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.
Next week, Primary 5D will be playing the ukulele and singing at the Dumfries and District Music Festival. All pupils have been working hard with Mr and Mrs Butterworth to learn their performance piece. Good luck Primary 5!
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.
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.
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.
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
This week we have been busy learning about transport in the Nursery. We have been practising our mechanical skills in our ‘garage’, excavating compost with the diggers and building bridges and ramps with a variety of construction materials. Some of the children helped to create a car mat to play with the toy cars and remote control car on while others created tools to decorate the ‘garage’ using collage materials. We have been learning about road safety and have been practising crossing the road; everyone understands that we must stop, look and listen and only cross the road when holding an adult’s hand – fantastic! On Friday we undertook a traffic survey outside the school; we used tally marks to record what vehicles we saw and next week we are going to create pictograms to graph the results of our survey.
On Friday 12th February Primary 6 visited the Glasgow Science Centre linking in with class learning on Earth and Space. Children visited the Planetarium and Imax cinema. They also had time to explore and experience different aspects of scientific learning through the practical hands on activities on each different floors with in the centre.
Pupils have almost completed their songs for the final presentation on Tuesday 23rd February. Pictures below show final workshop.
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.
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