We went on a school to Mabie Farm Park. We went on the slides, we had a ride on the train, we fed and held the animals, we went in the boats, played on the bouncy cushions and trampolines and we had a lot fun exploring the park. Lola’s favourite part was holding the guinea pig and Bessie’s was holding the rabbit! – Lola & Bessie
We went on a school trip to Caerlaverock Castle. The first activity was a scavenger hunt for people around the castle and they’d tell us a fact about their job in the castle. Next we got to play with a joust and a toy horse. We also got to look at all the artefacts and we both tried on the chain mail and knights armour. We then had a big game of Capture the Flag and a play at the park. Finally we went for a big forest walk to search for minibeasts and bugs! Asa’s favourite was the park and Bobby’s was the scavenger hunt! – Asa & Bobby
We had our partnership Sports Day part 2. We started with potted sports and they were: netball shoot, hurdles, obstacle course, slalom run and space hoppers. We then done the races which were: the sack race, egg and spoon race, the sprint and the bean bag race. We then had a pre school and parent race. After that, we found out the winners from both sports days together, Braco won the House Cup for Shawhead and also joint winner with Solway from Lochrutton for the Partnership Potted Sports Cup. – Jackson & Zamari
We had a Partnership Sports Day part 1. We started with potted sports in our houses, there was football dribble, floorball dribble, tennis shoot, co-operative skis and wellie boot throw. We then went up to the field and had a water obstacle course, skipping race, the long distance and house relay. We also had a pre school race and a parent race. We got ice lollies at the end and had a lot of fun! – Millie & Zara
We had a partnership skills day. We split into 2 groups, older and younger. Throughout the day when we didn’t have anyone in to speak to us we watched Inside Out 2. The fire brigade came in to teach us about water safety. Then Bryony came in to do bike and scooter safety outside where we had a go at some obstacle courses. After lunch we had a man and a woman come in to teach us about CPR and tell us about defibrillators. The older children practiced on dummies and the younger children practiced on their teddies. The final thing was with the police officer learning about online safety. Rosie’s favourite was the water safety and Jaxson’s was CPR. – Jaxson & Rosie
We had a partnership Burns day here. We had our poetry competition where we had to say a Scots poem in front of the whole school and the judges. After break we enjoyed some Scottish dancing together. After lunch we drew our face with an emotion using oil pastels. We then made a tartan background for it and wrote our emotion using the Scots word. The words we used were drookit and blithe! – Millie & Zara
We had a partnership Christmas party here. We first played a game called ‘North Pole, South Pole’. This is where a teacher calls out an action and if you’re last to do it you’re out. Then we played the chocolate game, you line up and take it in turns to roll the dice and if you get a six you put on a scarf, hat and gloves and then scoop up a bit of chocolate. If someone else rolls a 6 you take off your stuff and go sit back down. We then played Christmas corners. Then after a break we played musical chairs. We lastly played darts where we threw darts at the Grinch and whoever got closest to the nose wins. Jaxson’s favourite game was the darts and Ella’s favourite was the chocolate game. – Ella & Jaxson
On Monday night we had our Christmas Show. The show was called ‘It’s a Christmas Party!’ The play was about Jesus being born. There were angels, shepherds, kings, inkeepers, sheep, a star, a dove, a donkey, Mary and Joseph. There were also narrators telling the story. We were an angel and a shepherd. – Ella & Jaxson
For hampers we made £176 prior to the night and £47 on the night so a total of £223!
Donations on the night came to £23.24 which gave each school £11.62 each!
We had a partnership day at Lochrutton. We had a STEM day. We started with a live video of ‘Leg it to Lapland’ where we could find out more information for next week. We then done some K’Nex where we built a castle. We also done some Lego where we made a car in groups and we had our own role to do for it. In the afternoon we had a curling competition where we played against different groups to see who would win and get picked for the team competition. Jackson, Leo and Zamari won the school competition! – Millie
I liked doing the K’Nex because we got to made castles. The curling was fun and I enjoyed it! – Ruairi
On Wednesday it was our Halloween party at Lochrutton! First thing we did was a parade around the room where we showed everyone our costumes. We played ‘scary statues’, ‘spooky corners’, ‘chilly musical chairs’ and then we had a snack! We then played pass the pumpkin. The party was a lot of fun! – Asa
We then did ‘apple dooking’ and ‘witches wart’ where we were blind folded and had to find her nose and put a bit of blue tac on it. At the end of the party we got to take a packet of Haribo’s home. My favourite game was scary statues! – Bobby
We had a partnership day about Charlotte’s Web because we have been reading the book in class. We did 4 activities – making spider parachutes, making chocolate apples and making friendship bracelets with a kind word in it. We also created music for certain parts of the story. After lunch we watched the movie and then we had 2 visitors in our playground – real pigs! The pigs felt like a very dusty and dry rug that was made out of straw! It was so so so so so so much fun! – Jackson & Bessie
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We took part in the second part of sports day. We started with the potted sports, which were an obstacle course, netball shoot, space hoppers, hurdles and slalom runs. We then did our running races, which were the sprint, egg and spoon, sack race and the bean bag race. We also did a preschool race and a parent race. The winning houses were both Scaur and Braco. Jackson also won the Partnership Sports Person Award for super team work, trying his best and being supportive of his peers across both sports afternoons. Both of our favourite part was the space hopper race. – Roddy & Bobby
We took part in our first afternoon of ‘sports day’ here. We did some potted sports to start then did some races. We ran a water race, a long distance and a house relay. The parents and pre schoolers also did a race. We are looking forward to next week!
<— Click here to watch our house relay.
On Monday we went to Lochrutton and we took part in a Feis Rois gathering. We shared our different songs that we were learning. We also sang some together and played some games. – Asa
It was nice seeing everybody and singing along. – Jaxson
<— Our teacher, Christina, is from Sweden. Here is a dance and a traditional Swedish song called a “trall” that we performed.
Click here to watch our performance with Lochrutton of one of our favourite songs. “Jimmy’s lost his Jaurie” —>
25.1.24 – Robert Burns Partnership Day
We went to Lochrutton for the day to celebrate Robert Burns. We made tartan dinner mats, listened to some music and sang some songs. We recited our Scots poems, ate some haggis for lunch and had a ceilidh to finish off.
