Author: Mrs Nouillan

Staff House Team Members

Last year, the Captains/Vice Captains and the Pupil Council group, discussed the idea of staff from the primary department being allocated to a house, and like pupils, show their allegiance to their house for the duration of the time they work within Dunlop Primary.  Despite the fact there will be allegiance in abundance, we know the staff will still champion all of our children, irrespective of their house!

We believe that a sense of community pervades throughout our school, however this would arguably be incomplete if the children were not given the opportunity to interact with staff beyond those they see in the classroom, thereby encouraging stronger relationships and a stronger sense of belonging.   So this year, and for every year after, we present our staff house allocation group.

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When the Captains and Vice Captains shared this news with the staff, there were some huge cheers and whoops of joy!  A couple of staff members have also been heard saying, they might get themselves a house t-shirt!!  I think it is true to say, the race for the House Cup, is well and truly on!

Good luck children and staff of Clerkland, Glazert and Lugton, work hard, show your team spirit, live and demonstrate our school values and give your best to the house challenges! Your housemates need you!

Kind regards, Mrs Nouillan

 

 

 

House Captains and House Vice Captains 2023/2024

Dunlop House System

House Captains and House Vice Captains

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’ and they are allocated a House. Pupils stay within that 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  and these are named after local areas.

House Colours

Each house is represented by a different colour and we encourage pupils to wear their house colours on days throughout the year.

Clerkalnd = Blue

Glazert = Yellow

Lugton = Red

House 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 ably 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 whilst ensuring that all house members are living and demonstrating the Dunlop School Values: Honest, Inclusive, Kind and Respect

House Points

Throughout the year, house points are awarded to pupils who are spotted living and sharing the Dunlop Values.  House points are also awarded at House Events and Inter House Challenges.  At the end of the year, house points are added together and the house with the most points wins the overall house competition and are rewarded with hte prestige of lifting the House Cup and also with a treat!

Election Fever

At the beginning of the new school year, P7 ad P6 pupils prepare and present an election speech to their peers in their own house, and each house then votes for their captains and vice captains.

House Captains and Vice Captains 2023/24

I am proud to present this year’s House Captains and Vice Captains, please click on the link below, and I look forward to working alongside them as they plan and lead many school events.

Clerkland Captain Vice-Captain 23 – 24

Glazert Captain Vice-Captain 23 – 24

Lugton Captain Vice-Captain 23 – 24

Please continue to visit the Captain’s and Vice Captain’s blog for updates.

Kind regards, Mrs Nouillan

 

The Race for the House Cup

Our Captains and Vice Captains have all worked exceptionally hard this as our leaders and they have encouraged their house members to give their best in the race for the House Cup.

After a long race, think marathon not a sprint, Lugton were victorious!

The Captain and Vice Captain were proud to lift the House Cup, and at the house party, they thanked everyone in Lugton for their great team effort!

Well done Team Lugton, you have enjoyed a wonderful year with the double win – House Cup and Sports Cup!

Thank you to the amazing young leaders from Clerkland, Glazert and Lugton, what a year you have enjoyed!  We thank you for your hard work and for leading so many wonderful activities for the benefit of the whole school and community!

Kindest regards, Mrs Nouillan

 

 

World Book Day 2023

Dunlop Primary and ECC loves books, reading and World Book Day, and 2023 was another huge success!

We loved having Mystery Readers/Bilingual Readers back in the school and ECC, and the children enjoyed a story in BSL, Spanish, Polish and French.  P6 also enjoyed some Shakespeare and P4 heard an extract from The Hobbit and this was read by Mr Cowie our fantastic janitor.

The Captains and Vice Captains again led more fabulous activities for the whole school and they planned and led a book quiz and this was hotly contested by everyone as they wanted the much coveted House Tokens!  They also organised for every child to received their free World Book Day book form Joyce at WH Smith Kilmarnock, we can’t thank Joyce enough for this!!  A huge thank you is also extended to an amazing mummy in P2/1 who went to Kilmarnock to collect the books for us!

Our wonderful P6 Big Buddies enjoyed spending time with their Little Buddy and they read together, chatted and showed they have already formed strong friendships!  We love seeing this!

Lastly, we gathered everyone from the ECC – P6 up for  a reading circle! Our P7 children were on residential and missed all this fun!

A huge thank you is also extended to our parents and carers who creatively rose to the challenge of dressing up for World Book Day but using what they had without the need to spend money on a costume!  You are stars!

I hope you will agree, the children and staff enjoyed a fabulous World Book Day!

Kindest regards, Mrs Nouillan

 

 

 

 

 

Christmas Lunch

Our Captains and Vice Captains, ongoing demonstrate leadership skills and they are role models to all children in our school.

They step up to plan, organise and lead many different activities, including setting up the tables for Christmas Lunch and then helping to serve the infants!

We had lots of fun and there was some singing too!

Merry Christmas from the Captains and Vice Captains, they are having a little rest now!

Please look back at their page to see how busy they have been!

Kind regards, Mrs Nouillan

 

Christmas Children’s Fun Day 2022

Our wonderful Captains and Vice Captains once again demonstrated their excellent leadership and organisational skills and they worked together to plan and deliver the Children’s Christmas Fun Day.  Please see below for a copy of the letter they sent to children and parents and see below this for some photographs of the event.

Letter from Captains and Vice Captains

Dear Children, Parents/Carers,
On Friday 9th December, every child from P1-P7 will enjoy

  • Christmas Jumper Day – we encourage everyone on this day to don either a Christmas jumper or wear a little or a lot of Christmas accessories, eg Rudolph antlers, Santa hat, tinsel etc, however we appreciate this is a personal choice.
  • Christmas Lunch (with Christmas music for entertainment)
  • A visit to the Christmas Fun Fair (last year was a huge success and the children still say what great fun they had)

Like last year, every child from P1-P7 has a small brown envelope where we ask if a donation can be made to support school fundraising by placing some coins in the envelope.  On Friday, the closed envelope should be returned to the school.

Before going to the fair, every child will be given 5 tokens to be used at the fair, eg 1 token = 5 raffle tickets for the Children’s Raffle or 1 token = 3 tickets for the Tombola or 1 token = I guess of the Bear’s Birthday etc.

At the Christmas Fun Fair, the children will have the opportunity to take part in

Christmas Treat Tuck Shop: Candy Canes and Christmas Chocolate lollies.

Guess the Bear’s Birthday: Another firm favourite last year was Guess the Bear’s Birthday and we will again be running this stall.  The winner will be announced on the day.

Children’s Raffle: We have been very generously supported by donations from Dunlop Post Office, Norman’s, Aldi in Stewarton and we have had lovely donations from families too.  We have approx 150 raffle prizes and the raffle will be drawn on Friday afternoon when the whole school is together in the hall.

‘Where’s Santa?: A game where the children choose a grid reference in the hope they have chosen where Santa is hiding.  There will be a winner chosen from each class, with each winner receiving a gift.

Toy and Book Stall: We also have an enormous Toy and Book Stall, (thank you parents your generous donations) and P6 have enjoyed checking all jigsaws and games to ensure all the pieces are there.  On Friday, the children can use a token at the stall to get an item or two.

Sweetie/Chocolate Tombola: Thank you to our very generous families who supported our dress down day in return for donating a treat to the tombola.  We have labelled all items and we have approx. 150 items for the Sweetie/Chocolate Tombola.

On Friday, each class will have a timed slot to visit the Christmas Fun Fair, the hall will be decorated, the tree will be resplendent, Christmas music will be playing and there will be festive merriment in abundance!

In the afternoon, we will all come together in the hall for the Children’s Raffle and to announce the winners of the games/bear etc, and we will finish with a Christmas Singalong.

Kindest regards, Mrs Nouillan and the P7 Captains and P6 Vice Captains

The Christmas Fun Fair was a huge success and we collected over £400, but most importantly, every child took part and had a wonderful time!

Kind regards, Mrs Nouillan

Lest We Forget

Dunlop Parish Church Remembrance Service

The Captains and Vica Captains attended the Church Remembrance Sunday Service with Mrs Kelly and myself as representatives of the school and family community.

Our Captains had honour of laying the wreath at the War Memorial.  We are immensely proud of our Captains and Vice Captains and the leadership skills and values they display.

They are exemplary role models in our school.

With sincerest regards, Mrs Nouillan

 

House Captains and Vice Captains: Parent’s Night Round Two!

It is now round two of Parent’s Night and again our Captains and Vice Captains demonstrated why they are excellent leaders, role models and school ambassadors.

They ensured parents knew where they were going for the parent consultation meetings and they also gathered parent feedback using our electronic forms system.

Both Mrs Kelly and myself have been impressed by all our Captains and Vice Captains and our parents have commented too!

Regards, Mrs Nouuillan