The children in the P4-7 class have been busy planting an orchard at Kells. Thanks to Mrs Jayne Johnston for donating a variety of different apply trees to start us off. The children are diligently watering, weeding and caring for the new trees. Hopefully in the future we can make some really exciting and delicious food to eat.
On the 9th of February the children of Kells dressed up as characters from 1918. Poppy Scotland has launched a nationwide fundraising campaign, which the Glenken schools have signed up for. It is hoped that each group registered will raise £1918 throughout this very important centennial year, to help improve the lives of ex-services men and women.
Ms Keron joined us in the afternoon to talk about the 100 year anniversary of the Suffragettes. The children were very engaged and came up with some good suggestions on how to have an equal voice for all. Many thanks to Ms Keron for her time and stunning Suffragette costume.
Kells children made there way to the New Galloway War memorial on Friday 10th November to pay their respects to those who fought and died in war. P1-3 children made 2 poppy wreaths to place on the memorial. Ruby, Izak, Jennifer, Hannah and Sophie read out poems they had written, and Amy read out the Poem ‘In Flanders Field’. Mr Scrimshaw played The Last Post on his trumpet which added a sombre note to the occasion.
Kells recently received a thank you letter and certificate from Save the Children for all the hard work they did for Den Day in June. The children raised £35.40 which is a great effort from a small school. Accepting the certificate are Kells House Captains Amy, Ruby & Freya. All the children had a great day building dens and learned many knew skills and solved many problems.
The children also had a spotacular day last Friday to raise money for Children in Need. They raised a whopping £47.78. Well done to everyone!
Elizabeth Spernagel was the winner of our harvest Festival art competition. Her winning painting ‘Fields of Gold’ was used on the gift tags for the food packages that Kells Primary children put together and distributed to the elderly of new Galloway. One of those who received a package, Mr Hamish Yoeman, liked the picture so much he had it framed and asked us to present it to Elizabeth. Unfortunately he was unavailable to present the picture himself, so it was presented by Mrs Muir
There was a great deal of excitement at Kells when Mrs Brydson brought in 2 of her pet lambs for the children to see, pat and feed. They were much bigger than we thought they would be and were very tame.
Recently Judith Sauberlich and Dave Hook from Dumfries & Galloway Blood Bikes visited Kells. The pupils were told all about the voluntary service where blood and medical supplies are transported around the region from one hospital to another. They also got the opportunity to ask questions, and more importantly, sit on the motorbike. The pupils also came up with some fundraising ideas for later in the school year to raise money to support the work of this valuable service.
On Friday 9th December, Yvonne Gall (Macmillan Volunteer), visited Kells to deliver a presentation to the P1-7 pupils at assembly on the important work that the charity does and what the money will go towards. After Yvonne’s presentation the Primary 7 pupils presented the cheque for £1179.93.
Thank you once again to everyone who helped us raise this tremendous total.
On Remembrance Day the P1-7 pupils visited the New Galloway’s War Memorial. The pupils laid poppy wreaths that they had made plus some of the older pupils read ‘In Flanders Fields’.
Primary 7 pupils hosted the annual Macmillan Coffee Morning at the Cross Keys Hotel last week. The pupils have raised an amazing £901.01 so far with some money still to come in. The pupils would like to thank the New Galloway community for supporting the event. A big thank you, as always, 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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