At the end of the topic, P5/6 had to create a Victorian play with script and facts from the era. They worked very hard to devise interesting storylines and engage the audience. Have a look at some of the pictures of rehearsals!
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Sumdog Competition
Over the past week, P3-7 have been taking part in Sumdog’s local contest. The contest challenged the children on their maths knowledge and finished at 8pm yesterday.
We are delighted that 3 of our classes managed to be daily winners and are thrilled to announce that P4A were the overall winners of the contest, winning 30 free membership subscriptions for next year!!!
Certificates will be issued to all children who took time to take part after the holidays.
Well done everyone!!
P6F Gaming with P2
This term P6 have been using the software Kodu to create their own game. The target audience was P2 who were invited to come and play these games! Both classes joined together and the P6’s enjoyed explaining the aim and instructions of their games while P2 gave a lot of positive feedback. We finished with P2 singing a song they had learned about the Solar System. Great fun!
P7 French Day
On Monday 21st March, Primary 7 were treated to a full day of fun French activities at Dalbeattie High School as part of our transition work.
We had 4 different activities to take part in. They were:
- Au Voleur! (Catch the thief) – an activity that took us all around the school searching for clues, written on the classroom doors in French, to help us find the missing objects.
- L’animal imaginaire (Imaginary animals) – we had to create an imaginary animal and label it using our knowledge of French vocabulary.
- Les jeux de société (Board Games) – we played a variety of games which tested our French vocabulary.
- Des chansons, et jeux actives (songs and active games) – we sang and practiced lots of songs in preparation for our performances to the parents in the afternoon.
We all had a brilliant day and thoroughly enjoyed the delicious French breakfast of hot chocolate and croissants at break time.
Thank you Mrs Kinghorn!!
Primary 3/4 Visit Alma
On Friday 18th March Primary 3/4 visited Alma House to share songs and entertain the residents. P3/4 have been involved in learning a range of traditional songs as part of the Feis Ros music programme.
Beat the Street Mini Game
Beat the Street is back in Dalbeattie. The mini game was launched yesterday with a led bike ride through Dalbeattie Town wood. Thanks to all those who took part.
P7 High School Transition
This term Primary 7 have been taking part in some transition sessions with Mr Bremner, Mr Donnelly and Miss Stewart from the High School.
Mr Bremner has been teaching probability in maths. We have had a great time sorting skittles and working out the probability of choosing certain colours – we even got to eat them at the end!!!
With Mr Donnelly, we have been learning about the importance of shading and adding tone to our art work.
In Drama, Miss Stewart played some really funny warm up games with us. We loved playing the stage direction game as well as some of the concentration games. In the last session we worked on freeze frames for different scenarios. It was really goof fun!!
P5D Win Shield at the Music Festival
We were extremely proud of all Primary 5D pupils who performed in the Dumfries and District Music Festival on Friday. The class have loved receiving instruction with playing the ukulele from Mr Butterworth every fortnight. Mrs Dyson would like to thank Mr and Mrs Butterworth for all their input and support. The class enthusiastically performed “What shall we do with a ukulele?” and won the Ian Hart Shield and a Certificate of Commended Performance. The adjudicator commented: “You sang strongly and clearly throughout. Balance between the ukuleles and singing was always good. Strumming was largely rhythmic and chord changes were confident. Overall, an excellent approach resulting in an enjoyable performance.” We look forward to adding our engraving and displaying the shield. A big thank you to Mr and Mrs Butterworth who also presented every pupil with a special medal when coming off stage – a wonderful momento of our performance!
Dragons’ Den visit P6F
Primary 6F have been working with Miss Duncan to design their own confectionary product to pitch to our very own Dragons! Each child had to create a new product based on their knowledge of advertising, make an idea board, think about the costing for their product and put a convincing pitch together to present to the Dragons.
The finalists were: Jenny Blackwood; Leon Pipe; Lainey Ireland; Liam Whalen and Myah Sargent.
Our Dragons were: Logan Bond; Ciara McQuarrie; Aaron Campbell and Shannon Kelly.
The winner to be announced…
P5 Visit RSPB Mersehead
Primary 5 enjoyed a great day visiting RSPB Mersehead as part of their topic work “Around Scotland”. We learned about the journey of Barney the Barnacle Goose as he made his way from Svalbard in the Arctic Circle to Mersehead. We collaborated in groups to create our own beach art using natural materials. We observed and identified a variety of birds. We also learned about the lifecycle of the rare Natterjack Toad which can also be found at Mersehead.
