St Andrew's Primary School Blog
"A COMMUNITY OF FAITH AND LEARNING THAT VALUES EVERYONE FOR WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY BRING."
The children have researched different charities, and decided by a majority vote which charities should benefit, namely SCIAF Real Gifts, where they purchased a pig, an emergency water supply and warm blankets for people in need, and a donation of £50 will also 
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Primary 7 say a big thank you to Dumfries Ice Bowl and the Parent Council today for a fantastic treat. We had a fabulous hour of ice skating, some people learned to skate for the first time and Maya and George treated us to a great display showing us their figure skating competition routines to Disney music and to Spanish music. It was absolutely fantastic, well done all. P7 were such a credit to St Andrews brilliant behaviour, big smiles and all so helpful and encouraging to one another on the ice. Back in class we watched Home Alone and enjoyed our choice of treats with the money we got from the Parent Council for Christmas. The chocolate ice cream and the sweet chilli Sensations were very popular.
Primary 7 were split into two groups last week to spend 2 days each at Carlingwark. While they were there the instructors took them up Screel hill, orienteering and mountain biking in Dalbeattie Forest. The children all worked well in their teams, supporting and encouraging one another. They learned many new skills and faced some challenges – particularly the weather! At night we had teddy bear competitions, dinner out, drama games as well as some crazier activities involving jelly babies and flour! The children were all a real pleasure to be with and had brilliant manners and listening skills with the instructors. Well done everyone! It certainly was an action packed week and I’ve really enjoyed reading your recounts on the experience in writing this week. It sounds like you all had a great time and took so much from it.
“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…”
The P4 classroom was transformed today as the children entertained their families with some beautiful singing, and a memorable presentation of the nativity story.
Next, in scenes reminiscent of a Christmas market (or the Boxing Day sales !), Malteser and Hot Chocolate Reindeer Cones, Truffles, Christmas Cards, Reindeer Food, Sweetie Raffle, Knitted Friends and Nativity Stories flew off the shelves, as the children confidently bought and sold their wares, calculating change from £1, £2, £5 and £10.
The ‘selfie with our elfie’ proved a popular choice, with Mr V joining in the fun too!
Thank you so much to everyone who came to support the children, we will calculate our profit and let you know as soon as possible!
On Friday 30th November we had a very busy day in St Andrew’s RC Primary celebrating St Andrew’s Day. This is a very special day for us as St Andrew is the Patron Saint of Scotland, Our Parish and Our School.
Our celebrations started before the school bell rang with our talented past pupil, Lauren Kerr from St Joseph’s College, piping us in to school.
Once we were all in and settled we started the day with a St Andrew’s Day Assembly. We then split into groups and had the chance to do different activities including; baking, woodland fun, arts and crafts and football.
In the afternoon we had an extra surprise when we were lucky enough to have the amazing Magic Monty visit us and do a special Magic Show for us all.
It really was a fantastic day and a great way of celebrating Our Patron Saint’s Day.
