Gowriehill Primary School

Gowriehill Primary School is a Scottish primary school in the Menzieshill area of Dundee, Scotland, established in August 1963. Nearly all the Gowriehill P7 pupils leave to go to Menzieshill High School.

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Pupils

The school caters for around three hundred children aged between four-and-a-half to twelve in Primary One to Seven, and admits those in the Gowrie Park and Menzieshill catchment areas of Dundee (with a few exceptions). These areas consists of a mixture of privately owned and council housing. Many Primary Seven pupils from Gowriehill go on to attend Menzieshill High School.

School Houses

The pupils at the school are split into three Houses: Lomond, Ochil and Sidlaw. The Houses are named after ranges of Scottish hills. Pupils sent into a House randomly upon admission to Primary Three, or depending on previous or current family allegiances. Points can be won for the Houses by achieving a high level of school work, winning sporting events or being involved in extracurricular clubs. The three Houses compete for the House trophy. For every House, there is one House Captain, and two Vice Captains. They are all primary seven pupils. Each house has a colour; Ochil is red, Lomond is blue and Sidlaw is yellow, each with their own tartan. The houses compete for a Sports Cup too.

The School Day

A normal day at Gowriehill Primary begins at 9.00am and ends at 3.15pm, with a fifteen-minute morning break (outdoors playtime) and an hour for lunch. The 3.15pm finish was implement in August 2006 in response to parents' input. Previously, the school day ended at 3.00pm for children in Primary One and Two and 3.30pm for Primary Three to Seven pupils, with a second ten-minute playtime in the afternoon but many parents complained at having to wait half-an-hour at the schoolgates if they had a younger child finishing early and an older child finishing later.

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