School News
We received this thank you email from Castle Douglas Rotary
Dear Castle Douglas Primary
Just a quick note to thank you and the pupils from Castle Douglas Primary School choir who helped with our Santa Sleigh collections on 20th December 2016 in Tesco Car Park.
I am delighted to inform you that a total of £1676.16 was raised over the six evenings.
The money will be used to support local good causes and charities.
Kind Regards
George Dickson
Community Convenor
Castle Douglas Rotary Club.
Car Park We have several families who need to use Disabled Parking Bays near the front of the school and are members of the Blue Badge scheme. We would ask that other families do not park in this area. Thank you for your help with this.
Class news
P1
Welcome back!
We have been doing science experiments this week – investigating how to make ice. We discovered that water needs to be put in a very cold place like the freezer for ice to be made. We predicted how to melt ice. Jack and Kahlen’s ice melted the quickest by pouring hot water on it.
P1/2
This week has been a busy one! We have started our new topic and are learning about water and ice. We discussed our ideas of how we could freeze our cups of water. We decided to put some in the freezer and to put some outside. We loved watching our ice melt the next day.
Nikola – “We put our ice in the sunshine, it melted quickly near the radiator.”
The snow on Thursday was perfect timing for us to go out and talk about the melting process – we were sad it didn’t last!
P2b
We have been revising halves and learning about quarters this week in maths. We looked at star constellations and made our own. We finished our collage owls with Mrs Harris.
P3a
This week P3a have been learning about opposites with Miss Gainford.
For our maths we have been focusing on fractions. Looking at finding thirds of shapes and numbers. We have also started our Mental Maths Time challenge.
There have been lots of achievements in the swimming pool. Both Duncan and Niamh received certificates and Douglas moved up a group. Cullen attended his first Taekwondo class and Milly learned the scale on her chanter. Skye learned the Highland Fling in her Scottish Country Dancing.
P4
We have started “Kindness 5” this week, where we take 5 minutes each day to discuss what acts of kindness we see in our class.
Logan- “You get to see who has been kind and get a sticker if you’ve been kind to someone.”
We have also made lovely winter art pictures looking at shades of colour.
We have been practising our 9 times table – lots of practice at home would be good too, if possible!
P5/6
We have been learning about Charles Rennie MacIntosh and we recreated his work. We also created a picture mosaic of Scottish people in the shape of the saltire. In maths we have been working with function machines. We are learning to use VCOP to improve our writing.
P6
Our new topic is the Victorians and we have been finding things out about Queen Victoria.
In maths we are learning about measure. We have been working on mm, cm and m.
In PE we are doing circuits. Next week we will get our base-line scores and try to beat them each week.
In language we have been learning about similes.
Katie learned how to use a sewing machine. Nicole improved her tambourine skills. Cormac got picked for an athletics competition. Josh reached Level 3 in drum class.
Reminders for Next Week
P1 – PE Kit should be brought to school every Tuesday this term. We would like to remind everyone how important it is for homework to be brought each day.
P1/2 – Homework drop in on Monday at 8:50am or 3:00pm
P2b – Our Scots poem is The Crocodile and it will come home on Monday with your child’s homework. Please send your child with a PE kit on Monday as we have PE on Monday’s.
P4 – Mrs Johnstone asks girls not to wear ‘Skorts’ but rather shorts or leggings so we are safe using the gymnastic equipment.
P6 – Remember to bring your poem to school and please learn it as homework.
