Well done to our netball teams who participated in the Stewartry netball league organised by Active Schools this term. Mrs Anderson was delighted with how all the team played and participated in the tournament. Our ‘light blue ‘ team were the overall winner this year so a huge congratulations to them.
Thanks to Mrs Anderson, Mrs Cox and Mrs Blackwood for giving up their time to coach the teams and support them each Monday during the league season.
On Saturday 1st of June pupils from P5-P7 participated in a sponsored cycle event to raise money for school funds. The event involved the four house teams cycling on turbo trainers to see how far they could travel within a 1 hour time slot. Each pupil and supporting adult cycled for at least 5 minutes. Dalbeattie Lions Club and GGB solicitors supported the school with this event and have provided a trophy for the house group that cycled furthest and medals for the team that raised the most sponsor money. Teams will also be allocated points towards sports day totals. Well done and thank you to all those who gave up their time on Saturday to participate and support the event.
Winners in both sections will be announced later this week.
19 pupils from P3-P7 took part in this years Regional Schools Gymnastics Competition. Pupils have attend after school clubs with Mrs Duncan and Amy Bradbury from Active School and developed their skills and techniques to produce routines and vaults for the competition. The pupils all performed well and represented the school extremely well. Our Level 2 team of Sophie, Abbie, Lily and Eva were winners within their section and will now progress to the next round in Perth. Sophie was also the overall winner in the Level 2 section.
Well done to the Primary Six Soccer Sevens team today who participated in the DGSFA Soccer Sevens tournament at Palmerston Arena. The team won two of their games and lost two games. The team played well together supporting and encouraging each other throughout the games. Sporting attitudes were very good throughout the tournament.
Congratulations to the Primary 7 football team who represented Dalbeattie Primary School today in the DGSFA Concept Soccer 7’s Tournament at Palmerstone Arena in Dumfries. The team were the winners within their league and will progress to the next round of the tournament. The team demonstrated skill on the pitch and a high standards of sporting behaviour. Mrs Duncan and Thomas McMurtrie were both very proud to have taken the team to the event today. The team are now looking forward to hearing where the next round of the tournament will take place.
Some pupils from P4-P7 took part in a mini triathlon on Friday 15th of September at Kirkcudbright. The event was organised by the Triathlon Trust in partnership with Active Schools. Well done to all pupils who took part in this fantastic event.
P4 and P4/5 took part in a photo competition as part of their class learning about Dumfries and Galloway this term. The children had to take a creative photograph anywhere in Dumfries and Galloway. Mr Phil McMenemy, a well know local photographer came into school today to judge the competition. Well done to all the pupils who entered photographs.
Primary 5 pupils enjoyed a day of Watersports at Carlingwark Loch in Castle Douglas. They showed perseverance, resilience, courage, communication and teamwork skills while sailing, canoeing and kayaking. Mrs Dyson, Mrs Cox and Mrs Fortnum were very proud of the effort made by everyone! A big thank you to all the instructors who helped make this such a fantastic day.
On Saturday 17th June, Riley was presented with her special merit award in the Primary 4-7 Category of the Tesco Bank Art Competition for Schools 2017 (Theme ‘Transport’). Riley travelled to Edinburgh for the day with family and Ms McLeman (Art specialist) also attended the awards ceremony. Well done to Riley. Riley’s design features on a poster around Edinburgh along with other award winners.
What a wonderfully energetic and enthusiastic day we had for PE at Dalbeattie Primary!
P7 excelled themselves as confident and capable responsible leaders of our 16 activity stations around the school. Children were all mixed up in house teams of P1-P6, actively learning and extending our skills and fitness through activities like New Age Kurling, Orienteering, keep fit dancing and beat the goalies, to name just a few. Knowledge, skill and fantastic ideas were shared with excellent examples demonstrated. Great fun was had and new friends were made in different classes.
Senior Pupils from Dalbeattie High School joined us and made an essential contribution as team leaders too.
It was one of those feel good days to be glad to be a part of, and proud of all contributing to making such a success!
Mrs Gray P.E Specilaist
