Mrs Blackwood very kindly supported the school recently at our 140th Anniversary afternoon tea and took photographs of visitors in Victorian style costumes. Some pictures were taken in front of our historic bell tower. Many thanks to Mrs Blackwood and Mrs McConnell for their time and enthusiasm on the day. A selection of photos from the day are featured below.
Spring Walk to School Week 16th May – 20th May
We will be participating in this event next week. It means encouraging pupils to walk, cycle, or scoot to school therefore reducing the number of cars around the school.
Wednesday 11th May was World Orienteering day. Solway Orienteers visited Dalbeattie Primary School and organised an orienteering maze and other fun challenges. Pupils from P5-P7 all participated in this event.
Photos below show P7C participating on the day and extending their knowledge and skill levels in orienteering.
Primary 3 visited Tesco on Tuesday to find out more about where their food comes from. We also managed a quick trip to the live stock market to see some sheep being sold.
Many thanks to all those who organised and helped run our anniversary afternoon tea in the school today. The event was a great success and was very well supported. Thanks to all those who attended we hope you enjoyed your afternoon.
Pictures from the event will follow next week.
Six P7 pupils worked alongside pupils from Dalbeattie High School to make the scones, cakes and tray bakes for our Anniversary Afternoon Tea. The children worked collaboratively under the guidance and supervision of Mrs Houston from Dalbeattie High School. Thanks you to Mrs Houston and the class from Dalbeattie High School for the support with this event.
Thank you to Mrs Henderson our school catering manager for making anniversary cup cakes for children having school meals on our 140th Anniversary yesterday. The cakes all had special edible school badges on them.
Today we held a special Anniversary Parade to celebrate the 140th Anniversary of Dalbeattie Primary School. Pupils and staff were all presented with special anniversary badges as part of our 140 year celebrations.Thanks to Sam Kelly for filming this special event for us. We are now looking forward to our Victorian Afternoon Tea on Saturday.
On Tuesday 3rd of May Mrs Duncan attended the Dalbeattie Sea Cadet Inspection Night and Parade. The Cadets and Guard were inspected by Inspecting Officer : Captain Peter Adams RN. Captain Adams said that the cadets all looked very smart and he was impressed with their drill movements. The senior cadets shared a PowerPoint called “A Blast from the Past” about the history of the Dalbeattie Sea Cadet Unit. After Stand Easy (refreshments) the junior and senior cadets then carried out a First Aid demonstration with equipment purchased from funds donated by Dalbeattie Rotary Club. At the end of the evening the cadets ended the night with evening colours and a presentation of trophies to achieving cadets.
By Junior Sea Cadets : Andrew Miller, Leon Pipe,Logan Bond and Ryan McGinely
First Aid Demonstration
Andrew taking charge of Division at Evening Colours
Dalbeattie Sea Cadets
The wet and miserable weather today didn’t stop some of our P6 and P7 pupils from getting on their bikes and taking part in an ibike obstacle course with Katie our ibike leader. Children braved the rain and had a fantastic time developing their cycling skills going over various ramps, jumps and beams.
