Primary 4 have recently been on two fantastic class trips linked to this terms learning about Dumfries and Galloway. The first trip was to Threave Castle and Gardens and today the class along with P4/5 went a walk through our local forest to the Granite Heart stone.
Below are three reports about the trip to Threave Castle and Gardens and a selection of photos from both trips.
P4 Visit fantastic Threave Finlay
Primary 5D pupils participated in an amazing ComputerXplorers Workshop and astounded everyone with their engineering skills. They used the latest Lego Robotics Technology to build and program amazing creatures that moved using motors, gears and wheels. Pupils learned how to program sensors to make robots respond to their surroundings. They worked collaboratively to make Lego lions roar and then lie down when thrown a bone. They used skills of coding and programming to make crocodiles snap, sailboats rock, footballers dive randomly for the ball, kicking legs , plane engines rev and a sleeping giant wake up when approached. Mrs Dyson, Mrs Connel, Mrs Cox and Mrs Ross were blown away by the teamwork and computer skills demonstrated by every single participant. Fantastic work Primary Five!
Primary 5 pupils enjoyed practising their French conversation during our French Breakfast. They ordered breakfast items for each other and enjoyed tasting a selection of traditional breakfast items. Mrs Dyson and Primary 5 pupils would like to say a special thank you to Mrs Kinghorn for organising the event. Merci Madame Kinghorn! As this was Mrs Kinghorn’s final session in our class, we surprised her with a special thank you card.
Primary 4/5 had a wonderful French breakfast with Mrs Kinghorn this morning. They enjoyed chocolate croissants, brioche bread, baguettes and juice. The children had to order their food using the French language they learnt in their lessons. It was a lovely last morning with Mrs Kinghorn.
Primary 4/5 unfortunately had to cancel their trip to Rockcliffe and Kippford due to bad weather but they worked in teams to research Hestan Island and created these great information posters.
Primary 1Y are delighted to be having football training from Queen of the South coaches.
For the next few weeks Dan will be coaching us in football skills and giving us advice on health and fitness.
The butterflies that we have looked after since they were tiny caterpillars were big enough to be released into the wild today.
We have watched them grow from tiny caterpillars, through their chrysalis stage and finally emerging as Painted Lady butterflies.
Today we took them to our playing field and watched as some immediately flew away and some stayed for a while to say goodbye.
They have given us so much enjoyment over the past 5 weeks.
We are delighted to share some exciting news with you from here at Dalbeattie Primary School. Riley from P4/5 has been awarded a special merit in the Category C Primary 4 -7 section of this competition. The competition is in its 14th year and this year they received over 7,700 entries from all over Scotland so being amongst the winners is a major achievement. We are delighted that Riley is receiving this award. A huge thanks must also go to Mrs McLeman our specialist art teacher for selecting Riley’s piece of art work to enter in the competition along with several others form the class and a group composition from the P5 class.
Riley’s art work along with all other winning entries from each category will be framed and on display at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art 0-Modern ONE, from 10th June -24th September. The exhibition will then go on tour to Eastwood Park Theatre Gallery, Giffnock and Gracefield Arts centre in Dumfries until Spring 2018.
P1 began their 4 week block of football training with Queen of the South this Friday and had a great time. They had a chat about healthy eating before skills practice and play. They are looking forward to next week!
Last term P6,P6/7 and P7 classes all took part in a design competition run by Smoking Matters. The pupils were to design a flag that could be used to encourage people to stop smoking and help Scotland to become a smoke free nation by 2020. Jenny from P7 was awarded 2nd place in the competition. Well done Jenny a fantastic flag design.
