ECO Committee Meeting

Our ECO Committee had their final meeting of this session. They reviewed our targets and organised the last few activities to be completed – a litter survey with presentation and reading a story to Nursery pupils about the importance of clearing away litter. They helped to organise the new resources that will be used by pupils when playing outside during lunch breaks. These include imaginative bags with model dinosaurs and lego men, construction bags with wooden pieces for building, wooden boards for writing outdoors and nature investigation bags with binoculars, magnifying glasses and ID charts.     (click on photos for full view of pupils)

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P5D Bug Count Survey

Primary 5D pupils were Citizen Scientists as they carried out a Bug Count Survey for the Open Air Laboratory (OPAL). They explored our school grounds and identified all the bugs found. Pupils worked in teams to spot bugs and then used ID charts to correctly identify each invertebrate. They explored soft ground surfaces, hard man-made surfaces and plants. Pupils were responsible as they handled the bugs with care and remembered to return each one back to their habitat. Brooke, Aimee and Alana then entered all our collected data onto the website where the OPAL team will collate results across the whole of the UK.

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Queen’s 90th Birthday Quiz

Thank you to everyone who took part. We are still gathering in money from sales of quiz sheets but have made over £180 so far. Money will be shared between Action for Children and Barnardos.  The quiz entries have been marked and correct entries have been drawn for the prizes. We are in the process of distributing the prizes. Thank you to all the shops and businesses who donated such generous prizes and for participating in this community event.

Donation from: Winners Prizes
Lions Club Anne Kalotka

Amie McKerrow

Elaine Henderson

Harry Foster

Sheena Scott

£20 book shop voucher x 5
Rotary Club Rhys Bell £50 cash prize
Flowers For You Nathan Harper plant
McKenzies Jasmine Wixon Bakeware
Complete Insurance Solutions Erin Styles £10 voucher for any shop in Dalbeattie
Supersave Mya Sargent Craft items and mugs
Idlehour Jack Brown Yankee Candle
GGB Jenny Blackwood Bottle of champagne
Bible Shop Molly Houston Children’s Bible
McCowans Finlay Burns voucher
Neilsons Pauline Warner Mixed grill for two voucher
D.G Lockharts Jennifer Stewart £25 book token
Granite Kitchen Lucy Bell

Jill Blackwood

2x £5 vouchers
Ian Bendall Undertakers Archie and Evie Coltart Cash prize £50
Best Pizza Kebab Shop Wendy Grierson 12” pizza
Stewartry Vets Jessica Bowden £25 cash prize
TH Carsons David Bowie £10 voucher
Dalbeattie Museum Karen Stitt £25 cash prize
Dalbeattie Book Shop Adam Ailsa and Aurla Ferguson 2017 Calendar and jigsaw
Well Pharmacy Drew Armstrong Candle set
Luigis Restaurant Andrew Kalotka Jnr £20 voucher
Bryan Gowans Nicki Armstrong Towel set
Hair and Beauty Gallery Katie Harper £10 voucher
De Caf Cafe Moira Bowie £10 voucher
Lily’s Chocolates Tallontire Family Box of chocolates
Trends Abbey Sargent £20 voucher
Jamiesons Shaun Styles

Blair Kalotka

2x£5 vouchers

90 quiz participants

 

Paul Jones Football

Our school football team played in the finals of the Paul Jones Cup on Saturday at Kirkcudbright. The team played well but unfortunately didn’t reach the overall final. Well done to the team and thank you to Mr MacDougall and Mr Cathro for giving up their time to train and support our team throughout the tournament. Thanks must also go to the team at Active Schools for the fantastic organisation at each round in the tournament and on finals day.

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Janice Jamieson Memorial Foundation

I am now able to share with you details about the young person we are  sponsoring though the Janice Jamieson Memorial Foundation in Malawi. Our young person is called Agnes Yoswa. Agnes  enjoys reading and singing and one day hopes to become a doctor. As a school , we have agreed to sponsor Agnes for 4 years and will have an annual fundraiser to provide sponsorship. We will receive half yearly reports about progress and look forward to sharing these with the school community.

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Nursery News – Our Butterflies

We have been watching our caterpillars grow over the past few weeks; they began as tiny caterpillars and grew at an amazing rate, shedding their skin as they grew. Then they created their chrysalis’ and we watched closely for them to reappear as butterflies.  One day we noticed a butterfly and within the following 24 hours all the 33 butterflies emerged, some of us were lucky enough to see some of the butterflies actually come out of their chrysalis.  We kept the butterflies in their net enclosure with some food until the next sunny day and then we released them into the garden.

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More Potted Sports

What a fantastic day of sporting activity we had using lots of skills learned in PE over the year! P7 showcased their confidence as effective contributors to others learning as extremely responsible, clear,caring and fun young leaders of the 16 activities around the school. In mixed age teams, all children supported and encouraged one another to have a fun, successful and achieving day I in the sun.

Mrs Gray – PE Specialist.

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