Great first after school gymnastics session yesterday with P4. Gymnastic shapes,floor skills and vault were all part of the session today. Great to have Amy Niven from Active Schools back with us for gymnastics.
Today was the first day of our level 2 training. Well done to all our P7 participants. Thank you to the sports leaders from DHS and to our volunteers Brian and Sarah. It was great to have Peri the local authority bike ability co-ordinator joining us for the first of our sessions this morning.
Today in assembly we reflected on our value – Responsible. The Friday focus group shared their ideas and then representatives from each class shared what responsible means to them.
We also thought about harvest and things we have to be thankful for. Thank you to everyone that provided donations for the community pantry. These will be handed in during the holidays.
Awards were also given out for a variety of reasons some of these included being a good captain in the rugby festival, always listening well during teaching time, showing commitment to learning, being determined to succeed at maths and always being kind to others.
Our house captains came out to the front at assembly today to present the awards which was fantastic. they were all confident individuals. Well done Keira-Lee, Jack, Amalie, Korey and Mollie.
We had two fantastic sponsored walks today. The first walk this morning was P4-P7 classes round the town woods. Our second walk was for P1-P3 this afternoon round Rounall woods. The weather was in our favour this year which was great and the chatter and buzz as we went round both woods was amazing. Thank you to all family members that were able to join us for the walks, it was great to have you with us. We are so lucky to have such beautiful woods to use in our local community. Well done to all the classes.
Great to have almost all the children that participated in the Junior Hardock together today for picture. Unfortunately our P7s were away at Operation Safety and we didn’t manage to capture them in the picture. Another huge congratulations to everyone that took part.
Primary 7 had a visit from Amanda, Community First Responder for the Scottish Ambulance Service, on Thursday. She taught us the importance of assessing danger, checking the airway and placing a individual into the recovery position. She highlighted the steps that the children would take if they found an unresponsive patient that wasn’t breathing. The children participated in performing CPR and learned about how to use the defibrillators that are located in our local community. All of Primary 7 displayed great resilience by continuing to perform CPR even when they got tired!
Great work Primary 7!
What a fantastic morning at the Junior Hardrock Challenge. Great to see so many of our pupils participating. They certainly all displayed the school value of being committed throughout the event. Great to see everyone cheering for each other in all the races and showing real sporting attitudes. Very proud of them all.
What a great first meeting I had today with the house captains and vice captains. I was gathering their views about rewards for the winning house at the end of each term. They came up with some great ideas for rewards but also lots of other ideas that they would like to organise throughout the year.
Watch this space for more house updates.
Colliston, Craignair, Dalmun and Screel.
Unfortunately we didn’t manage to have a Friday Focus group today but class teachers did discuss with their classes our school value of being included today. The children brought lots of lovely ideas to share at assembly. Some very thoughtful answers as well that really made us think and reflect.
Awards today were given as always for a variety of reasons. Some of these included demonstrating meta-skills, being a responsible member of the class, over coming worries about presenting to the class, putting in great effort across the term in all areas of the curriculum, embracing 3rd level maths and being a super role model. Well done to all our award winners.
