Amber was the lucky winner of our School Dinners Design a T-shirt competition. Her design was made into a t-shirt and everyone in Primary 5 received a winning t-shirt with Amber’s design. WeeDeeGee came along to see us in our wonderful t-shirts. Well done Amber!
Primary 4 have just recently had a fun filled day to Rockcliffe and Kippford. This was to tie in with their learning about the Galloway Coastline. At Rockcliffe, they met with National Trust for Scotland (NTS) Rangers to look for creatures in rock pools and to build awareness about the issues of plastic and other litter in the oceans after collecting items from the beach. A big thank you goes to James and David and the other NTS volunteers. then it was time for a walk up the Muckle Hill before lunch on the beach near to Roughfirth. At Kippford the pupils had a visit to the RNLI Station where they saw the crew’s changing room and kit. They even got to try on some of the gear and enjoyed a close up look at the lifeboat itself. We are very grateful to Linda for showing us around. At the Solway Yacht Club (SYC) the children watched some dinghies out sailing together with a safety boat. The children also saw, at close hand, ‘Everest Skye 2, ‘ the namesake albeit number 2 of the dinghy in the Nursery garden back at school, which was gifted by SYC back in November ahead of a boat naming ceremony by Sir Malcolm Ross. At the SYC boat yard, the pupils enjoyed helping to do the final rigging of the laser dinghy before seeing it launched by James Howie. Thank you SYC and the Bishop family. Thank you also to all the parent and grandparent helpers. A great day was had by all!
Primary 5 were learning about the artist Andy Goldsworthy and were amazed at his outdoor art. They used his work as inspiration to create their own outdoor art using natural materials.
As part of our Scotland topic in Primary 5, we were visited by Leah’s mum and a gamekeeper who spoke to us about local wildlife. We really enjoyed hearing facts about the deer in particular. Thank you for offering to come into school. We also had a visit from British Divers Marine Life Rescue who gave us a very informative talk about the important work they do. We especially enjoyed hearing about the rescue of the seal. Thank you for visiting us!
Last week Madame Norel visited Dalbeattie Primary and spent two days visiting the classes. She taught various topics throughout the school including some information and stories about life in France. The children were most enthusiastic and P1F were particularly interested in the snail shells!! Thank you for coming!
Mrs Graham’s P6/7 maths group ventured outside in the sunshine today to learn all about angles. We created acute, obtuse, right, reflex and straight line angles from shadows our bodies made. We also drew pictures and made group models , finding the angles throughout . Using the cameras , we photographed as many different and unusual angles as we could . Photos to follow!
P1, P2 and P3 recently enjoyed developing their cricket skills with Rosy Ryan, cricket development coach. Information can be found on the leaflets sent home with the children about joining a club.
On Thursday 10th May Primary 6 and 7 were visited by Jude from Scottish Opera to teach them a little more about the background of their upcoming Scottish Opera performance.
Jude taught the classes some Mandarin words and the children explored the history of Emperor Zhu Di.
Thank you Jude.
Group 2 have just completed their block of PE transition lessons with Mr Drennan. They have taken part in sessions of running track, hockey, boxercise and softball over the past 4 weeks and have thoroughly enjoyed their experiences.
On Friday afternoon last week a group of P7’s came down to P1 to help us plant various seeds as part of our ‘In the Garden’ topic work. We worked in groups and when we were finished we also had fun making plasticene flowers together. Last but by no means least the P7’s volunteered to read us some stories. Thank you P7 and come back soon!
