Author: Mrs Clark

Fantastic Mr. Fox is an adventure book written by Roald Dahl. Roald Dahl is a world-famous author, and he wrote 37 books. My favourite quote from the book is “One fat, one short, one lean” as it describes the three main characters.

This book is like other Roald Dahl books because it is funny and has got all sorts of different characters. The setting of this book is the three poultry farms, and the tree where the fox lives. The story is about a fox how steels from the three poultry farms to feed his growing family, but they are not happy. Mr. Fox is very brave because he goes to the three poultry farms without getting Cotte.

The theme of this book is looking out for family. Children would like this book because it makes you laugh out loud, like when Mr. fox went out of the tree and the tree farmers are hind a bush and shot of his tail. I enjoyed when Mr. fox and the Littel foxes went on an advencher to get out of the tree because it was getting dug up because it was exiting. I liked that the writing was funny and interesting. The dinner scene in the book reminds me of the Mad Hatters Tea Party in Alice in Wonderland.

I really enjoyed this book, and I give it a four out of five.

Bonnie P7

Cherry tree farm was written by Enid Blyton. Enid Blyton has written 762 books but she sadly died in 1968. This book is an adventure book. My favorite quote out of cherry tree farm is “We’re going to go wild, we’re going to go wild.” This my favorite because it shows that they are going to have fun. Books that have kids in them make you feels that you are in it.

The setting of the book is on a farm surrounded by countryside and woods. This is a story that tells you to look after wildlife and it tells you about different animals. Tamilan is a wild man who lives in the wild and meets lots of animals and loves watching animals.

The theme of Cherry tree farm is a farming and the countryside. Children would like this book because it shows you lots of animals and lots of facts too. I enjoyed it when the kids thought that it was raining frogs in a thunderstorm. I think that this book is for people who like wildlife and I think that this book is for people over 8 years old. I think this book is a wee bit funny. This book reminds me of Mr Galeano’s circus because there is animals in both books. I really enjoyed this book because I can learn about different animals so I give this book 5/5 rating from me.

Kirsty P6

Nave house have been working last term on Rights and Nurture in our school.  We made a plan in our floorbook and then we actioned some of the ideas.  We made a positive pants display for the school, we designed nurture boxes to go around the school with fidget toys in so people can access them when they are worried or anxious, and we planned and sourced a friendship bench for the playground which we are going to paint like a rainbow. Looking after our mental health supports our right to relax and play and to be healthy.

Last term we were in the citizenship group dealing with Eco matters in the school.  We carried out a beach clean with P1-7, we put up labels around the school to remind people to be eco friendly, for example switch off the light when it is bright and we did a survey of the school grounds to see what improvements could be made.  Our next steps as a group will to be make bird houses and bird food for the animals as we come into winter.

Every year one of the school houses organises an event to raise money for the Blytheswood shoebox appeal.  In this way children are supporting the rights of people around the world by providing them with extra resources they may not have. This year it was the turn of Texa house and then organised a fun sports afternoon.  Lots of money was raised thanks to kind donations from parents and items were purchased to fill shoeboxes- we managed to fill 35 in total!  Well done everybody.

We came up with lots of ideas about how to improve engagement of our Reading Culture within our community.  We then had a vote on our ideas and we chose to put story stones in the woods.  Unfortunately our original plan backfired due to lack of permission from a land owner and so we contacted Mr MacTaggart who is the new owner of Cairnmore Woods.  He is currently in discussion with his insurance company to check if  this is possible.  In the meantime we have been creating our story stones with a partner by drawing a picture of a character from our favourite books and then doing a recording of what we think about the book.  This will then be put on a QR code for the back of the stone so that our community can hear about our favourite books.  We have been working with the Ileach to share our reading news too and also been working with the This is Islay Podcast team to share our learning to a different audience.

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Welcome to the start of the 24/25 learning session!

We said an emotional farewell to our P7 pupils on Wednesday with our leavers and achievement assembly.  After a great musical introduction from Mr McDermid’s musicians, Rachel, Evie, Freddy, Brody, Ayla and Ella, we watched the P7 memory videos.  We had a lip dub in the middle and then the final song.

After it was the achievements:

• Ayla and Thomas were sport champions
• Evie won the Drew Brown Memorial trophy for maths
• Hugh won the Endeavour Shield for his Hydraulics project
• Rachel won the citizenship trophy

Good luck P7!

On May 21st we had a virtual online visit from a UNICEF education advisor, Jenny Price and another teacher from the Borders. They had a busy morning, meeting lots of children, staff and parents online and talking about our Rights journey. She spent lots of time looking at our evidence and discussing with the rights steering group how Port Ellen Primary were rights aware. She said children were able to talk about their rights and were able to expand on their knowledge and understanding, talking about how they were safe in school and how they learned to be healthy.

We are proud to announce that we have been successful in achieving our Silver Award and are now Rights Aware. The award is granted by UNICEF UK to schools that show good progress towards embedding children’s rights in the school’s policy, practice and ethos. Our children and staff feel rightly proud.

Thanks to all who have supported this journey so far – we are now going to take the next steps towards being a Gold Rights Respecting School.

 

ELC have been looking for signs of spring.  They visited the Cherry blossom trees and they met a baby lamb.

🌸 Cherry Blossom Tree day today and what a day for it ☀️ the children had great fun explored the secret garden. We had snack under the blossoms, swung in the hammock and did some beautiful blossom tree art. Amazing Spring day 🌸

We had a lovely wee visitor in our garden today, Willows mummy and daddy brought a little lamb 🐑 in to see us, she was very cute and a big hit with all the boys and girls 🐑☺️ ⭐️I am learning about sheep and how to care for them 👣👣we would love to have a trip to a farm to see lots more animals

27/02/24 Tuesday

It was a dreary Tuesday morning, and the air was full of adrenaline and anticipation as cars turned up one by one at the vast pier in Port Ellen. The sound of trundling suitcases and animated children speaking enthusiastically; soon after the trailers were loaded to the brim with luggage the ferry set off on its course, sailing smoothly towards Kennercraig.

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ee boat trip and the long bus ride we arrived at the majestic Stirling Castle to meet our tour guide. The regal Queen Ellie May Chandler (a P6 from Port Ellen Primary School) lead us around assisted by our guide. The magnificent ancient structures towered around us in the courtyard, the immense sandstone structures looking down at us like skyscrapers.

Soon after Stirling castle and a swift trip back to the hostel we went to Hollywood Bowling. We split into teams of six and claimed our lanes; many students knocked all the pins down, many even got strikes! Adversaries met in bowling battles and many new friendships and rivalries.

28/02/24 Wednesday

On Wednesday we set off on the long journey to Edinburgh. The schools were ecstatic and excited to get to the activities; the first thing we did was a snappy trip around the National Museum of Scotland. We walked through history, exploring the ancient timelines, identifying prehistoric noises, smells, and objects, and even seeing how much we weighed compared to various dinosaurs! But sadly, our journey came to an end, and we moved on to the next educational attraction.

We took a rapid bus ride to our next stop, the fascinating Dynamic Earth! The schools were eager as we adventured through time learning how the world was formed, first we got a brief explanation of how mountains were formed with shifting plates and so on. Then we hopped into a time machine to witness the big bang and the beginning of our universe and the making of our then young galaxy. Then we went and witnessed earth being formed and felt the vibration of our planet as vague landscapes were formed. After that we saw glaciers and snowstorms shaping the fantastic views we have today.

After that we went around Edinburgh Zoo to see adorable Red Pandas, Meercats on patrol and sun bears basking on their playpark. Then we went to Tony Macaroni in the lower floor of the cinema and then travelled upstairs to settle into the cinema to watch the marvellous movie, Wonka.

29/02/24 Thursday

Today we travelled to Stirling play park, a happy enjoyable experience, but then we took a brisk trip into the heart of Stirling, to Stirling prison where everyone was scared out of their skin by the incredible actor who impersonated the ancient historical figures who were instrumental in the history of Stirling prison. Later that day we travelled to Bannockburn the place a key battle was fought in the wars of independence we acted out the battle in the way the historical figures would have and learnt about the hard ship the knights had to go through.  Finally we visited the majestic Kelpies at night, a fitting end to a fabulous trip that will provide many happy memories.

Evie