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Galloway Music Festival 2013

March 28, 2013 Mr Gray

A number of pupils represented Kells at the Galloway Music Festival this year. All the pupils were a credit to the school. Here is our roll of honour –

Kelsie – 1st place with Hannah in the Beginners Duet class, 2nd in the Juniors Duet with Bronnen and 3rd place in the Vocal Solo for Grade 3.

Hannah – 1st place with Kelsie in the Beginners Duet and 3rd equal in the Vocal Solo for Grade 2.

Murray – 3rd equal in the Vocal Solo for Grade 2.

Evie – 3rd equal in the Vocal Solos for Beginners.

Thomas – 3rd equal in the Vocal Solo for Beginners and 3rd in the P6 Scots Verse class.

The Choir of 11 – 2nd place plus received a Distinction in the Hymn & Folk Song class.

P4-7 Choir – Received a Distinction in the Primary Choir 1-3 Teachers class.

Bronnen – 1st place in P6 Poem or Monologue, 1st place in the P6-7 Prose reading, 2nd in the Vocal Solo for Grade 2 and 2nd place in the Juniors Duet with Kelsie.

Well done Everyone!

RHET Food & Farming Day at Wallets Mart, CD.

March 13, 2013 Mr Gray

The pupils of P5-7 and the senior pupils from Carsphairn enjoyed their visit to the RHET Food and Farming Day at Wallets Mart in Castle Douglas recently. The pupils were involved in a range of interesting farming activities over the course of the day. Below are some photographs of the visit.

RHET Food & Farming Day March 2013 095 — Thomas - Best Auctioneer!

Worker of the Month – February 2013

March 5, 2013 Mr Gray Leave a comment

P1-4 Vanessa – ‘Working very hard to write her numbers and count correctly.’

P5-7 Jasmin – ‘ Her Diary with a Twist covered all her targets in Big Writing with appropriate punctuation, good use of paragraphs and very good uplevelling of spellings. ‘

Well done to both pupils!

Annual Scots Verse Competition

February 27, 2013 Mr Gray Leave a comment

Recently we held our annual Scots Verse competition. Mr Mike Duguid, our guest judge, had the very difficult task of choosing the pupils who were going to represent the school at the Galloway Music Festival.

The results were as follows –

P1 1st Dante 2nd Vanessa

P2&3 1st Robert 2nd Sarah 3rd Gracie

P4 1st Cosmas 2nd Ben 3rd Charlotte

P5 1st Georgiana 2nd Florrie 3rd Laura

P6 1st Bronnen 2nd Jasmin 3rd Thomas

P7 1st Kyle 2nd Kelsie 3rd Oliver

Good luck to the P2-7 pupils representing the school at the Galloway Music Festival!

Burns Supper 2013

February 5, 2013 Mr Gray Leave a comment

P7 pupils at Kells Primary hosted the annual Burns Supper in the school hall recently.

Invited guests, pupils, school staff, parents and family members enjoyed the speeches and entertainment that was provided by P5/6/7 pupils.

Erin and Amberleigh delivered the welcome address and introduced each invited guest and speaker. The Selkirk Grace was then recited by Oliver. Hannah carried in the haggis to the skirl o’ the pipes played by Mr Glen Cunningham. Kyle and Oliver recited the Address tae a Haggis. The primary 6 pupils helped serve the traditional meal of haggis, neeps and tatties.

The Immortal Memory was presented by Mia and Poppy..

The Toast tae the Lassies was presented by Freddie and Kyle.

The Lassies Reply was made by Hannah and Kelsie.

There were recitations of Scots Poetry from Florrie, Georgiana, Yelena & Jasmin.

The School Choir sang Loch Lomond and Flower of Scotland.

A very enjoyable evening was concluded with everyone singing Auld Lang Syne.

Burns Supper 2013 003 — Piping in the Haggis

Burns Supper 2013 004 — Don't drop it Hannah!

Burns Supper 2013 008 — Addressing the Haggis

Burns Supper 2013 009 — Addressing the Haggis Part 2

Burns Supper 2013 011 — The Immortal Memory

Burns Supper 2013 013 — Toast to the Lassies

Burns Supper 2013 019 — Glen the Sheepdug

Burns Supper 2013 022 — Choir getting ready

Burns Supper 2013 024 — Flower of Scotland & Loch Lomond

Burns Supper 2013 028 — After Auld Lang Syne!

Christmas Concert 2012

December 20, 2012 Mr Gray Leave a comment

This year’s Christmas Concert was on the afternoon and evening of Wednesday 19th December. P1-4 opened the concert by playing a tune on their recorders and then singing ‘Jingle Bells.’ P5-7 then performed ‘The Angry Hotel Man.’ The raffle for the Christmas Hamper was drawn at the end of the performance by the PTA. The winner was Miss J. McQueen. The evening was concluded with the parents and friends enjoying refreshments, mince pies and shortbread. Well done to all the pupils who performed!

Bikeability

December 12, 2012 Mr Gray Leave a comment

Laura, Charlotte, Eva and James recently completed the Bikeability Scheme with our trained volunteers, Mrs June Hay and Mrs Catherine Phillips. The training sessions focussed on different aspects of bike control. There will be opportunities for other children to participate in the Bikeability Scheme in the Spring. Well done to the pupils involved plus a big thank you to our cycling trainers.

RSNO Visit to P5-7

November 15, 2012 Mr Gray Leave a comment

Musicians from the royal Scottish National Orchestra visited the school for two sessions in October and November to work with the upper pupils. The pupils worked on a project titled, Supersonic. The pupils were involved in singing activities as well as creative music making. We were also fortunate to hear the very talented musicians playing their instruments.

P5-7 visit to the Catstrand

November 15, 2012 Mr Gray Leave a comment

Recently Mrs Bielinski our art specialist took the P5-7 pupils to the Catstrand for some art appreciation plus the opportunity to make Halloween lanterns.

Macmillan Coffee Morning 2012

October 9, 2012 Mr Gray Leave a comment

Primary 7 pupils hosted the annual Macmillan Coffee Morning at the Cross Keys Hotel last week. The pupils have raised an amazing £1007.49 so far with money still to come in. The pupils would like to thank the New Galloway community for supporting the event. A big thank you to Miss O’Hare for allowing the pupils to use the Cross Keys Hotel for the coffee morning. Thank you also to parents and family members who attended, worked at, donated baking and raffle prizes to the Macmillan Coffee Morning.

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