Category Archives: Class Learning

P7 High School Transition

March 15, 2016 Miss Clendinning Leave a comment

This term Primary 7 have been taking part in some transition sessions with Mr Bremner, Mr Donnelly and Miss Stewart from the High School.

Mr Bremner has been teaching probability in maths. We have had a great time sorting skittles and working out the probability of choosing certain colours – we even got to eat them at the end!!!

With Mr Donnelly, we have been learning about the importance of shading and adding tone to our art work.

In Drama, Miss Stewart played some really funny warm up games with us. We loved playing the stage direction game as well as some of the concentration games. In the last session we worked on freeze frames for different scenarios. It was really goof fun!!

Class Learning

P7 Rugby

March 15, 2016 Miss Clendinning Leave a comment

For the last 4 weeks, both Primary 7 classes have been taking part in a block of tag rugby with John Muir. During the first couple of weeks we took part in a variety of games which helped us to develop our rugby skills and understand the flow of the game better e.g. remembering to always pass backwards and using all the spaces on the pitch. Miss Clendinning was very impressed with how quickly we managed to build up our skills enough to play some short games.

Class Learning, Local Community

P5D Win Shield at the Music Festival

March 12, 2016 Mrs Dyson Leave a comment

We were extremely proud of all Primary 5D pupils who performed in the Dumfries and District Music Festival on Friday. The class have loved receiving instruction with playing the ukulele from Mr Butterworth every fortnight. Mrs Dyson would like to thank Mr and Mrs Butterworth for all their input and support. The class enthusiastically performed “What shall we do with a ukulele?” and won the Ian Hart Shield and a Certificate of Commended Performance. The adjudicator commented: “You sang strongly and clearly throughout. Balance between the ukuleles and singing was always good. Strumming was largely rhythmic and chord changes were confident. Overall, an excellent approach resulting in an enjoyable performance.” We look forward to adding our engraving and displaying the shield. A big thank you to Mr and Mrs Butterworth who also presented every pupil with a special medal when coming off stage – a wonderful momento of our performance!

Class Learning, Whole School

Eco Group Release our Salmon

March 12, 2016 Mrs Dyson Leave a comment

We are excited to be participating in the Salmon in the Classroom Project run by Galloway Fisheries Trust. On Thursday, nine of our Eco Committee members, Mrs Howie and Mrs Dyson had the wonderful opportunity to accompany our salmon (known as alevins as they are now hatched) as they were released at the Dee Hatchery next to Loch Ken. Thank you very much to Rowan Armstrong from the Fisheries Trust. We look forward to returning to this release site in the Summer term to see how the salmon have developed.

Class Learning

Dragons’ Den visit P6F

March 8, 2016 Mrs Fitzsimmons Leave a comment

Primary 6F have been working with Miss Duncan to design their own confectionary product to pitch to our very own Dragons! Each child had to create a new product based on their knowledge of advertising, make an idea board, think about the costing for their product and put a convincing pitch together to present to the Dragons.

The finalists were: Jenny Blackwood; Leon Pipe; Lainey Ireland; Liam Whalen and Myah Sargent.

Our Dragons were: Logan Bond; Ciara McQuarrie; Aaron Campbell and Shannon Kelly.

The winner to be announced…

Class Learning

Dalbeattie High School Visit to P6F

March 8, 2016 Mrs Fitzsimmons Leave a comment

On Tuesday 1st March a group of S3 students visited P6 in order to share their work regarding healthy eating and food labelling. They led various group tasks including ordering drinks based on sugar content and measuring the number of spoonfuls of sugar in a number of popular drinks. This linked very well to our current health work.

Class Learning, Local Community

P5D take part in RSPB Birdwatch

March 3, 2016 Mrs Dyson Leave a comment

Primary 5D pupils recently took part in the RSPB’s Birdwatch. Rangers from RSPB Mersehead worked with the pupils to help them identify a variety of birds in our local environment. Pupils carried out their study and then recorded the class results on the RSPB website. Pupils also had fun making their own bird feeders on the day too.

Class Learning, Local Community, Whole School

Salmon in the Classroom!

March 3, 2016 Mrs Dyson Leave a comment

We are very excited to be participating in the Salmon in the Classroom Project run by Galloway Fisheries Trust. We set up a tank system in school where 100 salmon eggs were left to hatch under our care. The Eco Committee and Primary 5D pupils received a visit from a fisheries biologist who told us all about the lifecycle of the Atlantic Salmon and how to care for them as part of this project. Classes throughout the school have watched a short animation film all about their lifecycle. Our eggs have now all hatched and the salmon (now known as alevins) are currently feeding off their yolk sacs. Next week, members of our Eco Committee, Mrs Dyson and Mrs Howie will accompany the salmon as they are released by the fisheries biologist at the Dee Hatchery next to Loch Ken.

Class Learning

P5 Visit RSPB Mersehead

March 3, 2016 Mrs Dyson Leave a comment

Primary 5 enjoyed a great day visiting RSPB Mersehead as part of their topic work “Around Scotland”. We learned about the journey of Barney the Barnacle Goose as he made his way from Svalbard in the Arctic Circle to Mersehead. We collaborated in groups to create our own beach art using natural materials. We observed and identified a variety of birds. We also learned about the lifecycle of the rare Natterjack Toad which can also be found at Mersehead.

Class Learning

Skerryvore Final Performances

February 28, 2016 Mrs Duncan Leave a comment

Primary 7 pupils from Dalbeattie Primary and Cluster Schools, performed their completed songs with Skerryvore at Dalbeattie Primary School on Tuesday 23rd February. All groups performed extremely well and the concert was enjoyed by parents and friends who joined us for the afternoon.

Videos of the 3 Dalbeattie Primary groups are shown below.

Miss C Group (1)

Mrs B Group (2)

Mrs D Group

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