Many thanks to the canteen staff for providing a wonderful festive lunch which was much appreciated by all the staff and pupils who attended.
“I enjoyed the Christmas dinner which was very tasty and enjoyed the nice atmosphere” Andrew R.
Category: School Events
Secondary Christmas Dance
On Wednesday evening the secondary held their Christmas Dance. A fun night was had by all with ceilidh dancing, games and disco. Many thanks to the S4’s and everyone else who attended and helped out on the night. Merry Christmas!
Canteen Update
A new comfy seating area is now located in the canteen. This is the latest in a number of changes introduced by Gillian since taking over from Anne after the summer. Pupils can now grab a coffee from the new coffee machine to go with their hot snacks from the “grab n’ go ” counter. Pupils and teachers can now also pay by cash if they wish to.
Christmas Fayre
Mrs Farquhar’s activities group has been busy making Christmas crafts since the October holidays to sell at Castle Douglas High School’s Christmas Fayre. Members of the group attended the event on Thursday the 3oth of November. There were lots of excellent craft stalls on display and the group raised £20 from their own sales as well as £45 for FoDS through raffle ticket sales.
Food For Thought
On Monday 6th November, Mrs Farquhar took a group of S3/4 pupils to “Food For Thought” at Easterbrooke Hall in Dumfries. Funding from Education Scotland provided a chance to experience working in a real-life restaurant, and training in carrying out front-of-house duties.
Events Manager Fiona Grand gave the pupils a tour of Easterbrooke and Neuros Restaurant as well as the spa and swimming pool. Pupils were divided into three groups. One group had to make “mocktails” in their own bar, another group went to the kitchen to work with the chef and make a variety of foods. The final group had to lay and decorate the tables. Each group had the chance to experience each activity. One of the groups made pizza with the chef, which we ate for lunch along with sweet potato fries. It was a great experience for the pupils to learn about all the different jobs in the food and drinks industry. One pupil said, “I didn’t realise there was a restaurant inside Easterbrooke.” Another said, “The food was great, especially the chocolate mousse.”
Devil’s Porridge Trip
On Friday 3rd November, Dalry S2s went to the Devil’s Porridge Museum near Gretna. This was to follow up on their topic, World War I. They were allowed to hold replica rifles and revolvers – “It was enjoyable”, said one S2 pupil, and “The most interesting part was the Gretna Girls, who made the munitions.” Their skin turned yellow from the chemicals, which is why they were called “the Canary Girls”.
Anniversary Tea Towel
Posted on behalf of Mrs Devlin…………………………….
Here is the preview of Dalry Nursery, Primary and Secondary’s anniversary tea towel. We think it’s fantastic, hope you do too!
£5 each
£4.50 each for multiple orders (2 or more)
Pre orders are available by filling out the order form given to pupils on Friday, or they can be purchased at the Primary Christmas Fayre on Tuesday 20th 10-11.30am. If you have lost the order form, please contact the school for a replacement.
Please note the tea towels are printed in royal blue.
A fantastic Christmas pressie for family members and friends!
All profit goes straight to FoDS, benefiting ALL our pupils from Nursery to Secondary.
Sustainable Living
A four day, three night residential in September exposed young people, S1 to S3, to a wide range of social and educational contexts.
They travelled 1200 miles slept in a country house, a ‘snoozpod’ in a container and in an Ecolodge in Mid Wales.
They experienced how people lived in the past- particularly at the time of the industrial revolution- at the Black Country Living Museum.
A production of Cymbeline in Stratford Upon Avon activated an interest in live theatre and the Eden Project has given lots of ideas as how a Dalry site can be developed- more to come on that later.
The Centre for Alternative Technology guided young people through the various ways in which their lifestyles could become Carbon neutral.
Food for thought.
Wigtown Book Festival
S1 pupils enjoying a visit from the children’s book illustrator Kate Leiper through the Wigtown Book Festival education outreach programme.
MacMillan Coffee morning 28.09.16
We need your help! It’s Macmillan coffee morning time again. This year the coffee morning will take place on the 28th of September 10am-12 noon. To make the morning a success we need cakes and lots of them, baked or faked! Also there will be a bric-a-brac stall and raffle so if you have anything that could be donated it would also be much appreciated.
