Dear Families and Friends of Crossmichael and Gelston Primary Schools,<\/p>\n
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Reflecting on the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n Our school year is coming to an end which gives us the chance to reflect on everything that we have accomplished this session.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In August, our pupils returned to school and learned to adapt to health and safety requirements and changes to routines caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.\u00a0 We enjoyed being back together again and although we had to rethink Halloween and Christmas celebrations, we were still able to have fun!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In January, the schools were closed again until 22nd<\/sup> February when our P1-3 pupils returned, closely followed by our P4-7 pupils on 15th<\/sup> March.\u00a0 Our children, staff and parents adapted once again to remote learning and enjoyed seeing each other on video calls via Microsoft TEAMS.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n After a well deserved Easter holiday, all pupils returned for term 4.\u00a0 Across our schools we have had, two sports days, two Fun Days, our P6\/7 pupils visited the Galloway Activity Centre and we are having two end of term assemblies this week.\u00a0 Unfortunately, parents are not yet allowed access to school but we have enjoyed keeping lines of communication open via our closed class Facebook pages, the school blogs, via telephone and email.\u00a0 Our P7 pupils and new P1 pupils have been involved in transition activities too.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I wish our Primary 7 pupils well as they transition to secondary school.\u00a0 It has been a pleasure to work with them and their families.\u00a0 I wish you all every success in the future!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I would like to thank pupils, parents and staff for all their hard work this year.\u00a0 I feel so proud to be your Headteacher.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n End of Year Pupil Progress Reports<\/strong><\/p>\n On Friday, we sent you a copy of your child\u2019s end of year report along with a letter explaining the curricular levels.\u00a0 It would be useful to gather some feedback about the layout and content of the reports.\u00a0 Please feel free to email your comments to your child\u2019s teacher or to the school office email address.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Crossmichael P4\/5 and Feis Rois<\/strong><\/p>\n For the last eight weeks, pupils in P4\/5 have been working with\u00a0Feis Rois<\/strong>\u00a0over TEAMS. Feis Rois is a traditional Scottish music initiative. \u00a0\u00a0This year our learning had to be completed remotely so we changed our approach and created a\u00a0digital postcard<\/strong>.<\/p>\n They created a poem about Threave Castle and Sir William Douglas. \u00a0They learned about sound effects and created a melody to play behind their poem.\u00a0 Some children created an image and others recorded the poem. \u00a0This was collated and printed professionally on a postcard before being sent to another school somewhere in Scotland.<\/p>\n Here is the link to view the postcard and to listen to the finished product.\u00a0 (Hold your phone camera over the QR code and it will take you to a link to hear our masterpiece).<\/p>\n You can print this out if you wish and you can share with your wider \u00a0family and friends.<\/p>\n