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Thursday 30th of November 18:00-20:30, Christmas Fayre activities group taking part in Castle Douglas High School Christmas Fayre.

On the 21st of November S4 pupils took part in a teambuilding event with their peers from Castle Douglas High School. The aim of the day was to build pupil confidence, make new friends and strengthen the bonds between our two schools as part of the transition process. The pupils got a tour of the school, took part in a bake-off competition and team building activity led by John Magill from Dumfries College.

It was a dreich morning when two pupils from S4 at Dalry School and their teacher, Mrs Roslyn Henry set out for Carlingwark House, Castle Douglas. They quickly got the programme started as the residents had come down in force ready for the entertainment. All thoughts of pouring rain were soon forgotten as James Wallace took the audience on the’ Road to the Isles’, followed by a trip to the ‘Banks of  Inverurie’ , accompanied by soft singing and foot tapping.

Next up was Rory Newbery who delighted the audience with a Bach ‘ Prelude’ played on piano. James then took up his fiddle and played a selection of well-known Scottish tunes including the ‘Skye Boat Song’. Rory once more played piano – this time ‘Fur Elise’ by Beethoven. He has been working on this piece for his music exam which is in February.

James then returned to singing. Three songs this time- ‘Eriskay Love Lilt’, ‘Will Ye No Come Back Again’ and the vibrant ‘The Tartan’ which had everyone joining in.  Returning to his violin, he played one last piece,’Over the Rainbow’, which he too is working on for his National 5 exam in February.  Finally they  played a few requests from the audience before concluding with Auld Lang Syne, featuring James singing accompanied by Rory on piano.

After the concert, there was a lovely vote of thanks from Mrs Margaret Neil and welcome cup of coffee. Both the entertainers and entertained felt the morning had been a wonderful opportunity for young and the not so young to come together for the love and joy of music.

S3 attending “Do the right thing” at Castle Douglas High School 17/11/17.

S4 CDHS students visiting Dalry School for a transition morning  21/11/17.

Table Tennis competition at Maxwelltown High School 23/11/17.

On Tuesday the 14th of November the S1’s attended the CatStrand film festival in New Galloway. The group attended the showing of the “Eagle Huntress”. The story of a young Mongolian girl who strives to become the first female in her culture to hunt alongside a trained eagle.

On Thursday the 9th of November the s4 pupils took part in mock interviews as part of their employability course. Kelly Innes, a recruitment specialist from Natural Power conducted the interviews and provided feedback for the students. Well done to all involved and many thanks to Kelly and Natural Power for their support.

On Friday the 1oth of November, Dalry P7 to S4 took part in a remembrance service to honour the soldiers who died in World War I and II . Mr Goodwin told the poignant story of Robert James Clark who died on the 1st of November 1916. He was part of the Gordon Highlanders. He was from Dalry and you can see his name on the memorial outside Dalry church.

On the 3rd of November the S2’s will be visiting the Devils Porridge Museum as part of their history course with Ms Warren.

On Monday 6th of November Mrs Farquhar will be taking a number of students to the Easterbrook Hall to work with Fraser Cameron. The students will experience what it is like to work in a real life restaurant as part of the “Food for Thought” project.

On Thursday the S4’s will take part in mock interviews with Kelly Innes from Natural Power.

On the 11th of October the S2’s held a coffee morning to raise funds for the Teenage Cancer Trust. The event was a success, raising £425 for the charity. The event was really well supported by the local community despite the bad weather. We would like to extend our thanks to all those who attended. With special thanks to Lorna Wilson who kindly baked a wonderful cake for the raffle and also to W Bone’s Garage, Tesco and the CO-OP for their generous raffle donations.

The new term has started and Geography classes are currently busy working on a variety of topics. The S1’s are working on a farming unit as part of their Broad General Education course. The S2’s are learning about biomes and currently looking at equatorial rainforests. The S3’s are investigating the Mount St Helens eruption as part of the natural hazards unit. And last but not least the National 5 class are developing their understanding of weather.