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Class Learning, Local Community

P5D Singing at Dalbeattie Day Centre

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Great enthusiasm and a responsible attitude were shown by pupils in Primary 5D who performed to visitors at Dalbeattie Day Centre. The class have been working with musicians from Feis Rois to learn a variety of Scots songs. They have also learned to play rhythms on the taiko drums to accompany the song “Hey Donal”. Pupils performed a selection of their favourite songs as well as sharing their drumming skills. Mrs Dyson was delighted by the great attitude shown by all pupils when performing and in their conversations with the visitors afterwards. We would like to say thank you to the visitors of Dalbeattie Day Centre for being a wonderful audience, to the staff for the juice and biscuits afterwards, to the adults who accompanied us on the walk and also to Kate and Peter from Feis Rois who have worked so enthusiastically with us!

     

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P7 Extreme Earth Art

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Have a look at some of our superb art work from this term.

Our earth wall display – showing the location of volcanoes around the world.

We created these super twister pictures focusing on our tone, blending and shading skills.

We also created these “Great Wave” inspired Tsunami pictures.

 

We also developed our skills creating repeated patterns by creating these super Zentangle landscape pictures.

 

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P7 Spanish Day

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On Monday 20th March Primary 7 attended a Spanish Day at Dalbeattie High School as part of their transition programme. The day gave the children the opportunity to be introduced to Spanish and take part in lots of fun activities.

These activities included Zumba, Tapas making, learning the language of the fan and a treasure hunt around the school learning the names of the subjects in Spanish.

The children had an absolutely fantastic day and were really motivated and engaged in all of the activities.

A huge thank you to all of the High School staff involved in planning and organising this event. It was a superb day!

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P5D Artwork inspired by Andy Goldsworthy

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We have been learning about the artist Andy Goldsworthy and have been amazed at some of the sculptures he created. We especially loved his artwork using ice, snow and leaves. We were inspired by his work and were keen to create our own nature artwork. Mrs Dyson was very pleased with how well we worked with others to create our art and how confidently we spoke about our creations.

     

     

      

     

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Pitch Pulse and Magic!

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Pupils from P4, P4/5 and P5 enjoyed a visit from two more musicians as part of the Pitch, Pulse and Magic initiative. We were amazed at the playing techniques of the musicians and recognised some of the classical musical pieces from films like ‘Harry Potter’. Pupils worked with the musicians to explore Pitch and we even created our own performance piece linked to an atmospheric poem. This was another great visit and we look forward to exploring ‘Magic’ next term.

     

     

 

 

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P5D visit RSPB Mersehead

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Primary 5D enjoyed our outing to RSPB Mersehead to learn about the journey of  Barnacle Geese. We were amazed at the journey the geese make from Svalbard in the Arctic to Scotland each year. We had great fun creating our own beach art using natural materials. After lunch, we learned about the lifecycle of the Natterjack Toad. This rare and amazing toad is currently hibernating at Mersehead. We visited the bird hide and used binoculars to spot wildlife. Although the weather was wet and windy, we had a great day!