupils throughout Dumfries and Galloway. Here you can see the winners for The Stewartry Area being presented with their prizes in the Tesco store in Castle Douglas by Mr Brown on Saturday afternoon. Niamh in P.6 at Hardgate School (wearing a pink top) came third and we are all very proud of her achievement. The overall winner for the region has been printed for Mr Brown’s personal card and he has been very busy signing them all for posting to his many recipients.
The families and friends of Hardgate children have generously donated gifts to fill a total of 31 shoeboxes. These boxes will now go to Langholm to be checked before going on their way to hand out to children much less fortunate than us ,in many countries across Eastern Europe.
The boys and girls in P. 5,6,7 have been hard at work raising money for this years Children in Need Appeal. We had a ‘Spotty Dotty Day’, wearing spotty clothes, a ‘Fat Friday’ bring and buy cake stall and we also had a raffle. The top raffle prize was a very tasty looking PUDSEY cake, kindly donated by Frances’ aunt. Jack in P5 was the lucky winner.
WE RAISED £225 FOR CHILDREN IN NEED !
The boys and girls in this class were talking about firework safety and made a big class picture to show themselves standing safely back from the bonfire and fireworks.
