It was the turn of Donald, Braeden and Scott to organise their expedition over the Ard. They learned to think about possible dangers and had to do a risk assessment. Before we set off, Donald spoke to the class to remind everyone how to stay safe. While we were on the Ard we learned about what to do in an emergency – getting help, calling the coastguard if you are near the sea, and trying out an emergency shelter.
P1/2 went on the first of their planned expeditions to the beach. It was a lovely afternoon and the children worked in groups to create sand sculptures.
On Saturday 17th May Port Ellen Primary School had an eco grounds day.
Pupils brought their mums and dads granny and grampas. And some adults came that didn’t even have children that go to the school. Two women that couldn’t make gave us a donation. but it was a hard working in the rain. Then at 12 o’clock we had lunch. Then we got back to work then at 2o’clock we finished up and then we went home.
By Ciara and William 🙂
On Friday 2nd May some of p6/7 set up a Gaelic cafe. Throughout the morning we had to speak Gaelic to the customers and the other pupils. We served tea, coffee and cakes that were kindly made by Cameron’s mum. We also had to make help sheets for all the customers so that any of them who do not know how to speak Gaelic can try and learn a wee bit. Oliver was running the juice, Cameron and Annie were running teas and coffee, Izzy and Ciara were running the cakes and Robbie was adding the money and giving out change. Over all the day went really well and we made a profit of £29.19.
By Robbie and Cameron
P6/7 have been learning about Fair Trade foods and why we have Fair Trade. They had a Fair Trade day for parents to come up and learn about Fair Trade. They had different stalls for different things, one had free samples of chocolate and some were selling trade mark goods. Many people came up to the school to find out about Fair Trade. They sold many variety’s of Fair Trade goods, what they didn’t sell they are rolling it over to the schools healthy tuck shop. At the end of it all they find out if they made a profit or loss with their money. It was a successful day for P6/7 and they all enjoyed it.
By Alicia & Torin
This year at Port Ellen Primary we have entered the Saltire award again. We have two full groups of boys and girls. This years competition is to try and light a bulb under the water using a water turbine. The turbine is supposed to spin around really fast and that cause the light bulb to light. The teams are working very hard to get everything done.
By Annie and Nick and Torin
For my Endeavour project I chose veggie gardening. So part of my project was to email someone to help with top tips so I decided to email Beach Grove Garden not expecting to get a reply. Imagine my surprise when I went on my emails to check for a reply and found a massive email with lots of hints and tips and recommendations for books. So I emailed back saying thank you and added a few pictures of me on my veggie garden and lots of other things. I waited for another reply and I got one asking to be on there next episode so I have been emailing Beach Grove with updates on my garden every time I do something on it.
On Thursday the 5th December it was very windy day and power was off so there was no school. When we went back to school on Friday the green house roof had blown in and the supports had snapped. Mr Gairns had to tie the roof down with blue rope. Now there is posts up around to keep the pupils away.
By Jodie and Emma
Yesterday we all got into school and Mr Gairns went to Bowmore to get the minibus. We got our coats on and gloves and hats. On the way over to Bowmore me and Abbie smelled a fishy smell. It was because the lorry in front of us was the bin lorry on the way to the dump. Mr MacIntyre came to talk about working at the dump and gave us lots of interesting facts. We got a tour of the dump. There is an old landfill site called Teletubby hill. Then we went to Rejig to get some things to upcycle. We got bags, dresses, ties and wool kindly donated by Ina. It was fun!
By Rowan, P3
On Wednesday 20th of November p2/3 went on a trip to the dump. I have interviewed p2/3 on what they were doing at the dump and why. They had been looking for rubbish to build their iron man made out of all kinds of stuff. They had told me there was a red machine which gathers junk and a grey machine that squashes junk. And then the junk was turned into boxes. They had also said that their was a Telly Tubbie hill at the dump. They also went in a huge big shed where they keep lots of stuff and they also saw the dump truck. They also told me that the was a big landfill where all the junk goes. And P2/3 said it was really fun. By Nicholas and Torin
