Our Bodies
We have been learning about our bodies in nursery over the last few weeks. We all knew lots about the parts of the body we could see and could name many of these parts. Our questions,and what we really wanted to find out more about, were all related to what happened inside our body, so that has been our focus. We borrowed a skeleton from the primary and then asked the Science Department if they had something which showed our insides. The secondary teachers were worried the model was a bit gruesome for us – but we have found it fascinating and have remembered so much of what we have been talking about. We have looked at the skeleton, the internal organs, muscles and blood and completed various activities in relation to these.
P6-S1 Pipe Band Assembly
P6-S1 pupils were given a super presentation today from the South West of Scotland Piping and Drumming Academy. They were informed about the opportunities available to them should they wish to take up piping or drumming in the near future.
P7 HE Transition
On Wednesday 15th November, Group 1 attended their first HE transition session.
The children thoroughly enjoyed their morning baking some very yummy chocolate puddings and followed the safety rules of the HE department very well – even tidying up after themselves!!
Group 2 are very excited for their visit!
‘Spotacular’ Children In Need 2017
Dalbeattie Primary School turned the Heughan Hall, in The Dalbeattie Learning Campus, all spotty ‘spotacular’ for Children in Need day. The children were asked to come to school wearing bright clothes so that they could make their bodies into spot shapes covering the hall. The amount raised for Children In Need is still being calculated but proceeds from donations received today will be split between our sponsorship of a school child in Malawi, as part of the Janice Jamieson Foundation Trust, and the Children In Need appeal.
P1F – Our Favourite Toys!
Last week we all brought in a favourite toy to share with the class as part of our new topic. We were all very keen to present our toys and were very good listeners. We also enjoyed playing with all our toys (so did Mrs Fitzsimmons) and the next day we produced some super paintings.
P1 Learning about Road Safety
Award Winners Friday 10th November 2017
The first Head Teacher Awards in our new campus were presented today in assembly. Well done to all achievers for your hard work and effort.
P6G Remembrance Day art
P6G looked at why we remember the fallen soldiers from WW1 and beyond, and the importance of the poppy. We then created some fantastic sunset silhouette paintings with poppies along the bottom. Some children chose to do soldiers with horses and some did crosses.
Did you know that there are not just red poppies nowadays? White ones and worn to remember those who died but to promote peace and the end of war. Purple poppies are to remember all of the animals that died to help us, for example horses in WW1.
Dalbeattie Nursery Boat Naming Ceremony
The sun shone on a very special boat naming ceremony at the new Dalbeattie Learning Campus on November 9th. The children in Dalbeattie Primary’s Nursery were thrilled to see their new play item officially named ‘Everest Skye,’ a name they had picked themselves, based on a popular TV programme. Sir Malcolm Ross, Lord Lieutenant for the Stewartry performed the ceremony, watched on by excited children and invited guests who included Lady Ross, members of Solway Yacht Club and representatives from Grahams Design Team and D&G Schools For The Future together with the school’s management team.
In order to install a play feature designed by the landscape architect, Project Manager Andy Little was tasked with finding a boat. He made contact with Solway Yacht Club who gladly came to the rescue. The club has donated a laser dinghy which they have lovingly restored and painted with the boat’s name and yacht club emblem. Commodore of the club, Ian Purkis, also presented the school with a pennant from Solway Yacht Club and made a speech about how much the club wants to encourage more young sailors from Dalbeattie to get involved at the club at Kippford. Sir Malcolm and Lady Ross also presented the school with the Stewartry Flag so that the school can fly it from their flagpole once it is installed. The party of invited guests then had a tour of our wonderful new campus.
