Category: House and Vice Captains

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

 

House Captains and Vice Captains supporting the school

Three of our Captains and Vice Captains again demonstrated their ambassadorial skills and qualities and played a role in ensuring parents knew where they were going for the parent consultation meetings.  They also gathered parent feedback using our electronic forms system.

It is a pleasure to lead the Captains and Vice Captains as they rise to all tasks they are given.

We will be meeting on Friday 14th October to plan our forthcoming activities for Term 2, including the Children’s Christmas Fair.  This was introduced last year and was a massive success with children still telling us what a wonderful day it was!

Look out for more posts from the Captains and Vice Captains.

Kindest regards, Mrs Nouillan

Harvest Collection

A huge thank you to the Captains and Vice Captains for leading the collection for Harvest.

A huge thank you to the families of Dunlop who supported the collection, The Salvation Army were so pleased to receive a very generous donation.

The food will be used in the warm spaces/kitchen and will also support their foodbank.

Please open the Sway to see the collection.

https://sway.office.com/bFPk853CY0JGCMkG?ref=Link

Kind regards, Mrs Nouillan

Harvest Collection 2022

Harvest Collection 2022

Dear Parents/Carers,

We are the new House Captains and Vice Captains and we are writing to you today as we are working with Mrs Nouillan to collect for our annual Harvest Collection. This year, we have chosen the Salvation Army as the receiving charity.

We, as the House Captains and Vice Captains, think that nobody in our community, or the world, should have to worry about food poverty.  This is why we think that it would be good to donate a little food to help people who really need it more than us.

The Harvest Collection will be from 3rd October to 6th October.  On the 6th October, the Salvation Army will come and join us in our Assembly, they will thank the children and collect the donations.

Thanks to you all, we will be able to help a lot of people.

The following is a list of what we are looking for:

cereal, tinned soup, tinned meat/fish, tinned vegetables, tinned fruit, dried goods, and things that can last.

If every child in the school brought in one small item, that would be 175 items and that would really help make a difference to those in need.

Thank you so much for your kindness and for supporting others at difficult times.

The Dunlop Captains and Vice Captains.

House System: House Captains and Vice Captains 2022

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, 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.

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 2022

I am proud to present this year’s House Captains and Vice Captains below

Throughout the year, I work with the House Captains and Vice Captains to plan and lead a wide range of activities for the children in the school but also to support Citizenship and Community Engagement.

Plans are already underway for another busy year of activities, but already, the race for the much coveted House Cup is underway!

The question is……who will hold the house cup this year?

Kind regards, Mrs Nouillan