Here are a few pictures from our Family Race Night on Friday 10th March. Thank you to all those to joined us and supported the event. Funds raised will go the Parent Council and then on to support the children throughout school in various ways.
Category Archives: Local Community
Enjoying a Fairtrade Break!
Since achieving FairActive status by the Fairtrade Foundation, Dalbeattie Primary School continues on our journey to raise awareness of Fairtrade. Following on from the successful Fairtrade Breakfasts of last year, Primary 5D pupils and class teacher Mrs Dyson organised and ran a Fairtrade Tuck Shop for staff and pupils. They offered toast with Fairtrade jam, Fairtrade bananas and a selection of Fairtrade cookies and oaty biscuits. They wish to thank the Co-op in Dalbeattie who gave their support and generously donated the bananas. Many thanks also go to Mrs Connel, Mrs Cox and Mrs Ross who prepared the hot toast for everyone. The Fairtrade Breaks were very successful with pupils from all classes and staff showing support and enjoying a Fairtrade snack. Mrs Dyson was once again very proud of the efforts of everyone in promoting Fairtrade.
Scots Poetry Winners Visit Alma
The Scots poetry winners from each class visited Alma House today and recited their poems to the residents. Well done to the boys and girls who performed their poems extremely well . During our visit, the children also chatted to the residents. Thank you to Mrs Henderson for inviting us. We hope to visit again in the near future.
P6 Active Schools Cross Country
P6 had a great day yesterday at the Stewartry Rugby Club, taking part in the Active Schools cross country competition. Everyone managed to complete a very challenging course, with our very own Nicole achieving a 3rd place medal in the girl’s race. Well done to everyone who took part!
Heart Start Training
Pupils from Primary 6 and 7 classes have recently participated in Heart Start training a British Heart Foundation Initiative. The pupils learned about emergency life support- as the motto stated, ‘ Simple Skills Save Lives ‘. Training was delivered by members of the Dalbeattie First Responders team supported by the local Fire Brigade. Thank you to all volunteers who attended training to support with pupils learning.
Final Events
Dalbeattie Primary Final Events
To mark the final months in our current building we will be hosting two events to mark and recognise the history of Dalbeattie Primary school on its current site.
On Saturday 20th May, there will be one final doors open day which will take place in both the upper and lower school buildings. Visitors are welcome to visit Dalbeattie Primary School to reminisce, share memories and view the school as it is today. Doors will open at 10a.m and close at 3p.m . At 12 mid-day, we would like as many people as possible who have been pupils and staff at Dalbeattie Primary School (or indeed, the High School pre 1958) to join us in front of the bell tower for a large group photograph to mark the event. It may even get us into the Record books for the most former pupils and staff in a picture SO KEEP THE DATE! However, all friends, members of the school and wider local community are welcome to visit the buildings at any point during the day.
Our second event is for current and former staff. We will also be hosting an afternoon tea for former staff (teaching and non-teaching) on Wednesday 7th June 3:30-5pm. The event is a social gathering to welcome former staff to the school for one final look round the old granite buildings before we progress to our new learning campus in October 2017. Any former staff interested in joining current staff for the this event should contact the school office either by phone or email – 01556611597 or gw08officedalbeatti2@ea.dumgal.sch.uk
RSVP Friday 19th May 2017
Consultation on Existing Primary School
Recently, pupils have been taking part in a consultation about possible future uses of our current school site. School Pupil Councillors collated the information from written questionnaire sheets, which were filled in by children of all ages though-out the school. The School Pupil Council then met with Michelle McRobert of Dalbeattie Community Initiative to discuss some of the issues in more detail. Lots of ideas were taken aware from the meeting…… 
Eco Schools Fifth Green Flag!
Dalbeattie Primary is delighted to have been awarded its fifth green flag as part of the two year Eco Schools Scotland renewal scheme. The school eco group has been working closely with teacher Mrs Dyson, over the last two years , on topics such as litter, energy and school grounds. The school received a letter congratulating the pupils on their outstanding work; work on calculating the school’s carbon footprint and links with local community groups and organisations, such as Galloway Fisheries and Fairtrade, were specifically highlighted. The school is looking forward to continuing its eco work as it moves to a new school site In October 2017 when we will finally have a flag pole to display our fifth flag! We will also be able to compare the carbon foot print of the new building with the old one and investigate ways to encourage wildlife habitats as well as growing more of our own produce in new raised beds! Our photo shows current Schools Eco Committee together with the two committees of the previous two years who worked so hard towards the fifth flag.
Eco Success
We are delighted to share the news with you that Dalbeattie Primary School has successfully renewed its Eco-Schools Green Flag Award status. We were notified of this during the Christmas holidays. Please see below the letter received from Eco Schools. Thank you to all those who have been involved in supporting the school in achieving this success.
