Last month pupils from Port Ellen Primary School found out that they had won a Poetry competition. They are Nick, Asher, Eleanor and Scott. Asher won first place and Nick won 3rd. The prizes were a 35 pound book voucher and 25 pound book voucher and a 15 pound book voucher. On the 15 June the same pupils from Port Ellen Primary School will be going to the Gaelic College in Bowmore. And the poems are called The Gazing Sun, The Crashing Sea and The Sea On Islay.
GARDENING
On Friday at Port Ellen Primary 1to5 have been gardening at the front of the school planting flowers in the old whiskey barrels and in the old boat, renovating it for the open day.
Scottish Education Awards
On Tuesday 12th of June it was the Scottish Education Awards, this meant that the school was up for the best school in Scotland for using technolgy. Two girls from Port Ellen Primary school, Emily and Eilidh, went with three other teachers which were Mrs Clark,Miss MacRae and Mrs Macdonald. They went away on Monday Morning and ended up with a whopping surprise. They came first in this Award which meant a lot to Port Ellen Primary.
Port Ellen Primary’s Fourth Green Flag
At the end of May Port Ellen primary school’s pupils where informed that they had gotten their forth green flag!
Now any one can see it on the flag pole out side of the school.
Now Port Ellen is the only school on Islay with 4 green flags.
Choir Sing Their Heart Out
Every Thursday after school every one in the choir go to the hall for practice. On Saturday 2nd June all of the choir went to Bowmore to the local mod. They sang the unison, unison 2, strathspey, reel and the peurt a ‘beul. They came first for the unison and second for the strathspey and reel. They won two trophies, one for the Psalm and the other trophy was for their unison. The choir said “Yeah we came first!” Then Mrs Macdonald the conductor said “We won.” They all had fun. 
The Choir Sing Their Hearts Out
On the 2nd of June, PortEllen Gaelic choir were at the High school, to sing at the local mod,they were conduced by Maureen MacDonald, the head Teacher.
The first song they sang was the unison, secondly was Peurt a ‘ bheul, then the reel. They made some mistakes and Mrs Macdonald said ” we have blown it now” But just then Mr Macdonald, her Husband came though and said they had won 1st in
the unison. Yeh! They also came second in the perurt a ‘ bheul.
Action Song Success
Port Ellen P1/2s, aged 5-6 won the action song trophy, against another two schools, at the Mod in Bowmore high school!!! On Saturday 2nd June. They sang a song called {Engine,Tractor Agus Van}
Ellie said “I am glad we won!” Miss Macrae said “Well done.” Everyone wore fantastic costumes and Ruraidh did very well as Donny Dotamen!!!
By Emily
Incredible Ileachs Win Science Award
Ileachs Jason, Ewan, Dan, Eleanor and Aileas went to the Glasgow Science Centre, Wednesday 30th May 2012.  
Glory fell on them by winning BT Scotland Award for Best Club Presentation and also 250 pounds. Jason said  “My Pyro Pyrimid was great.”
Port Ellen Poets are WINNERS!
Port Ellen Primary School pupils had great success in a local poetry competition;
Scott Kinloch,11 Honourable mention
Eleanor Macmillan,9 honourable mention
Asher Borthwick,10 1st
Nicholas Weatherhogg,9 2nd
Friday 15th June; They are going to read their poems at the Gaelic College.
Asher says “I loved making my poem!”
Eleanor says “I used all my feelings in my poem,”
Scott says” I just had a go…”
Nicholas says “I thought really hard about my poem.”
Gardening At Port Ellen Primary School
On Friday afternoon we do gardening. The gardening is p1 to p5 but last Friday it was p1 to p7. The p7s where tiding the shed. P1 to p5 where pulling out weeds and me and Annie where planting plants or flowers and the p3s where putting plants in the Easter Island head because there topic was about Easter Island so Miss Brown thought they should put plants in the Easter Island head. And the bell went for play time and after play time we went back to gardening and we were doing the same except from p3/4 they finished the Easter Island head so they where pulling out weeds then the bell went for home time so we stopped and went to wash our hands. By Ciara
