Award Winners 15.2.19
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Janice Jamieson Memorial Foundation Assembly
On Friday 15th February we were joined at our assembly by Sandy Jamieson from the Janice Jamieson Memorial Foundation. Sandy provided us with an update on the work of the foundation and shared his experience of a recent trip that he had made to Malawi to experience first hand the work of the foundation. A cheque was presented to Sandy on behalf of the school with this years sponsor money for our young person Joshua whom we support through he foundation.
Further information on the foundation can be found on at
https://www.janicejamieson.org.uk/
or
on the foundations Facebook page.
Active Travel Breakfast
On Friday 15th of February we had an Active Travel breakfast in school. This breakfast was organised by Katie from ibike and Sue from the WOW project. We were also joined by Strider the WOW project mascot. Dalbeattie Primary School are participating in both projects and want to encourage as many pupils as possible to travel to school in an active way. Over 100 pupils attended for breakfast on Friday. Well done all those active travellers. Keep up the fantastic effort.
Sharing Learning
This week Primary 7 pupils visited Primary 1 and Primary 1/2 to share their learning. As part of their language and literacy work, P7 have been working on writing in Scots. They rewrote the Gruffalo in Scots and illustrated their own books. The classes then shared their work with P1 and P1/2 . Everyone had a wonderful afternoon sharing and learning together.
Regional Gymnastics Competiton
19 pupils from P3-P7 took part in this years Regional Schools Gymnastics Competition. Pupils have attend after school clubs with Mrs Duncan and Amy Bradbury from Active School and developed their skills and techniques to produce routines and vaults for the competition. The pupils all performed well and represented the school extremely well. Our Level 2 team of Sophie, Abbie, Lily and Eva were winners within their section and will now progress to the next round in Perth. Sophie was also the overall winner in the Level 2 section.
Homefront Histories
On Wednesday P7 had a visit from Homefront Histories. The pupils had a fantastic time carrying out a range of engaging and active learning activities relating to their WW2 topic.
Candy Cane Mice
Merry Christmas P3/4!
Enjoy your candy cane mice- I wonder if they will make it to the Christmas tree!
Rocks and Wheels
On Monday 10th December, Primary 3 went to visit the old school as part of ‘our community’ topic. We met Michelle from Dalbeattie Community Initiative, who took us into the old infant building and told us about the proposal for ‘Rocks and Wheels’. We were all intrigued to find out about the plans and what it would mean for us, the people of Dalbeattie and the wider community.
We were excited to hear of plans for climbing walls, a hostel and a cafe, as well as many other things! It would mean lots of people coming into our town and would bring lots of opportunities for jobs and more visitors.
The plans looked great. We were then taken on a little treasure hunt/orienteering route to find letters. These letters then spelled out two words, ‘Better Lives’, and this is what Michelle said she wanted for our community.
Thank you to Michelle and also to Mrs Duncan, Mrs Blackwood and Christopher, who helped on the day.
Mrs Wixon
Viking Longships
WOW! What an impressive show of Longships from P3/4. The children were desperate to present their ships to the class and did so with such confidence and enthusiasm. Such a variety of sizes, materials and creative ideas! Amazing effort from children and the adults too, thank you! (even more to come tomorrow)
Roman Roads
As part of their class learning, Primary 4 have been building Roman Roads. Please read the fantastic reports below to find out more about what the pupils have been learning about,the skills they used and what they really thought of Roman road building.
