Month: June 2011

On the 21st of June p4/5 and p1/2 from Port Ellen primary went to the local beach for a beach clean in the afternoon.  They picked up lots of rubbish and lots of plastic bags. They had a play after and made sand castles and then made a boat out of sand.

On Thursday 16th June 2011 primary 4/5 had a glow meet with the great author Andy Stanton, he writes Mr Gum books,they are really funny. He talked to us about his first book which was called You’re a Bad Man Mr Gum, he wrote it for his cousin 9 years ago. Then he warned us about him drinking water then going aaahhhhhh! It looked really weird, so he did that almost every 10 minutes but it was really funny and I think all of Primary 45 loved it.

by Emily P5

On Monday 20th June the first quail egg hatched it was Reece’s egg.It hatched two days early. It took the chick a long time to hatch from the egg. James’s egg was the second to hatch. James was holding the egg when it hatched Mrs McDonald also saw the egg hatch. We took the incubator which the chicks were in downstairs for school grounds open day. Alica’s egg hatched downstairs.  Now some of the chicks are in a brooder which is a box with a heat lamp. Another few chicks have hatched over night. One of the chicks died, which is sad.
Elinor.

On 20th July 2011 was Port Ellen primary schools open day.  It was a very exciting and busy day!  We had the giant monopoly, the lovely baking, a book swap and even real live chicks!  While the open day was running, Lord Robinson came to our school and he was talking to us about our school and he just wasn’t here to talk to us he was also here to judge a photo competition.  All the photos were amazing but he had to choose a 1st a 2nd and 3rd.  Mrs Cusworth came to plant her lovely tree in the front of our school, it was a weeping cherry tree and it was a very nice moment. Lord Robinson said the 3rd is Beth 2nd is Ellen and 1st is Elinor! So that was a good time for everybody.  Everybody would of been tired but it wasn’t over there was a yummy barbecue on at night! There were mums and dads selling burgers, there was nail painting, football and a big photo exhibition for people to look at.  There was also a disco on on while the barbecue was going. and there was kids dancing for a long time but then sadly it was time to go home and everybody enjoyed their day at Port Ellen primary school.

By Ellen

On Monday 20th June 3 0f p4/5’s quail eggs hatched. My egg was the first egg to hatch. When we came in it had a wee crack in it then we had to go for a business meeting and when we came back up it was hatched. A while after another egg was hatching. It was james’s egg it was 2nd to hatch. James’s hatched on his hand. Then Alicia’s egg hatched. Over night Eilidh’s egg hatched but it’s not well. When the quails came out at first they were all slimy but two hours after they get all fluffy.

BY REECE P5

On Monday 20th June it was the photography competition. It was also school grounds open day. All the children in the school took photos to enter the competition.Lord Robertson judged the competition.  Some of the pictures were of plants others were of animals there were also some landscapes. It looked like a very difficult decision Lord Robertson had to make.  Beth came in 3rd, Ellen in second and I came first. We all got a prize and had our photo taken. Ellen and Beth got sweets and I got a book token.
Elinor.

On Wednesday 15th June 2011 all the children and parents came to the school to join Mrs Cusworth’s retirement concert at 6:30. during the night we had piping,highland dancing,solo singing,class songs and duets. The whole night was wonderful, at the end Mrs Cusworth was in tears but she still read out her speech that she had written that morning and for the finally we got a bunch of people from the school,2 from each class went up behind the stage and got her presents.we got her a big weeping cherry tree,a wooden chair with a brass sign so that she can remember us , we got her a box of chocolates and a really big card.the whole night was absolutely fabulous and we hope that Mrs Cusworth had a really great night.by Emily P5

On Saturday 4th June we went to the Islay Mod. It was an exciting day, people shivering with tension. ELLEN-I did a solo and a poem, and it was the best experience ever. The choir sang 4 songs, and won three firsts. We really liked the 2 part.
It was amazing to win so much and sing in the concert. It was such a thrill.
Ellen and Helen

Click below to hear a gaelic poem read by Ellen and Ruby

Gaelic Poem Read by Ellen and Ruby

On the 9th June me and Scott went to the Science centre in Glasgow along with Ellen, Emily, Ewan and Eilidh. We did a presentation in front of 4 judges of our Mission SOS topic. Afterwards we did some STEM challenges, they were fun and quite tricky. After that we went to the Imax to find out we had won an amazing prize of £250 for the best presentation on the day. It was a really great trip.
Jason and Scott.

On Friday 10th June schools from all over Islay went to Bowmore for multisports day. We did lots of different sports, for instance football, touch rugby, hockey, sprinting and handball. We all enjoyed it very much and it was very good fun.
By Elinor