Please find below a copy of a letter from local authority about Walk to School Week. We would like to see as many pupils as possible participating in active travel during this week.
Tag Archives: Responsible Citizens
Transport
The morning children have been very interested in transport recently so many of our activities have had a transport theme. We have painted different types of vehicle, compared old and new cars, explored floating and sinking and practised crossing the road, to name but a few things.
Stay and Play Sessions
Thank you so much to the parents and family members who attended our Stay and Play sessions last week. It was lovely to welcome so people and the children were so excited to share their learning with you.
Crafting at Alma House
Spring was certainly in the air today as a group of 12 P6 and P7 pupils visited Alma House in Dalbeattie. The children visited residents and took part in some Spring and Easter Craft activities with them. Easter Bonnets, cards, and decorated boxes were just some of the items that they created together. The children were fantastic ambassadors for the school and were very engaged in dialogue with residents during the visit. A great example of intergenerational working.
Red Nose Day 2017
The children enjoyed their non uniform day on Friday 24th March when they came to school wearing bright clothes. Many children also had their red noses to wear. Children were told they could bring in a voluntary donation, which many did. We raised £215.44 which is tremendous amount. Nursery had a separate fundraiser.
P5D Singing at Dalbeattie Day Centre
Great enthusiasm and a responsible attitude were shown by pupils in Primary 5D who performed to visitors at Dalbeattie Day Centre. The class have been working with musicians from Feis Rois to learn a variety of Scots songs. They have also learned to play rhythms on the taiko drums to accompany the song “Hey Donal”. Pupils performed a selection of their favourite songs as well as sharing their drumming skills. Mrs Dyson was delighted by the great attitude shown by all pupils when performing and in their conversations with the visitors afterwards. We would like to say thank you to the visitors of Dalbeattie Day Centre for being a wonderful audience, to the staff for the juice and biscuits afterwards, to the adults who accompanied us on the walk and also to Kate and Peter from Feis Rois who have worked so enthusiastically with us!
Penalty Shoot Out
On Saturday 25th of March, 7 pupils from P6 and P7 went along to Islecroft to watch the local football team Dalbeattie Start playing in a match against Edinburgh University. At half time, the boys were invited onto the pitch and had a penalty shoot out against each other. This was a great experience for the boys being on the full size pitch and trying to save penalties in the full sizes goal. Thank you to Dalbeattie Starr FC for inviting us to be part of the day and we look forward to joining future games and supporting the team.
P7 Spanish Day
On Monday 20th March Primary 7 attended a Spanish Day at Dalbeattie High School as part of their transition programme. The day gave the children the opportunity to be introduced to Spanish and take part in lots of fun activities.
These activities included Zumba, Tapas making, learning the language of the fan and a treasure hunt around the school learning the names of the subjects in Spanish.
The children had an absolutely fantastic day and were really motivated and engaged in all of the activities.
A huge thank you to all of the High School staff involved in planning and organising this event. It was a superb day!
SSPCA officer visits P5D
As part of our ‘Around Scotland’ theme, Primary 5D learned more about the wildlife of Scotland from our visitor from the SSPCA. We played a group game similar to Trivial Pursuit and had to answer questions about the animals found in Scotland. The visit was very informative and lots of fun!
PC Johnstone visits P5D
Primary 5D learned about Internet Safety when PC Johnstone visited our class. He answered lots of our questions about the role of the police and told us how we can stay safe when online. We watched a short film which reinforced his message.
