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creativity, Local Community, Partnership Working, performing, Whole School

Christmas Service in Church December 2018

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The school has enjoyed a lovely end of term service in Dalbeattie and Kirkgunzeon Parish Church. The Primary 7 pupils performed a play entitled ‘A Super Christmas,’ directed by Mrs Duncan, where some superheroes were rather worried when they thought they would be out of a job due to a ‘new superhero’ coming to the world. Meanwhile, some shepherds had also heard the news and were on the way to find baby Jesus, following a star which the angel had told them to about. On the way, they met the superheroes and all was explained. Eventually, they all found baby Jesus and the superheroes realised they could still have a useful job but that Jesus, as  Saviour of us all, was there to help us all share God’s love and to feel part of his Church.  Mark Smith then shared his message about Christmas with the children before we all sang the songs we had been practising, Child in a Manger and Ding Dong.

Class Learning, performing

Primary 3/ 4 and the Vikings!

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The Morning boys and girls at nursery had a real treat today as they were invited along to watch a Viking play performed by                        Primary 3 /4. It was an excellent show. All the children had lines to say and they all delivered them confidently. Together with some wonderful singing and a fantastic display of Longships, which the children had made as part of a homework task linked to their topic work,  Primary 3 / 4 really did put on quite a show! Mrs Dunlop and Miss Kirkpatrick are really proud of the class for their enthusiasm, confidence and creativity. “Fabulous acting and tuneful singing- next stop Broadway!” commented Mrs Dunlop.

      

 

 

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Primary 1 and 2 Party

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Primary 1 and 2 children have just had a fantastic Christmas party. They played traditional games such as ‘I Sent a Letter,’ ‘The Farmer’s in his Den,’ ‘Hokey Cokey,’ ‘Pass The Parcel,’ ‘Musical Statues’ and ‘Corners’  together with some dancing competitions. Before juice and crisps, there was a big surprise:  Santa arrived to give out some little presents! This was quite a highlight for the boys and girls. Thank you Santa! They loved your visit.

After School Activities, Partnership Working

Primary 7 Party

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Primary 7 have just enjoyed their evening Christmas party  in the Heughan Hall, led by the Sports Leaders of Dalbeattie High School and organised by Miss Clendinning and Mrs Graham. Thanks go to Mrs Duncan, Mrs Murray and Jannie Jean who prepared the refreshments. A great time was had by all. A big thank you to Mr Drennan of DHS PE Department  for helping with the whole event, including the sound system!

creativity, effective contributors, Local Community, performing

A King Is Born Nativity December 2018

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Primary 1, 1 /2 and 2 have just performed their successful nativity ‘A King Is Born.’ The action follows some children who are too excited to sleep on Christmas Eve. Their Mum decides to tell them a bed-time story and of course, it’s the story of  ‘The First Christmas’ ever. The mum, played by Katie Dickie, then narrates the story which involves all the well- known figures such as the Shepherds, The Angel Gabriel and a host of angels, The Three Kings, Caesar, Roman Soldiers, Census Takers, Inn keepers and Citizens of Bethlehem  together, of course, with Mary, Joseph, Baby Jesus and a donkey. The show was performed once in the evening and once in the afternoon to large audiences. Thank you to everyone who came along. We were also pleased to welcome folks along from the Day Centre. We do hope you all enjoyed it! A big thank you to all the staff who helped make it possible and for all the children for learning all their words and new songs and to the parents who helped out with costumes.

citizenship, Class Learning, effective contributors, fundraising, Local Community, Whole School

Awards, RNLI Fundraiser and Wow Tracker

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At this week’s assembly, the children had a visit from Sue Ingram who gave an update about the Wow Tracker. She has brought badges for all the young people who have had the most ‘walk to school’ active journeys. Mrs Farish and Mrs Strachan, from Kippford RNLI Lifeboat Shop,  also joined us to receive a cheque for £300 which has been raised from our fundraiser to collect 5p coins in little jam jars. This week’s Head Teacher’s award winners  are also pictured.

Class Learning, Sports, Whole School

Awards 30.11.18

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Today, our awards were given for achievement and effort in numeracy. In addition to finding out about these winners, we also learned about some bug hotel work, in partnership  with Threave NTS,  from Primary 3 pupils.  Also celebrated, was swimming success for Jessica, Aulay and Ruari. The Wow Tracker (active routes to school) November monthly award was presented to Primary 5 for their results in walking to school.

  

 

citizenship, Class Learning, Local Community, Partnership Working

Primary 3 Litter Pick in the Local Community

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Primary 3 took part in a litter pick today in Colliston Park. This was part of their topic work about ‘Our Community.’ The children did a great job and also recorded their findings on survey sheets. We are pleased that the litter was not that evident today. Mrs Wixon who organised the event is very grateful to Solway Firth Partnership for the use of their litter pickers and bag hoops. Mrs Howie was also pleased to accompany the children for this activity as it relates to the school’s eco work where litter is an important topic.

citizenship, fundraising, Whole School

Children In Need

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Today we had a fun run wearing bright and sporty clothes to raise money for both Children in Need and the Janice Jamieson Memorial Trust to sponsor the education of a student in Malawi.

At the time of writing we are delighted to have raised the sum of £341. If anyone has not yet brought in a donation and would still like to contribute, we can still add more money to the total next week. We would like to say a big thank you to everyone for supporting these charities and for our young people for wearing their bright, sporty outfits and for showing such enthusiasm in participating in today’s event.

We would also like to say a huge thank you to Mr Drennan, the Sports Department and Sports Leaders of Dalbeattie High School. Today, we were not only able to use all the High School facilities but Mr Drennan and the Sports Leaders also organised warms ups for all the children before we made our way our onto the athletics track for running several laps. Some children managed quite a number of laps. Everyone enjoyed this ‘fun’ morning which proved to be a great start to a Friday morning.

Later in the day Mrs Duncan held two assemblies for Primary 1-4 and P5-7 where there was a focus on these charities. we were also joined by Rev mark Smith.