Category Archives: Class Learning

Visitors in P6F

May 12, 2016 Mrs Fitzsimmons Leave a comment

Last week we had a visit from Mrs Armitage who came along to tell us all bout life in the Caribbean as she lived and taught there on an island called Curacao a few years ago! We were all very keen to hear her stories and she kindly left lots of photographs and other items for us to look at. Mrs Armitage said we were great listeners and really enjoyed chatting with us. Thank you for popping in!

Later on that week we had a visit from Lisa Ashby from the Smoking Matters Team. She came along to ask our help in looking at a case involving a smoker. We had lots of discussion regarding what influences young people to begin smoking and the related risks. We worked very well on several tasks and then used our new knowledge in a creative writing task.

Class Learning, Partnership Working, Sports

World Orienteering Day

May 12, 2016 Mrs Duncan Leave a comment

Wednesday 11th May was World Orienteering day. Solway Orienteers visited Dalbeattie Primary School and organised an orienteering maze and other fun challenges. Pupils from P5-P7 all participated in this event.

Photos below show P7C participating on the day and extending their knowledge and skill levels in orienteering.

Class Learning

P3 Farm to Fork Trip

May 12, 2016 Mrs Duncan Leave a comment

Primary 3 visited Tesco on Tuesday to find out more about where their food comes from. We also managed a quick trip to the live stock market to see some sheep being sold.

Class Learning, Partnership Working

P5/6 Japanese Food tasting

May 12, 2016 Mrs Graham Leave a comment

Today we had Mrs Ross come and cook for us! She made some fantastic Japanese stir fry food with Udon noodles. We then had traditional Japanese pancakes with fresh fruit and cream. We loved it! We also tasted Wasabi peanuts and seaweed crackers which were very spicy!

We all had a great time and we would like to thank Mrs Ross for taking the time to cook for us, we thoroughly enjoyed it!

Class Learning, Sports

P6F Football

May 2, 2016 Mrs Fitzsimmons 1 Comment

This term P5, P5/6 and P6F have been really fortunate to have the opportunity to train with Queen of the South Football under 21 club members. As well as playing matches we have also received talks about nutrition and good sportsmanship.

As you can see we had several cheerleading squads and a great save!

Class Learning

Push and Pull Forces

April 29, 2016 gw08mcleanruth@glow 1 Comment

This term primary 2 have been learning about the park for their topic. This week the children went a walk to the park to learn about push and pull forces. The children played on the different park equipment and decided whether they were using a pushing or pulling force. They also took into consideration the positions of the different activities in the park to help them plan their plan views of the park.

I'm pushing and pulling — I’m pushing and pulling

Class Learning

P7 – Van Gogh Artwork

April 28, 2016 Miss Clendinning Leave a comment

This term, P7 have been learning about the work of Van Gogh. We looked closely at his artistic styles and techniques then decided to use cray-pas oil pastels to recreate one of Van Gogh’s famous self portraits. Take a look below at a selection of our finished pictures.

Class Learning, Sports

ibike Obstacle Course

April 28, 2016 Mrs Duncan Leave a comment

The wet and miserable weather today didn’t stop some of our P6 and P7 pupils from getting on their bikes and taking part in an ibike obstacle course with Katie our ibike leader. Children braved the rain and had a fantastic time developing their cycling skills going over various ramps, jumps and beams.

Class Learning

Primary 3 Gymnastics

April 28, 2016 Mrs Duncan 2 Comments

As part of learning in P.E Primary 3 pupils have been developing their skills in gymnastics with Mrs Gray and Mrs Dunlop. The children have been working on developing their rolls, balances, jumps and climbing techniques. Children demonstrated some high quality skills and provided feedback to peers throughout the lessons to help each other improve their work.

Class Learning, Local Community, Sports

P5 Group 1 water sports

April 28, 2016 Mrs Graham 1 Comment

The first group of Primary Fives visited Carlingwark Loch yesterday with Mrs Graham and Mrs Robison to carry out some fun activities with the Outdoor Education team. The children were split into three groups and took part in sailing, kayaking and canoeing. All the children had a great time and were very enthusiastic throughout. Some even braved the cold and snow to have a little swim at the end!

Well done!

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