On Friday P6 invited P2 to their classroom in order to entertain them! They shared their learning regarding the Caribbean and compared this to Scottish Culture. Two groups ‘performed’ T.V. shows they had produced while all P6 sang ‘The Banana Boat Song’ and then had a dance with P2. P6 were super hosts to a very good audience and Mrs McLean even got a mocktail!!
On Wednesday morning Primary 6 girls were invited to an active schools session at Castle Douglas High School with all the local primary schools. They had a great morning playing football, golf, tennis and cricket while the sun was shining!
Primary 6 recently visited Dalbeattie High School to participate in Science Day with the cluster primaries. Everyone had a great time meeting the teachers and learning about the senses, electrical circuits and chemical reactions. Thank you very much for inviting us and planning a great day for us all!
The first game of our Dalbeattie Primary School Trophy was played today after school in Colliston Park. Mr MacDougall has organised this event for P6 and P7 pupils who attended after school football training. The children have been split into 4 teams Jaguars, Lions, Panthers and Tigers. Over the next six weeks the teams will play each other once. This weeks winners were the Lions who beat the Jaguars . The score was 6 to the Lions 3 to the Jaguars.
This afternoon P6 shared the homework task they were set regarding their favourite author. Some pupils chose to present their information in a poster while some chose a factfile. We began by looking at all our work and reading all the fabulous facts before giving written feedback to each other.
Many of us were very keen to present our work to class and we thoroughly enjoyed listening to each other. Mrs Fitzsimmons was very impressed with all our hard work and how creative it was!
On Tuesday afternoon P6 were delighted to welcome back author Stuart Reid! Following our previous workshop we all wrote our own stories which were posted to Stuart. He very kindly read them all giving each one of us comments. Infact, he enjoyed them so much he chose three pupils to each receive one of his books which he signed! The lucky recipients were Lainey Ireland, Ciara McQuarrie and Liam Whalen.
As well as receiving feedback on our stories Stuart took us for another writing workshop where we really looked at setting, description, emotions and the senses to improve our work. We worked really hard and had lots of ideas and suggestions which we will incorporate in our future writing. Thank you very much Stuart.
READING ROCKS!!!
Last week we had a visit from Mrs Armitage who came along to tell us all bout life in the Caribbean as she lived and taught there on an island called Curacao a few years ago! We were all very keen to hear her stories and she kindly left lots of photographs and other items for us to look at. Mrs Armitage said we were great listeners and really enjoyed chatting with us. Thank you for popping in!
Later on that week we had a visit from Lisa Ashby from the Smoking Matters Team. She came along to ask our help in looking at a case involving a smoker. We had lots of discussion regarding what influences young people to begin smoking and the related risks. We worked very well on several tasks and then used our new knowledge in a creative writing task.
Wednesday 11th May was World Orienteering day. Solway Orienteers visited Dalbeattie Primary School and organised an orienteering maze and other fun challenges. Pupils from P5-P7 all participated in this event.
Photos below show P7C participating on the day and extending their knowledge and skill levels in orienteering.
This term P5, P5/6 and P6F have been really fortunate to have the opportunity to train with Queen of the South Football under 21 club members. As well as playing matches we have also received talks about nutrition and good sportsmanship.
As you can see we had several cheerleading squads and a great save!
The wet and miserable weather today didn’t stop some of our P6 and P7 pupils from getting on their bikes and taking part in an ibike obstacle course with Katie our ibike leader. Children braved the rain and had a fantastic time developing their cycling skills going over various ramps, jumps and beams.
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