More pictures from our world book day activities.
P3 enjoyed sharing their favourite books with each other in class and the Nursery, P1 and P1/2 had a carousel of stories this afternoon. A start to transition for our nursery boys and girls visiting the primary classrooms.
Thank you Mrs Leslie, Mrs Fitzsimmons and Miss Johnstone for reading the stories.
Well, World Book Day has been and gone for another year but what a fantastic day everyone has had here at Dalbeattie Primary and Nursery. Lots of the P1 and P1/2 children were so excited to share their books with me when they arrived in the playground this morning. It was a joy to see their enthusiasm for books.
Through out the day there has been lots of opportunities for sharing learning and collaborating across the school. We have had sharing of favourite book in all the classes, P6 reading to pupils in nursery, World Book Day Bingo, World Book Day Grammar, reading is some fun places around the classroom. There were book tile charades happening in Mr Caldow’s room and making fancy book marks with Mrs Mclean. There were some very creative design that suited books and children interests. Classes have also designed book covers and written blurbs for a range of fun titles that I shared with them for the day. I am really looking forward to seeing the finished designs and will share in due course.
Some classes also enjoyed a sneaky hot chocolate as they read their books.
Thank you to all the staff for the time put into creating these great activities for our learners.
A busy assembly today with lots going on.
We started learning a couple of our hymns of our Easter Church service in a few weeks. The class teachers will ask be learning these with children in classes too. I will post these to share soon.
WOW Badges
Some classes have participated in designing new badges for the WOW tracker that we use in school. As a school we have to pick 3 entires to send forward to the finals. Well done Bessie, Layton and Rex on having your designs picked to represent our school.
Queen of The South Shirt Design
Some classes participated in the design a new strip for Queen of the South over the last couple of weeks. We are delighted to announce that we have two finalists. Well done to Finlay and Emmi on achieving the finals. Everyone will be able to vote for winning designs next week when all finalists are announced. We will keep you posted on how to do this.
Head Teacher’s Awards were given out for a range of reasons today but I did ask for awards this week to also recognise our values and saw many children celebrated for being ‘committed’ today. Pupils have demonstrated being committed in P.E, to their learning in class and being positive role models. Well done everyone on all you achievements this week.
P6 had their first cricket session with Pat from Galloway Cricket club today. The children started learning bowling and fielding skills. They worked with a partner and then in teams for their final game. It was great to be with the children today and see their enthusiasm for new learning. Miss McCulloch student teacher from Dalbeattie High School and Galloway Cricket Club also joined us. What a great role model for our pupils .
P7s who participated in their Bikeability level 2 training were presented with their badges and certificates today at assembly. The children braved all weather conditions from December through to January to complete their training. The children develop skills in cycling on the roads, developing awareness of other road users, signally and negotiating both right and left turn at junctions from major to minor and minor to major roads. It was great to see how everyones confidence grew over time. Stay safe all when out on your bikes and apply the skills and knowledge you have learned through your training. Well done.
At assembly today we heard the winners from each class reciting their Scots poem. The teachers swapped classes this morning to carry out to the final judging process. All the teachers said what great morning they had and really enjoyed meeting a new class and listening to all the poems. Everyone had tricky judging decisions to make as everyone had done so well.
A huge well done to everyone across the school for learning their poems this year and having a go. This isn’t something everyone enjoys or finds easy but we are proud of each and everyone of you for trying your very best.
It was great to have the children back in the hall today for assembly after a couple of missed weeks. In assembly today we spoke about work that many of the classes have undertaken this week about online safety. I was aware of the great work that had been going on in the classes and wanted to encourage the children to share their wider knowledge about staying safe online. It was very impressive how much the children knew and could share with each other about being safe online. They could tell me about safe passwords, blocking inappropriate content, not talking-to strangers online, not giving away personal details and appropriate dialogue in online chats. We did touch on age limits for games and online platforms such as Snap Chat and TikTok and parental checks on phones and devices. Well done to everyone who contributed to the discussion in assembly today.
Awards were back once again and it was great to see so many achievements form across the school. We have had lots of confident individuals reciting their Scots poems this week, being reliable and kind, putting in great concentration to work, showing good listening skills in the gym and being committed to leaning were all reasons for awards this week. Congratulations to everyone.
I will look forwards to next weeks assembly when we will hear from the class winners of the Scots poetry competition from P1-P6. Class judging takes place next Friday in school.
Primary 5s and P6/7 took part in a STEM workshop this week. The theme of the Worksop was based on driverless cars.The children used coding skills to move the cars around the gym hall.
Thank you Mr Caldow for co-ordinating this.
P6 participated in the Day of Dance organised by Active Schools. The children have learned a range of traditional Scottish Dances with their teachers in school and showcased these today with schools from across the Stewartry. Thank you to Active Schools for co-ordinating this and to all staff and volunteers involved in this event. Sports leaders from Dalbeattie High School were once again on hand to support with this event. Well done everyone a great time was had by all.
What a great day celebrating all things Scottish. The classes have all engaged in a range of cross curricular learning activities today. These have included tasting different traditional Scottish foods, creating a graph of favourite food tasted, designing tartan, creating kilts, learning about Scots musicians and singing Scots songs. There was also lots of highland dancing in P1 and P1/2. Thanks Miss Kirkpatrick for teaching the children some new dance skills.
Miles from Dalbeattie High School also came across and played the bagpipes to all the classes. There was a great sound echoing throughout the school from the pipes.
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