Our Weekly School News
Sharing our learning with the school community.
School News
We were excited to welcome ex-pupil, David Mcmath, to our Achievement Assembly on Monday. David was representing Scotland at the Commonwealth games in the Double Trap shooting event and won the Gold Medal!
David kindly came along to show us his gold medal and answer lots of questions about his sport and what it was like to win Gold for Scotland.
A reminder that Monday is the May Day Holiday and the school will be closed.
A reminder that the deadline for ordering school uniform is Wednesday 9th May. Due to lack of space to store uniforms please make sure you order what you need for the school year ahead, as we are unable to guarantee that any orders placed after the deadline will be met. A sample of the school clothing is available for you to view in the entrance hall at the main door at the school. Please come in to check the sizes you require, as we cannot guarantee that exchanges will be made when your order arrives.
Class News
Primary 1
We’ve been busy writing our assembly – practising the songs and making decorations. We are looking forward to performing to our families.
We are enjoying having the Nursery visiting the classroom as part of their transition.
Indie – “We look after them”.
Elsa – “We have a French café, it has lots of food”. We are learning about French food – we would like to try croissant.
Congratulations to Noah – our pupil of the week.
Primary 1/2
We’ve been in the rainforest this week! One of our favourite activities has been building rainforests from fresh vegetables!
Kyle said “George and I are making fly traps”.
Eamon – “These are tall trees in the Emergent layer!”
We also went into the Nature Garden for a little while to see what it would feel like in the rainforest – and it was raining too!
Primary 2
We have been learning about the half past time and we can match digital and analogue times.
We learned Ethiopia was very hot and dry compared to our country of Scotland. Twelve of us would like to live there but the rest of us would find it too hot. Struan thinks there may not be enough water for everyone.
We went out to the MUGA to practise team games.
Primary 3
This week P3 have been very busy!
In maths we have been adding numbers by using chimney sums. We have been working really hard on making sure our work is layed out correctly and taking our time to work out the answer to tricky sums.
Sam – “We have been learning to add multiples of 100”
Kianna – “We have to make sure our work is laid out properly. That helps us to get the answer to tricky sums”.
We have also been learning about the clothes that the Romans would wear. They were very different from our clothes. “Some poeple would wear belts made of wood” – Holly “A Roman man would wear a purple toga if he was an Emporer” – Lewis
“Is the woman Roman was rich she would have fancy hair and makeup. She would have a slave to do her hair and makeup for her” – Lexi
“They would wear a tunic underneath their clothes” – Ben R.
This week we have also been very lucky and on Tuesday Sheila came out to talk to us about food and farming. We learnt lots! We also went on a class trip to Littleton farm on Thursday where we got to see a dairy farm in action.
“Sheila told us the names of lots of different types of farm” – Lexi
“We learned that milk with a red top is called skimmed milk” – Pawel
“The milk with a blue top is whole milk and a green top means it is semi-skimmed” -Alex
“We have different types of milk because of the fat that is in each milk. Skimmed milk has the least fat and whole milk has the most” – Isla McF
“My hand was in the calves mouth” – Reese
“The cows had jewellery. They were ear tags that told us which cow was which” – Alex
“They can fit 70 cows in the milking parlour at once! – Gregor
“We saw a calve that had just been born that day. We watched the farmer coming to put a navel spray on to make sure it didn’t get an infection” _ Amelia
“We got to go in the calve pens!” – Saffron
We have been learning how to say different types of weather in French with Mrs De Silva.
In PE we have been working on different circuit activities in preperation for Sports Day.
Primary3/4
This week we have been learning about the Aurora Borealis. “Artists say its too beautiful to draw or describe” – Maxi. Alannah said “that you can’t see the Aurora when its cloudy”. Jesse learned “you can only see them at night”.
In Maths we have started learning about money and giving change.
In P.E. we have been working on our fitness. We have been doing circuits to do this.
Freya has started at multi-sports. Lily has started making a door stop at stitch club. Elle moved up a Level in gymnastics. Alannah has been making a flag at Brownies. Oliwier got a certificate for climbing a light house. Shea learned how to kick a football backwards into the goal. At Cubs Maxi, Alexander and Oliver went a walk around town.
Primary 4
In maths we introduced data handling. We have been using tallies and tables, grouped data and frequency tables. We have enjoyed posing questions and exploring the information needed to answer it. With a partner we played the vowel and number challenge.
This week in topic we have been learning how the heart circulates blood in the body and the role of our arteries and veins. We got into groups outside and each took on a different role. We pretended the beanbag was the blood and passed it in the correct circulation, getting faster to show an increase in heart rate. Inside we felt, counted and compared our pulses at rest and after exercise. This helped us understand that exercise is one way to keep the heart healthy.
Isla, Holly and Eilidh have been awarded their first aid certificates at Brownies.
Primary 4/5
P4/5 have been working hard this week. We have been enjoying doing our Transport Topic. We have been learning about James Watt and Kirkpatrick MacMillan.
Amy – “I enjoyed doing my French homework”.
Amy, Ellie and Kyla have learnt how to use the sewing machine at Stitch Club.
Amy and Jessica are the new times table Champions.
Primary 5
This week we have started Super Scot. We have been doing some Drama with Miss Gainford. In Drama we have been doing mirror reflection and also some RME. We have been studying Judaism.
We all enjoyed meeting David McMath with his Commonwealth Gold Medal this week.
Lacey completed the bars in gymnastics,. Ellie got Reader of the Month.
Primary 5/6
We’ve been busy preparing for our class assembly this week. We worked as team to write our assembly script. We have also been making 3D sculptures out of wire. We had to appoint a team leader and use our materials wisely. We have attached some pictures of this and also of some of our practical science experiments during our Murder Mystery Topic. The results show that Mrs Hope was the culprit! Mrs Cunningham would like it known that she was totally innocent- on this occasion!!
Primary 6
“We have continued practising our division and I feel much more confident.” (Isla A)
“We have been learning about the European Union and Brexit. I learned that the UK joined the EU in 1973 and the vote to leave was in 2016.” (Isla L)
“On Wednesday, we learned about festivals in our European country of study.” (Mia)
“We started Lacrosse this week and we practised throwing and catching.” (Jayden)
“We were looking at bordering countries in Europe.” (Andrew D)
Primary 6/7
We have displayed our Anderson shelters for the school to see.
In Maths we have been looking at Roman and Major number systems.
We have been looking at ordnance survey maps and reading symbols.
We completed our Tag Rugby sessions.
We have continued to prepare our class talks.
Good luck to Callie and Chloe who are traveling to Perth on Sunday for a dance competition.
Primary 7
In maths we have been learning about time – converting digital time to analogue times and looking at time zones.
We wrote newspaper articles based on our job fair.
In P.E. we gave started playing lacrosse.
Marissa, George and Matthew have been up to the high school to work on the scenery for show club.
In Art we have been learning about shading techniques. We are getting assessed next week.
Community News
Stewartry Gymnastics Club – Soup & Sweet Saturday 5th May 12pm – 2pm Castle Douglas Parish Church
Please come along and join us for a hot bowl of soup and a yummy sweet. Tea/Coffee/Juice
£5 per adult and £2.50 per child
There will also be a raffle.
Disability Sport Stewartry
We have some new exciting sport sessions coming to the Stewartry area in the next week:
Disability Ball Skills
All abilities welcome
For anyone with a Physical, Sensory or Learning Disability
Castle Douglas Town Hall
5-6pm
Mondays 30th April, 14th May, 21st May, 28th May,
£8 block booking payments made to Castle Douglas Pool reception.(Available to book from this weekend 28th April)
Ages 7+
Disability Multi Sport
All abilities welcome
For anyone with a Physical, Sensory or Learning Disability
Dalbeattie Town Hall
5-6pm
Fridays 4th May, 11th May, 18th May, 25th May
£8 block booking payments made to Castle Douglas Pool reception. .(Available to book from this weekend 28th April)
Ages 11+
Disability Tennis
Dalbeattie Tennis Club
All abilities welcome
For anyone with a Physical, Sensory or Learning Disability
Friday 27th April, Fridays 4th May, 11th May, 18th May, 25th May
Adults 16+ years old
11am-12pm
Juniors 5-16 years old
3.15pm-4pm
£3 per session: Pay on the evening
Reminders
Primary 1– 18th May – class assembly
25th May – story time session
Primary 1/2– Don’t forget about our class assembly on Friday 11th at 9.15am! We are also still collecting junk modelling materials – particularly 2 litre plastic bottles, cardboard tubes and other cardboard materials.
Primary 4/5 – P.E. shoes and kit for Tuesday and Wednesday.
Primary 6/7 – CDHS day on Thursday. Please be there before 9 a.m. and remember what you’ve to do after it.
Paul Jones letters to be returned ASAP.
Primary 7 – Thursday 10th May – High School Health Day.
