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COVID advice for parents October 2020

COVID-19 Advice for Parents v1.1 250820

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During the school closure, work for the pupils to access will be uploaded to glow / teams. Most work will be located under Files / class materials. Any work completed can be uploaded to the hand-in folder.

Keep Checking the school website for relevant message and notice of when we will re-open.

Dalry Secondary’s S3 Vocal Group celebrating their success in the recent Galloway Music Festival winning their class, and the Wigtownshire Music Festival Trophy, with their performance of ‘Party Favor’ by Billy Eilish.

On Wednesday we had some visitors from Icecreamarchitecture working with pupils on behalf of the Scottish land commission during our wider achievement session.

The aim of the session was to raise awareness of land use, evaluate pupils opinions of present land use and discuss what changes they would like to see in the future.

We spent much of the time walking round the village in groups discussing different aspects of land use and collecting samples for reference later.

When we returned to the classroom, we reviewed the areas we went to and discussed the impact and benefit of each area of land.

The pupils then took part in a survey which assessed their understanding of land use in Scotland.

Finally the pupils were given the chance to voice their opinions about the future and discuss what changes they would like to see as they grow up.

The pupils involved had a great time and we would like to thank all those involved.

Pupils return this week from a short break, hopefully feeling rested and recharged. The days are getting longer and the spring flowers are appearing. Of course this is when the snow and storms still hang around!

As usual, there are lots of things planned this term and the senior pupils are focusing on exams and assignments. This term is when the hard work will really pay off in the exams.  Both the S4 and S3 pupils have been making subject choices for the following school year and staff have begun planning for the timetable change in June.

As usual we will endeavour to keep the blog up to date with information and interesting news.

This week the environmental science ASDAN class visited the Clatteringshaws  visitor centre and discussed the advantages and disadvantages of the local hydro scheme / forestry in the Galloway forest park. We also looked at regeneration of the land post forestry and discussed the impact of infrastructure on the environment.