Dalry School

Friday 28 May was the last day at Dalry for our fourth year pupils with most now heading for Castle Douglas High to tackle S5 and S6 courses, while a small group have opted for college courses and the world of work.

All pupils were presented with certificates marking their attainment, effort and progress in S4 and a year group photograph. This year’s group also received their John Muir Awards for environmental projects undertaken as part of the Wednesday afternoon activities. Throughout the presentation of certificates the other pupils, staff and parents were reminded of some of the amusing characteristics of this particular group and staff had compiled some interesting “most likely to..” scenarios ranging from “most likely to be the next woman Prime Minister” to “most likely to buy a ‘pig in a poke’ then sell it for a profit”

First and second year pupils at Dalry took part in the bi-annual trip to Newcastle last week and, as always, Mrs Nelson had put together a full and varied programme for the three days.

First stop on Wednesday was the eco friendly village of Kielder in the hills of Northumbria, before the party made its way to Newcastle Youth Hostel – Lawrence and Jill were welcoming hosts and the food was well received by all. Ten pin bowling was a great way to round off day one with Miss Wilson’s last gasp strike generating wild celebrations!