Towards the end of term P1 had a great visit to Threave Gardens in connection with our ‘In the Garden’ topic. We had great fun working with James and Colin the Rangers and lucky for us the sun shone all day!
Category Archives: Class Learning
P1/2 trip to Rockcliffe
P1/2 had a fantastic time at Rockliffe for our school trip. The children loved hunting for sea creatures in the rockpools and learning all about the beach through playing games.
P3 Baking with Annette
On Wednesday 26th June, P3 had a lovely visit from local lady Annette Need. Annette is a baker and she also runs the Colvend Producer’s Market. We thought this would fit in perfectly with our Food and Farming topic. She kindly brought in all the ingredients for us to make our own pizzas.
Firstly, we had a chance to taste all of the lovely ingredients – some of which we would not think to put on a pizza. It was great to see all of the different faces when sampling the food! We then had to roll our dough and put our tomato sauce base on. We had the option of three different cheeses before then selecting out toppings.
After making the pizza, we put them in the oven to cook. Not long after, we were able to safely transport our pizzas back to the classroom before saving them to take home.
Thank you Annette for taking the time to come and do this with us – we thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks also to the two high school pupils who helped, Miss Aitchison and also to Mrs Houston for allowing us to use her facilities again.
Mrs Wixon
End of Term Assembly 2019
Dalbeattie Primary has just held another successful end of term assembly and awards. Prizes and awards were presented as follows:
Alistair Gourlay Art Prize-Winner was Evie McGougan. Runners up were Elise Wixon, Dylan Slack, Kai Hill, Darcey Frew, Isla Tattersfield, Ebony McMorran
Babsie Caig Primary 7 Role Model– Louise Kelting
Jenny Corrie Poetry Award- Grace Hurley
History Cup- Lily Davidson
Alan Younger Art Trophy- Amber Latimer
Lions Club Citizenship Prize- Winner was Katie Mein. Runners up were Emma Newbould, Anne Keeley, Kerri O’ Dornan, Jessica Bowden and Cara Houston.
Janice Jamieson Reading Award-Winner was Jennifer Taylor. Runners up were Keira Johnston, Isaac Gibbs Brown, Joy McCall and Samuel Havler.
Mc Shane Award for Effort- Evie Smallwood
Girls 300m Winner- Jennifer Taylor
Boys 300m Winner-Thomas Brown
Girls Champion Cup- Jennifer Taylor
Boys Champion Cup-Thomas Brown
The Taylor Shield for Best Sports House Team was won by Craignair and the House Points Trophy was won by Screel.
In addition to these awards, certificates and prizes were also presented to William Heughan Citizenship Prize winners: Elise Wixon, Amalie Wykes, Lucy Smith, Lexie Anderson, Jasmine Wixon, Robbie Wykes, Ruari Webster, Jennifer Taylor, Reece Latimer, Logan Carson, Jessica Bowden. The following also received certificates: Jude Mouat, Connor Hitchell, Cameron Hitchell, Ella Blaikie, Fallon McGimpsey, Rebecca Hird, Jessica Boynton, Rory McCormick, Ebony McMorran, Katie Harper, Freya MacIntosh, Abigail Houston, Aoife Tallontire, Eilidh Tallontire, Fabio Murray Sanchez, Blair Kalotka, Amber Latimer, , Katie Mein, Emma Harper, Finlay Burns, Megan Oswald, Grace Hurley, Carrie Davidson.
Also presented later in the day were framed pictures to keep for Jennifer Taylor and Ebony McMorran, who had previously won the Library Mascot competition. These designs have now been enhanced using graphics and copies have been framed to display in school. The images, saved as jpegs, can now be used in the future on library certificates or prizes.
We were, however, sorry to be saying goodbye to Miss Thomson, Miss Wilson and Miss Dalton.
Primary 1 / 2 Pirate Fun Day
Primary 1 /2 has had a great pirate fun day which included a treasure hunt in the playground, ‘sea’ role play storytelling corner, pin the patch on the pirate, make a giant pirate ship from cardboard and cup cake decorating. Thank you Miss Dalton for a fab day!
Primary Three Visit to Galloway Soup Company
On Monday 24th June, P3 had the opportunity to visit the Galloway Soup Company for our lunch. It was a special treat, but also linked to our Food and Farming topic. After braving the monsoon, we arrived and Joanne provided the children with their lunch and also talked to us about the ingredients she used, discussed sustainability and also her links with local businesses. She really underlined the importance of keeping things local!
We also had a little quiz using some pictures, to find out where the products came from – local honey, milk and strawberries to name a few.
We were sent on our way after having a lovely baby hot chocolate (with marshmallows and cream!), and also an ice cream from Glen Urr. Thank you Joanne for a thoroughly enjoyable lunch. The children and I will be back!
Mrs Wixon
Primary 3 Farm Trip
Awards 31.5.19
On Friday 31st May, we had our assembly in the Heughan Hall due to rain bringing the Queen of The South Football Coaching indoors to our own Primary Hall. Once more, we had many very deserving Head Teacher’ Award winners. We were also treated to a display by some of our recent gymnastic finalists. Also exciting was the presentation of certificates to our winners of the Horse Riding Competition.
P5 Outdoor Learning
Primary 5 learned about the artist Andy Goldsworthy and then worked in groups to create their own Eco Artwork. They also played team games outside to develop their skills in using the eight compass points and their knowledge of place value. Great teamwork everyone!
SSPCA visitor in Primary 5
Primary 5 learned more about the work of the SSPCA and their role in protecting Scottish Wildlife. We loved the interactive activities. We applied our coding skills to animate our robotic Oscar the Owl and tested our knowledge in the team board game. Thank you to the SSPCA for a very informative visit!
