Inspired by the work of artist Georgia O’Keeffe, the children created these stunning close up images of poppies using chalk pastels.
The pictures will be part of the Village Remembrance Day Display.
Proud teacher indeed! I absolutely love these!
Wow! How amazing are these pictures. The children worked with oil pastels and blended with baby oil to get the spooky backgrounds. I love the vibrant colours.
They added ghosts, bats, twinkly stars and a bit of glitter glue to finish them off. Well done everyone.
We managed one of our favourite warm-up games “Hoola Hoop Battle” before the downpour came! Fun and laughter.
We braved the rain as long as we could. Drookit!
This is Dyslexia Awareness Week Scotland. We have been finding out what the challenges can be like for children and adults who have dyslexia.
The children tackled a decoding activity helping them understand the challenges faced by many dyslexic people with reading tasks. They were able to say how the activity made them feel and what they found difficult.
We watched video clips of children sharing their story of living with dyslexia and had an amazing discussion about how dyslexia is a learning ‘difference’ rather than a learning ‘difficulty’.
The children had fun trying to write a message with their non-dominant hand while standing up. Although we giggled a lot, they absolutely recognised how this might feel if copying from the board or a text was this difficult all the time.
Our activities were really valuable. Great job P5!
When new pupils arrive at Dunlop Primary, their transition is supported by entry into a caring and supportive environment.
Each new pupil becomes a valued member of a small ‘family unit’ within Dunlop and are allocated a House. Pupils stay within their house until they leave in P7, additionally we place siblings together within a house.
At Dunlop Primary, we have three house: Clerkland, Glazert and Lugton.
Our house are named after local places and each house is represented by a different colour, we encourage pupils to wear their house colours on days throughout the year.
Clerkalnd = Blue
Glazert = Yellow
Lugton = Red
P7 House Captains and P6 Vice Captains
At the beginning of the school year, a P7 is elected House Captain and takes on the responsibility for the leadership and organisation of their house for the forthcoming year and they are supported by a P6 Vice Captain. The House Captains and Vice Captains work tirelessly to ensure their house members are working together to earn House Points through living and demonstrating our School Values of being Happy, Kind, Honest and Respectful.
House points are also awarded at House Events, this will be when we are allowed to mix bubbles!
At the end of the year, house points are added together and the house with the most points wins the overall house competition and they lift the much coveted House Cup. This is a prestigious moment for the Captain and Vice Captain and they are cheered along by a delighted house!
Over the last two weeks, House Captain and Vice Captain election fever hit Dunlop Primary and I want to thank again all our prospective P7 and P6 candidates for showing commitment to their house and delivering wonderful election speeches! Both Mrs Kelly and myself were delighted to see so many children keen to take on leadership roles with in our school.
After voting, I am pleased to announce the following candidates were elected by their peers:
As always, I am looking forward to working alongside the Captains and Vice Captains.
With warmest regards, Mrs Nouillan
The children presented their posters to their own group so well today. They gave each other positive feedback and tips for next time. Super job everyone! Very proud teacher!
Today the children used their own key designs to create 5 and 6 digit numbers before interpreting each other’s creations. Great work everyone!
Primary 5 have been taking part in weekly music lessons. It has been lovely to hear children singing in the school again, as this is something that all of the staff of Dunlop Primary School have missed. Click on the link below to listen to the children perform two songs,
Today we completed our own Place Value Key designs using natural and found items.
We are excited to try making 5 and 6 digit numbers with our number systems tomorrow which will show our knowledge and understanding of place value
We hope the weather will be good. We will share our outdoor work with you tomorrow.
On Friday afternoon the whole school braved the weather and set off up Trindle Green as part of our sponsored walk. We are very lucky to have such a beautiful walk on our doorstep and as you can see from the smiling faces everyone had great fun!
So far our Sponsored Event has raised over £1300! Thank you to all families who have supported this event and helped us to raise such an incredible amount of money. It is not too late to hand sponsor money into the school, if you still have some at home.
