NEWS

On the 3rd and the 4th of October it was the Islay Book Festival. WE got the chance to meet different authors such as Janis McKay, Barry Huchison, Mavis Gulliver, Dannielle Sacrodotti and Badger the Mystical Mutt. It was really good and we learned top tips on how to start your own novel. We then had a chance to buy these authors books so we could read them.(we also learned that a set of three book is called a trilogy!!!) 🙂                                   

On Wednesday 8th October Port Ellen Primary Gaelic Choir, had a Pre Mod Concert with lots of sing and poetry recitals plus lots of Gaelic and music. That evening we had fiddlers whistlers and  accordionists, and best of all lovely home baking and tea, along side a big raffle with lots of Islay whiskey and prizes.

At the end we sang Fama Clamosa with a big last song sorry life, and that night =The Best Concert Ever!!!!!    🙂

A teacher from Switzerland came to Port Ellen Primary School. She has been here for 3 weeks, but sadly she is leaving on Sunday

Mrs Regli has been so much fun and she is great when it comes to music. She helps us with  everything.  She came with us to the Islay Life Museum and to Port Charlotte.  Mrs Regli makes sure that everyone is working hard and not chatting.  For her leaving, the class has given her presents and cards made by us. When she is teaching us music, she teaches us Swiss-German songs, a french song and an English song and we play a game called Peter called Paul and an animal version of it.

The whole class is sad that she is leaving but are very happy and grateful that she came and will hopefully come back.

Bye-Bye Mrs Regli  :’(

By Abbie and Izzy                         

On Tuesday P7 of port Ellen primary school went to an opening of the the commonwealth war graves information board at Kilnaughton. We went there because there are doing a topic on WWI and we were asked to put crosses on the graves. They put up a plaque to tell you about the people that served on the Tuscania and died in 1918.  I think everyone really enjoyed themselves.  Heres a little fact:  the Tuscania was 175 meters long, nearly the size of the Titanic.

I have been researching on my great grate grandpa because he was involed in world war one. In world war one he had sent post cards talking about how life in the trench was and what it was like training. All the post cards were sent to his wife Jenny and her children. The day that he comes home his wife and family are waiting at the door for him to come in. when he does come in hes boucing around happy that he is not dead at least that what my granny said. A few years later whilst playing golf he contracted phmonia and died. he was born in 1893 and died 1930.  

By Emma and Nicholas

On Thursday 2nd October we went to the Islay museum to learn about WW1 for our topic.  I found out about what life was like living on Islay, there were lots of amazing artefacts to look at. While I was there I learnt about all the people from Islay who went to war, I also found out about a nurse who was sent to the Somme, it was very generous of the people at the museum to let us come I had a great day.

By Torin

How can your child spot relationships that are going to hurt them? Read our parent guide to abusive relationships and what to do about them

Being positive about eating and what people look like (and yes, we’re afraid that means your own body, too) can make an enormous difference to how your child feels about their own appearance. Here are our guidelines for what (and what not) to do.

‘Teens turn to, and are obsessed with whichever environment allows them to connect to friends. Most teens aren’t addicted to social media; if anything, they’re addicted to each other.’

Do you sometimes feel your child is sharing not just too much information, but the wrong kind of information? Do you worry that their adolescent attitudes are going to hang over them for the rest of their lives? How do you talk to them about the identity they’re creating with their friends – and how the internet makes that visible to everyone?

We’re always hearing about ‘digital natives’ as if all young people are happily at home on the internet, knowing where to find all the good things, how to avoid the hazards and partying happily together. But what if most young people were just as anxious and lost as their parents? The experts think that’s much closer to the truth…

When parents split up, they have to agree the contact arrangements for children. The Coram Children’s Legal Centre outlines acceptable practice for contact, what to do when things go wrong, and some tips for making contact work for everyone.

More than 120,000 families with dependent children separated in 2014. Roughly half of those couples who split were married and the other half were previously cohabiting.

Residency is the legal term for where children live when their parents have split up. The Coram Children’s Legal Centre answers some FAQs about living arrangements, formal and informal.

We are currently learning all about how to run an election with Primary 5-7.  We have learned about democracy and how elections work and the different sorts of government.  We are now organising our own political parties for an in school election next week, debating, writing speeches, making party political broadcasts and a manifesto.  Who would you vote for and why?

Hello, we are the FUN party and if you vote for us we will make breaks 5 minutes longer, write a letter to the council to fix the swings at the playing fields, and we will make it a rule that everyone must smile at least once a day.  So vote for us, All for FUN and FUN for all!