P4/5 Hestan Island Posters
Primary 4/5 unfortunately had to cancel their trip to Rockcliffe and Kippford due to bad weather but they worked in teams to research Hestan Island and created these great information posters.
Transition
The children who are going to school after the holidays have been taking part in some transition activities. We have had a look around the infant department, had a story in the P1 classroom and playing with the P1s and P2s during their break. We will continue to build on these experiences in the coming weeks.
Outside Play
With the weather being so nice this week we have been making the most of the opportunity to spend most of our time outside. The children have enjoyed playing in the garden and on the play equipment in the playground. The slide and the swing are still the favourites but we have had fun with the water tray, climbing on the tyres and playing “holidays” in the boat.
Open Day
A huge thank you to all those who came along to our final Open Day on Saturday 20th of May here in our iconic granite building. There was a fantastic turnout for the big picture in front of the bell tower. It was lovely to feel the atmosphere and buzz in the school as people shared memories whilst visiting classrooms and different areas of the school.
Setting set up and ready to welcome people.
Getting busier!
Sam was a great help to the Lions club with the balloons.
Galloway Pipes and Drums
Family time.
Sharing Memories
Bell ringing Donald Henderson and Dame Barbara Kelly
Gathering for the big picture.
Altogether on the granite slope in front of our iconic bell tower.
Primary 1 go Football crazy
Primary 1Y are delighted to be having football training from Queen of the South coaches.
For the next few weeks Dan will be coaching us in football skills and giving us advice on health and fitness.
Releasing our butterflies.
The butterflies that we have looked after since they were tiny caterpillars were big enough to be released into the wild today.
We have watched them grow from tiny caterpillars, through their chrysalis stage and finally emerging as Painted Lady butterflies.
Today we took them to our playing field and watched as some immediately flew away and some stayed for a while to say goodbye.
They have given us so much enjoyment over the past 5 weeks.
Tesco Bank Art Competition for Schools 2017
We are delighted to share some exciting news with you from here at Dalbeattie Primary School. Riley from P4/5 has been awarded a special merit in the Category C Primary 4 -7 section of this competition. The competition is in its 14th year and this year they received over 7,700 entries from all over Scotland so being amongst the winners is a major achievement. We are delighted that Riley is receiving this award. A huge thanks must also go to Mrs McLeman our specialist art teacher for selecting Riley’s piece of art work to enter in the competition along with several others form the class and a group composition from the P5 class.
Riley’s art work along with all other winning entries from each category will be framed and on display at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art 0-Modern ONE, from 10th June -24th September. The exhibition will then go on tour to Eastwood Park Theatre Gallery, Giffnock and Gracefield Arts centre in Dumfries until Spring 2018.
P1F Football
P1 began their 4 week block of football training with Queen of the South this Friday and had a great time. They had a chat about healthy eating before skills practice and play. They are looking forward to next week!
Smoking Matters
Last term P6,P6/7 and P7 classes all took part in a design competition run by Smoking Matters. The pupils were to design a flag that could be used to encourage people to stop smoking and help Scotland to become a smoke free nation by 2020. Jenny from P7 was awarded 2nd place in the competition. Well done Jenny a fantastic flag design.
