It was brilliant to see such great teamwork in Primary 5/4 today. The children worked in groups to complete Halloween challenges such as pumpkin sweet towers, Frankenstein towers, skeleton pictures, bone towers and making spiders and spider webs.
Primary 5/4 have had a busy first Term. We have been creating our Class Charter, learning about 2D shapes and 3D objects, place value and practising our new spelling words. Some of the children have been enjoying completing lego challenges and we have been learning through play-based learning activities.
P5/4 demonstrated some of our spelling activities during our first open morning and enjoyed playing place value games with parents during our second open morning.
Primary 5/4 (with help from some of p6/7) were given a range of challenges including building a boat from lolly sticks, marshmallow towers, lego pyramids, paper tissue aeroplanes and spaghetti bridges. They then had to use their measurement skills.
Term 2 Here we come …. Keep an eye out for what we are going to get up to this term!
P7/6 along with a few pupils from P5 had an amazing week at Dolphin House! Over the week, they were working towards their John Muir Award and using his 4 key objectives :- Discover, Conserve, Explore and Share. 
Our first day at Dolphin house involved some archery, we had lots of fun and settled in well.
We had a productive second day hill walking. 
We got to experience some breathtaking views throughout our walk and appreciate what a beautiful country we live in. Some very tired children (and adults) this day! 
A lovely evening rock pooling at Dolphin House
We had a fabulous day paddle boarding and canoeing! 
A night walk through Culzean castle and then a disco for our last evening at Dolphin House! We had so much fun!
Our Final Morning doing The Trout run 
Many thanks to our parents for attending our parent open morning.
Thank you to our parents for joining in with our parent open morning today. Our next open morning will be on Thursday 22nd September from 10.45am until 11.45am. Following the session, we would like to invite you to join your child for lunch so that you can sample some of the food that we provide. All of the children receive a free lunch and adults are able to purchase a two course lunch on the day for £2.68.
Primary 5, 6 and 7 were learning to work as part of a team during outdoor learning with Caitlin from Active Schools. They took part in a scavenger hunt in the woods and finished off their afternoon with a game of rounders.
At the end of the Easter term P5/4 made Easter bonnets which they then modelled to the rest of the school before we finished for the day.
On Thursday 28th April we began our outdoor project to up date and improve our playground area. Mr Woods and a team of pupils began work on a sensory path, linking the top and bottom playgrounds. Mrs Cunningham and her team were weeding and tidying the raised beds and path area. The remainder of the pupils did an excellent job of repainting the fences, along with a few hands!
As part of our world book day celebrations we decorated T-shirts and hats with book inspired themes. Then we took a walk in the sunshine to enjoy reading in some unusual locations around the village!
On our first trip outdoors after the Easter holidays we made some additions to our outdoor den up by the castle. We added some additional logs for seating and creating a wind break with some large branches. Everyone worked hard to make the area look more inviting and had great fun at the same time.
