We had a number of children in upper Primary take part in the Regional Badminton Competition.
Well done to all involved!
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Glasgow Science Centre!
Primary 7 had a great trip to Glasgow Science Centre on Thursday 16th February. We got to try lots of different practical activities and learn how different things work.
We also got to watch a special show called Bodyworks which explained how the different body systems worked!
We all really enjoyed the day!
Royal Navy Visit
On Wednesday 1st February the Royal Navy came to carry out STEM challenges with different classes. There were 3 different activities for us to try. – Iona
For one of the activities we used iPads to programme little mechanical balls called Spheros. We made them move in different directions and spin really quickly! They also lit up with animations we could choose. This helped us develop our programming skills. It was really interesting.- Moaz
Another activity involved us working with hydraulics. We worked in pairs to see how quickly we could build a sequence of pipes for air to pass through. This then powered a pump. We had to see were stronger than air! We developed our teamwork skills. I thought it was really fun and challenging! – Leah
The final activity was to create a circuit. This was to allow electricity to pass through in order to make a propeller fly. The bigger the circuit had the lower the propeller would fly and the smaller the circuit was the higher the propeller would fly. We developed our problem solving and creativity skills. I thought it was hard but also really fun! – Jailyn
Converting Currency
We created currency converters using Purple Mash on the iPads. We were then able to use these to complete our maths work on converting foreign currencies!
It was very fun to make the currency converter and it made maths a lot easier! – Reuben
I enjoyed changing pounds into different currencies. – Ava
Make It Happen App Design
In September we were lucky enough to be given the chance for every child to design their own app. These were all sent away to the Make It Happen Design Team and entered into a competition.
Today we found out the results from all of our entries!
Isla in P7 won the competition and has had her design made into a real app which can be accessed via the Make It Happen Website. 
She also received a brand new Alexa Fire Tablet and Coding book.
Daisy in P3 was our first runner up and received a Code and Go Toy along with a Water bottle.
Abigail in P5 was our second runner up and received a Coding Book and a Water bottle. 
We also had a number of children throughout the school who received a certificate for their inspiring app design.
A huge congratulations to all the children who took part! 
Have a look on the Make it Happen Website for Isla’s winning design and some fun apps for children. https://makeithappen.club/
Primary 7 Term 3 Newsletter
The Naughty Elf Stories
We wrote stories about a naughty elf that tries to ruin Christmas. The resolution to our story was that Christmas was saved. – Ethan
Once everyone had finished their stories we went to visit P1 and P1/2 to share our stories. It was great fun sharing our stories. – Arran
P7 Christmas Party
On Tuesday 20th December we had our Christmas Party. We all had lots of fun and some people won prizes. – Corey
We played lots of games including Santa and Rudolph and musical corners. – Grace
Christmas Fayre
The upper primary held a Christmas Fayre. P7 had lots of fun games and nice treats for people to buy. – Aila
We made snowman sweetie cups, melting snowmen biscuits and top hats for people to buy. – Archie
We also made a few games such as hoop a reindeer antler and throw a snowball. Children had a chance to guess the name of the elf so they could win it. _ Chloe
The Christmas Fayre was really fun as we got the experience of buying and selling things. – Reuben
DHS Health and Wellbeing Day
Health and Wellbeing day!
On Monday 14th of November, P7s from lots of different schools including – Georgetown, Calside, Noblehill, Locharbriggs, Brownhall, Amisfeid and Caerlaverock visited Dumfries High School for a Health and Wellbeing day. During the day we were all in different groups with people from all of the different schools. We visited 6 different rooms, in each room we were doing something different.
In the first group, we created an all about me shield, we wrote what our ambitions were, who we live with, what we like and dislike in school and more. In the middle we drew a self-portrait and some words that describe us.
In the second group, we visited PC McKerlie who is the Dumfries High School Police Officer. We were put in to 4 rows of 8 and those were the groups we worked in. We wrote how to be safe in school, in the community, in public events, and more.
In the third group, we went through to the staff room with Mrs Hogg and we did things about MVP. Mrs Hogg started to read us a story about a girl name Kitty. Kitty got stabbed and killed. During Kitty’s stabbing there were 38 bystanders who did nothing, we were talking about what we would have done if we were one of the 38 bystanders.
In the fourth group, we did some orienteering with Mr Park, there were many points in the outdoor grounds of Dumfries High School. After we were put into groups of 4, 2 from one school and 2 from another. Helping us were 2 senior pupils.
In the fifth group we visited the drama studio and we wrote things about different types of abuse, we did how to be respect full and what not to do. We also played a couple of games.
In the last group we went to The David Keswick Centre to do some P.E, we did Basketball and Dodgeball. We did this with some senior pupils who are sports leaders. We did this with Mr Smith and Mr Douglas
Some of the teachers we did this with were: Mrs Hogg, Pc McKerlie, Miss Holmes, Miss Kilmurray, Miss Bryce, Mr Park, Mr Smith and Mr Douglas.
During this wonderful opportunity I used loads and loads of skills but some of the great skills that I used were, determination and respect!!
By Ria
