Pupils all enjoyed a delicious Christmas Lunch at school today. P7s helped to set up and serve lunch to their classmates, before sitting down to enjoy a plate piled high with turkey, chipolatas, potatoes and brussel sprouts with their Christmas hats on! Christmas music in the background helped to set the festive scene. Lunch was absolutely delicious and the children munched up every bit before heading outside to enjoy the
This week, all the p5/6/7’s took part in a Christmas Numeracy and Maths Challenge based on the 12 Days of Christmas. They had to work out how many gifts were received altogether in the song and try to look for creative ways to work this out. Some pupils used visual methods, written calculations, tables etc. They then had to work out how many ‘legs’ were in the song… things got
This week saw the return of the annual Rhins Primary Badminton Competition. Monday was girls’ day and Tuesday the turn of the boys! We were super proud of the young ladies and gentlemen from P5-7 who put themselves forward for this event held at Stranraer Academy. Alistair, Ethan, Millie, Megan, Erin, Kayleigh and Jenna are great ambassadors for the school. As if that wasn’t impressive enough, Kayleigh went on to win silver
As part of our ‘People who help us’ topic, P1-4 enjoyed a fun filled trip to Stranraer Police and Fire Stations. At the Police Station, we got to try on the uniform, book in some criminals and spent some time behind bars in an actual police cell! At the Fire Station we had a tour of the fire engine and found out what all of the equipment is used for.
Many thanks to Anne and Susan from Feis Rois for their 12 week input on Gaelic music-making, singing and the tin whistle. This was brought to a fabulous conclusion this morning with a concert to P1-4 and parents! The children learnt many songs in English and Gaelic, counted in French and Gaelic, as well as playing the tin whistle in three musical parts, in descant, using drums to add to the
This morning, all pupils gathered together in the hall for the launch of 2017’s Read Write Count gift bags for all pupils in P1, P2 and P3. Fantastic gifts were inside including books, magnetic boards, number games, card games, dice and lots more! There is also a guide for all parent and carers with lots more exciting ways to use the materials. Each child gets a drawstring bag to keep
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!
