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John Muir Award

This session Primary 6 and 7 are going to be working towards their John  Muir award. This award asks us to discover a wild place within our local environment and explore all it has to offer. If you would like to know more about this please follow the link https://www.johnmuirtrust.org/john-muir-award

In Dunlop we are incredibly fortunate that we have so many beautiful spots on our doorstep for us all to discover.

On Wednesday both classes ventured down to the Millennium Woods. Whilst we were there the children were asked to sketch a particular viewpoint, which when back in the class they would paint in watercolours. Their second task was to write down a variety of descriptions, using their senses. These descriptions will be used to create a piece of creative writing.

As we work towards the award the children will be given the opportunity to suggest ideas and we are really looking forward to hearing what they come up with.

P7 Loch Down Residential Week 2020

Last week P7 took part in the Loch Down Lodge Residential. They completed a range of challenges and activities. Some activities included: orienteering games using compass points; learning different types of knot tying; building catapults using sticks; den building; creating mini nature reserves; creating story characters by whittling; map creations of streets in Dunlop and ‘lava challenges’. Well done P7!