Miss Clendinning came into P6 this morning to show us how to set up our own blogs. We had fun writing out first post and editing our header to show off our personality. We hope to share these with our parents by logging into Glow at home.
Halloween Fun
We had a fun start to the new term today in nursery. Lots of us dressed up and we enjoyed some traditional Halloween activities like dookin’ for apples. Some of us were brave enough to perform our ‘party pieces’ so we had some lovely songs, some jokes (that the adults didn’t get at all but we found hilarious!) and some interesting dance moves! We made pumpkin lanterns and had a spooky snack.
Operation Safety Trip 14.10.16
P7 had a fantastic day today at Operation Safety! Thank you to everyone involved in the organisation of the event!
Here are a few snapshots of what we were up to!!
P7 Blogging!
Primary 7C have been learning how to blog this term and have made an excellent start to their own personal blogs. Miss Clendinning is very proud of the effort and standard of the blogging entries so far this year and is sure the High School will love reading them as part of the P7 transition process. Well done P7!!
Here we are, hard at work!!
Note to all P7’s – please make sure you share your blogs with your parents and don’t forget… if you are doing anything exciting in the holidays or have any wider achievements from outside school please email pictures to yourself so that we can update our blogs after the holidays!! Thank you!! Happy Holidays!
P7 – Getting ready for Operation Safety!
In preparation for our visit to Operation Safety on Friday 14th October Primary 7 have been learning all about how keep ourselves and others safe and how to react in an emergency situation.
We have discussed and used role play to learn about a variety of different emergency situations such as road safety, electrical safety and making emergency calls. However one of our favourite tasks was revising how to put someone into the recovery position. We learned about the importance of remembering our ABC (Airways, Breathing and Circulation) before practicing the recovery position with our friends. It was great fun!!
P7 Olympic Topic
This term Primary 7 have been learning about the Ancient and Modern Olympic Games. We have investigated the history of the games, where it originated and how it came to be, and have found out how it developed into the Olympic Games we have today.
Our rich task this term was to create a board game which demonstrated team work, creativity and good knowledge and understanding of our topic.
We worked really well together to come up with ideas, to compromise and to delegate jobs.
When we were finished we presented the games to the class then shared them with P6G and P6/7B. They gave us some super feedback and all seemed to thoroughly enjoy the games.
Here are some of the finished products.
Primary 4/5 Trip to Dino Park
Primary 4/5 enjoyed a ‘roaringly’ great trip to Dino Park! They enjoyed sharing the knowledge they’d learnt in their Dinosaur topic as well as learning some fun new facts. Activities they took part in included: Dino Walk and Quiz, Guess the Dinosaur Game, Dino Craft, Bouncy Castle, Dig for Fossils, Mystery Wall, Tree House Play, Enchanted Fairy Woodland and Dino Shop.
P6G Smoking Matters
Last week Lisa Ashby came in to talk to us about the dangers of smoking and how to say no. We looked at all the chemicals in a cigarette and we were shocked- poison and embalming chemicals? Yuck ! We tried running on the spot and breathing through a straw to see what it would be like to have lungs of a smoker. It was horrible and really difficult!We also found out that smoke can stay in a house for 6 hours, even if the doors and windows are open. It will soon be illegal for adults to smoke in a car with children present.
Thanks to Lisa for coming in to talk to us!
Songwriting with Feis Ross Musicians
Dalbeattie Primary School has been thrilled to welcome Feis Ross Musicians Nicola and Andrew Black into school to work with our young people in Primary 4, Primary 4/5 and Primary 5. This year, the children have been experiencing the art of songwriting. Primary 4/5 wrote a song about dinosaurs, Primary 5 used the Dalbeattie Town Wood’s Totem Pole as their inspiration and Primary 4 composed a song about Tatty Bogel. However, another highlight is a song which all three classes have worked on, while thinking about their current school and looking forward to the new one. It’s called ‘We Live In Dalbeattie.’ Today, the classes, accompanied by Nicola and Andrew Black, gave a wonderful performance of all these songs to a packed school hall. The ‘We Live in Dalbeattie’ song was, particularly memorable. Well done to all and thank you! The words for the school song are given below:
V1:
We live in Dalbeattie, where the river flows,
We live in Dalbeattie, where the wind blows,
Moving to a new school, it’ll be so cool,
So many memories, in this primary,
Grannies and Papas and great nana’s cousins,
For a hundred and forty years, they all came here.
Chorus:
Friends forever, always together,
Even when it rains, we’ll still play together,
Even if we fall out, we’ll be friends whenever,
We meet each other again
V2:
We live in Dalbeattie, in the granite city,
We lo-ove Dalbeattie, very bold and pretty,
Nearer to nature, we can learn outside
To get to the playground, we’ll go on the slide
CHORUS
V3:
We bide in Da’beattie, whaur the burnie rows,
We bide in Da’beattie, whaur the birkie grows,
Hard rock challenge and a granite quarry,
Gaun tae the forest wi ma family
CHORUS (repeat last line to finish)
Autumn Conkers
As we didn’t find any chestnuts on our trip to the woods, Miss Carson brought some in for us to explore. We were surprised at how sharp the shells were and loved opening the chestnuts up to discover the soft spongy insides, and of course the conker! Miss Carson wasn’t the only one to bring in chestnuts. Aiden had his own collection and won the title of the ‘Conker Champion’ by collecting more than Miss Carson! We did some observational pencil drawings of the chestnuts and acorns and have added various forest items and toys to our Tuff tray. We have also used them for counting activities.
