P4-7 worked with Mr Dinning last term to create their very own musical tracks using Soundtrap software. They then created their very own radio show to showcase their tunes, and Mr Dinning has uploaded them to Spotify !  You can listen to them here…

Rocky Road Radio

P1-4/6 and P1-4 at Auchencairn had  a great trip to the Cocoa Bean today. We all made 2 chocolate treats and had a play inside and outside. Very hot, very busy and great fun! Thanks to all the adult helpers who supported on the trip , and to Miss Ross for organising it, we had a great time!

Thanks to Vsevolod and Miss Pringle who have been diligently feeding the birds in our playground each day, we also had another visitor to the bird feeder…. we all loved this furry little friend! Click below to see who appeared…

Bird feeder visitor……

Welcome back to the last term of the year for all of our pupils!

We are hoping for summer sunshine and lots of fun during this busy term.  A newsletter will be coming out soon so please keep an eye out for that.

PE days: Mondays and Fridays

In the meantime, we have all be very busy and productive as you can imagine!

We started off the new term with a windy walk to the Millennium viewpoint. Breezy fun!

P1 have been developing their creativity skills using the new play resources that Mrs Graham purchased. Babies attended the doctors’ surgery for their blood transfusions, and I am pleased to report that they are all doing well now, and were able to travel back home with the bus driver Ted!

P1-7 have also been busy creating rocket art work and astronauts (still to be completed) for our new topic on Space!

P6/7 also received their certificates for being super Play Leaders! Thank you to Senga from Active Schools for training up our older pupils.

We visited Auchencairn for our first partnership afternoon to do PE and Health. P1-4 explored  how plants grow and each pupil got to take home their own sunflowers. P5-7 carried out some important discussions on staying safe when being online and who to talk to if they are unsure. Great work from everyone!

Back at school P1 have really loved creating their own space rockets, based on pictures they found in our topic books. Amazing!

A busy two weeks!

It was an eventful week here at Palnackie, as we finished term 3. We had our last positive play session , with our volcano experiment !

Our older pupils learned how to programme the microbit to make a random choice from a list , using arrays . Quite tricky!

We had a RHET chat with a farmer session, learning about sheep and alpacas . 🦙

Two boys achieved their bronze reader badge, well done!

And we culminated in an Easter partnership day with egg decorating , a visit from Rev John , a scavenger hunt and a quiz! Thanks to the Parent Council and Tescos for donating the eggs to every child.

Happy Easter everyone ! 😊

A busy week here in Palnackie with fitness stations in PE, volcano making with Mrs Magee and a lovely open afternoon with our parents and wider community. We hope you enjoyed it.

Our third positive play session was a big hit with some new faces. Many thanks to Miss Pringle for leading it and for the parents and children who come along to support the sessions.

We completed some fitness stations outside in the cold, sunny air .

P1 made equal groups of bricks which showed halves in number, and looked at the oi/oy sound this week.

World Book day fun with measuring our heights in books, sharing our favourite books in a carousel , book trading , book scavenger hunts and reading and writing stories !

Grant came on Friday for our fab  Feis Rois music session- ask your child what happened to Granny when she was shoved down the “ stanky”!

And finally , pupil of the week was April for leading the learning in phonics with P1 and super effort in spelling all week! 🌟

It’s a new month now and spring feels just around the corner !

It’s been a great week here in our wee school, have a look at some of the great activities we’ve taken part in .

An especially big well done to Ari who won the first bronze  badge for reading at home! Wow ! 🤩

Another busy week here in our wee school! P7s got their new hoodies , playground leaders shared some of their game with others , and our second play session for age 2+ was a hit !
P1 were learning about sharing in maths , we all had a visit from Angela who talked to us about the importance of healthy teeth and less sugar, and best of all we’ve had lots of fun playing games and using our new resources that Mrs Graham managed to order through the council towards developing play pedagogy.

Wow! A busy week ! 😊

It’s been a very short week but the children have had a very productive two days.
We all took part in an art display for Flounders cafe yesterday , and the artwork will be featured Friday evening and Saturday for viewing .

P7 also attended their first  transition session  at Dalbeattie High School and enjoyed discussing their hopes and fears for the next step .

The Pupil Council also had a meeting to discuss the rest of term and what they’d like to learn about (and how) as well as ideas for making maths more fun .