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Macmillan Coffee Morning Final Total

£1,235.33 was the final total raised for the Macmillan charity this year. Since 1993 Kells Primary has raised £10,671.80 for this very worthy cause.

Angela McCormack, Fundraising Manager for Macmillan, visited the school to receive the cheque from the primary 7 pupils and to thank them personally for all their hard work.

Well done to all the pupils involved in raising this tremendous amount of money. Thanks again to all of the parents and friends of the school who supported the pupils in this event.

Harvest Assembly

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.

Macmillan Coffee Morning

On Thursday 3rd October the pupils of Primary 6 and 7 organised and hosted a coffee morning in aid of Macmillan Cancer Care. Posters were created, invites distributed and money boxes were also made and taken home or given to local businesses. This has resulted in over £1000 being raised for this very worthwhile charity. Thank you to all the parents and friends of the school who supported the coffee morning.

Here are some photographs of the event at the Cross Keys Hotel in New Galloway.

All set up and raring to go
Welcome!
Busy, busy, busy
Macmillan merchandise for sale
Don't show our parents this photo!

Anti Bullying Poems

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


House Captain & Vice Captain Elections

The results of the above pupil elections were as follows –

Bennan

House Captain – Bronnen

Vice Captain – Murray

Clatteringshaws

House Captain – Finlay

Vice Captain – Amy

Kenmure

House Captain – Rory

Vice Captain – Jasmin

I am sure they will work hard to be super role models for the younger pupils and will carry out their duties effectively.

Red Nose Day 2013

The pupils have been busy raising money for this very worthwhile charity. The Pupil Council decided to hold a ‘Wear What You Want Day’ to raise money as well as selling red noses.

A group of pupils from the P5-7 class decided to do a sponsored silence. Jasmin raised £40, Georgiana £37.50, Florrie £44.63, Amberleigh £4.70, Hannah and Erin raised £7.80 and Laura raised £3.61. Well done girls!

The total money raised and donated by the school was £227.49!

Bronnen and Yelena decided to sell cakes to the pupils and staff at break times on Red Nose Day. They raised a super £73.60! Well done girls!

RHET Food & Farming Day at Wallets Mart, CD.

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.

Thomas - Best Auctioneer!