NEWS

7th December was the Christmas fair in Port Ellen primary school. Children there have been working real hard for weeks making crafts and wonderful baking! For an example they each had stalls which would sell soaps, bath bombs, games, decorations or even hot chocolate! Yum!

 

Every year  there is a Santa’s grotto would would make things even more exiting and Christmassy, because kids would get presents and a hello from Santa himself! Teas coffees and biscuits were served and even better… Raffles! There was Lego raffles, wine and food!

And all of this amazing event was to save up money for things the school needs like the schools Loch Goilhead trip! Which p67 get to go there once a year!

The Christmas fair was amazing! Was so fun and magical!

From Hannah Schleicher Wang and Bonnie Creswell!

 

On a Sunday two weeks ago, the Islay Football Team were heading up the road to Oban for a football trip to play against Fort William, and Lochnell. The score against Fort William was sadly eight two to them but the two goals that got scored were by a Young man called Freddy Munro.

Next game we came onto the pitch with our heads down, because of the last game… first half zero zero. Then we went in hard second half- one nil now to Port Ellen scored by Freddy Munro. Then Elijah Kicks the ball up the line to Freddy he dribble through the defenders and…. SCORES! Five minutes left of the game now a lot of passing going on the a wee tap to Freddy by Alfie then Freddy shoots and score bottom left!!!

By Freddy Munro And Alfie Addison.

We have been writing essays on what respect means to us.  Here is Brody’s:

Respect is a very important thing. It shows that you care for others. Respect is important to me and many others, and you can show respect daily. It can be helping someone up or holding the door for people. It can be easy as saying please and thank you! Anti bullying week is very important, and it is from 10th November – 17th November.

Respect matters. The reason is that people will feel happy and pleased that you have treated them in the right way and might help you bond with one another and help you make more friends. When you show respect, you will be respected back. Respect always stops bullying when you stand up for one another. As proud as an owl. That’s what you will feel if you show respect to one another.

Disrespect is a very serious thing and should not be used in any situation even though it can be used. It could be violence like punching or kicking, or making fun of people for their appearance or accent etc. Bullying is serious and respect is very kind and humble.

I pledge to not Disrespect or bully anyone because that would be mean and disrespectful.

 

On the 15th November  2024 there was a talent show called Port Ellen’s Got talent. There were many contestants  from nursery to p7 and it was to raise money for Children in Need. The nursery did the song Rob is a Rusty Robot. Some of the p5s did skipping, and  Elsie  did a song by herself and her sister Tilly did a puppet.  Findlay did the piano and the song was walking through central park.  Murdo  played the accordion and Porter was doubling numbers. Shamus, Nola  and Jimmy  performed gymnastics. Stephen was doing a comedy  act and Robert sang it was raining taco.

The winners were Murdo first place, second place Porter and third was  Findlay with the piano.

We raised over £300 for Children in Need and  also got to pie all the teachers at the end!

 

 

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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