Day: November 16, 2018

Primary 6 visited Crochmore Farm near Crocketford this morning as part of their topic about the journey of food which had been organised through Fiona Jamieson from RHET. I will post more photos next week but thought the class would like you to know that during our visit, a cow was giving birth and the calf arrived shortly after we had left. Angus Kerr, the farmer, asked the children to name the new calf and they chose Andrew. Here are the photos Angus sent us this afternoon.

 

 

As part of our mini topic on WW1 commemorating the 100 years since the end of the war Primary 7 visited Dumfries Museum to meet characters from WW1  (The Colonol and Mrs Stackpool) and to learn about being a spy.  They took part in different group activities which encouraged them to look at World War 1 critically. They also found out lots about propaganda when looking at the photographic exhibition upstairs realising what is real and what is “fake news.”  The children were all a credit to themselves and the school and seemed to have a great afternoon. Maya remembered learning that custard powder was highly explosive from the true/false quiz she did.   Shea remembered that the football rattle was used to warn the men that the gas had been released as it was a very loud noise all would hear and recognise!

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