Dalrymple Primary School and ECC

Today we made dens, did some wall climbing, rescued some mannequins, went orienteering and made our way through a rope path blindfolded! Tonight we are having a disco and eating some ice cream! Had a fantastic time and looking forward to telling everyone back home.

Some more pictures/videos

Another great day at Inverclyde. Today we had fun at an inclusion session, basketball, team building, lacrosse and rugby! We finished the day with a murder mystery!

Primary 7’s have had a great first day at Inverclyde! Today they had a go using the gymnastics equipment used by the Scottish Olympic team, played handball and even shot a few arrows at archery!

On Friday 17th March, we held a coffee morning to raise money for Ayrshire Cancer Support. There was a selection of home baking, tea or coffee as well performances from the nursery, p4/5 and p6/7. We greatly appreciate all donations of baking and prizes that were handed in by family members and the community. Today, at assembly, a representative from Ayrshire cancer support visited to collected the check with our donation. Thanks to those that attended and bought raffle tickets; we managed to raise an amazing £395!

This week in Primary 5/6 parents were invited to our parent/pupil progress meetings. We were all delighted with our progress especially our parents, always a worrying time for us pupils. This was very different for us because we met in person, we haven’t met for the last few years because of the Covid pandemic.

This was a very different meeting as pupils also met with the teacher and their parents/guardians. We had a meeting lasting 15 minutes where we looked at our assessment tracking on the computer and discussed the progress we have made.

I enjoyed this kind of meeting as I like to know how I am doing and the progress I have been making. (Kathryn)

I liked seeing how I have been doing, I felt included in the discussion. (Ayanna)

Written by Ayanna and Kathryn

On the 11th November we carried a poppy wreath and multiple memorial crosses to our local memorial. There awaited Rev Hendrie and other local members. We all placed our memorial crosses next to the wreath.

We have been working on our Remembrance Assembly. We have also been learning a song called Fields of Poppies. The play told the story of The Great War. We were so fortunate to have so many parents in the audience.

Our Primary 7 pupils have been creative and produced their very own take on a famous TV show to help promote our new school values.  No expense has been spared as we have recruited the finest talent to bring this together.  Please check out our trailer below and be sure to stay tuned for our next episode.

There is no doubt that the last two years have been very difficult.  But on this beautiful Spring day, we feel it is time to launch our new school vision, ‘Dawn in Dalrymple’ along with our school values and spread some much needed joy!!

Our Values:

• Community
• Trust
• Joy
• Ambition

Our Vision:

Today in Dalrymple Primary, our aim is simple.  It’s community at the heart of all we do – to make the very best use of the resources, places and people around us.  To shape the journey, not only of our learners, but alongside the community in which we serve.

Today, it requires trust, with strong and lasting foundations.  Building and sustaining partnerships – the mortar which holds together the building blocks of lifelong learning.

Today it requires bringing joy to the classroom.  This not only enables children to be informed, but to be inspired, inquiring and independent, ready to face the challenges of an ever changing landscape.

Today our ambition is again simple – we want excellence in all that we do, for all whom we serve. We don’t want our learners to reach their potential.  We want them to exceed it.

You can view our Dalrymple PS & ECC vision here:

Our Primary 7 pupils have also been busy making a video to promote these values in the school and beyond.  Keep an eye open for this exciting project!

Over the last few weeks we have recommenced our school assemblies. It

has been an absolute joy to have the whole primary school back together – it feels like another step closer to normal school life.  Hopefully over the next few weeks and months we can make further progress towards normal school operational life.

We are also in the process of identifying further after-school clubs which can be accessed for all pupils across the primary school.  Information will follow soon in relation to his.

We know this has been a very difficult and frustrating period of transition in the life of the school.  I would like to reassure you of our commitment to working together with all our parents/carers and wider school partners to ensure that each of our pupils are… Good at Learning… Good at Life!

Well done to Isla and Alfie who were the P3 winners of the Scots Poetry Recital Competition.

Our Scots Poetry Recital Winners

Well done to Angel and Kathryn who were the winners of the P5 Scots Poetry Recitation.   A video of their recitation is here along with another of the class performin the locally written poem “Missin’ Ayr”

Our Scots Poetry Recitation Winners

Well done to all of primary 6 who tried to perform their Burns’ poem, Address to a Haggis! Our overall winner was Jenna and the runner up is Pippa.

P6 Burns’ Poem Recitation winners

Congratulations to our P4 Scots Poetry Recitation winners, Emelia and Freya, with “A Dug, a Dug!”

Our P4 Scots Poetry Recitation winners

Our P7 Scots Poetry winners