Mr Tennant and the children in his class at Caerlaverock Primary School (CPS) have come up with the brilliant idea for the children to update the Caerlaverock Community Association (CCA) website regularly with school news, keeping us all [.....]
***Congratulations*** Recently Jess Green in Primary 7 entered the Robert Burns Regional Piping competition and made us very proud as she arrived back to school with an amazing 2nd place medal! She was judged to have performed at [.....]
***Congratulations!*** P7 Girls Badminton Tournament Recently Katy Anderson in P7 took part in the Dumfries High Cluster primary schools P7 girl’s badminton competition. The school are so proud of her as she won the tournament! She is now [.....]
On the 26th of January (one day after Rabbie’s birthday), we had our Burns Supper. To start us off we had our piper pipe us in – it was Jess who is in our class that played her [.....]
P4-7 Last week we had our IDL week on electricity and energy. It was great fun. We started off working with circuits and learning about how they work. We then went on to learning about energy in our [.....]
Anyone remember this from their Caerlaverock school days?! Thank you to Pamela and Tom Brown who found this tea towel which has certainly stood the test of time; it was illustrated by the children and staff of Caerlaverock [.....]
As if to beautifully illustrate the work of the North Solway Ringing Group (as mentioned in our barn owl article), Duncan Irving, of the NSRG has sent us his 2016 bird ringing report from Kenneth Bank, Caerlaverock! I'm sure there [.....]
We popped in to see Steven Jackson in Shearington last night. He is a member of the the North Solway Ringing Group (NSRG), and he is looking for everyone who has recent sightings of barn owls in and [.....]
Here's your chance to have your say! Do please add your comments and strength to this petition to Dumfries and Galloway Council to make Glencaple Road safe. The main points addressed: 1. Upgrade the road and drainage system [.....]
Thank you to Hazel Payne for sending this story from The Courier today: "Taxi service blasted by villager"
A couple of recent photos from Tom Brown, he said it only lasted around 10 minutes, but looked like Criffel was erupting! From Kenneth Bank. Do send us your local photos - we love sharing them! caerlaverockcommunity@gmail.com
Time to give another plug to Ferry Fish, they're back in Caerlaverock after the holidays! David told us that he is keen to drum up more interest, especially in Bankend! Lets make it worth his while! David comes [.....]
Caerlaverock Primary School in Glencaple have sent us a request to advertise this post, as they have been looking to fill the vacancy for a janitor since the summer... Details are on the link below, please feel free [.....]
At the start of the New Year and a brand new school term, what better time to promote Caerlaverock Primary School, than to show off this amazing aerial footage?! Please do help us boost the school roll and share with anyone you think may be interested to see this beautiful film (and the surrounding area)! Local Caerlaverock Aerial photographer Tony Graham of SkyWorks Aerial Media has applied his undeniable professional skill, ingenuity and expertise to create this incredible, fully edited cinematic film to promote our local primary school.
*Update - Thanks to Brian Morrell, centre manager at WWT Caerlaverock, Colin Campbell's details have now been forwarded to William Baxter! William Baxter, now living in Indonesia, responded to one of our Facebook posts featuring an otter at [.....]
***UPDATE - DOG OWNERS FOUND!*** 5 year old Basil has now been reunited with his owners. He loves to visit the primary school, so it looks like that was where he was heading! Many thanks to Jackie Clark [.....]
Glencaple's "can do" mind-set was again in evidence this morning when Storm Barbara dumped a load of rain on the village, causing flooding near the bridge and up the Quay Hill. Douglas Anderson and Chris Jackson grabbed brooms [.....]
Caerlaverock Church invite you to join them on their first Advent Walk on Saturday 17th December, where they will be taking a walk through the countryside before decorating the church in time for Christmas as well as sampling [.....]
Sunday worship takes place every Sunday at 9.45am. 2016 Saturday 17th December - 9.00am Advent Walk (see here for more info) Sunday 18th December - 9.45am Family service Saturday 24th December - 8.00pm Candlelight Carols at the Barbour [.....]
Enjoy exploring your very own terrific 360° tour of Caerlaverock Primary School from the comfort of your couch! Start in the playground, then walk through the school entrance before choosing which arrows to follow to find yourself in [.....]
