We have been exploring Children’s Mental Health Week for our assembly this week. Every child in the school created a picture with their own personality islands. We were using the resources from the Place2Be Website:
https://www.place2be.org.uk/
P3/4 are learning about Meta-Skills as part of Health and Wellbeing. We have been learning about ways we can show and use our creativity. We were introduced to the character Creativity Cassidy and used our creativity to create a 40 piece structure from Lego.
P3/4 have been learning about lines of symmetry. They have drawn lines of symmetry on 2D Shapes and created symmetrical images.
P1/2 have been working on a dance throughout this term during their weekly curricular session. They entered the Nithsdale Active Schools Primary Dance Festival and won the Dance to Inspire Award!
On Thursday we held our annual Christmas Party for the whole school. We played corners, pass the parcel, Santa and his reindeer and musical statues.
Our Nativity this year was called ‘The Fleece Force’. We preformed our nativity at the church as part of our Christmas Service, which also included carols and the P5-7 playing Jingle Bells on the Glockenspiels.
Today P3/4 were visited by Hagar the Viking for a Viking Workshop. This session was funded by our parent council (A huge thank you from us all).
We learnt about Viking clothing, food and their gods. We dressed up as Viking and played a Viking game called Molkky. We re-enacted Viking marriages, wearing horned helmets which were only used for important ceremonies. We also re-enacted Viking battles as vikings were also know as raiders and pirates.
Following our session we were presented with a Young Viking Historian Award Certificate.
Today we were visited by Roger Hill from the charity DH9 Foundation to donate a defibrillator to our school in partnership with the Wee Emma’s Defib Campaign. They have donated defibrillators to all primary school in Dumfries and the surrounding area, as well as all secondary school in Dumfries and Galloway.
Primary 1/2 and Primary 3/4 were fortunate to have a visit from the author Chae Strathie. He is well know for writing: Gorilla Love Vanilla, Dear Dinosaur, Jumblebum and many more.
He read us both Dear Dinosaur and Gorilla Loves Vanilla. We created our own dinosaur made out of food and a Ice Cream Sundae made of many unusual ingredients. Chae also sang a song about wiggly worms.
Everyone had a great time!
Today P3/4 visited Lakehead Farm in Closeburn with RHET. We have been learning about technology in the workplace. Sam, Jess and Amy showed us around the farm. They showed us technology they use to assist with looking after the cows.
