27/04/2016
by Mrs Devlin
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Gardening Club – Lunchtime Session 1

Brrrrr! What a chilly session!

Our very first lunchtime club began with everyone working together to plant some new strawberry and broad bean plants into the raised beds. They looked very happy to be placed in such nutritious soil (lots of horse manure has been previously added!), however a cold snap came over Dalry, hailstones and all, which might have sadly killed off our beans. We’ll need to keep a very close eye on them, but we’ve added some extra protection from the elements in shape of mini greenhouses!

We also built a greenhouse that we found in the shed, it had definitely seen better days, so decided to treat ourselves to a brand new one. We can’t wait to build it next week!

Next week’s jobs:

CD spinners,

Pumpkin seed planting,

Tattie planting,

Tending to all the beds and pots.. Busy, busy!

27/04/2016
by Mrs Devlin
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P3,4,5 investigate!

P3,4,5 were set a maths question to investigate this week linked to our new IDL topic Blood, Bile and Body bits:

“Do the tallest people have the biggest head circumference?”

We had a great class discussion about how we would go about answering this question, which lead us into our new numeracy topic – Measurement. The pupils came up with some appropriate instruments and units of measurement that we should use. We decided to use centimetres and metres and use measuring tapes and metre sticks to measure with. We talked about how we would measure a circumference, Lucy was able to tell and show us what a circumference was, well done!

We then got started on measuring our head circumference and heights. This task was quite tricky, as we started to notice everyone was very different.

Here’s Joe getting his head circumference measured by Preston, he looks like he’s having a great time!

27/04/2016
by Mrs Devlin
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Friday Fun Time: Gardening Club and Playground Improvements

Friday Fun Time for the Playground Improvement Team (PITs) and Gardening Club was a busy session. We began with making a ‘mood-board’ of our favourite plants, colours and textures and then added ideas of what we would like to see in our outdoor space. The pupils worked wonderfully together, with the older pupils helping the younger ones choose suitable flowers, plants, fruit and veg. We also had a great discussion about the things we felt could improve our playground, like benches, planters and art installations.

Our mood-board is displayed in the foyer for all to see. Please have a look and add to it if you have any ideas that you feel would make our outdoor space the best it can be.

Then we were planted some gorgeous smelling lavender that will hopefully be used in a sensory garden.

25/04/2016
by Miss Brown
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Monday morning fitness

For all P5s, 6’s and 7’s Monday mornings are proving to be a good workout!

First we have John who comes in to teach us rugby skills. Today we were combining the skills we have learned from the past two weeks into a game situation. We had to work as a team to get the ball from one side of the pitch to the other and get it into the scoring zone. We were learning how to pass the ball backwards in a game situation, where there is a lot of pressure, and we were practising our short, underarm passes. We used the skills from past lessons, forming lines of defence across the whole pitch to stop anyone from getting through.

By the end we were playing some really good rugby!

THEN, after a well deserved break and a refuelling we were back onto the pitch. This time for some Queen of the South football! We began by doing a team building exercise, where we had to untangle ourselves. This proved really tricky for some people, but we got there in the end.

We practised our dribbling skills in a warm up game, where we had to jump if the word “header” was shouted (see picture of Reece), touch the ball with our knee if the word “knee” was shouted and so on.

We then put these skills into a game. There was some fierce competition, but we all powered through, not giving up. There was some terrific defence and some fabulous goals scored by many on that pitch. We all walked away happy, with smiles on our faces.

Roll on the next sessions!!

25/04/2016
by Mrs Turner
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People Who Help Us at Dalry School

To begin this term’s Interdisciplinary Learning topic work, children in P1/2 have begun to think about the people who help them in school. First they thought about what sorts of jobs happen around school and then about who did them. Next the children brainstormed who helped them and came up with lots of names. The children then worked in small groups to think about the questions they would like to ask these people, to find out more about how they help us.

On Thursday, the P1/2 interviews began! First we visited David, the Janitor. The the group of children who interviewed him wanted to know how he fixed things, so he explained some of the jobs he did.

Another group of children knew that Mr Goodwin helped us by fixing computers, but they wanted to know where he did his work and how he did it. So, the class went to visit Mr Goodwin in his office and he showed them some of the jobs he did, the tools he used and where the main part of the computer network was kept, which is part of his job to look after.

Finally, the class visited Mrs Kirk and the staff in the school canteen. The children in this interview group had planned a number of interesting questions to ask about the preparation of their school lunch and they learned lots about how the food was ordered, cooked and served.

Next week, the class will be visiting other people who help us in school and the interview groups have planned some insightful questions to learn more about their jobs.

21/04/2016
by Mrs Devlin
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Gardening Club – Session one

Wow! What a glorious evening to have a our very first 2015/16 Gardening Club session.

The pupils were wee industrious ants this afternoon, shifting muck (many thanks to Mr Edgar!) into the raised beds. The pupils worked brilliantly together, filling buckets and transporting it to where they wanted it. We managed to make short work out of a massive pile of top soil in no time at all!

Well done Gardening Club!

Next session – filling the raised beds with plants and seeds and ‘sprucing’ up the stone work. Watch this space for future updates.

Good job! 👍🏻

21/04/2016
by Miss Brown
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It’s all about the camouflage

We learned that the top of Anderson shelters were covered in ground and plants to camouflage them with the rest of the garden. So we did the same!

PAINT EVERYHWERE!! This was the goal! We covered the shelter in brown and green paint to create the camouflaged look. Look at those happy faces.

21/04/2016
by Miss Brown
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P5/6/7’s Air Raid Shelter

In P5/6/7 we have been learning about World War 2. This included learning about Anderson Shelters and why they were important.

We built one in our own class to bring our learning to life! Many hands helped to bring our Anderson shelter to life and we worked together to plan how it would be built. As we started building we realised we had to do some problem solving to make sure it would stay up. Ryan had a brilliant idea to have supporting beams to keep our roof from falling in. Thanks Ryan! We used white border strips to illustrate the corrugated iron effect that all the shelters were made from. Vinnie and Jamie worked out a way to make the straight strip curve around the top of the shelter. Good team work boys!

We are going to use our shelter as a reading zone, filling it with cushions and torches so we can read peacefully without disruption. Very exciting!

We have only just started our construction so keep an eye out for more pictures and facts to follow!

21/04/2016
by Miss Brown
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Gravel graphs!

P5/6/7 have been learning about the different ways that we can present information. The sun was out and so were we! We used sticks to measure different playground objects and put this information into a bar graph. Can you spot which object was the tallest? And which one was the smallest?

We then collect many different objects that we could find and put them into a tally chart. We found A LOT of sticks and stones. Surprisingly there were also quite a few pipes found in our playground.

We loved exploring our playground to see what different objects we could find! Perhaps you could look around your garden? You could be pleasantly surprised at what you find.

20/04/2016
by Mrs Devlin
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P3,4,5 have their very own menagerie!

P3,4,5 have been working hard last term with Mrs Collins our fantastic Art Teacher to make chicken models.

“They were really fun to make, we used newspaper, tin foil and tissue paper to make the body. Then we made it look more realistic with eyes, feathers and a tail.” Lucy P5

“I learned how to model in 3D.” Charlie M. P3

“I learned how to make eye-lashes from black paper, we snipped it half way and then stuck it around the eye.” Amos P4

Our chickens are currently displayed in the foyer, please pop along and see them!

I think you’ll agree they all look AMAZING! Well done everyone 🙂