We’ve had a fantastic time at the Pantomime yesterday and then a lovely day playing games and flexing our skills on the Karaoke!
We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and we’ll see you bright and early on Monday 5th January 2026!
After the disappointing end to our fun packed Dolphin House visit, P7 had a visit today from one of the instructors.
Calvin arrived to check we were all safe and to say goodbye. The staff are delighted that he then led the children in their festive version of 6/7!!!!!!
Our adventure may have been cut short due to Storm Bram but we still had a ball! We crammed so much into day two including the chance to explore brand new caves, navigate tight crawls and hear spooky stories in the darkness. We did some bush crafts, using flints to light fires and toast marshmallows, then we hit the beach to wave jump. It was an adventure from start to finish. Check out our videos (keep your eyes peeled for the wellie shot!)
It might be wet but the weather hasn’t dampened our day! We arrived safe and sound ready to start the first challenge – bed making! We saw some fascinating techniques getting duvets into their covers and fitted sheets onto the mattresses. Before long it was time to unpack and head for lunch. After refuelling we headed on a walk around the grounds before a giant game of tig in the park. We puddle jumped our way back to base for dinner and are now heading out for our night time of beach combing for rocks, exploring the castle grounds and then settling down with a hot chocolate and a film before bed!
We have had such a busy week with the final preparations for the Christmas Fayre. The Primary 7s all did a fantastic job setting up the hall on Thursday afternoon and we would like to say a huge thank you to those who volunteered to come and help run the stalls at the Fayre. We couldn’t have done it without them.
Our P7 bauble stall made £100 profit which we will add to our Hoodie/P7 Day Out fund.
Apologies for the lack of photos this week as we were just so busy, but prepare yourself for a deluge of photos next week as we are super excited for the residential visit to Dolphin House.
The Primary 7s ran an amazingly successful ‘Revive and Thrive’ sale this week. Not only did they collect in, clean and organise all of the toys, but they also priced up each item individually and then sold them at a very busy sale on Wednesday. Each class was given a time slot to attend and they had great fun choosing a toy to take home.
On Thursday afternoon we had a production line in progress, preparing our baubles for the Christmas Fayre. The baubles will be personalised by Mrs Cook at the Fayre on Thursday night, but the P7s are allowed to bring in their £2 early to get their bauble made for them on Thursday afternoon in class if they wish.
For our Literacy Open morning on Thursday, the P7s created activities for the P1, 2 and 3 classes to go with their Book Bug and Read, Write Count bags they were being gifted. As well as creating and resourcing all of the activities, the P7s also went to help in the classes, helping to lead the learning. I was so proud of how hard they all worked and all of the other teachers commented on how fantastic the activities were.
For PE this week, we practised our Rugby skills from last week. We played 5 pass and then finished with an epic game of dodge ball.
On Thursday we had a visit from Harry from the Cumnock Rugby Club who took us for a very energetic Rugby session. We played tig games to warm up and then Five Pass. We all worked our socks off and there were plenty of red, sweaty faces at the end!
In the afternoon, we did some Drama and the class were absolutely hilarious! They acted out some scenarios using mime and then we took it in turns to say the first line of Humpty Dumpty in different ways, such as: someone who is tired, a superhero, someone gossiping to their neighbour, someone who is upset etc. It was so much fun and we can’t wait to do it again next week.
At the start of the week we had a visit from the fire service who talked to us about staying safe on Bonfire night.
We had our first Rugby session this week. Unfortunately, Harry from the Rugby club got the dates mixed up, but Mrs Govans released our very own Mrs Mair from P2, who just so happens to be a Rugby coach, and the P7s had great fun playing outside.
