The boys and girls enjoyed a super Pudsey Spotacular day to raise money for Children in Need. The pupils rocked up in the morning wearing non-uniform with a donation to pop in the Pudsey bucket. Some children had gone to lots of effort to create their wacky and very creative ‘spotty’ outfits. Spotty sweeties (AKA Smarties!) went to the winners of each year group with several family groups really demonstrating their
P.C. Pellett popped in to speak to P5-7 this afternoon about staying safe online. The internet is a marvel – but it is something which us teachers didn’t grow up with as the young of today are! Just like any new thing though, it is important to be aware of what is ok and what is not ok. We looked at the ThinkUKnow website. This is a tile on every
Today Lesley and Rhona from NSPCC came to speak to us all about Childline and the Speak Out – Stay Safe campaign as part of our Health and Well-being curriculum. P1-4 listened to and chatted about the importance of sharing their worries with a trusted person and met Buddy the Childline mascot who is there to remind us all that it is good to talk. Don’t keep those worries to
Thanks to Kirstie, Charlotte, Megan and Finlay for planting the winter pansies in our front door tubs. They are looking much prettier now!
Today, Wednesday 1st November, we all got to work planting crocus bulbs at the Wetlands. Why I hear you ask? Well, this was in collaboration with the Rotary Club who are working hard to raise awareness about the continued fight against polio. Neville Wright, chairman of Stranraer Rotary, came to speak to us all about the latest drive to ensure polio is eradicated throughout the world. Huge strides ahead have
What a day of witches, ghouls and zombies we have had today! P5-7 spent their morning making Spooky Spider doughnuts and measuring and drawing the net of a square based pyramid as a box to store it in for their Maths session. Eerie poetry, Halloween creative writing and the P7s busily party planning meant that the morning passed by in a flash! P1-4 chatted about the tradition of guising and
To conclude their topic looking at Local and National Government, P5-7 held their very own election today and handed the final decision over to the constituents of their school! The pupils have worked very hard over the course of the term finding out about the impact of politics, some familiar faces on today’s political scene, welcoming some visitors into class for politic based question and answer sessions, the importance of
Big-hearted Erin Jamieson had her hairdresser visit her at school this afternoon – but this was no ordinary hair-cut! She had decided to have her lovely long locks cut, donating her hair to The Little Princess Trust which makes real hair wigs for children who have sadly lost their hair through cancer or other illnesses. Erin and her family had researched this very worthwhile charity and she offered to do
This morning, the pupils of P5-7 had the pleasure of a visit from former MSP and Presiding Officer Alex Fergusson. The boys and girls have been thinking about democracy and parliament within their Social Studies topic and so this visit gave them a very real and interesting insight into politics and we really appreciate Mr Fergusson taking the time to talk to our class. The children had many questions for
So P5-7 ventured to Scotland’s Book Town today for a morning packed full of Literary delights! We’ve been rather on-the-go recently (as you might have noticed from our blogging!) and today meant that we have now enjoyed an experience in the first four weeks of term 1 from almost every curricular area – wow! The sun was shining as we arrived in Wigtown. We enjoyed Renita Boyle’s now legendary warm-up
