Overcoming Anxiety and Worry

Please click the below link for resources for parents and carers coping with children with anxiety and worry at home.

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Have a Happy Easter!

We hope you all have an excellent break and a happy Easter to those observing it!

Here’s a sneak peak of the eggcellent entries into the easter egg painting contest. (Full report next term). Also a picture of two egg-minded returning Dalry residents looking forward to a peaceful 2 weeks.

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Author Visit

The pupils in the Primary 1 to Primary 3 classes were visited by a real author this week. Emma O’Connor, author of children’s picture book Under Grandma’s Table, did a reading and story writing workshop with each class. The children enjoyed listening to the story and came up with fantastic ideas from their imaginations to create a class story together.

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P4a Liking Vikings

P4a have been learning about the Vikings. They planned their topic, deciding what they wanted to investigate and how they wanted to learn. They created a Viking display for the classroom and made their own jewellery based on Viking designs but with their own modern twist. They also designed Viking armour and weapons for a re-enactment of the first UK Viking raid at Lindisfarne.

They have gained an understanding of the Viking gods and goddesses through reading tasks and making their own Top Trump game cards.

A connection to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was made by comparing it to the life of the Viking slaves.  The pupils all agree the slaves rights were not being respected and taken away from them.

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Free Bike Schemes

There are 2 schemes we’d like to draw your attention to which can support your family in covering the cost of a bike for a child.

  1. Edinburgh City Council have launched Brake the Cycle which is a bike renovation scheme for community organisations, youth groups and schools. Pupils/families can apply online at  www.edinburgh.gov.uk/cycling-walking/brake-cycle/1
  1. The second is Bikes for Refugees which is aimed at asylum seekers or those who have been granted refugee status. An online application will need to be filled in using the following link visit www.bikesforrefugees.scot/new-scots/#request-a-bike. Once submitted they will add you to the waiting list (around 3 months for Edinburgh but is dependant upon the size of bike required matching the availability of bikes in stock.)

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The Cost of Having Fun at School- Report

Please Click the link below to read the report from the Child Poverty Action Group on problems with the cost of attending school and suggestions for dealing with these.

The Cost of Having Fun at School

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