Leon and Myah enjoyed a leisurely cycle today with Katie from ibike and Mrs Duncan through Dalbeattie Town Wood. Well done both for participating in the cycle.
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Primary 7 Catering Skills
12 P7 pupils accompanied Mrs Duncan to Dalbeattie High School to prepare afternoon tea for current and former staff attending an after school event at Dalbeattie Primary. The pupils worked with Mrs Houston from Dalbeattie High School to make tray bakes,scones,short break and savoury snacks for the event. The food created was thoroughly enjoyed by guests at the afternoon tea.
Primary 4 Class Trips
Primary 4 have recently been on two fantastic class trips linked to this terms learning about Dumfries and Galloway. The first trip was to Threave Castle and Gardens and today the class along with P4/5 went a walk through our local forest to the Granite Heart stone.
Below are three reports about the trip to Threave Castle and Gardens and a selection of photos from both trips.
P4 Visit fantastic Threave Finlay
Country Dancers at Civic Daze
Some of our festival winning country dancers performed a selection of dances today at a Civic Daze event in Colliston Park. This was a first public performance for some and they danced beautifully. Well done everyone and thank you to Mrs Fortnum and Mrs McMinn for supporting the dancers today.
Open Day
A huge thank you to all those who came along to our final Open Day on Saturday 20th of May here in our iconic granite building. There was a fantastic turnout for the big picture in front of the bell tower. It was lovely to feel the atmosphere and buzz in the school as people shared memories whilst visiting classrooms and different areas of the school.
Setting set up and ready to welcome people.
Getting busier!
Sam was a great help to the Lions club with the balloons.
Galloway Pipes and Drums
Family time.
Sharing Memories
Bell ringing Donald Henderson and Dame Barbara Kelly
Gathering for the big picture.
Altogether on the granite slope in front of our iconic bell tower.
Tesco Bank Art Competition for Schools 2017
We are delighted to share some exciting news with you from here at Dalbeattie Primary School. Riley from P4/5 has been awarded a special merit in the Category C Primary 4 -7 section of this competition. The competition is in its 14th year and this year they received over 7,700 entries from all over Scotland so being amongst the winners is a major achievement. We are delighted that Riley is receiving this award. A huge thanks must also go to Mrs McLeman our specialist art teacher for selecting Riley’s piece of art work to enter in the competition along with several others form the class and a group composition from the P5 class.
Riley’s art work along with all other winning entries from each category will be framed and on display at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art 0-Modern ONE, from 10th June -24th September. The exhibition will then go on tour to Eastwood Park Theatre Gallery, Giffnock and Gracefield Arts centre in Dumfries until Spring 2018.
Smoking Matters
Last term P6,P6/7 and P7 classes all took part in a design competition run by Smoking Matters. The pupils were to design a flag that could be used to encourage people to stop smoking and help Scotland to become a smoke free nation by 2020. Jenny from P7 was awarded 2nd place in the competition. Well done Jenny a fantastic flag design.
History Prize
Please see information about a new history prize being awarded this year at our end of term assembly.
Walk to School Week
Please find below a copy of a letter from local authority about Walk to School Week. We would like to see as many pupils as possible participating in active travel during this week.
Rotary Quiz
Well done to our P7 Rotary Quiz team who came third in the regional qualifying event held today at Troqueer Primary School. The team were the winners of our cluster heat and went on to represent the school in the regional event. It was a very close run contest and the team were just piped by half a mark. The team were fantastic representatives for the school and all those involved in supporting them are very proud of their achievements.
