Today P1F really enjoyed zooming around the playground on their scooters with Katie from ibike and we just managed to dodge the rain!
Last week we shared our favourite books in class and then wrote about them on World Book Day.
Category Archives: Class Learning
Cooking with Mrs Houston
Primary 3/4 and Primary 4 Cooking with Mrs Houston
Today we weighed, measured, sieved, stirred and washed up!
Oat and Honey Breakfast Muffins were a success!
Thank you Mrs Houston for use of the HE kitchen. We are looking forward to returning next week!
Primary 3/4 Tesco Tasting
Thank you to Angela at Tesco Castle Douglas for providing us with a range of milks and cheeses as part of ‘Our Body’ Topic. The class had great fun tasting, discussing textures and flavours.
P5 Fairtrade Workshop
Mrs Dyson was delighted to welcome back Mrs van Zwanenberg to speak to Dalbeattie Primary pupils about Fairtrade and to work with Primary 5 pupils in an interactive workshop. By studying a variety of Fairtrade products and labels, pupils became more aware of Fairtrade ingredients and their country of origin. Pupils sequenced the journey from cocoa bean to bar and discussed the issues facing the cocoa farmers. During Fairtrade Fortnight, Primary 5 pupils continued to develop their knowledge and understanding of Fairtrade and how it helps communities. Members of our class helped run the recent Fairtrade Break whilst many others made a donation to the Fairtrade Foundation through supporting this event.
P5 Scottish Mammal Projects
Primary 5 pupils proudly shared their Scottish Mammal Projects. They worked extremely hard on this homework task to research their chosen mammal, make notes of important information, present their research in an attractive way and create a 3D model of the animal using their own choice of media. After sharing with the class, pupils invited members of P5/6 to their celebration of learning event. Comments praised the fantastic effort made by all. Models and presentations are on display in school for all classes and visitors to enjoy.
P5 Wooden Models
Primary 5 pupils worked hard using their design skills to create a variety of wooden models. Mrs Dyson was impressed with how well they evaluated and made improvements to their design. Pupils enjoyed showing off their models which included marble run games, working cranes, pencil holders, a duck on a bridge, mini furniture to fit inside a model box room, aeroplanes, a paddle steamer and a wee Scots man!
Head Teacher’s Awards
Award Winners 8th March 2019
World Book Day 2019
Classes throughout the school enjoyed sharing their favourite books with each other for World Book Day. Pictures below show P3/4 and P4 activities and sharing time.
P1F and Katie Morag
Recently P1 have enjoyed reading the Katie Morag stories whilst learning about Scotland. We decided to compare Dalbeattie to the Island of Coll. First of all we went for a walk round our town taking lots of photographs ourselves which we then used to produce a poster of Coll and Dalbeattie. After this we had a great time creating our own Isle of Struay working together in groups. Mrs Fitzsimmons was very impressed how wonderfully we worked together, our creative use of construction materials and our original ideas. We enjoyed looking at each others islands and discussing our work.
We were also very lucky to be visited by some talented High School pupils at the end of our topic. Shannon played several tunes on the bagpipes for us and Kierra showed us how to do the Highland Fling…….which we then joined in!
Displays Around The School
Classes throughout the school have created some fascistic displays show casing pupil learning so far this term.
