On Tuesday the 17th June 2025 P67 went to Port Charlotte with our P12 buddies and went to the Islay Museum, Wildlife center, Port Mor cafe and the play park. At the museum we had to find the oldest thing, something that would be used in a job, on boats or the sea and a toy from the past. I found the oldest thing was a Mesolithic arrow head one of the oldest finds in all Scotland. There were farming things like sheep wellies, the ships bell from the Hebridean Isles and a dolls house. It was very interesting. At the field centre we saw wrasse and crabs in the tanks, it was great. Finally we had a fantastic lunch at Port Mor and played in the park til we had to go home. Thanks to the museum for paying for our bus trip and to the Parent Council for paying for our lunches.
Titanic!
P5 have been learning about the Titanic for their topic this term. We went to the beach to observe boats by the peer. As we study the Titanic, we tried looking at how we might use perspective to help us draw a boat. Then we went back in time to try and get a better understanding of what it would have been like to be a passenger on the Titanic. We listened to a survivors story… it is so interesting! Finally the children braved the weather to set their Titanic models free into the sea. Some were slightly more successful at sailing than others… Everyone got soaked but it was so much fun!
Kildalton Trip
Monday the second of September 2024
We visited Kildalton cross with a few more people following which are 2 people from a computer science university named Saint Andrews and a person from Islay museum.
We and the scientists visited the Kildalton cross because of a school trip to investigate the cross because a fungus called lichen was eating away the carvings of the cross, that was made in the 8th century. The cross is about Christianity and had carvings about a lady holding a baby and had more cravings which looked really interesting which people think is Jesus.
We were split up into groups for different things like, making a little clip about Kildalton, taking photos, drawing anything at the place and 360 degree photo which was really fun because we had to hide from the camera when it takes a photo. After everyone finished each group we went back to the school a few kids that was: Hannah, Brody, Ella and Freddy. Went to take more 360 photos around the school, but unfortunately we couldn’t do much pictures outside because it was raining. But we still had fun! And that’s the end of our amazing and interesting trip Kildalton trip! Hope you enjoyed reading this!
The Archeological Roundhouse Find!
Outside of our school there is an Archeological dig happening because the new distillery is going up there and they need to check for ancient remains before they can build. When they are digging they are trying to find different colours of ground and put flags on that spot that was a different color. This tells them something was there, like a post.
A few people have come over to Islay to come and do this Archeological dig. They have been here for a while digging up mostly every day for a few weeks. There have been quite a lot of things they have found. We met with them in the playground and saw all the things that they had found like bits of pottery and flint. They were digging and they found lots of big rocks in the ground in a circle. Turns out there was a Round House underneath the ground, right next to our school, which is really exciting! They know this because there is evidence of posts from a building and a ditch and a circle of stones to mark out the site.
Distilleries Timeline
P234 were revisiting the past, present and future and making a timeline for Islay distilleries, including some of the early ones which closed. We discussed how distilling had changed over time and what it might be like in the future, remembering our Googlemeet with Georgie Crawford about the new Farkin distillery.
