This term P1 have been learning about forces through our topic on Toys. We enjoyed a great afternoon outside working on various activities involving forces. At two of the stations we had to work in a team or with a partner to make objects move by pushing and pulling. It was quite tricky at times and we really had to think how we could use some of the materials given.
Here is how P1F got on!
Look how well P1Y worked!
Last week P1 were learning how to cross the road safely and the importance of being seen at night. We all went to cross Southwick Road with the help of Mrs Widdowson and discussed the Green Cross Code. We also discussed alternative ways of crossing the road safely; for example using the traffic lights on the High Street.
Thank you Mrs Widdowson!
P1 recently learned about the importance of hand hygiene. We put ‘pretend’ germs on our hands, washed them and then looked to see how well we had actually washed them by looking in the ultra violet light! We learned you should wash your hands for 15 seconds and germs are hard to get rid of!!
We also had a visit from Paula Muir from Child Smile who gave us lots of advice about looking after our teeth. We all brushed our teeth for 2 minutes and enjoyed listening to a story.
At the end of last term we had an open afternoon to share or learning and play lots of phonics games with our parents and grandparents. We had great fun and would like to thank them all for coming!
Primary 7 are currently half way through their block of PE at Dalbeattie High School as part of their transition work and they are loving it!
Here are a few pictures of some of the things they have been getting up to.
P4,P4/5 and P5 had their first visit today from two professional musicians as part of the Live Music Now project that the school are lucky enough to be involved in this session. Rachel and Holly visited the school and performed for the children on their trumpet and tuba. The children were told about the history of each instrument and they participated in some simple rhythm work to develop pupil awareness of the concept of pulse. The ladies demonstrated different playing techniques with each instrument and how sounds can be changed. Through the pieces of music that were played, the children also found out about different styles of music and musical themes. The children were particularly good at identifying popular tunes such as Mission Impossible, Star Wars and Coronation Street. We are looking forward to welcoming 4 more musicians to school later this session as part of the project.
Miss Clendinning came into P6 this morning to show us how to set up our own blogs. We had fun writing out first post and editing our header to show off our personality. We hope to share these with our parents by logging into Glow at home.
P7 had a fantastic day today at Operation Safety! Thank you to everyone involved in the organisation of the event!
Here are a few snapshots of what we were up to!!
In preparation for our visit to Operation Safety on Friday 14th October Primary 7 have been learning all about how keep ourselves and others safe and how to react in an emergency situation.
We have discussed and used role play to learn about a variety of different emergency situations such as road safety, electrical safety and making emergency calls. However one of our favourite tasks was revising how to put someone into the recovery position. We learned about the importance of remembering our ABC (Airways, Breathing and Circulation) before practicing the recovery position with our friends. It was great fun!!
This term Primary 7 have been learning about the Ancient and Modern Olympic Games. We have investigated the history of the games, where it originated and how it came to be, and have found out how it developed into the Olympic Games we have today.
Our rich task this term was to create a board game which demonstrated team work, creativity and good knowledge and understanding of our topic.
We worked really well together to come up with ideas, to compromise and to delegate jobs.
When we were finished we presented the games to the class then shared them with P6G and P6/7B. They gave us some super feedback and all seemed to thoroughly enjoy the games.
Here are some of the finished products.
Dalbeattie Primary School has been thrilled to welcome Feis Ross Musicians Nicola and Andrew Black into school to work with our young people in Primary 4, Primary 4/5 and Primary 5. This year, the children have been experiencing the art of songwriting. Primary 4/5 wrote a song about dinosaurs, Primary 5 used the Dalbeattie Town Wood’s Totem Pole as their inspiration and Primary 4 composed a song about Tatty Bogel. However, another highlight is a song which all three classes have worked on, while thinking about their current school and looking forward to the new one. It’s called ‘We Live In Dalbeattie.’ Today, the classes, accompanied by Nicola and Andrew Black, gave a wonderful performance of all these songs to a packed school hall. The ‘We Live in Dalbeattie’ song was, particularly memorable. Well done to all and thank you! The words for the school song are given below:
V1:
We live in Dalbeattie, where the river flows,
We live in Dalbeattie, where the wind blows,
Moving to a new school, it’ll be so cool,
So many memories, in this primary,
Grannies and Papas and great nana’s cousins,
For a hundred and forty years, they all came here.
Chorus:
Friends forever, always together,
Even when it rains, we’ll still play together,
Even if we fall out, we’ll be friends whenever,
We meet each other again
V2:
We live in Dalbeattie, in the granite city,
We lo-ove Dalbeattie, very bold and pretty,
Nearer to nature, we can learn outside
To get to the playground, we’ll go on the slide
CHORUS
V3:
We bide in Da’beattie, whaur the burnie rows,
We bide in Da’beattie, whaur the birkie grows,
Hard rock challenge and a granite quarry,
Gaun tae the forest wi ma family
CHORUS (repeat last line to finish)
