Category Archives: Class Learning

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British Science Week

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This week has been British Science Week and some of our classes have engaged in a range ion STEM learning. Some of the learning took place in the P5-P7 classrooms with class teachers, some classes visited the secondary science department.Mr Kennedy and some of the STEM ambassadors from Dalbeattie High School also visited classes and shared some science learning.

P6,P6/7 and P7 also invited parents into their classrooms today to participate in a range of science experiments. It was fantastic to have  parents and family members join the classes today.

Please see below a range of pictures form the week.

Click on the link to see P7 eggs drop.      Science Week – Egg Drop 🥚

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Assembly and Headteacher’s Awards 8.3.24

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Busy assembly again today. We sang through one of our songs the church at the end of term.

Following on from World Book Day yesterday, pupils from Mrs Lumsden’s book club shared information about reading. They shared favourite books, where they like to read and the rights to read. This was the first time that they had presented at assembly and they did very well as it can be quite daunting talking in front of the whole school.📚📚

Awards were given out this week for effort with writing and improved presentation, creating stories at home and sharing with the class, being an IT whizz using publisher and using IT to support writing. Some pupils were also recognised for their commitment to learning and showing resilience when things can be challenging. Mrs Gray identified pupils for showing co-ordination and control when hitting a shuttle in badminton and for showing focus and control with a beanbag and bat. Well done to all our award winner this week.

Finally we celebrated the success of our gymnasts from last weeks schools competition. Well done again to all our teams.👏🏅

 

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World Book Day Part 2

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More pictures from our world book day activities.

P3 enjoyed sharing their favourite books with each other in class and the Nursery, P1 and P1/2 had a carousel of stories this afternoon. A start to transition for our nursery boys and girls visiting the primary classrooms.

Thank you Mrs Leslie, Mrs Fitzsimmons and Miss Johnstone for reading the stories.

 

Class Learning, confident individuals, effective contributors, Nursery, successful learners, Whole School

World Book Day 7th March 2024

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Well, World Book Day has been and gone for another year but  what a fantastic day everyone has had here at Dalbeattie Primary and Nursery. Lots of the P1 and P1/2 children were so excited to share their books with me when they arrived in the playground this morning. It was a joy to see their enthusiasm for books.

Through out the day there has been lots of opportunities for sharing learning and collaborating across the school. We have had sharing of favourite book in all the classes, P6 reading to pupils in nursery, World Book Day Bingo, World Book Day Grammar, reading is some fun places around the classroom.  There were book tile charades happening in Mr Caldow’s room and making fancy book marks with Mrs Mclean. There were some very creative design that suited books and children interests. Classes have also designed book covers and written blurbs for a range of fun titles that I shared with them for the day. I am really looking forward to seeing the finished designs and will share in due course.

Some classes  also enjoyed a sneaky hot chocolate as they read their books.

Thank you to all the staff for the time put into creating these great activities for our learners.

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P6 Cricket

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P6 had their first cricket session with Pat from Galloway Cricket club today. The children started learning bowling and fielding skills. They worked with a partner and then in teams for their final game. It was great to be with the children today and see their enthusiasm for new learning. Miss McCulloch student teacher  from Dalbeattie High School and Galloway Cricket Club also joined us. What a great role model for our pupils .

 

 

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P7 Burns Competition

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Today we held the judging of our P7 Burns competition. Mr Cathro and Mr Henry joined us today to judge the poetry and art competitions. We had 11 finalist in the poetry recital and all P7s had entered the art competition .

The children recited an extract from Tam O’Shanter and art work featured scenes from the poem created using different media.

Isabella, Katie and Lucy also all recited their poems to the school at assembly today.

Art Competition

1st Bessie

2nd Eilidh

3rd  Alex

Poetry Recital

1st Lucy

2nd Katie D

3rd Isabella

 

 

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Scots Poetry Assembly

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At assembly today we heard the winners from each class reciting their Scots poem. The teachers swapped classes this morning to carry out to the final judging process. All the teachers said what great morning they had and really enjoyed meeting a new class and listening to all the poems. Everyone had tricky judging decisions to make as everyone had done so well.

A huge well done to everyone across the school for learning their poems this year and having a go. This isn’t something everyone enjoys or finds easy but we are proud of each and everyone of you for trying your very best.

 

 

 

 

 

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Lockerbie Manor Day 3

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Well, everyone is safely home from a fantastic residential trip to Lockerbie Manor. I think there will be a few tired staff and pupils this evening. Everyone had a fantastic time. I’m sure they will look forward to telling you all about it. Thank you to Miss Dooley, Mr Caldow, Mrs Campbell and mrs Ross for accompanying the children on the trip.

 

Have good long weekend everyone and we will see the children back in school on Thursday next week.

 

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Assembly and Head Teacher’s Awards 9.2.24

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It was great to have the children back in the hall today for assembly after a couple of missed weeks. In assembly today we spoke about work that many of the classes have undertaken this week about online safety. I was aware of the great work that had been going on in the classes and wanted to encourage the children to share their wider knowledge about staying safe online. It was very impressive how much the children knew and could share with each other about being safe online. They could tell me about safe passwords, blocking inappropriate content, not talking-to strangers online, not giving away personal details and appropriate dialogue in online chats. We did touch on age limits for games and online platforms such as Snap Chat and TikTok and parental checks on phones and devices. Well done to everyone who contributed to the discussion in assembly today.

Awards were back once again and it was great to see so many achievements form across the school. We have had lots of confident individuals reciting their Scots poems this week, being reliable and kind, putting in great concentration to work, showing good listening skills in the gym and being committed to leaning were all reasons for awards this week. Congratulations to everyone.

I will look forwards to next weeks assembly when we will hear from the class winners of the Scots poetry competition from P1-P6. Class judging takes place next Friday in school.