Connor from P3 and Lomond from P2 built an animation set, and then created their own animation to show what they had learned in their topic looking at Climate Change and its effects. A brilliant video, boys, well done!
Wind Turbines
On Monday 15th January P4/5 went on a trip to the wind turbine up at Castle Hill. We went in groups of five to see inside of the wind turbines and George Dean was in there to and he was telling us about the turbines and about how it produces electricity. The wind turbine stopped spinning at one point when we were there and the kilowatts went to zero. But a few minuites later the speed of the turbine 3 million and something. The power of the wind makes the blades on the turbine turn which generates electrical energy. The satellite dish on the turbine sends all of information to the control system in Germany.
By Millie and Charlet Rose
Our Trip to the Wind Turbine
Our trip to the wind turbine
On Monday 15th of January 2018 P4/5 went to the wind turbine on the High Road at Castlehill. We went inside the wind turbine, it was very noisy. Mr Dean showed us how fast the blades were going. It was going very fast for a small wind turbine. Mr Dean talked about wind turbines and how much it cost (the wind turbine cost 1.2 million) and how it works. He also talked about what you need: a crash helmet and a harness. We learned the satellite on the wind turbine sends the info and how much electric wind turbine to the company in Germany.
By Robyn and Phoenix.
Our Turbine Trip
The Wind Turbine
The wind turbine that we visited was up the high road at Castlehill. Mr Dean told us that the wind turbine was 63 meters tall, including the blades. We had to go up some stairs and hold onto the railing due to heavy wind. Mr Dean (the chairman of Islay Energy Trust) showed us inside the turbine and what everything does. We learned how many kilowatts and how much energy it’s producing. It also told the wind speed and how fast the blades were going. The electricity that is produced from the turbine is sent to the national grid and is then sent back to Islay. by Harmoni & Orla
Solar Power
Tidal Energy Sway
Nuclear energy
Nuclear is a non renewable energy source.
Nuclear doesn’t release any gasses or fuels but if a tsunami happens or a terrorist attacks it,  it will release a lot of bad chemical that can cause global warming it can also kill people and it wont go away for thousands years.
The chemical reaction will cause radiation the parts of it will have to be hidden in a special rock because its the only rock that can hold it with out letting it go this rock has no cracks so it can hold it. This rock is on Islay!
Nuclear is from Radioactive minerals which are uranium they are found by mining. When the minerals are spilt they split in Nuclear reactors.
Nuclear only needs a tiny bit to create a lot of energy, It doesn’t release gasses or fuels.
They are expensive to run, if they leak they can have a massive effect on people.
Christmas fair
On Saturday 2nd of December port Ellen primary had a Christmas fair. lots of people came to buy different crafts made by the children. There was different stolls that sold different things all separated into the classes. In p6/7 everyone was giving a food to bring in for a hamper to win at the fair. The p4/5s had to bring a bottle in for the bottle stoll. The p6/7s made some jars, necklaces, fidget spinners, snowman building in a bag and stress balls. The jars were ÂŁ2.50, the necklaces were 50p, the snowman building was 20p, the stress balls were 50p and the fidget spinners were 20p and also we made cupkakes to sell. The cupkace competition happens every year for the p6/7s. We get mrs macdonald and mrs leask to taste each and say who tastes the best and whos looked the best also on the day we keeped watch to see who sold out first and overall the rocking reindeer won and thier cake was salted caramel flavour and thier icing was snowflakes. Overall the whole school made ÂŁ2909.15 on the Christmas.
Biomass a Renewable energy source.
Biomass is a Renewable energy source it is also short for biological material. Biomass creates heat and energy. The energy it contains is from the sun. Biomass is created by burning things like some crops, types of rubbish, manure, scrap and lumber forest in a boiler. The most common types of Biomass boilers are hot water boilers and steam boilers. Co-firing biomass with coal is a very effective way of using biomass for energy. Biomass is the only renewable energy source that can be converted into liquid. The countries that use Biomass the most are Sweden, Austria, and the United states of America
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Our Pantomime
Our pantomime this year is called Ali Baba And The Bongo Bandits. On Thursday 14th and Friday 15th December we will be presenting our pantomime. We have been practicing for a very long time to be able to get it perfect for Thursday and Friday night. This year our pantomime is about a boy called Ali Baba who gets blamed for a royal robbery but his mum,the princess and the genie of the ketchup save him and get away on a magic carpet. I think that our pantomime is going to be really good so you should come.
By Rebecca Morris
