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.
M&M Productions will be performing the pantomime ‘Dick Whittington’ in the school hall on the afternoon of Monday 9th December. Dalry Primary pupils wills be joining us and the children from Dalry Nursery have also been invited.
Our Christmas Lunch will be on Wednesday 11th December at the cost of £1.75. Please contact the school office or Mrs McSkimming if you would like to order a Christmas Lunch for your child.
The Christmas Nativity will be on Monday 16th December. As usual there will be an afternoon and evening performance. This year it is the turn of P1-4 and they will be performing ‘Hey Ewe!’ Refreshments will be available after both performances. Raffle tickets will be on sale for the chance to win the Christmas Hamper.
The PTA are currently organising a Coffee & Cake afternoon in the school hall. This will take place on Thursday 19th December. There will also be games for the children to play as well as the ever popular cake stall. The raffle will be drawn to find out who has won the Christmas Hamper. Please come along and support the school.
On Friday 20th December there will be a Christmas Service at Dalry Church for Carspairn, Dalry and Kells pupils. Pupils will then walk back to Dalry School for hot chocolate and homemade shortbread after the service.
The date and time of the Christmas Party has still to be confirmed. We are still waiting for confirmation from Santa!
The P5-7 class found out about Fair Trade as part of their India topic on the 19th November. Katherine Naylor visited the school and spoke to the class about the importance of supporting Fair Trade by purchasing items with the special logo on it. Katherine also brought lots of Fair Trade goods for the pupils to look at and buy.
All pupils at Kells have recently been involved in Finance Education workshops. Bev Wilkinson, Finance Education Training Officer, delivered the ‘Money Box’ workshops to P1-4 and ‘Money Talks’ workshops to P4-7. Here are some photographs of the P4-7 pupils finding out about the different types of bank and store cards available in society. P4-7 pupils completed a series of tasks in their ‘Money Talks’ workbook and then were tested on what they had learned by participating in a quiz. The winner was Bronnen, second was Murray and third was Jasmin.
Our Harvest Assembly was held on Friday 11th October in the school hall. The pupils brought in lots of food for our Harvest Table as you can see from the photographs below. Our School Chaplain, Dr Bartholomew, told the pupils the Bible story about the loaves and fishes. P1-4 recited a poem about Harvest time and the whole school sang ‘Autumn Days’ and ‘I Have Seen the Golden Sunshine.’ After break time pupils from P5-7 delivered 26 harvest parcels to the elderly in New Galloway.
P5-7 wrote anti-bullying poems and entered them in a national competition organised by the charity ‘ Respect Me.’
Here are some of the poems submitted –
‘I Wanted to Tell…’ by Florrie
I am bullied.
Every single day.
They pinch and pull me,
In every single way.
One made my leg bleed.
Another broke my heart.
They stole my diary,
And ripped it into tiny parts.
I went to bed,
And cried all night.
I felt like I,
Couldn’t take a fight.
I wanted to tell.
But I was just too sad.
I couldn’t even tell,
Mum or Dad.
I felt, if I told,
I would get into trouble.
It was as if I floated in a lonely bubble.
‘Bullies are Nasty!’ by Stewart
Bullies are the worst people who ever lived!
Bullies can crush your heart, make you sad,
or they can make you bleed right down your leg.
They can make pain in your body and you can’t get any sleep at all.
Be brave and stand up for yourself.
Her’s some advice in case you get bullied again.
Tell an adult!
Also you can tell mum and dad, so you can be safe.
So I just told you what to do, but you could say you could be bullied again.
And I would say again
Tell an adult!
So be safe and keep calm
And,
Tell an adult!
‘Go Tell An Adult’ by AJ
Bulling is nasty
Ugly gestures
Low life
Lasting bad memories
Yobs are bad
Ignorant and rude
Nervous, distressing, harrowing
Go tell an adult
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