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On Tuesday two of our Citizenship Groups, The Eco Explorers and The Outsiders, went to find out about tree felling from Eva at the Forestry Commission who are chopping down trees beside the A9 along from the school.
First we walked to their office to collect hard hats and then we scrambled through a secret tunnel under the motorway which led to the right spot.
We got shown the machine and were told about the wildlife that lives around the area and in the trees.
The machine worked really quickly and weighed 37-40 tons. It burns 70 litres of fuel per hour and has 3 exits, one at the front, one on the side and a hatch on the roof. Aaron who operates the machine told us all about it then we watched in working. It grabbed the tree with pincers and chopped it off at the bottom with a saw. Next the rollers ran up and down stripping off the branches, then it turned the tree on its side and the computer measured it and cut the logs to the right length. Aaron has to look all around him and look out for the poles along the path that show where the gas pipe is.
We all enjoyed our visit, it was really interesting to watch and an exciting thing to see.

Eliza McDonald, Lewis Foster, Rowan Walsh

reporter The classes are learning in different ways to promote tourism where we live. Nursery, P1, P1/2 and P2/3 are looking at different buildings in Dunkeld. P3/4 are making a class brochure to advertise different attractions. P4/5 are taking photographs of parts in the school grounds and local area to make an attraction scavenger hunt. P6 are making an orienteering map of the local area. P7 are trying to achieve a John Muir award by exploring the Hermitage.
In other news P6 are lucky enough to be allowed to attend the junior Ryder cup in Blairgowrie and might even get a taster session!
By Emma and Carrie from the Tech Team

Well done to the Events Committee of the Royal School of Dunkeld which wins a crisp £10 for their committee.

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Congratulations to Aidan, this month's winner of a crisp £10 note.

On the road opposite the Royal School Of Dunkeld there is a very dangerous corner.You can't see round it. Lots of children from Stell Park that go to the R.S.D. have to cross there. Lots of people drive too fast on this stretch. While the council are increasing safety measures at Bruce Gardens andin Dunkeld for crossing the road they are doing nothing to make this corner safer. I think there should be speed reading signs here to make it safer for children to cross and maybe a zebra crossing too.
By Aidan Norris, age 11

Thanks to everyone who has been supporting the idea of having a skate and bike park in Dunkeld & Birnam.

Since my last update we have been to many different skate parks Pitlochry, Perth, and Dundee.

We have chosen things we liked and what things we didn't.

We also thought about where might be suitable place for a skate and bike track park in Dunkeld & Birnam. Ideas include the Rec and Jubilee Park.

We also went to the community council and talked to them about our ideas. We hope they will give us a grant to help us get started.

Our next meeting is going to be on Wednesday 21st August at 5 pm at the Birnam Institute. Everyone is welcome to come along and find out more.

Please 'like us' on Face book. (Dunkeld & Birnam Skate n Bike Park).

For more information contact me at: scott@hillrobertson.co.uk

Thanks, Scott Robertson

Hi everyone, Rivendell Care Services, Birnam, where my mum works decided to have a prize raffle for Alzheimer Scotland, as its such a great cause. My mum and I went to lots of local businesses asking if they would donate prizes for the raffle and they were brilliant giving fabulous prizes to raffle. My mum and I then sold raffle tickets and everyone was great buying tickets and we raised £795.04 !!!!

Which is a fabulous amount and we would like to say thank you to all the businesses who donated prizes and another big thank you to everyone who bought raffle tickets. It really makes me proud of living here knowing how many people supported such a great cause.
Thank you all.
Callum Ross (9 years old)

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