Carmondean Primary School Blog

Primary 6 have been putting their heads together this week to come up with some fundraising ideas for Sport Relief. A letter with information about this has been emailed to you all but details are also attached below:

 

This year we are really excited to be raising money for Sport Relief 2016! As one of the UK’s biggest fundraising events, Sport Relief brings the entire nation together to get active, raise cash and change lives.

Sport Relief 2016 will be kicking off in schools and nurseries on Friday 18^th March.

Carmondean Primary School has decided to get involved and help raise money for this incredible cause.

To do our bit and raise money we will be:

• Selling Wristbands for £1 from Monday 7^th March
• Holding a Bake Sale on Thursday 17th March, donations for this are most welcome! Please see letter overleaf with information on donations of homebaking)
• Holding a Sporty Dress Down Day on Friday 18^th March costing 50p and each class will take part in an obstacle course that morning.
• In addition, if children want to take their chances ‘Beating the Teacher’ in a skip off or something similar, this will be taking place at break time and will cost 50p to take part.

And, the best bit is, the money raised by the public is spent by Comic Relief to help people living incredibly tough lives, both at home in the UK and across the world’s poorest countries. To learn more about how Comic Relief spends the money raised for Sport Relief please look at the pamphlet below or visit sportrelief.com/schools.

We will also be using Sport Relief as a teaching opportunity so that our pupils can learn about the issues children across the world face, and how the money we raise can help them.

We really appreciate your support and hope that you’ll have fun helping our school raise lots of money for Sport Relief!

If you do have time please visit the web site indicated above as it is a real eye opener into how this charity supports people in both the UK and around the world. We will be kicking things off on Monday with the sale of Sport Relief Wristbands costing £1.

If you are able to donate any bought or baked items for Thursday 17th March then this would be appreciated too.

Every little bit helps!

Primary 6

 

Last night’s wacky races were great fun.  In one of the races we had to take off our shoes, mix them up and the first one to find their shoes was the winner.  The chicken race was where we had to lay an egg and carry it to the end of the race.

Today the activities we took part in were the giant swing, zipline, trapeze, Jacob’s ladder, vertical challenge and team games.   The giant swing was really funny because we went so high it felt we were really flying.  We had to pull the string to release the swing and it made the swing go so fast it took us by surprise!

At the Jacob’s ladder and vertical challenge activities we were timed to see how far we could climb.  It was so hard to climb up because Jacob’s ladder had huge spaces between the steps and on the vertical challenge the cups and tyres kept spinning when we were standing on them.   They were really hard but about half of each group managed to get to the top and we all tried our best.

We have to go now because we are getting ready for the disco tonight.

Bye for now from Luisa, Cameron and Stuart on behalf of all of P6 at Dalguise.

We are still having a great time here at Dalguise.  We played Ambush last night and it was AMAZING.  It is like a big game of hide and seek but much cooler.  We were in the dark and one team had to hide and then shout ‘AMBUSH’ when the other team passed them.  If the other team saw them first they would shout ‘AMBUSH’.

Today our groups did lots of different activities like trapeze, fencing, tree climbing and quad biking.  We also did lots of problem solving activities that needed a lot of teamwork and communication.   We loved the trapeze.  It is when you climb a 25 foot wooden pillar and jump off to try to hit a ball that is in the air.  We thought it was amazing and a lot of us conquered our fears.  We also went quad biking which was really fun.  We got to drive around a race track and drive through cones.

We have to go now as we’re off to play wacky races.   We will tell you what we get up to tomorrow.

Chanel, Niamh L. and Kieran on behalf of all of P6 at Dalguise.

We have just received our daily update from our P6 children:

We are having fun at Dalguise.   Our first activity on Monday night was a game of Cluedo throughout the grounds of Dalguise in the dark.  We had to solve the murder and saw the ’wet section’ where our instructor Louise got soaked with ice cold water.

A lot of us have overcome our fears by taking part in activities such as climbing a tower and a 75 foot tree.  We have also been learning fencing, quad biking, mountain biking and taking part in team challenges such as a sensory trail and the challenge course.

We are looking forward to participating in a game called ambush tonight.  It is basically hide and seek in the woods in the dark.  We will tell you all about this tomorrow.

Rebecca, Helena and Ben on behalf of all of P6 at Dalguise.

Primary 6 have arrived safe and well! After unpacking we had a delicious dinner followed by a game of outdoor Cluedo! Up early tomorrow and will post after what will be a very active day for all!

Dalguise:

The Dalguise leaflet that was issued to children contained all the relevant information you required along with information on what to bring, but here are a few reminders:

Essentials:

• Towels (2)
• Toiletries-stick deodorant only
• Nightwear & underwear
• Lots of old, warm clothes (no jeans) (5 of each if poss)
• Hat and gloves
• Warm, waterproof jacket & trousers if you have them

• Old training shoes (at least 2 pairs)
• Practical/sturdy shoes or boots
• Lots of socks (thick & long for some activities)
• Disco clothes
• Black bag for dirty clothes
• Small rucksack for day use & plastic bottle for drinks
• Lipsalve is advisable

ALL CLOTHING & BELONGINGS SHOULD BE NAMED. Your child has to carry their own bag so please ensure they are able to do so and that they can pack their own bag.

IMPORTANT – If your child requires medication (in particular travel sickness tablets) whilst we are away could you please ensure that you have completed a Medical Consent form if you haven’t done so already. Any medication can be brought to school on the morning of departure.

We will depart from Carmondean Primary at approx. 1.15pm.  Children should come into school at the usual time in the morning and bring their cases with them. There is no requirement to wear school uniform. We will return to school on Friday 4^th March at approximately 3.00pm.    Please ensure there is an adult to meet your child from the bus. Please also park outwith the school car park to enable the bus to reverse in safely. Your help would be appreciated in this matter. You will be group called if this time changes so please ensure the office has your most up to date mobile number.

Please do not send any extra money with them as £10 spending money was included in the total cost of the trip.  It is Council policy that children do not carry mobile phones on residentials so please assist us in this matter.

PE Kit:

All those children not taking part in the Dalguise trip, please ensure you bring both indoor and outdoor kit everyday as there will be many opportunities to go to the hall or outside to participate in various games.

World Book Day:

On Thursday 3rd March we will be celebrating World Book Day, please come to school dressed up as a favourite character and bring a book they might like to share with the class. There might also be an opportunity to read to the younger ones so perhaps children could bring in a book that they liked to read when they were little.

Sports Relief:

The remaining P6 children will also be very busy planning their own Sports Relief fund raising ideas and activities. More information will be given to you all next week about this.

Titanic Shoe Box Challenge:

Don’t forget to bring in a shoe box and other materials that could be used to recreate a cabin from that time.

Homework:

There will be no homework next week.

Enjoy your weekend and looking forward to a very busy week next week!

Mrs Smith, Mrs Kelly & Mrs Muir

Despite it being a short week we still managed to achieve a lot in Primary 6!  We continued work on our Human Body challenge in which we are working in groups to create a life-size body complete with all main organs and bones.

We also worked on our Titanic group challenges which involve us researching the lives of 1st, 2nd and 3rd class passengers.

The class also have a Titanic challenge to complete at home – creating a Titanic fact file.   Everyone should have a challenge sheet with all the information.  Please note it can be done on either A5 or A4 size and should be completed by Thursday 24 March.

For the next few weeks, please bring both outdoor and indoor PE kit on a Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday as our PE slots may change slightly and we hope to get outdoor as much as possible if the weather allows it.

The Dalguise trip is almost here!  Pupils who are going to Dalguise should have received a letter with a packing list.  Please can you return any EE2 forms to the office as soon as possible  if you haven’t already.

Thanks for all your support,

 

Mrs Muir, Mrs Smith and Mrs Kelly