Santa made a surprise visit to Kells primary, New Galloway, while the children were enjoying their Christmas dinner. The children all received gifts and sweets from Santa, who said he was looking forward to Christmas Eve to visit all the children and leave gifts.
Kells held their annual Musical Café to raise money for school funds. Both classes performed musical items to entertain their parents, relatives and friends of the school. £438.08 has been raised this month. Well done to all involved!
Here are some picture highlights of the afternoon.
P5-7 performed ‘Silent Night’ for parents and friends of Kells on Thursday 15th December. The show told the story of how the well-known song was composed. P1-3 were the opening act and sang a medley of Christmas songs. They also joined the P5-7 pupils on stage for the Nativity tableau finale.
Here are some photographs of the children in action.
The annual Christmas Show was held at Kells on Wednesday 16th December.
The P5-7 class opened the show by playing some music on the tin whistles which was accompanied by guitars and keyboard. They also sang some French songs.
P1-5 then performed ‘We Three Kings’ to parents, family members and friends of Kells Primary on Wednesday 16th December. The children told the story of the Nativity through the eyes of the Three Kings. There was some super singing and dancing by P1-5 as well.
Well done to P1-5 and P5-7!
The Christmas Concert was held on the afternoon and evening of Tuesday 16th December. P1-4 opened the concert with the recorder group playing ‘Ode to Joy’ then the whole class sang ‘Christmas Dinner’ and ‘Jingle Bells.’ P5-7 then performed ‘Children of the World’ to parents and friends of the school. The musical explored Christmas traditions in specific countries around the world. P5-7 worked really hard this term to learn new songs, lines, stage directions and also numerous costume changes. Well done to both classes on their super performances!
Wilma, our new cook, prepared a super Christmas Lunch for pupils and staff on Wednesday 10th December. We had melon for starters, turkey and the trimmings for the main course and trifle or chocolate fudge cake for dessert. Our P7 pupils helped serve the meal to the rest of the pupils and staff.
On Friday 20th December all pupils from Carsphairn, Dalry and Kells got together for the annual Christmas Service at Dalry Church. The service was led by Mr Simpson and Dr Bartholomew with specific pupils from the three schools involved in singing Carols and reading from the Bible. After church we all walked back to Dalry School for a hot chocolate and some shortbread in the school hall.
The PTA organised a Musical Cafe on Thursday 19th December to raise money for school funds. Both classes sang songs to entertain parents and friends of the school while they enjoyed a cup of coffee and some home-baking. There were also a few stalls for people to purchase from and the Christmas Raffle was drawn at the very end of the afternoon. In total £517 was raised. Well done to all involved!
The pupils enjoyed their Christmas Party on the last day of term. There was the usual mix of food, traditional games as well as some dancing. We were very lucky that Santa Claus could find the time from his busy schedule to visit Kells to present all the pupils with a selection box.
Primary 1-4 performed ‘Hey Ewe!’ for parents and friends on the afternoon and evening of the 16th December. The children told the story of the Nativity through the eyes of a very curious sheep. The PTA served tea, coffee, mince pies and shortbread after the performances. £102 was raised on the day from the Christmas Hamper Raffle. Thank you to everyone who attended and supported the pupils.
