18/5/18

Today marked the last day of our ice cream enterprise project. We all worked incredibly hard selling ice cream at 3 o’clock over the past 2 weeks and are delighted to have made a profit of £585.30!!! We have to give some money back to the rotary club as they helped us start out our venture. We are all so pleased with how successful our business idea was and and we had so much fun selling (and eating!) ice cream.

Thank you very much to everyone who supported us.

15/5/18

Today was STEM themed day across the school. Firstly, we gathered materials from the outdoor area which we could use to build a raft. Then we got time in groups to build our rafts. We had to design them in a way so that they could float on water and hold weights.

We then investigated the different rafts by testing them in a water tray. Some of the rafts sank straight away and others floated, but held different amounts of weight. We discussed the design of each raft and why they floated or sank. The winning raft which stayed afloat for longest and held the most weight was Sophie, Ritchie and Christopher’s design. We think this was the winning raft as it was the flattest design, built with a support structure and also had the largest surface area to support the weights.

Well done everyone!

 

12/5/18

We have been looking at Article 29 of our rights which covers protecting the environment. We researched and discussed protecting the environment for World Earth day at the end of last month and we created posters highlighting ways that we could look after the environment.

4/5/18

We’ve had some more parents and visitors in this week to talk to us about their jobs. We have learnt more about coaching and nursing. We have also been getting prepared for our enterprise business, which is starting next week. We have been creating and putting up posters in the school and local businesses in the village to advertise. We have also been calculating our expenses using a budget and we have been to collect supplies from local businesses who have kindly helped us out (Woody’s Ice cream and Portland Janitorial).

Good luck with the ice-cream business!  (From Mrs O’Driscoll)

2/5/18

Today we had Adele from Bank of Scotland in  class to tell us all about the different jobs and opportunities that are available in the bank.

We also had PC Cuthbert in to talk about his role in the Police and telling us how to get a job in the police. He brought along his colleague from the traffic police, with his police car, which we got to have a look at and hear the sirens. We had a very interesting afternoon learning about lots of different job opportunities in the police force.

1/5/18

We have started our new topic ‘World of Work’. We are going to be learning about various opportunities for us beyond secondary school and what we need to do to reach our goals.

Thanks very much to Ciaran’s mum for coming in today to talk to us about her job as a pharmacy accuracy technician. It was very helpful to hear what subjects and training she had to do to be successful in her job. We all listened well and asked lots of questions too!

27/4/18

Primary 7 have been looking after the ‘Flour Babies’ this week as part of our Parenting topic within Health and Wellbeing.

We have been talking about the roles and responsibilities that are involved in looking after a baby.

It’s been great to see all the pupils take part and enjoy this project, bringing their flour babies to school dressed up, in nappies, in baby seats and in buggies. Well done p7 👍

It was lovely to see how you all cared for your ‘babies’!  (From Mrs O’Driscoll)

This is a funny picture!  (From Mrs O’Driscoll)

20/4/18

We have started reading ‘Wonder’ as our class novel. We created a piece of artwork based on the front cover of the novel. Once we had added colour to the background, we passed our artwork around the class and people had to write positive qualities about one another in each section. Here are some of the finished pieces of work, they look great!

20/4/18

This morning primary 7 took part in ‘Dragons Den’ and had to present their pitches to Miss Cuthbert and Mrs O’Driscoll to receive £50 from the Rotary club to start their enterprise business. Each group came up with their own business idea, all of which were great ideas, however the winning group was Ellie, Alastair, Brogan and Jade, with their ice-cream cart business.

All your ideas were amazing.  It was a shame we could only pick one!  (From Mrs O’Driscoll)

Over the next few weeks p7 will come up with a business name & structure before setting up their business.

23/3/18

Today we were learning about coding and how to use technology called ‘BBC microbit’. We all took part in a Flashing Heart activity and then some of us were able to input code to transfer different shapes and letters, and some of us even managed to create our names on to the microbit. We all really enjoyed this activity!

 

13/3/18

We have been using DFS materials in class to help us to concentrate and not get distracted. Well done Hallie & Christopher.

7/3/18

WE SOLVED THE CRIME! After carrying out experiments on fingerprints, footprints, fibres chromatography and powder analysis, we were able to gather all the evidence to identify that Mrs Wilson was the culprit who stole Miss Ewing’s phone.

That’s shocking, P7!  (From Mrs O’Driscoll)

6/3/18

WORLD BOOK DAY!

You all look wonderful!  (From Mrs O’Driscoll)

27/2/18

We have been learning about different types of angles in maths and how to measure them accurately using a protractor. We took part in some fun activities both in the classroom & outdoors to identify and measure angles.

25/2/18

This week Primary 7 are going to be forensic detectives and will have to carry out a number of experiments to determine who stole the teacher’s phone, after coming in to a trashed classroom and a crime scene on Monday morning. Good luck solving the crime p7!

We had to carry out interviews with the members of staff who are suspects & we began examining fingerprints by dusting for fingerprints and using ink pads.

What a mess!  (From Mrs O’Driscoll)

We also had to look at fibres to see if any of the material matches with the evidence left on the crime scene.

22/2/18

We love our leavers hoodies!!

Today we were learning about the Battle of Striling Bridge as part of our Scotland topic. We all took part in drama activities and created a freeze frame to reinact the battle and discuss how we would have felt if we put ourselves into the shoes of a soldier that was there. It was very interesting to hear everyone’s ideas.

21/2/18

Today we had a visit from the SSPCA and we were learning about Scottish wildlife and how to care and protect them if we see any animals in danger.

19/2/18

Lots of muddy rugby fun this morning! Well done Primary 7!

8/2/18

We were learning how to use coding on the computers. We used Minecraft Adventurer on CODE.org to create code to help our character solve different problems. It was lots of fun! 🙂

5/2/18

Today we started ‘contact’ skills during rugby training & we were practising tackling our opponents. We were also learning how to score a try in a game situation. The pupils all made a great effort to get involved and work as a team! It was great to get learning outdoors on such a nice day as well!

 

 

1/2/18

Primary 7 and Primary 3 have been working on a Young Engineering Challenge. Pupils have to come up with an invention that they think could help someone. We had some engineers in to visit the school today & the pupils got the chance to ask questions and get some advice on what to think about when creating inventions. P3 & P7 then worked together to come up with some inventions of their own! I can’t wait to hear about some of the ideas that we come up with for this challenge! Good luck everyone 🙂

29/1/18

Primary 7 have been trying some Active spelling activities in class and have really enjoyed them and most have said it helped them practise their spelling words. The class even came up with some of their own, new spelling games!

Primary 7 have also started Rugby again. We had a great time getting to start practising tackling outdoors.

25/1/18

Primary 7 worked really hard to prepare and host a Burns Supper for their parents. We learnt Scots songs and poetry, delivered Toasts to the lads and lassies and tasted some Scottish foods. It was a fantastic afternoon! Well done p7 🙂

24/1/18

Primary 7 have worked really hard over the last 2 weeks to learn their Scottish poem ‘Tam O’Shanter’ by Robert Burns. We have had our class competition this morning where Miss Sloan chose our 3 winners: Rhiann Gracie, Sophie Glass and Neve Kerr.

Well done to everyone, but a special well done to Neve, who got chosen by Mrs O’Driscoll and Mrs Hastings to recite her poem at the Scottish celebration assembly.

 

Primary 7 have been learning about Robert Burns and his life in preparation for our Burns Supper on 25th January. We have been working hard on a piece of artwork, in which we had to draw and shade the other half of Robert Burns’ face. We then designed our own tartan for the background of our artwork. P7 have worked really hard on these and I’m very proud of how much effort they all put in. Today Neve and Lauren put everyone’s work up on display in the classroom & they look great.

 

16/1/18

Live n’ Learn visited the school and we were all involved in a whole school assembly and workshops, about growth mindset & being resilient. We had to take part in different challenges using strategies to help us be more resilient and to not give up.

15/1/18

Ross (Active Schools) came along to help us learn some football skills during our P.E lesson! We were all very active & enjoyed learning new skills.

 

12/1/18

Happy new year!

Today we taught the whole school the new ‘Wake up Shake up’ dance that we created. We chose the song New Girl by Reggie and Bollie as a class and then made up the dance moves. All of the other classes in the school seemed to really enjoy it! We will be starting this dance in class every morning of Term 3 from Monday onwards. We can’t wait – it’s lots of fun!

 

21/12/17

As a class, we decided to do a Secret Santa. We all chose someone in the class from a hat & had to make a craft for them. Some of the ideas were so thoughtful and everyone made a really good effort. We then wrapped them up, put them under the tree & today we exchanged gifts. It was such a lovely afternoon. The pupils had lovely manners and were so appreciative of the gifts they received 🙂

 

 

15/12/17

Our Christmas STEM challenge: to work as a team to build a snowman from plastic cups! We had lots of fun & we love the finished products!

13/12/17

This afternoon some of the P7’s helped the P3’s to measure how far their paper aeroplanes could fly along the corridor! They seemed to enjoy themselves and were a great help to Mrs Turnbull and her class.

12/12/17

Primary 7 have been learning Spanish as a second foreign language in class. Today, we discussed and categorised all of the new vocabulary we have learned, such as family members, colours, days of the week, body parts and numbers.

 

8/12/17

Today was Cash for Kids Christmas Jumper day! Well done to those in P7 who wore a Christmas jumper and made a donation to such a good cause!

Today was also Staff vs. Pupils Winter Olympics. It became very competitive but in the end Doon took first place! Well done to all for taking part!

4/12/17

Well done to Zoe Murray, who won 2nd place in a Christmas Card competition for the local MSP.

Primary 5, 6, and 7 have been practising Social Dancing in preparation for the Christmas disco on 18th December. They have all been so enthusiastic about taking part in social dancing, well done everyone!

28/11/17

Today we gathered all the food bank donations from the classes across the school and organised them into different categories to be collected by East Ayrshire Food Banks.

What an enormous amount of food!  Thank you to all the parents who donated.  (From Mrs O’Driscoll)

24/11/17

This week we have been making our own volcanoes from papier-mâché. Today we painted them & then used bicarbonate soda & vinegar to create a chemical reaction & make our volcanoes erupt. It was great fun and we loved seeing how everyone’s chemical reactions happened!

It sounds very, very messy!  (From Mrs O’Driscoll)

11/11/17

We all had a fantastic week at Lockerbie Manor on our residential trip. Miss Cuthbert was very impressed with our effort, behaviour and good manners throughout the week that we all received lots of Dojo points!

I can’t believe how dirty you all were!  Looks like you had a ball!  Well done everybody, you were a credit to your school.  (From Mrs O’Driscoll)

 

Well done Primary 7 – you’ve done me proud 🙂 Lets make sure the good behaviour continues when we’re back at school on Monday!

5/11/17

Tomorrow, we’re off on our residential trip to Lockerbie Manor. Please keep up to date with the school Facebook page as that’s where Miss Cuthbert will upload photographs from throughout the week.

Thanks 🙂

2/11/17

Today, with Miss Ewing the pupils were learning about how countries that are prone to having earthquakes, try to quake-proof their buildings. In groups, pupils were set a STEM challenge to create a ‘building’ in jelly using straws and marshmallows to try and withstand an earthquake (shaking table).

31/10/17

Today, we taught our ‘Wake up, Shake up’ dance routine that we created as a class to the rest of the school. Everyone seemed to really enjoy it 🙂

Today we also had our 2000 Dojo points class reward & we got to decorate Halloween cupcakes/biscuits. We talked about how lucky we were to be able to have treats like these, compared to other counties who wouldn’t have such things & discussed our RRS Article of the month about having the right to nutritious food.

The p7’s made the icing and then decorated their Halloween themed cakes and biscuits. Everyone had a great afternoon 🙂

 

27/10/17

Today, we started gymnastics in PE. We have been learning about and practising different rolls, jumps and balances, which we will then use to create our own routines and sequences.

 

 

What a flexible bunch you all are!  (From Mrs O’Driscoll)

27/10/17

This week we have started our new topic ‘Natural Disasters’. We’ve been looking at earthquakes and in groups we made ‘seismographs’ and shook our tables to show how a seismograph measures how strong an earthquake is.

This looks really interesting.  (From Mrs O’Driscoll)

12/10/17

Well done to Ritchie & Robbie achieving their Silver Award and Alex achieving his Bronze award this afternoon congratulations boys, keep up the good work!

9/10/17

Last week the pupils enjoyed a fantastic WW2 workshop. We learnt lots about what happened during the war and got to try on costumes from the wartime and get hands on with lots of WW2 artefacts.  We also took part in a STEM challenge with the pupils from Littlemill to create our own WW2 aircrafts, ships and tanks using cardboard boxes.

Please see the school Facebook page for all of the photos from this day.

6/10/17

Our finished ‘Blitz’ artwork! 🙂

This looks great, P7!  (From Mrs O’Driscoll)

2/10/17

Last week, it was European Day of Languages. We looked at different greetings and researched how to say them in different languages. In groups, we created posters to show the new vocabulary that we found, in lots of different European languages.

29/9/17

SUPER effort from everyone creating their model Anderson shelters for homework. I am incredibly impressed with time, effort and creativity that pupils have used in their designs. Well done P7!

Your shelters look amazing.  Well done!  (From Mrs O’Driscoll)

27/9/17

This afternoon we started our ‘Blitz’ artwork. The pupils had to create the background of their work using colours, such as red, yellow and orange to create the fiery sky. They had to blend the colours together to form the back background of their artwork. The pupils got to choose whether they wanted to use chalk or paint for their piece of work. Here’s some photos of us. Keep your eyes peeled for our finished pieces of work when they’re all complete 🙂

26/9/17

Very impressed with all the Primary 7’s on the class trip to Doon Academy this afternoon. They were so well behaved, respectful and set a fantastic example for Dalrymple Primary.

It was a great afternoon and the pupils had an opportunity to socialise with other primary 7 and first year pupils from Littlemill, Patna, Bellsbank & Doon. Pupils also had the opportunity to discuss different careers and ask questions to different employers, including teachers, construction workers, games designers, care workers and the RAF.

Well done, P7.  I hear you got a special mention from Doon Academy about your behaviour, attitude and work ethic.  This is what we like to hear!!  (From Mrs O’Driscoll)

22/9/17

Great day in p7! We watched a video about the Battle of Britain, which was really interesting and most of us have now finished our gas masks! They look great!

They look scary!! (From Mrs O’Driscoll)

Primary 7 homework task is to create a model Anderson Shelter for next Friday (29th September). They can be as creative as they like with materials. I look forward to seeing them all 🙂 good luck p7!

21/9/17

Today we had a visit from NSPCC and we took part in a workshop to get to know more about our right to be safe and how to get help if we need it. We discussed different scenarios and learned when we need to ‘SPEAK OUT’. We took part in some group discussions and activities.

11/9/17

We all had great fun at Rugby this morning, and for once it didn’t rain! Yay 🙂

Look at all those smiling happy faces – lovely to see!

Great to see you all enjoying rugby!  Good, ‘clean’ fun!  (From Mrs O’Driscoll)

8/9/17

Very impressed with the work that P7 have been doing for their WW2 topic so far. Our display is looking fab! Well done everyone!

Also, today we reached 1,000 points on ClassDojo & we played music in class all day. It was a great day 🙂

7/9/17

This week P7 have started using papier-mâché to create their own gas masks! They’ve also all got their own identity tag & national identity card that they’ve got to keep on them at all times at school, the same as a child evacuee during WW2 would have done. Here’s some photos of us starting to make our gas masks.

Also, this year we will be holding regular Open Afternoons in school where you are invited to come in and see what your children have been learning. You will also have the opportunity to informally meet the teachers and other staff and see around the school. Our first open afternoon is Thursday 15th September from 1.30-3pm. Everyone is welcome to come along!

4/9/17

Pupils participated in Rugby today. It was very wet outdoors again, however the coach has advised that for the next few weeks, the sessions will be outdoors no matter what the weather. The pupils are really enjoying the rugby sessions and it’s great to see them all getting involved. The pupils can keep a P.E kit in school for our Thursday session, however are allowed to bring a change of old clothes (tracksuit bottoms/jumper/socks, etc) for the Rugby input on a Monday as they are getting very wet and dirty with the weather we’ve been having.

Thanks 🙂

1/9/17

This afternoon, we all took part in a STEM challenge to build a bridge out of spaghetti & rubber bands. It has to be strong enough to support the weight of a bag of sugar. Here are the pupils using their problem solving strategies to try and build their bridges. The ‘weight test’ with the bag of sugar will take place on Monday!

That sounds impossible!  I will be interested to see how well they work!  (From Mrs O’Driscoll)

1/9/17

Well done to our head boy & girl, deputy head boy and girl, house captains and vice captains.

All other primary 7’s also have important roles this year too, as buddies, lunch time duties, eco-committee members, Rights Respecting Schools steering group members & dyslexia friends schools committee members. Well done to everyone! 🙂

31/08/17

Primary 7 have worked hard as a class over the past couple of weeks. They have earned 500 points as a class on ClassDojo and as a reward, they have decided upon having a ‘comfy day’ tomorrow. For this they are allowed to bring slippers to wear in school, a cushion/pillow for their chair and a cuddly toy for their desk.

Well done everyone!

Also, our P.E days have now changed from a Monday and a Tuesday, to a Monday and a Thursday. On a Monday, we will be doing Rugby for the next few weeks, which will often be outdoors.

It’s nice to see you all enjoying rugby so much, despite the weather, with lots of smiley faces!  (From Mrs O’Driscoll)

25/08/17

Primary 7 have all settled in well this week. They have worked hard alongside their buddies and have been able to set a good example to the rest of the school. I’m very impressed so far – let’s keep it up p7 🙂

This week, everyone has worked hard on a self portrait. Each pupil was given half of a photograph of their own face and they had to draw and shade the opposite side of their face. Everyone put in a fantastic amount of effort and these have all been displayed outside our classroom. Have a look at our great work!

Today, our new Head Boy & Girl, Deputy Head Boy and Girl, House Captains and Vice Captains were announced. Well done to everyone 🙂 Photos to follow next week! Keep your eyes peeled.

17/08/2017

We had a successful first day in Primary 7! The pupils have come back eager to learn and to fulfil their responsibilities as Primary 7s. We have discussed the United Nations Convention of Rights of the Child and have created our Classroom Charter and our Quilt of Rights.

The pupils have all begun preparing their speeches for applying to be Head Boy and Head Girl. They will present the speeches tomorrow and the Head Boy and Girl will be chosen next week. Good luck everyone!

Announcements on Friday everyone!  Good luck.  (From Mrs O’Driscoll)