P1, P2 and P3 recently enjoyed developing their cricket skills with Rosy Ryan, cricket development coach. Information can be found on the leaflets sent home with the children about joining a club.
Nursery Visit the Day Centre
The afternoon children had a lovely time making new friends at the Day Centre today. This was our second visit and we plan to make these trips regularly from now on as they are so worthwhile.
We took along some activities we do in nursery and shared them with the ladies and gentlemen who were there. We all had lots of fun and it was great to see the two very different generations interacting!
Scottish Opera workshop
On Thursday 10th May Primary 6 and 7 were visited by Jude from Scottish Opera to teach them a little more about the background of their upcoming Scottish Opera performance.
Jude taught the classes some Mandarin words and the children explored the history of Emperor Zhu Di.
Thank you Jude.
Primary 7 – Group 2 PE Transition
Group 2 have just completed their block of PE transition lessons with Mr Drennan. They have taken part in sessions of running track, hockey, boxercise and softball over the past 4 weeks and have thoroughly enjoyed their experiences.
P1F Enjoy working with P7!
On Friday afternoon last week a group of P7’s came down to P1 to help us plant various seeds as part of our ‘In the Garden’ topic work. We worked in groups and when we were finished we also had fun making plasticene flowers together. Last but by no means least the P7’s volunteered to read us some stories. Thank you P7 and come back soon!
Police Citizenship Awards
We are delighted to announce that Gregor Davidson and Aaron Bryson have been chosen as our Police Citizenship prize winners. They were chosen for the their commitment to extra duties such as litter picking and for the part they play in supporting groups and organisations in the local community. Well done! their prize will be to join other winners form across the region for a trip to Cream o Galloway on Monday 4th June.
School Council News: RNLI Fundraising Jars
On Friday 11th May, the school councillors launched their fundraising campaign for the local lifeboat station at Kippford . We had a visit from Mr Keith Armstrong Clark who gave us a wonderful presentation about the work of the RNLI. He showed us the kit which a RNLI crew member would wear in addition to lots of interesting video clips to see the range of boats in the RNLI fleet and the types of rescues which the RNLI can get involved in. We also found out how much the kit and boats cost in addition to being reminded about being safe near water. Mr Armstrong Clark also brought us some super leaflets to remind us of this. We also welcomed volunteers from Kippford Lifeboat station.
The school councillors have now distributed small jam jars (one per family) to fill with 5p coins. When full, a jar will hold between £2.50 and £2.65. We have had 12 full jars in already…well done! We would like all jars to be returned as soon as they are filled and we would like them all back in by the end of September 2018.
Very soon, Primary 4 will also be visiting the lifeboat station at Kippford as part of their learning about the Galloway Coast.
P1F STEM visit
Last week P1 had a visit from Carol Moyes from the STEM team. She taught us what an algorithm was and used the game ‘Rock, Paper, Scissors’ as an example. We then learned a new game, ‘Bear, Cowboy, Ninja’! We enjoyed playing the game and then drew out our own algorithm to represent it.
Threave Castle and Gardens Trip
Primary 4 had a fantastic trip to Threave Castle and Gardens last week.Thank you to the Rangers for guiding the children round all areas.
Primary 3 Farm Trip
Primary 3 had a great trip to Boreland Farm Colvend on Wednesday 9th of May. Thank you to Stephen and Tracy Roan for allowing the class to visit and sharing their farming knowledge and experiences with the class. Thank you also to Fiona Jamieson from RHET for co-ordinating the trip along with Mrs Dunlop. The children were so excited to share their learning with others on their return to school. Well done P3. 
