P1/2 had a fantastic time at Rockliffe for our school trip. The children loved hunting for sea creatures in the rockpools and learning all about the beach through playing games.
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P3 Baking with Annette
On Wednesday 26th June, P3 had a lovely visit from local lady Annette Need. Annette is a baker and she also runs the Colvend Producer’s Market. We thought this would fit in perfectly with our Food and Farming topic. She kindly brought in all the ingredients for us to make our own pizzas.
Firstly, we had a chance to taste all of the lovely ingredients – some of which we would not think to put on a pizza. It was great to see all of the different faces when sampling the food! We then had to roll our dough and put our tomato sauce base on. We had the option of three different cheeses before then selecting out toppings.
After making the pizza, we put them in the oven to cook. Not long after, we were able to safely transport our pizzas back to the classroom before saving them to take home.
Thank you Annette for taking the time to come and do this with us – we thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks also to the two high school pupils who helped, Miss Aitchison and also to Mrs Houston for allowing us to use her facilities again.
Mrs Wixon
Primary Three Visit to Galloway Soup Company
On Monday 24th June, P3 had the opportunity to visit the Galloway Soup Company for our lunch. It was a special treat, but also linked to our Food and Farming topic. After braving the monsoon, we arrived and Joanne provided the children with their lunch and also talked to us about the ingredients she used, discussed sustainability and also her links with local businesses. She really underlined the importance of keeping things local!
We also had a little quiz using some pictures, to find out where the products came from – local honey, milk and strawberries to name a few.
We were sent on our way after having a lovely baby hot chocolate (with marshmallows and cream!), and also an ice cream from Glen Urr. Thank you Joanne for a thoroughly enjoyable lunch. The children and I will be back!
Mrs Wixon
Eco and Pupil Council Newsletter June 2019
Primary 3 Farm Trip
Awards
Head Teacher Awards
21.6.19
Primary 3 Soup Making
On Monday 20th and Monday 27th of May, we ventured through to the High School Home Economics department, where we met Mrs Houston. As part of our Food and Farming topic, we thought it would be a great idea to make some soup!
We discussed the importance of hand washing before preparing vegetables to make our soup. Whilst one group was doing this, the others were learning about The Eatwell Guide, and then we swapped over.
At the end of each session, we were able to take our soup home to sample. Thanks to Mrs Houston for her help!
First Responder Certificates
Primary 7 received their First Responder Certificates in assembly last week. They participated in their training with Dalbeattie First Responders earlier this term. The trainers were very impressed with the high standards set by the pupils in P7. Well Done!
Head Teacher’s Awards
Weekly Award Winners
24.5.19
Upper School Picture to follow.
P1 Searching for flowers….
P1F have been learning about plants and flowers so we decided to go outside to look at how our planters are coming along and see if we could find any flowers we knew….we also enjoyed being out in the sunshine!
We enjoyed drawing some of our flowers.
As we had been talking about springs flowers and animals Roan kindly brought in a birds nest that was in his garden hedge from last year. It was a great example. Thank you for bringing it in to show us.
