Category Archives: Events

Port Ellen Beach Clean

Eco Schools, Events, Health and Wellbeing, Outdoor Learning, Primary schools

WHAT A LOAD OF RUBBISH
On Friday afternoon the whole school took part in a beach clean of our adopt a beach Leodamus Bay in Port Ellen. It was a lovely if windy afternoon, and the tide was very far out so we were able to access parts of the beach we do not normally manage, and gather a large quantity of rubbish. Apart from the usual suspects such as tyres and plastic string, we also cleared an old umbrella, boat rudder and half a canoe. Polly Mather, the Islay and Jura beach ranger, was there to help and provide the bags. In total we collected half a tonne of rubbish, earning the school a donation of £110 from REJIG. Well done everyone who took part! Continue reading Port Ellen Beach Clean →

Joint Sports Activities Day.

Active Schools, Events, Health and Wellbeing, Primary schools, ,

Children from Kilninver, Easdale and Luing primary schools came together for a sports activity day.
Following a day of activity the children won the tug of war hands down, pulling the teachers clean off their feet
We are sure they wouldn’t have managed it if there hadn’t been 80 of them.
Continue reading Joint Sports Activities Day. →

KILCREGGAN PRIMARY SCHOOL BEACH CLEAN CLUB

Eco Schools, Events, Outdoor Learning, Primary schools

Every Thursday after school volunteer pupils meet together and walk down to our local shore line.  Mr Campbell, our P5/4 class teacher and Miss Stevenson, our P1 class teacher take the pupils to the shore and spend about 45 minutes cleaning the beach.  So far we have been lucky with the weather and have collected quite a lot of flotsam and jetsam, some of which we have been able to send for recycling and the remainder has been disposed of.

Kilchrenan Cleans Up!

Events, Primary schools

Pupils from Kilchrenan Primary joined forces with an environmental team from The Blackwell Group, to give a Spring Clean to the village.

The building of a major windfarm on hills near the school has meant an increase of heavy traffic on the local single track roads. So when the headteacher, Mr Graham Dickie, approached the engineering company, Blackwells, to warn them about the children’s litter-pick, they offered to lend a hand. Continue reading Kilchrenan Cleans Up! →

Port Ellen Visit: WILDLIFE CENTRE AND MUSEUM

Events, Interdisciplinary, Primary schools, School trips

P1&2 have been finding out about dinosaurs and investigating different ways we can discover about the past, including books, the internet and museums. On Thursday Primary 1&2 went for a visit to Port Charlotte where we were met by Mr Reavey who took us to both the Islay Wildlife Centre and the Islay Museum so we could learn all about museums. We saw lots of exciting things like bones, pottery and very old stones and Mr Reavey told us lots of interesting facts. Continue reading Port Ellen Visit: WILDLIFE CENTRE AND MUSEUM →

Woodland Walks for Southend Pre-5 Unit

Early Years, Events, Forest Schools, Health and Wellbeing, Outdoor Learning, Primary schools

The first of our planned Woodland Walks took place this morning in a lovely wood near the school covered in bluebells. The 6 children from Southend Pre-5 Unit with their teachers enjoyed collecting things, playing games, singing songs and using their imaginations in the lovely surroundings. More visits are planned throughout the term. See below for photos……….. Continue reading Woodland Walks for Southend Pre-5 Unit →

Rothesay Joint Campus students to open the Bute Jazz festival

Events, Expressive arts, Secondary schools

“Academy Swing”, the swing band of Rothesay Joint Campus have been performing at the Bute Jazz Festival since 2004 and this year will be opening the festival on 4th May 8 -9pm in the Pavilion. The band has made quite a reputation for itself in the past few years and performs regularly in the local community and further a field at venues such as the Loch Fyne food fair. It has also toured regularly throughout Argyll, giving community concerts and schools demonstration performances on Islay, Mull, Oban and Mid Kintyre. Continue reading Rothesay Joint Campus students to open the Bute Jazz festival →

Port Ellen’s Selfish Giant

Events, Expressive arts, Literacy, Primary schools

THE SELFISH GIANT
by Harry Rennell
P4/5 have just performaed their play named The Selfish Giant, which is adapted from a short story by Oscar Wilde. Firstly, we had to write the script so we all wrote a different part of the story. Then we put it all together. Our teacher, Mrs. Clark, added a few more lines and jokes, so everyone in the class has a part. Continue reading Port Ellen’s Selfish Giant →

Events at Castlehill Primary

Events, Expressive arts, Health and Wellbeing, Primary schools

Pupils from Castlehill Primary School in Campbeltown have been involved in several events recently. These have included the Kintyre Schools Badminton Competition, the Sport Relief Mile and a School Concert.
Over 50 pupils from the school participated in the badminton competition with several receiving trophies, medals and other awards. Continue reading Events at Castlehill Primary →

‘Composition to Exhibition’ in Tobermory

Events, Expressive arts, Secondary schools,

‘Composition to Exhibition’ is a visual arts and music collaborative project aimed at secondary pupils. After visiting Islay, Bute and Tiree the Creative Arts in Schools Team (CAST) held a two day workshop on Mull offering pupils from Tobermory High the opportunity to work with a musician and two visual artists.
The concept for the project is ‘recognising and celebrating potential opportunities for our islands through harnessing natural energy sources in particular tidal/wave energy.’ We have reflected this concept by focusing throughout on applying modern technologies such as film, sequencing and digital art to craft/art and music. Continue reading ‘Composition to Exhibition’ in Tobermory →

SWIM AND WALK FOR SPORT RELIEF

Events, Health and Wellbeing, Primary schools

Today was Sport Relief and at Port Ellen we were very sporty, celebrating in style. It was great to see all the children wearing red to raise money for Sport Relief. In the morning the whole school went to the swimming pool to take part in our swimming gala. It was very exciting, with some close run inter-house races! In the end the winners of the relay were Orsay, who also won the house swimming cup. The winning team were Maisie, Emily, Angus and Daniel. The winner of the boys swimming was Daniel Smith, and the girls Emily Logan. Thanks to Karen Siddell for all her help. Continue reading SWIM AND WALK FOR SPORT RELIEF →

Southend celebrates Sports and Ecoschools

Eco Schools, Events, Health and Wellbeing, Primary schools

Southend Primary pupils have had a busy couple of days. Yesterday they completed their Sport Relief Mile with the help of Active Schools Co-ordinator, Robbie Kupris. The 12 pupils in Primary 4-7 raised a total of £233 for the event and the younger children cheered them on as they ran the course.
Earlier, pupils demonstrated their knowledge of CPR after a recent training event. They will be teaching parents at our Open Day about how to act quickly if a person collapses and stops breathing. Continue reading Southend celebrates Sports and Ecoschools →