S4 pupils are very busy working on their final paintings for their folios. These are to be sent away after the Easter holidays. Watch this space to see their final pieces. They are going to be lovely. 
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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.
Sirens vs Wasps at the Emirates Stadium in Glasgow
Extract from BBC news
Scotland’s newest professional sports team, the Sirens, lost 57-43 to Wasps as they made history on Tuesday evening in front of a sell-out crowd.
The first Scottish team to join netball’s Vitality Superleague were always behind against the visitors from London at Glasgow’s Emirates Arena.
Sirens and Wasps are two of three new clubs this season after the league, now with teams from England, Scotland and Wales, was expanded to 10 teams.
A crowd of 4000 – more than attended three of the weekend’s Scottish Premiership football matches – watched the match.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/netball/39046624
The Dalry Netball team were there to see this historic match and to be part of that 4000 strong crowd. Having played all season in the Dumfries and Galloway School’s league, they were more than impressed by the speed and skill of these professional players. They also learned lots about the warm up and pre match drills.
This minibus dash up to Glasgow and back made a fitting end to a season where the Dalry players have shown real sportsmanship and determination. An aspirational and inspirational evening!
Galloway Glens Landscape Partnership
Pupils from Dalry School visited the Dalry Town Hall for a public engagement event. They were invited to share their knowledge and reactions to the landscape they live in, whilst talking to Archaeologists and Landscape specialists about their jobs. Pupils were given a brief presentation about the project itself and have a better understanding of the opportunities it may create in the future.
Some of the old maps captured attention as young people related the current landscape to what it may have looked like in history. Of particular interest were the various fording points of the rivers in the past and how they relate to the roads and bridging points of the present
Community engagement
This morning members of the Light Dragoons visited St John’s Town of Dalry as part of their preparation for a NATO exercise in Europe later in the year.
The focus was on community engagement and their visit was unplanned.
Pupils from Dalry School formed small groups for the troops to talk to- explaining why they were in the area and to let the young people become a little more familiar with the Jackal (4 wheels) and 2 X Coyote (6 wheels) vehicles.
The visit gave staff chance to talk to young people about how it may feel to have military vehicles move into the area where you live and the variety of roles that the military has in peacetime.
Making a difference!
There is a growing body of evidence to suggest that learning is improved if we understand more about how we learn. As parents, carers and teachers, we can really help our young people by encouraging a Growth Mindset. There is a link below which gives some ideas about this concept.
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Shining light on sport
As the sun rises this morning over Loch Ken we can reflect on the sporting activities of Dalry pupils over the last seven days.
On Saturday S3 pupils competed at the Table Tennis club in Dumfries and three of them will be going on to the National competition in Edinburgh on 18th February. Well done!
On the same day pupils from S1 and S4 competed in a regional badminton event at Lockerbie Academy. There were some good games and an S1 pupil playing up an age group to ensure an S4 was able to have a doubles game, illustrated great resilience and team spirit.
Similar resilience and team spirit was demonstrated by our netballers who travelled to Newton Stewart last night to play league matches against two Douglas Ewart teams, in back to back matches.
The minibus choir is coming on well!
