S Farquhar – Dalry Secondary Blog

Dementia Friendly Community

Pupils from S1,S2 and S3 have completed their Dementia Friends Scotland Information Sessions with Jill Rennie. They are now committed to:

Supporting work of the Dementia Friendly Community team and have completed an action plan to help ensure out school/ pupils become more dementia friendly.

Supporting our staff/ pupils to receive awareness training, practical advice and information about dementia.

Distributing “Tips for Shops and Businesses” information to all staff and pupils.

Ensuring all people who may be living with dementia are supported with understanding, dignity and respect.

Well done to all those involved.

Pupils have been working hard over the past few weeks to prepare dishes for the Soup & Sweet Pop Up Café. Both Tesco and the Co-op in Castle Douglas have kindly donated ingredients to support us. The event will take place on Thursday 8th February at Dalry School, 13:15, £5 per ticket. Tickets are being sold in advance to ensure we are aware of any allergies or accessibility issues. If interested contact the school for more information. 01644 430259

Health Week Day Three

The final day has brought glorious sunshine. The pupils have been busy this morning preparing Cheese Scones and butter for our One Planet Picnic. The cheese was donated by Seriously Strong and RHET undertook the butter making session.

Pupils have also been taking part in Art Therapy sessions, they have been producing excellent pieces of work.

At lunchtime Kells and Carsphairn joined us for a picnic outside on the grass. The pupils were welcome to sample local produce from Rowan Glen, Seriously Strong and Tesco.

It has been an excellent week and the pupils have really engaged with all the different sessions which took place. Well done.

Health Week Day Two

Pupils have been enjoying lots of different sporting activities today.

Football with Queen of the South, Rugby with John Muir from SRU, Multi-Sports with Active Schools, Hill Walking with Miss Joss and Mr Goodwin and Dance with Christine Wishart.

The pupils have also been learning about and tasting Trout with Darren Jordan, Torhouse Fishery.

Tomorrow is our One Planet Picnic, the weather forecast is looking good but come prepared.

Health Week Day One

Pupils and staff have been enjoying numerous activities today which look at improving physical and mental health.

Chef, Fraser Cameron from 21212 restaurant in Edinburgh has been wowing pupils with his culinary delights. Pupils have been very keen to sample his dishes.

Becky-Rose has been taking Yoga sessions with all the groups. The sessions have been very calm and engaging.

Ross McMeeken has been running workshops on reducing stigma attached to Mental Health problems.

Tesco kindly donated fresh fruit for our P1/2 class to taste.

Tomorrow is our “active” day. Pupils are aware that they need to come dress appropriately for the weather.

Ex-pupil making a storm in the culinary world.

Ex-pupil, Fraser Cameron is in the running for the title of Scottish Junior Chef of the year. This is the pinnacle of the Scottish culinary championships at Scothot 2017 and is hosted at the SECC in Glasgow on Wednesday and Thursday 15th/16th March.

Each competitor is allocated 120 minutes to produce 3 courses, one of which must be fish.

The competition takes place within the live theatre in front of an audience and 12 respected judges.

We can only share one of the dishes that Fraser will be producing before the event.

Fish Dish

Cured and blowtorched sea bass with candied golden beetroot. Pickled candy and red beetroot. Apple, lemon gel, charcoal oil, carbon salt, bacon popcorn and a selection of edible flowers and cresses.

We all wish Fraser the best of luck in the competition and we are honoured that he will be hosting a workshop for our pupils during Health Week in May.

All the other dishes will be shared with you once the competition is complete.

Congratulations!

Well done to the nine girls who took part in the Active Schools Dance Competition. They performed to a very high standard in front of the judges when they were assessed back in October. We are expecting the results any day now.

Netball League

Dalry secondary have signed up for the Girls Regional Netball League. Training will take place on a Tuesday and Friday after school-3.30pm-4.30pm. Come along, everyone welcome.

Dalry Vs Dalbeattie Football

Friendly football match taking place against Dalbeattie on Monday 26th September @ 4.15pm on Dalry Playing Fields. Come along a support the school team.

Pupils Sign Up for The Saltire Awards

The Saltire Awards are the new Scottish awards designed to formally recognise the commitment and contribution of youth volunteering. Supported by the Scottish Government, the Saltire Awards enable young volunteers to record the skills, experience and learning gained through successful volunteering placements in school or provided by local and national voluntary agencies.

Saltire Awards are designed to encourage and enable youth volunteering and dovetail neatly into the four capacities of Curriculum for Excellence as participants will develop their abilities through volunteering to become successful learners, confident individuals, responsible citizens and effective contributors.

Through the website pupils can record and track their hours and learning gained through their volunteering placement so their experiences will always be there when they are needed.

Author: S Farquhar