Awards 15th March 2019
P5 Scooter Skills
Primary 5 had a fantastic time developing their Scooter Skills. A big thank you to Katie from Ibike for providing this opportunity.
P1 Scooter Skills and World Book Day
Today P1F really enjoyed zooming around the playground on their scooters with Katie from ibike and we just managed to dodge the rain!
Last week we shared our favourite books in class and then wrote about them on World Book Day.
Cooking with Mrs Houston
Primary 3/4 and Primary 4 Cooking with Mrs Houston
Today we weighed, measured, sieved, stirred and washed up!
Oat and Honey Breakfast Muffins were a success!
Thank you Mrs Houston for use of the HE kitchen. We are looking forward to returning next week!
Primary 3/4 Tesco Tasting
Thank you to Angela at Tesco Castle Douglas for providing us with a range of milks and cheeses as part of ‘Our Body’ Topic. The class had great fun tasting, discussing textures and flavours.
Scooter Skills
Some classes from P3-P7 participated in Scooter Skill activities with Katie from ibike today. The weather was kind to us and all classes got out into the playground to participate in this fun event.
More fun for others tomorrow.
Rotary Quiz
On Monday 11th of March, 4 teams of P7 pupils from Dalbeattie Cluster participated in this years Rotary Quiz cluster heat. The teams all worked well together to answer questions about Literacy, Maths and Numeracy, Expressive Arts,Science and Technology,Scotland and Pot Luck. Teams were supported by members of Dalbeattie Rotary Club with Mr Cathro acting as Quiz Master for the event. The winning team from the cluster this year was Dalbeattie Primary who will now progress through to the next round within Dumfries and Galloway. Thank you to Dalbeattie Rotary Club.
P5 Fairtrade Workshop
Mrs Dyson was delighted to welcome back Mrs van Zwanenberg to speak to Dalbeattie Primary pupils about Fairtrade and to work with Primary 5 pupils in an interactive workshop. By studying a variety of Fairtrade products and labels, pupils became more aware of Fairtrade ingredients and their country of origin. Pupils sequenced the journey from cocoa bean to bar and discussed the issues facing the cocoa farmers. During Fairtrade Fortnight, Primary 5 pupils continued to develop their knowledge and understanding of Fairtrade and how it helps communities. Members of our class helped run the recent Fairtrade Break whilst many others made a donation to the Fairtrade Foundation through supporting this event.
Code Club – Micro:bits
Welcome to our returning Code Clubbers! Mrs Dyson was very impressed with the enthusiasm, perseverance, teamwork and coding skills demonstrated during our Code Club session on using the BBC micro:bit. Well done everyone! Already, Code Clubbers have had great success programming this handheld micro-computer. They have learned how to use the LEDs to make their own flashing heart badge. They have coded buttons on the micro:bit to show that it’s happy or sad. Mrs Dyson loved the creativity then shown by the group as they created their own codes and shared these. During the next session, Code Clubbers turned their micro:bits into dice and had great fun in our interactive game to catch Mrs Dyson with the highest roller moving one stride closer to her each time. They used their debugging skills when creating code for their game of ‘Rock Paper Scissors’. Attaching the micro:bit to a battery pack meant that Code Clubbers could shake their micro:bit and play this interactive game in another Code Club Challenge. Fantastic effort everyone!
P5 Scottish Mammal Projects
Primary 5 pupils proudly shared their Scottish Mammal Projects. They worked extremely hard on this homework task to research their chosen mammal, make notes of important information, present their research in an attractive way and create a 3D model of the animal using their own choice of media. After sharing with the class, pupils invited members of P5/6 to their celebration of learning event. Comments praised the fantastic effort made by all. Models and presentations are on display in school for all classes and visitors to enjoy.
