P2/3’s Visit from Blood Bikes

November 3, 2017 Miss Stephenson Leave a comment

Last term P2/3 were learning about transport and as part of their topic the children asked if they could learn about the role of the Blood Bikes. Yesterday, Dave Hook from D&G Blood Bikes kindly visited our class to tell the children all about the important job they do, the different forms of transport used by them and how the service is run.

The children thoroughly enjoyed their insight into the vital role that the Blood Bike volunteers provide for our region and asked some great questions. Dave even let each child sit on ‘June’, the Blood Bike he brought with him, and everyone was given a wristband, badge and information leaflet to take home.

Whole School

A little bit of Histroy

October 12, 2017 Mrs Duncan Leave a comment

The packing process was in full swing today as staff prepare for the move to our new learning campus.

Whole School

Final Day for Pupils

October 11, 2017 Mrs Duncan Leave a comment

Today was the final day of school for pupils in our current school buildings before we make the move to our new learning campus. We had hoped to have a whole school picture taken outside our iconic bell tower but the weather unfortunately wasn’t in our favour today. We did however manage to have a whole school picture taken with pupils and staff present today in our hall. Thank you to Drew Geddes for coming along to take these historic and memorable pictures for us.

Whole School

Final Walk

October 11, 2017 Mrs Duncan Leave a comment

At the end of the day today, Thomas our retiring Janitor made one final walk up our famous hill from the infant building to the upper building. Children and staff were on hand to give him one final send off.

Whole School

Mr McMurtrie Retires

October 11, 2017 Mrs Duncan Leave a comment

Today staff and pupils said goodbye and happy retirement to Thomas McMurtrie our school janitor. Thomas has been Janitor at Dalbeattie Primary school for 30 years. He has seen many pupils through the doors of Dalbeattie Primary School and has been a highly valued member of staff.

At assembly today, pupils and staff presented Thomas with a selection of gifts. Mrs Howie, staff and pupils had also all worked together to create a fantastic picture for Thomas to remind him of playtimes, pupils and his house team Screel. Mrs Duncan shared some fun memories of Thomas and his Janitorial skills.

Good luck Thomas and enjoy retirement.

Local Community, Whole School

Harvest Donations

October 11, 2017 Mrs Duncan Leave a comment

At our end of term assembly today we presented Margaret Copp and Reverend Wilson with our harvest donations for the Foodbank that Dalbeattie and Kirkgunzeon Church are involved in supporting. Thank you everyone for your kind donations.

Whole School

Afternoon Tea with Thomas

October 11, 2017 Mrs Duncan Leave a comment

On Monday 9th of October, staff held an afternoon tea in honour of long serving school janitor Thomas McMurtrie. Thomas has been janitor at Dalbeattie Primary for 30 years. Thank you to Mrs Ross and Mrs Blackwood for creating such a fantastic cake for Thomas.

Class Learning, Sports

Orienteering

October 9, 2017 Mrs Duncan Leave a comment

Primary 2-7 have been learning to use maps and improve their co-operation and fitness around the school, park and forest, orienteering in PE this term. Some successful learners in P4-7 won medals for being the fastest in the competition, and others for being star improvers, or effective contributors, who help others to have more success. Many were bursting with pride for their excellent effort and progress getting faster, fitter and having lots of fun too. It’s been great to make the most of the different environments around our school. Huge thanks to our amazingly generous volunteers who helped us out!

Mrs Gray

Class Learning, Partnership Working

Fairtrade visitor to P5

October 8, 2017 Mrs Dyson Leave a comment

Mrs Dyson was delighted that Mrs Van Zwanenberg (a member of Kirkcudbright Fairtrade group) once again, was able to visit our school and work with pupils discussing issues around Fairtrade. Primary 5 pupils shared their knowledge with our guest speaker and Mrs Dyson was very impressed with the quality of questions they asked. Pupils learned more about how communities use the Fairtrade Premium. They also explored packaging of Fairtrade goods to identify what percentage of the product is made from Fairtrade ingredients. We would like to say a massive thank you to Mrs Van Zwanenberg for her support and input with our Fairtrade work at Dalbeattie Primary School.

Class Learning, Whole School

P5 Fairtrade Games Event

October 8, 2017 Mrs Dyson Leave a comment

Primary 5 pupils organised and ran a very successful Fairtrade Games Event. They had been learning about Fairtrade in class and wanted to continue to raise awareness throughout the school. They worked in teams to design and create their own game based around Fairtrade. Games included a Fairtrade Obstacle Race, Fairtrade Throw, Pin the Fairtrade product on the Fairtrade Mark while blindfolded, running games and a Fairtrade Quiz. The whole school were invited to play their games. For 50p, pupils were allocated a 15 minute slot to play all the games. Mrs Dyson and Primary 5 pupils would like to say a big thank you to all who supported our event. 160 people came to play our games. We even had family members join in the fun. Primary 5 pupils have decided to spend the £80 raised to buy Fairtrade footballs for use by all pupils within our school. The school has kindly agreed to match our amount raised so that double the number of balls can be bought. We look forward to introducing Fairtrade footballs into Dalbeattie Primary School.

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