We had a partnership Halloween party at Lochrutton. We started with a petrifying parade, then we played scary statues and chilly musical chairs. We then had a snack. After that we had a haunted carrousel and in it we played ‘witches wart’, ‘pass the pumpkin’ and ‘appalling apple dookin’. In my group I won pass the pumpkin! I dressed up as Chloe from ‘Descendants Rise of Red’ and got best dressed for my year. I had a great time at this party! – Aria
We went on a school trip to Tongland Power Station. First we got a safety talk, then we went into the different rooms. We got shown the different dams and where they are. We got given cards and then had to put them where they should go. We also got to dress up! Then we went up to the dam and went a walk around it. There were big jets and fast running water. We both thought it was brilliant! – Indie & Finley
2025-2026
We went to Mabie Farm Park for an end of year school trip. We played all around the park – some things we played on were the go-karts, the swinging rope in the hay stack and the bouncy pillow. We also had a go on all the slides. We then got to feed the animals and also hold a rabbit and a guinea pig. After that we got a go of the train and a ride in the boats! We finished the day with an ice cream! Millie’s favourite part was the swing and the train. Aurelia’s favourite was the train and and the ice cream at the end. We both had a great time! – Aurelia & Millie
The whole school went with Shawhead to Caerlaverock Castle for a school trip. First we went in the shop to find the first character for our scavenger hunt around the castle and the surroundings. After the hunt we looked at all the old artefacts, did some jousting on a fake horse and played Capture the Flag altogether. We also had a play at the park. We then went into the woods for a bug hunt. Finally we went to the shop and got to buy something. We both had a fun day! Leo’s favourite part was playing at the park and Arleigh’s was the scavenger hunt around the castle! – Arleigh & Leo
We had our Partnership Sports Day Part 2 at Lochrutton. For potted sports we played netball shoot, an obstacle course, hurdles, slalom run and space hoppers! We then had races which were the egg and spoon race, sack race, bean bag race and sprint race. We also had a pre school race and an adults egg and spoon race. We found out the results for both Sports Days put together. Criffel won the Lochrutton Sports Cup. For the Partnership Potted Sports Cup, Solway and Braco were tied in first. Sophie won the Sportsmanship Cup! My favourite things of this day were the space hoppers and the sprint race because I like running! – Aria
We had our Partnership Sports Day Part 1. We had potted sports first and done football dribble and score, floorball dribble, co-operative skis, welly boot toss, and target tennis. We then went on to do the races which were the water race and skipping race – where I came 3rd! We also done the long distance race and the relay race. There was also a pre school and a parent race. – Amelia
We went to Shawhead for a partnership skills day. We split into a younger and an older group. We watched Inside Out 2 while we weren’t taking part in a task. We started with water safety with the fire brigade, we learned about what to do if someone fell in the water. There was rubbish on the side of the water and we had to pick which one to use to save them, the ball and the bottle were the best because they could float. The second thing we done was out in the playground on bikes and scooters with Bryony, with her we were riding around an obstacle course. After lunch we had a man and a woman come in and they’re a charity helping people to learn CPR, they also taught us about defibrillators, this is a great way to save lives! The younger children used their teddies to practice on and the older ones used dummies. The final thing we done was with the police and we learned about how to keep safe online! We both thought it was a fun day. Leo’s favourite was the online safety and Indie’s was the water safety! – Indie & Leo
We had a partnership Burns day at Shawhead. First we had our Scots poetry competition where we stood up in front of the whole school and got marked out of 25 for how we done. Once we said our poem we went to the side and marked the next person. After break we performed some Scottish dancing to prepare for the Day of Dance on Friday. After lunch we drew a picture of our self with different emotions, we used oil pastels for these. For the background we made a tartan design. We then wrote the emotion in the Scots word for it. We both did ‘greetin’. At the end of the day we found out the winners to the poetry competition. P1 was Hallie, P2 Ruairi, P3 Arleigh, P4 Indie, P5 Asa, P6 Lola and P7 was Jackson. Since I won, I got a book called ‘The Sleekit Mr Tod’, it is in Scottish. – Amelia & Indie
We had a partnership Christmas Party at Shawhead. First we played ‘Santa’s Coming’, this is when the teacher calls out an action and you have to do it, the last person to do it is out. Next we played the Chocolate game. You line up and if you roll a 6 on the dice you start putting on a scarf, hat and gloves and then scoop up a bit of chocolate, but if someone else rolls a 6 you have to take it all back off. We then played Christmas corners. After a snack break we played musical chairs. To finish off we played Grinch darts. We had to see who could get the closest to the nose. We both say our favourite game was ‘Santa’s Coming’. – Indie & Lilah
On Monday the 16th of December we had our school Christmas show. It was called ‘It’s a Christmas Party’. The play was about the birth of Jesus. In the play there was a dove, a donkey, sheep, shepherds, Mary, Joseph, innkeepers, Wise Men and angels. There were also narrators telling the story. We sang a lot of songs as well! We were the dove and a narrator! We both enjoyed it! – Aria & Millie
We sold hamper sheets and we made £110 prior to the night and £47 on the night. So a total of £157!
Donations on the night also came to £23.24, which gave each school £11.62 each!
We had a STEM partnership day. First we listened to a live video of ‘Leg it to Lapland’ so we could learn about it for next week. Then we split into 2 groups. One group went to build Lego where you had to build a car in groups of 3 and we all got a different role to do! The other group used K’nex to build a castle! In the afternoon we had a curling event. We were split into teams of 4 and competed against each other. The coaches were also looking out for people who could be in the Lochrutton team for the curling tournament at Dalbeattie. We are both in the team! – Indie & Aurelia
We had a Halloween party at Lochrutton. First, we had a parade to show off our costumes, where we walked round the hall. Then we played ‘scary statues’, ‘spooky corners’, ‘chilly musical chairs’ and then we had a snack! After that, we played ‘pass the pumpkin’. We then split into younger and older groups and played ‘witches wart’ which was when you were blind folded and you had to put a bit of blue tac on the witches nose to see who could get closest. The other activity was ‘apple dooking’. Before we left we all got a packet of sweets to take home. I liked it because I wasn’t there last year for it, it was great fun! – Indie
We had a partnership day at Shawhead which was ‘Charlotte’s Web’ themed as we have been reading the book in class. We had 4 different activities to get through. We made chocolate apple’s, we made parachutes with a spider on it and we made friendship bracelets that had a kind word on it for someone. We also created some music where there was a picture of Wilbur the pig and there was writing on the piece of paper that had some bits of the story. In the story Wilbur did a half twist back flip and we wrote down different shapes to represent each sound it would make and then we used instruments to make the sound. After lunch we watched the movie and then we had 2 visitors – Wilbur and Uncle – real pigs that belonged to Zara! I had a very good day! – Gracie
2023-24
We took part in our second part of sports day. We started with the potted sports, which were: an obstacle course, hurdles, netball shoot, space hoppers and slalom runs. The space hopper was my favourite! We then ran the races which were a sprint, egg and spoon, sack race and a bean bag race. We also had a pre school race and a parent race. Criffel won the Lochrutton Sports Day House Cup! We also had a new Partnership Potted Sports Cup and Criffel won that too! I was happy about that because that’s my house! – Amelia
We took part in our first afternoon of ‘sports day’ at Shawhead. We started with the potted sports, my favourite ones were the ice cream cone balance and the football dribble. We then ran some races which were: Mr T’s Water Race that we competed in our houses, The House Relay and in our classes – we did the long distance race. Next week is part 2 at Lochrutton to do the rest of the potted sports and races. – Aria
<– Click here to watch our house relay.
Shawhead Primary came over to do a Feis Rois gathering. We sang different songs to each other and also sang some together! We also played a game altogether with a ball. We all had a lot of fun seeing each other and listening to each others songs. – Aria
<— Click here to watch one of our performances with the ukuleles.
Click here to watch our performance with Shawhead of one of our favourite songs. “Jimmy’s lost his Jaurie“ —>
