The children came to school dressed in their sportswear ready for a classroom workout on Sport Relief Day, 18th March 2016. All classes joined in with a Sport Relief action song and brought in 50p each. The school raised £154 for Sport Relief 2016: funds are divided between good causes in the UK and overseas, in less developed countries.
Category Archives: Whole School
World Book Day March 2016
There were lots of colourful characters in school on Thursday 3rd March. Children came to school dressed as their favourite characters from books they had read. They brought these books to school and shared them with their class. We also had a book swap where the children were able to bring in any unwanted books from home and to swap them for some others.
Eco Group Visit Rainbow Trout Farm
After releasing our salmon, the Eco members, Mrs Howie and Mrs Dyson made their way to the Bladnoch (near Wigtown) to see around the rainbow trout fish farm – an exciting opportunity to see a working trout farm and touch some big fish!
Eco Group Release our Salmon
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.
Fairtrade Breakfast (10th March)
Thank you to everyone who supported our second Fairtrade Breakfast by coming along to enjoy a selection of Fairtrade beverages and breakfast items. A great way to celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight! (please click on individual photo for full size photo)
Beat The Street
Beat the Street is back in Dalbeattie from 16th -24th of March. New maps, cards and newsletter have been provided for all pupils.We look forward to seeing people out and about participating in this great initiative once again.
Fairtrade Breakfast (3rd March)
Thank you to everyone who supported our Fairtrade Breakfast this morning! We were excited to be participating in Fairtrade Fortnight by holding our very own Fairtrade Breakfast. Fairtrade tea, coffee, hot chocolate, orange juice, apple juice, toast with Fairtrade jam and honey, Fairtrade geo bars and Fairtrade oaty biscuits were all on offer. A big thank to the Cooperative Food shop in Dalbeattie who kindly donated the Fairtrade bananas. We also had some taster Divine chocolates to sample. Mrs Van Zwanenberg, a local Traidcraft representative, joined us with a variety of Fairtrade items available for purchase. Look out for our article and photos in the Galloway News soon. We are looking forward to another great Fairtrade breakfast next week. Please contact the office if you wish to attend and haven’t yet returned a slip or if you wish to return for another great breakfast!
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Salmon in the Classroom!
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.
Scots Assembly
On Friday 26th of February, we held a Scots Assembly to celebrate learning throughout the school. Children from P3/4, P4,and P5 performed traditional songs they have been learning with Feis Rois tutors. Scots Poetry winners from each class recited their winning poems and Mrs Fortnum’s country dancer performed two dances.
Primary 3/4 , Primary 4 and Primary 5 performed traditional songs.
Poetry winners. Greg Cowan P7 Burns Collage winner.
Country Dancers
Burns Poetry Winners Visit Alma
Class winners from this years Burns Poetry competition visited Alma House in Dalbeattie today to perform their winning poems to the residents. All the children performed brilliantly and spoke with resident during their visit. Thank you to Alma staff for the yummy cakes and juice provided during our visit. We hope to visit Alma again later this term to share more musical performances.
