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.
Category Archives: Class Learning
Operation Safety Trip 14.10.16
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!!
P7 – Getting ready for Operation Safety!
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!!
P7 Olympic Topic
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.
Songwriting with Feis Ross Musicians
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)
Primary 3 Woodland Visits
This term Primary 3 have been learning about Woodlands. They have made the most of the lovely Autumn weather and visited our Forest Classroom on three different occasions. During their trips to the Forest Classroom the children have been involved in a number of outdoor learning experiences. Thank you to parents who volunteered to join the class on some of these trips.
P5D Outdoor Learning
This term, Primary 5 have been developing their teambuilding skills during Outdoor Learning sessions.
Terrific Transformations in Primary 5
Our topics this term are ‘Meet our Team’ and the ‘Wonderful World of Roald Dahl’. We celebrated the 100th Anniversary of Roald Dahl’s birthday. Mrs Dyson was amazed at our Roald Dahl character transformations (remember to click on each photo to see the full size version). We are looking forward to sawing wood to make the photo frames for our Enterprise Project next.
Displays Around the School
We would like to share with you some of the class work that is on display around our school at the moment. The displays showcase key learning and links with curricular areas. Millie, Shannon and Lucy three of our House Captains were responsible for the photographs. Thank you girls.
Roots of Empathy Celebration
Primary 3 celebrated and shared their learning about Roots of Empathy with parents this week. Thanks to Sandy Brown from Community Learning for co-ordinating this and to Lisa and baby Jack for supporting the class with this work throughout the year.
