On Tuesday 17th June, pupils from Abernyte visited Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh. The Junior Carsonians (and next years future JC’s) took part in an awards ceremony and workshops, while the rest of the pupils toured Dynamic Earth, took part in a Dinosaur Discovery workshop and visited the ShowDome.
Highlights of the day included the Time Travel lift (with vibrating floor!), 4D biodomes cinema experience (with foamy snow!), the 360 degree “Back to the Moon” film in the ShowDome, handling real and replica dinosaur fossils (including coprolite – fossilised dino poo!) and interacting with the glacier.
On Tuesday 10th and Wednesday 11th June, P4-7 pupils went to Teen Ranch for two days (and a night!) of outdoor activities and sports.
Pupils had a fantastic time taking part in horse riding, canoeing, waterslide, archery, rifle range, BMX bikes and trampoline!
It may have POURED with rain at one point, but pupils were already wet at the time (they were in canoes and splashing each other!) and didn’t care one iota. Just one of MANY memories that will be remembered for years to come…
New versions of local Childcare and Family Information Directories are now available to download from www.pkc.gov.uk/families. Documents have been produced for five areas:- Blairgowrie and Strathmore; Crieff and Strathearn; Kinross; Highland Perthshire and Perth and Surrounding Areas.
Each directory includes details of a wide range of services, groups and organisations in the local area that we hope will be of interest to families and to professionals working with parents, carers and children.
If you know of any other services which it would be useful to include or come across anything in the directories that is inaccurate then please let us know. Documents will be updated no less than once annually and entries are kept up to date on the national website www.scottishfamilies.gov.uk.
This set of directories complements the information available in the Perth & Kinross Childcare and Family Information Directory which was published in March 2013. Copies of this area wide document are being distributed to families through Bookbug packs and Family Information Points and are available on request from the Childcare Strategy Team Tel 01738 472350 E-mail childcare@pkc.gov.uk.
There is a shortage of childcare provision in most rural areas of Perth & Kinross and in some parts of Perth City. Childminders are the ideal type of service to fulfil demand, particularly to provide before and after school care for children attending smaller primary schools.
The Council’s Childcare Strategy Team organises childminder Pre-Registration Training courses for anyone who might be interested in becoming a childminder. Previous experience of working with children is not required.
On Wednesday 21st May, a team of P5-7 pupils competed in the finals of the Perth and Kinross School Orienteering Championship, having won 2nd and 9th place in the previous qualifier.
One hundred and five teams, made up of 315 pupils, competed for first place, mapping their way across the grounds of Scone Palace.
Congratulations to Ellen, Becca and Elise for getting their artwork accepted to be displayed at the annual Blooming Artists exhibition at the Perth Museum and Art Gallery in George Street!
The work of young people from schools throughout Perth and Kinross was displayed at the annual ‘Blooming Artists’ exhibition, which was held at the Perth Museum and Art Gallery in George Street, Perth, between Friday 16th and Sunday 25th May 2014.
Visiting specialist teachers of art and design set up the exhibition in preparation for the official opening by local artist Frances Law, on the evening of Thursday 15th May. Frances, who has devoted the past 30 years to investigating the balance between nature and culture through her works, worked with the Council’s expressive arts service during the current school session.
Works on display came from nursery, primary and secondary schools and featured many aspects of art and design, from painting and drawing to sculpture and other 3D work.
On Friday 23rd May, P7 pupils visited Perth Race Course in the grounds of Scone Palace Park to attend the annual Safe Taysiders event.
Safe Taysiders is a major multi-agency event where pupils learn how to deal with, and avoid, potentially dangerous situations. Almost 2000 pupils from throughout Perth and Kinross took part in the annual Safetaysiders event held at a total of 15 special scenarios that were set up by the emergency services, public utilities and other partner agencies. These included electrical, gas, railway, construction site, farm, water and fire safety amongst others.
On Friday 16th May, pupils celebrated Food Revolution Day by taking part in a Cook Along with Jamie Oliver. Using lots of healthy vegetables and other ingredients, pupils created Rainbow Salad Wraps, the recipe for which can be found here.
On Wednesday 14th May, P4-7 visited the Forth Replacement Crossing education centre as part of their Science and Technology topic on Bridges.
Pupils learned about the work of Civic Engineers (who design bridges) and the forces that act on bridges. They learned about some of the different types of bridges (when the new bridge opens in 2016, the Forth will boast three different types of bridge – cantilever, suspension and cable stay – from three different centuries) and about the construction techniques being used to build the new bridge.
Pupils worked co-operatively to build tetrahedrons (triangular based pyramids) to investigate the structural strength of triangles and worked with plan and elevation schematics to build a truss bridge. We may just have a few budding engineers in our midst!
On Wednesday 7th May, the pupils from Abernyte Primary travelled to Perth Concert Hall to take part in the annual Show-In-A-Day event. Following on from last year’s successful performance of “The Sound of Music”, schools were this time invited to take part in a show based around the upcoming Commonwealth Games which are being held in Glasgow this year.
Each school attending represented a difference country competing in the Commonwealth Games, with abernyte representing Kenya. Pupils dressed the part, wearing outfits based on traditional Kenyan tribal costumes and two pupils represented the school carrying the Kenyan flag (which pupils had previously painted) in the procession of countries on stage. Even staff members got in on the act, with Mr Billen and Mrs Holt looking good in their Kenyan attire.
After a day of song rehearsals, a short performance was put on, which featured the Commonwealth themed songs:
“Wakati wa Amani”
“The Jamaican Alphabet”
“Highland Cathedral”
“Sing”
“Going for Gold”
“Can You Hear It?”
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