Culter School’s Weblog

Bagpipes

As part of the 2008 Aberdeen Arts Carnival, Pipe Major Ian Dallas of 2008 Scottish and British Bucksburn & District Novice Juvenile Pipe Band will be holding a week long workshop for Chanter and Great Highland Bagpipes.  this workshop is aimed at 8 -14 year olds, with no prior experience necessary - a great chance for budding musicians to try out our Scottish National Instument, Bagpipes.  Tutor for Aberdeen City Schools, Ian has a wealth of experience, dealing with Pipers from a young age.  Classes will be held from Monday 4th - Friday 8th August from 2.00 - 4.00 pm.

Drumming

Local Drumming Tutor and Lead Drummer of Grampian Police Pipe Band, Nick Gibson, will be holding a week long workshop at Aberdeen Arts Centre.  Young drummers (8-14years) will be shown how the basic rudiments of drumming are built into many different forms of drumming from traditional Pipe Band through to Orchestra to Rock and Jazz.

Taking place on Monday 4th-Friday 8th August, from 10am - 12pm, this is a sure fire way to keep the kids occupied through the holidays. 

All workshops will take place within Aberdeen Arts Centre, just off the city’s King Street.  For further information about the many classes offered during the weeks long Aberdeen Arts Centre, log onto the Arts Centre Website at www.aberdeenartscentre.org.uk or call 01224 635208. 

 Spaces are running our fast so book in advance!

Please read the parent council page for an important notice and weblink.

Mrs Chalmers, Mrs Strachan and P3S/C have been busy creating their own blog.  You can find it at www.culterschoolaberdeenchalmers.edublogs.org or by clicking on the ‘Class Blogs’ Link.

Please take a look at the Parent Council page for an important notice.

Fancy a new toy or book without spending any money?  If so, Primaries 4L and 4/5I are hosting a swap shop next week.

If you would like to exchange a book, soft toy or board game/jigsaw, please bring it to school on Monday 23rd June.  You will be given a token in exchange for your item.  Later in the week, you can exchange your token for a similar item to the one you brought.  (For example - If you bring a book, you will only be able to choose a book).

All items must be in good condition.  There is a maximum of 3 items per pupil.

We had lots of new pupils today in the form of bears.  Here is a picture of all the pupils in the main school with their bears.  Next week, I will put the Nursery photos on the blog.

On 6th June, Karen Cochlan, one of our Primary 6 teachers completed the ‘Ben Nevis Challenge’, climbing 4,406ft, raising £105.00.  Karen has chosen to donate this money to ‘Marie Curie’, the fund chosen by Allan Graham’s family.

 and also……..

We are proud to announce we (5 PSA’s) completed the ‘Moonwalk’ in Edinburgh on Saturday 14th June.  From left to right in the photo is Heather Edgar (who completed the walk in 6hrs10 mins!!!) Corinne Forbes-6hrs 25mins and Janette Martin, Ada Watson and Barbara Polson-7hrs 16mins (which is great as I had Tuesday in mind!).We raised in excess of £1,000 so far, but donations are still coming in. Thank you to everyone who sponsored us.

I know some parents did the Moonwalk too, so if you have any pictures, please e-mail them to me at b.polson@culter.aberdeen.sch.uk and I will add them to the ‘blog’. (Covered up ones please!!)

One of our pupils attended the 2008 City of Aberdeen Highland Games at the weekend.  Techfest were present and set maths and science activites to challenge drop-in visitors.  One of the challenges was a K’NEX Tower Challenge. He won by building the highest stable tower recorded on the day at 1.25metres!  Unfortunately we don’t have a picture of his tower, but here he is holding up a ’Head Teacher Award’.  He received a  prize of K’NEX from Techfest and his name is on the Techfest website  as a September winner.  An engineer in the making?

Scroll down to read about our Lord Provost Chess Winner, Music Festival Results, GridClub Home Learning and ‘Bring A Bear To School’.  Also in our Achievements Pages, I have added a few photographs.

We are delighted to announce that the above pupil has won the much coveted Lord Provost Trophy.  This is his third year representing Culter School. The first year in P4 he came 6th, in P5 he came 3rd and now in P6 came 1st.  We are very proud of him and think that the current World Chess Champion, Viswanathan Anand, should watch out!