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Book Fair Competition Winners

We recently held a Scholastics Book Fair as part of our Christmas Fayre. As well as organising, coordinating and running the book fair, Mrs Aitchison from our school office ran a colouring and book cover designing competition for any pupils who wanted to enter. The winning pictures were selected and each winner was awarded a £5 book voucher to spend on a product from the fair. Well done to all the winners featured below. Thank you to Mrs Aitchison for organising the book fair and competition.

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More Code Club Congratulations!

A few of our Code Clubbers were unable to make our final session of Module 1 so the photo below shows them receiving their certificates. They also shared their thoughts of Code Club. I am very proud of all their efforts over the course of Module 1.    Mrs Dyson

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“I enjoyed experimenting and being creative with the projects.” (Myah)

“I liked completing all the projects because they all had a unique style, for example, in Ghostbusters, the ghost kept disappearing to different places.” (Gregor)

“I enjoyed making a selection of games and personalising them.” (Heather)

“I really enjoyed making my Ghostbusters game. I learned to change backgrounds and sprites.” (Tia)

Code Club Congratulations!

Congratulations to all Code Clubbers who participated in Module 1. Tonight, we had a celebration session where pupils received certificates and shared their thoughts of this After-School club. Their comments are noted below. I have been very proud of all the pupils’ hard work and enthusiasm. They have learned so much about digital programming and have been great problem solvers. I would also like to thank Mr Muirhead for helping at Code Club each week.    Mrs Dyson

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“I learned how to code and that’s what I want to do as a career. I enjoyed typing code using python.” (Kurtis)

“I had been wanting to use Scratch since I saw it on the Internet. I liked creating my Speedboat game.” (Nathan)

“My top tip is to follow the instructions. My favourite task was making the Lost in Space animation.” (Orla)

“I enjoyed Code Club and have learned how to make sprites speak and move.” (Adam)

“It’s educational and fun! My favourite was using Python.” (Andie)

“This was one of the first activities to affect my future career in Game Design. My favourite session was working with Python.” (Murdo)

“My favourite was typing the code using Python – very educational.” (Reilly)

“I liked Chatbot because my sprite looked really funny.” (Ciara)

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Sea Cadets Annual Trophy Presentation

On Tuesday 15th of November I attended the Dalbeattie Sea Cadets trophy presentation evening. An update on the units progress over the year was given by Mrs Millar. Commanding Officer Lt(SCC) E. McVinnie RNR then provided an update on progress and achievements of the cadets. Badges and certificates were presented to cadets as well as trophies for achievements. Well done to Logan Bond for achieving the award of best Junior Cadet and to Andrew Millar who received the Endeavour Award for having a go and trying everything so far in cadets and never giving up.

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Triathlon Success

Well done to Aaron and Owen Bryson who took part in a Junior Triathlon at Kirkcudbright today. The boys both swan, ran and cycled as part of the event.  The event was organised by the Triathlon Trust. We will certainly be looking to support this event further in the future should it take place locally again. Anyone interested in supporting the school with this please get in touch through the school office.

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Sea Cadet Inspection Night and Parade

On Tuesday 3rd of May Mrs Duncan attended the Dalbeattie Sea Cadet Inspection Night and Parade. The Cadets  and Guard were inspected by Inspecting Officer : Captain Peter Adams RN. Captain Adams said that the cadets all looked very smart and he was impressed with their drill movements. The  senior cadets shared a PowerPoint called “A Blast from the Past” about the history of the Dalbeattie Sea Cadet Unit. After Stand Easy (refreshments) the junior  and senior cadets then carried out a First Aid demonstration with equipment purchased from funds donated  by Dalbeattie Rotary Club. At the end of the evening the cadets ended the night with evening colours  and a presentation of trophies to achieving cadets.

By Junior Sea Cadets : Andrew Miller, Leon Pipe,Logan Bond and Ryan McGinely

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First Aid Demonstration

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Andrew taking charge of Division at Evening Colours

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