On Wednesday 12th June, the birds that we have been keeping a close eye on in school, took one more step along the road in their life journey. Local ornithologists Barry Caudwell, and his wife Cathy, came to Abernyte Primary to ring the baby Bluetits that are currently living in our nesting box.
Pupils have been watching the nesting box that resides in our school playground for weeks, via a TV camera installed inside it. During that time, they have watched the mother Bluetit build and prepare her nest and lay 6 eggs. They have witnessed 5 of the eggs hatching and have watched as the mother and father birds cared for their young over time.
Barry Cauldwell is liscenced to ring birds, so our latest additions to the school will be able to be tracked and logged anywhere in the world once they fly the nest.
On Tuesday 11th June, the pupils from Abernyte took part in their annual Health Day, with a few parents who came along to help out and lend support.
Pupils learned about Road Safety and took part in playground activities in the morning before stopping for a healthy snack, with plenty of fruit and veg! They then took part in some Aerobics and learned more about Hand Hygiene, Sun Awareness, Head Lice and Road Safety before taking a break for lunch.
In the afternoon, pupils had an input on Dental Health and Water Safety, as well as competing in mini Highland Games and Cricket. It was a fun-filled, energy-full day!
Congratulations to our P4 and P1 pupils who won the poster competition run by local producer Scotherbs.
As part of the Open Farm Sunday initiative, Scotherbs were open to the public on June 9th. To help advertise the event, they ran a design competition for schools in the local area, where pupils were to design a poster promoting the day, with a theme of “Discover the Story Behind your Food”.
Out of all the entries, the pupils pictured here won first place in the two age categories and were rewarded with seed packets and books on growing and using herbs and plants in cooking. Well done you two!
On Wednesday 29th May, P4-7 from Abernyte Primary went to Rossie Priory Cricket Ground to play in the cricket tournament against other schools from the Carse area.
Richard Rennie, the Dundee Community Cricket Coach who lead the day, said afterwards:
“The competition was well participated in, the games were close and I was impressed with the adaptability and skills shown throughout the day. The children’s behaviour during the day was exceptional. A credit to each one of their schools.”
On Tuesday 28th May, the pupils from Abernyte Primary visited Scotherbs in Longforgan, a local company who supply of Fresh Culinary Herbs & Salad Leaves to supermarkets, wholesalers & food manufacturers.
Lucy reports:
“At Scotherbs we went in to this room where we talked about the history of Scotherbs. Then we went to the poly-tunnel. We saw lots of herbs. I liked going in to the poly-tunnel. It was very hot in the poly-tunnel. My favourite herb is lavendar.”
Elise reports:
“Anna and Fiona welcomed us to Scotherbs and they showed us around. Then they showed us the poly-tunnel and we got to eat and try some herbs and some strawberries. We got to take some back with us.”
Congratulations to Holly, Lewis, Cara, Molly and Lucy, whose artwork was chosen to be shown at this years “Blooming Artists” exhibition at Perth Museum and Art Gallery.
The annual exhibition features artwork from pupils from nursery, special, primary and secondary schools and is always worth visiting. This year the free exhibition will run from Friday 17th to Sunday 26th May 2013.
Only the work of a few pupils is submitted each year, and not all submissions are accepted for the exhibition, so being put on display shows that the work done in Art lessons in class by these pupils has been of a very high standard this year.
On Thursday 9th of 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 “Jospeh and his Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat”, schools were invited to take part in another musical, this year “The Sound of Music”.
Pupils dressed the part, wearing costumes based on the children’s clothing from “The Sound of Music”. Even staff members got in on the act, with Mr Billen and Mrs MacKinnon looking good in their outfits for the show.
After a day of song rehearsals (complete with actions!), a short performance was put on, which featured the songs:
“The Sound of Music”
“Do-Re-Mi”
“My Favorite Things”
“The Lonely Goatherd”
“So Long, Farewell”
“Climb Ev′ry Mountain”
“Edelweiss”
Rounding off a series of inputs from the Scottish Opera, P5-7 of Abernyte Primary joined up with pupils from St. Madoes Primary to put on a production of “Slim McBride and the Lost Tribe” for family and friends.
Telling the story of adventurer Slim McBride, the action-packed musical featured the wonderful and exotic people, plants, birds and animals of the South American rainforests and explored the threats that the modern world can pose. Children were encouraged to ask crucial questions about the future of these magnificent forests, the eco-system that depends on them, and why it is so important that they be protected as part of a cross-curricular topic that covered Personal and Social Development, Citizenship, Geography and the Expressive Arts.
Playing the part of the rainforest animals, Abernyte pupils had a blast, made new friends and learned a lot.
Well done to the two pupils shown here for winning the school Easter Egg competition!
Pupils were tasked with decorating an egg at home, with a little help from family members. All entries this year were of a high standard, but the detail, precision and creativity of these two entries made them stand out to judges.
On Tuesday the 19th of February, pupils from P5-7 took part in the inter-school Cross Country race at Perth Racecourse.
Weeks of training prior to the event paid off, with all 8 pupils completing the 1 mile course and doing themselves proud. Special mention must go to Carlo who finished 10th and Oscar who finished 18th out of 115 runners! Well done everyone!
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