Up coming events
Upcoming events include, the re-starting of After School Swimming, a visit from the keepers of the Kintyre Way, shared lunches, fairtrade fortnight and World Book Day.
Looking ahead to April the 2nd, we would like to invite you to our 'Clachan Primary School 1882 school day' followed by a daffodil tea with musical accompaniment.
Looking ahead to April the 2nd, we would like to invite you to our 'Clachan Primary School 1882 school day' followed by a daffodil tea with musical accompaniment.
Generation science
On the 30th of April Generation science came to clachan and skipness schools. It was mindplowing and fun to do. lego mindstorms taught us how to program. fuel hunters taught us about oil. we learned that in 50 to 80 years that oil will run out. fuel hunters showed us lots of different rocks like cap,source,resevoir rock and how oil and water reacts. Eilidh thought that it was superdooper lewis thought it was fantastic it was the best thing ever!!!!!!!! by Lewis Mcneil and Eilidh Norris.
'The Journey'
Primary Six and Seven travelled to Tarbert Academy on the school bus to watch a performance of 'The Journey' a play addressing road safety as part of Health and Wellbeing. All the pupils enjoyed the show and thought it was full of helpful ideas.
We enjoy meeting up with pupils and teachers from surrounding schools, sharing our learning opportunities.
We enjoy meeting up with pupils and teachers from surrounding schools, sharing our learning opportunities.
In Celebration of Robert Burns
On Wednesday the 28th of January we celebrated Burns Day with a Burns Supper Shared Lunch.
We opened with the Slkirk Grace, before the haggis was piped in. Primary Six proposed the Address To The Haggis and then we all enjoyed a traitional meal of haggis, neeps and tatties folllowed by shortbread. After our meal, Primary One, Two and Three gave the Toast to The Lassies and the Thanks To The Laddies. Primary Five proposed a toast to our fantastic chief, and then entertainment was provided by a whole school performance of 'To A Mouse'.
Shared Lunches provide us with an opportunity to invite members of the community to join us for lunch and a chat.
We opened with the Slkirk Grace, before the haggis was piped in. Primary Six proposed the Address To The Haggis and then we all enjoyed a traitional meal of haggis, neeps and tatties folllowed by shortbread. After our meal, Primary One, Two and Three gave the Toast to The Lassies and the Thanks To The Laddies. Primary Five proposed a toast to our fantastic chief, and then entertainment was provided by a whole school performance of 'To A Mouse'.
Shared Lunches provide us with an opportunity to invite members of the community to join us for lunch and a chat.
Nordic Walking
On our first day back to school on January the 5th, we made good use of the clear weather and nordic walked to the top of Dunskieg. This can be a challenging walk, but was well worth the climb to the top as the views were spectacular. We took photos at the cairn and looked at the vitrified Roman Fort.
The following Monday we clipped on our walking poles and set off down the beach track. Our walk down was slowed by the driving wind, we pushed on into the wind pretending to be artic explorers! The return walk was made in super fast time as we used the wind force to push us home! Nordic Walking is a great form of excercise. We use the walks to explore our local environment and apply the learning which has taken place in the classroom. Nordic Walking takes place every Monday afternoon. Some of our photos are in the gallery.
The following Monday we clipped on our walking poles and set off down the beach track. Our walk down was slowed by the driving wind, we pushed on into the wind pretending to be artic explorers! The return walk was made in super fast time as we used the wind force to push us home! Nordic Walking is a great form of excercise. We use the walks to explore our local environment and apply the learning which has taken place in the classroom. Nordic Walking takes place every Monday afternoon. Some of our photos are in the gallery.
Christmas Events
The run up to Christmas is always an exciting time at Clachan Primary School.
Our Christmas party was a highlight, talented parents and grandparents provided a fabulous spread with Christmas games and a visit from Santa.
Every year Clachan pupils bake Christmas cakes for the community. This year we baked forty seven cakes! The children learn about following a recipe, weighing and where each ingredient comes from. Each Christmas cake is individually decorated, wrapped, and labled with the recipients name. Cakes are given out at the concert or delivered. The cakes are our way to say thank you and Merrry Christmas to the village.
This year our Christmas Concert was a musical called 'Snow White, A Christmas Play'. The children rewrote the traditional tale to include local humour and Christmas spirit!
As we have been learning about world religions and celebrations, we invited Reverent Thom to speak to the school about Christmas. On the last day of term we joined togther to celebrate and sing our favourite carols at the Christmas Chrurch Service.
Photos of all our Christmas fun can be found in the gallery.
Our Christmas party was a highlight, talented parents and grandparents provided a fabulous spread with Christmas games and a visit from Santa.
Every year Clachan pupils bake Christmas cakes for the community. This year we baked forty seven cakes! The children learn about following a recipe, weighing and where each ingredient comes from. Each Christmas cake is individually decorated, wrapped, and labled with the recipients name. Cakes are given out at the concert or delivered. The cakes are our way to say thank you and Merrry Christmas to the village.
This year our Christmas Concert was a musical called 'Snow White, A Christmas Play'. The children rewrote the traditional tale to include local humour and Christmas spirit!
As we have been learning about world religions and celebrations, we invited Reverent Thom to speak to the school about Christmas. On the last day of term we joined togther to celebrate and sing our favourite carols at the Christmas Chrurch Service.
Photos of all our Christmas fun can be found in the gallery.
There wereTTChristmas Party - Friday 12th December
Christmas Concert - Clachan - Wednesday 17th December 7:00pm
Christmas Concert - Skipness - Thursday 18th December 1:30pm
Christmas Church Service - Clachan Church - Friday 19th December 11:30am
Shared Lunches
In conjunction with the local church, we are inviting some of the local community in to join us for lunch. This will take place twice a month, with an extra special lunch on the 28th of January to celebrate Robert Burns.
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Our Christmas Shared Lunch
Clachan Primary Christmas lunch was shared with pupils, staff and friends from the community. We enjoyed a fantastic spead with all the trimmings! Our pupils entertained the guests with their own Christmas poems written in a variety of poetic styles.
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BEACH SCHOOLS
Clachan and Skipness schools joined together for a block of Beach Schools. We took our learning outside to Clachan Beach, just a short walk from the school. Beach Schools work on the same principles as Forrest Schools, with learners transferring skills learnt in the classroom into real life situations. There is also an element of team building, as we work together to solve problems. Highlights included building a shelter, lighting a fire and outside cooking. have a look on the gallery to see some of our photos!
Beach Schools Dates
23rd, 30th October
6th, 20th, 27th November
4th December
Beach Schools Dates
23rd, 30th October
6th, 20th, 27th November
4th December
On Friday 31st October, the school was transformed with different creatures and people arriving to school. The children had a lot of fun at their themed lunch and party in the afternoon.
22nd OCTOBER - SCHOOL TRIP TO TESCO
The children of Clachan and Skipness Primary Schools have started their latest IDL of food and religion. They began with a WOW day which took them away from school. Tesco had invited them to spend the day in their Campbeltown shop. The children were very excited to discover that there was more to Tesco than they see when they go on their shopping trips with their parents. They were led through the back and up the stairs, where they started the day in the Tesco meeting room. There they introduced themselves and met Laura and Kate who were their “Tesco Teachers” for the day.
Laura and Kate had planned a day of fun and educational activities for the children, which were all very varied. Initially the children explored the fresh produce aisles, discovering that the food came from a variety of different countries. They were especially interested in the fact that foods could come from more than one country. Laura and Kate explained about how the chillers and freezers in the shop had to be kept at certain temperatures and drew the children’s attention to the thermometers at the top of each of these.
One of the children’s favourite activities was discovering the chillers and freezers that are used to store the food that is not for sale. They were able to go in these and see just how cold the food has to be kept – pretty cold!!
The children were transformed into Tesco Bakers, where they had decorated their own hats to wear for this. They loved meeting Kelly and watching her make them some delicious pancakes.
Finally, the children became trainees, where they chose some produce from the shop and were able to sit at the checkout counter and scan these through.
The children had a lot of fun at Tesco and each of them were able to say many things that they had learnt on the trip that they didn’t know previously. Trips like this are vital to the children’s education, as it is important for them to experience what they are taught in a real life context.
Thank you to everyone at Tesco who made both the schools feel so welcome and to everyone who praised how well behaved the children were.
Laura and Kate had planned a day of fun and educational activities for the children, which were all very varied. Initially the children explored the fresh produce aisles, discovering that the food came from a variety of different countries. They were especially interested in the fact that foods could come from more than one country. Laura and Kate explained about how the chillers and freezers in the shop had to be kept at certain temperatures and drew the children’s attention to the thermometers at the top of each of these.
One of the children’s favourite activities was discovering the chillers and freezers that are used to store the food that is not for sale. They were able to go in these and see just how cold the food has to be kept – pretty cold!!
The children were transformed into Tesco Bakers, where they had decorated their own hats to wear for this. They loved meeting Kelly and watching her make them some delicious pancakes.
Finally, the children became trainees, where they chose some produce from the shop and were able to sit at the checkout counter and scan these through.
The children had a lot of fun at Tesco and each of them were able to say many things that they had learnt on the trip that they didn’t know previously. Trips like this are vital to the children’s education, as it is important for them to experience what they are taught in a real life context.
Thank you to everyone at Tesco who made both the schools feel so welcome and to everyone who praised how well behaved the children were.
3RD OCTOBER - 'WHAT A LOAD OF RUBBISH'
As a conclusion to their IDL (Inter disciplinary Learning) of Eco, the children put on a show stopping performance. This included a play entitled "The Litter Muncher", about a village where the people were not good at picking up their litter and a machine does it all for them. When the machine falls asleep they soon realise that it is hard work keeping somewhere clean and they start to help the Litter Muncher by putting all the rubbish in the bin.
As well as this there was a performance from the "Clachness Samba Band". The children had all made their own instruments from various pieces of litter or items which were going to be thrown out. They learnt rhythms in school which they then performed as a whole band.
The people of the local community, as well as the children were invited to take part in an Art exhibition as well. They had to make sure that they had used litter or things found on the beach to create their artwork. The entries were fantastic and quite tricky to judge!
As well as this there was a performance from the "Clachness Samba Band". The children had all made their own instruments from various pieces of litter or items which were going to be thrown out. They learnt rhythms in school which they then performed as a whole band.
The people of the local community, as well as the children were invited to take part in an Art exhibition as well. They had to make sure that they had used litter or things found on the beach to create their artwork. The entries were fantastic and quite tricky to judge!
25TH SEPTEMBER - MACMILLAN 'WEE CUP OF TEA'