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Swimming

Every Tuesday until the swimming gala p5-7 are going to the swimming pool to practice with Helen.  Helen is our swimming teacher and she is helping us get better at our swimming strokes.   We are doing lots of different things like back crawl, front crawl, gliding and stuck in the mud.   While one class is in the pool the other class is upstairs doing work.    When we are in the pool we do jumping and diving.  When we have finished we get five minutes play time. We travel to the pool and back on the bus.  Annie thinks that swimming is great and it is a good thing that you learn to swim.  Ciara thinks that swimming helps you get fit and it is a fun thing to do.

By Annie Farrell and Ciara Johnston

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P4/5 Social Enterprise Business

This term P4/5 decided to set up a a social enterprise business. We had been inspired to have our own business after reading Lee Goes For Gold and following our world of work topic.
Before we set up our business we had to research different social enterprise businesses like Greenworks,The Big Issue,Hill Holt Wood and Divine Chocolate.This helped us to understand about social enterprises.
Social enterprise businesses help the environment or the community by investing some of their profits towards helping make things better.
We worked together to create our business plan.
We decided to set up a business making soaps and bath bombs. Murray thought of the name for our business. We called it Scent-Citizens because we have scent in our soaps and bath bombs and we are great citizens by using some of the profits we make to help our community. We decided that we would use some of the money we make to help develop our new community path by buying plants to put along it.
Everyone has been really busy making soaps and bathbombs in class. We sold some of them at the christmas fair and some to the Islay Hotel to put in the bedrooms.
After the Christmas fair we put together a finance team. It is Eva ,Bronagh,Murray,Kaitlyn and Ross. They have to count up all of the money we make and update our accounts book. At the Christmas fair we got £95.80p. We also made £169 by selling our products to the Islay Hotel.
Just before the holidays we got a visit from Mr Bert McGlone who works for the Social Enterprise Academy in Edinburgh. He thought our business was great and is going to come back to see us soon to see if we are good enough to receive a social enterprise academy award!
By Bronagh and Eva

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Santa Comes To Bowmore!!!

On Saturday 14th Santa and his Reindeer came to Bowmore and there were 4 big Reindeer and 2 small Reindeer!  There was a big parade where the Band played and Santa and the Reindeer followed behind. Everyone enjoyed seeing it and afterwards they went to Islay High School where there was their Christmas Fair which also had a mini Ice rink. IT WAS GREAT FUN!!! (but it was VERY cold!)

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Pantomime Time!

On Thursday the 12th of December Port Ellen Primary School is doing a Pantomime.  It’s called When Sasha Got Swept Up The Chimney.  It is a fabulous play about 4 little orphans called Milly, Sasha, Will, Harriet, they live in Stoneheart Orphanage. Then Santa comes along and saves the day with Milly’s wish, which was that at then end of the Mistletoe Ball the orphans are in for a treat when there new parents arrive at the mistletoe ball to collect them. But there is only 3 tickets there isn’t one for Sasha all the orphans think it’s a mistake. But it’s not because Santa and Mrs clause decided Sasha was going to be there child for the rest of her live.  At the end they all got parents but Sasha got a very special mum and dad.

Roles:

Harriet-Anwen Baker

Sasha – Abbie Morris

Will – Robbie

Milly – Danni

Chimney sweeps:  P2/3 + Elizabeth Macmillan

Reindeer:  P4/5 + Alicia Johnson

Penguins: P1/2 + Eleanor Macmillan

P6/7 are the main people that are in the pantomime.

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Greenhouse Disaster

On Thursday the 5th December it was very windy day and power was off so there was no school. When we went back to school on Friday the green house roof had blown in and the supports had snapped.  Mr Gairns had to tie the roof down with blue rope.  Now there is posts up around to keep the pupils away.

By Jodie and Emma

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Our Visit to the Dump

Yesterday we all got into school and Mr Gairns went to Bowmore to get the minibus.  We got our coats on and gloves and hats.  On the way over to Bowmore me and Abbie smelled a fishy smell.  It was because the lorry in front of us was the bin lorry on the way to the dump.  Mr MacIntyre came to talk about working at the dump and gave us lots of interesting facts.  We got a tour of the dump.  There is an old landfill site called Teletubby hill.  Then we went to Rejig to get some things to upcycle.  We got bags, dresses, ties and wool kindly donated by Ina. It was fun!

By Rowan, P3

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P2/3’s Trip To The Dump!

On Wednesday 20th of November p2/3 went on a trip to the dump.  I have interviewed p2/3 on what they were doing at the dump and why. They had been looking for rubbish to build their iron man made out of all kinds of stuff. They had told me there was a red machine which gathers junk and a grey machine that squashes junk. And then the junk was turned into boxes. They had also said that their was a Telly Tubbie hill at the dump. They also went in a huge big shed where they keep lots of stuff and they also saw the dump truck. They also told me that the was a big landfill where all the junk goes. And P2/3 said it was really fun.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      By Nicholas and Torin

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Maths Techniques

In maths this recently p6/7 have been learning many different ways to help you add and subtract. These are some ways help you get your maths right. One way is to work backwards,  this is were if you have an adding sum and you want to check it is correct, you would subtract the second number from the sum from the answer and if it equals the first number of the sum, it is correct. Example: 42+56=98 to check: 98-56=42. Another technique is partitioning, which is when you split the sum into tens and units to make it easier. example: 97-34=63  how to do it with partitioning: 90-30=60, 7-4=3, answer =60+3=63. p6/7  have learned many  different techniques as well as these.

By Robbie and Asher.

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Fiddle Music Exam

On Friday 15th November I set my grade 2 Fiddle exam. When I entered the Royal Conservatoire Of Scotland, which was where I would be sitting my exam, my heart began to race and I became very nervous. When it was my turn for the exam I felt more confident because of the practice I had beforehand. I was asked to play my tunes and then my scales and arpeggios which I thought went very well. Then I was asked to do my ear test which was nerve racking however I was not able to sing back the tune but I knew I still did very well.

By Abbie

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Post Cards From Doctor Knowles

On Tuesday 19th November Port Ellen Primary received a post card from  Doctor Knowles. She said that she liked going travelling so every time she goes away she will sent a post card.  The first time she gave us a post card, she was in Grenaa and she asked us if we could find out where it was the map.  Asher found it was in Denmark.  She is being very kind and buying a big world map for the school so we can see where she goes.

By Jodie and Eleanor

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Book Fair

Last Monday we started the book fair and there was lots of  different books for different aged people. We had a target it was to reach up to £4oo to get free books for the school, but Mrs MacDonald said that we nearly reached our target we raised £378. 81. Yesterday and today we had the stationary box, that is when you get things out the box like pencils, rubbers, sharpens and rulers. So this Friday we will know how much we raised by Mrs MacDonald. There is lots of fun books to read at the book fair.

By Ciara.  🙂

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P7 Cycling Proficiencey

On Tuesday 5th of November Port Ellen Primary school P7’s did cycling proficiency. They had to bring in their bikes every day to train hard for the test. P7 were training with cards and their road safety books. They had 5 weeks to practice then they had their theory test. A theory test is a test that you do on paper and they all passed.  Then 2 weeks from then they did their real test and they all passed.

Maisie Logan  Got A  full marks

Danni Barker got B full marks

Asher Borthwick A Full marks

Cameron Clark B full marks

Alicia Johnson A nearly full marks

Robbie Middelton A full marks

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Children in Need

On Friday it was Children in Need and the school raised £263.46. The whole school was wearing their onesies or pyjamas.  Even the teachers.

Annie, Anwen,Abbie, Izzy, Emily and Jodie did a lucky dip and we raised £28.64.

At the end of the day we had a talent show and a lot of people entered and we ran out of time so some people could not do there act, tell a joke, play an instrument or do a song or dance.

By Annie Farrell

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Endeavour

This year p6/7 are going to be doing an Endeavour project.  An Endeavour project is when you chose a topic that your interested in and do a longer version of a personal topic on it.  You have from October till the end of June to complete it.  Last year everyone picked something slightly different and worked to aim their personal goal everyday.

The different projects in our class are Cooking food from around the world, Japan, Sewing a quilt, Survival skills, Chicken farm, Celebration cakes, Volcanoes, Beauty therapy, Horse riding instructor, Writing a book, Climate change, Growing Vegetables, Puppets, Video games, Fitness and diet, Traditional singing and Exploration survival.

Everyday you have to fill out  record sheet to record everything you’ve done and everything you need to do.

By Maisie

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World of Work Day

On Thursday 31st of October P4/5 and P6/7 had a fun afternoon because  P4/5 had been learning about jobs and what skills you need for certain jobs. We buddied up with the Primary fours and fives and we went down to the hall where we met lots of different people and they all had different jobs. We all asked different questions, I was buddied up with Ronan and our question was, what skills do you need for this job? Afterwards we went up to the cafeteria for a little cake!

By Emily P6

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Pantomime!

This year our Panto is When Sasha Got Swept Up The Chimney. I am Santa . I have lots of lines to learn and I am very excited.

Here is what everyone else is:  Robbie-Will  William-Elf  Annie-Holly  Eleanor-Elf  Danni-Milly  Anwen-Harriet  Abbie-Sasha  Ciara-Ivy  Alicia-Dasher (The football manager reindeer.)  Cameron-Elf  Asher-Tooth Fairy (Mean tooth fairy.)  Maisie- Mrs Clause (Gerty.)  Jodie-Rudolph (The mega superstar.)  Nicholas-Elf  Logan-Elf  Beth-Elf  Torin-Tooth Ache  David-Elf (Chief elf.)  Oliver-Elf  Izzy-Tom  Emma-Elf  Emily-Santa (Berty.)  P1/2-Penguins  P4/5-Elves/Reindeer  P2/3-sweeps

We are all looking forward to it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Mums and Dads visit P1/2

It was great to see such a great turnout of mums and dads to P1/2 to see the children’s completed houses.  The children were very proud to show off their finished work and parents had a chance to share in their learning journey through the floorbook.  I think everyone had a great time building with blocks and Lego!

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Building almost complete in P1/2

As part of their Houses and Homes topic, children in P1/2 have been working hard to build their own houses, complete with hinged doors!  They have even learned that roofs are actually triangular prisms! They are using Plan, Do, Review to help them complete their houses.  Hopefully we will invite mums and dads in to see the completed houses soon.

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Camping in P1/2

As part of a topic on houses and homes, P1/2 have been learning all about materials. Thinking about the story of the Three Little Pigs, they first checked to check the strength of straw, sticks and bricks as building materials. Then then heard that the three little pigs had gone on a camping trip and had used lots of different materials as coats and tents….and it had started to rain. They tested out different materials to see what was the most waterproof. They were very impressed with balloon material!! Then they worked together to put up a tent in the classroom (although the tent is waterproof, the very strong winds meant that they did not put it up outside!)

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Harvest

Every year our school tries to get every pupil to bring a tin or two, so that we can give it to the elderly in Port Ellen.  It’s good that we are giving food and money to the starving people in Africa but it’s also important to remember the old people in the village because they can be lonely.  We want them to know that we are still thinking about them. Lots of bags go out our school and are given to the elderly.

Harvest Assembly

Every year Miss Browns class does a harvest assembly and pick a charity.  This year the charity they chose was called Send a Cow!  It is a charity that helps people in Africa with farming projects.  They put on a very good assembly with lovely African songs and great costumes.  They got the true meaning of the charity Send a Cow across.

We should be grateful for what we’ve got.

By Elizabeth

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Our Mesolithic Trip To The Woods

On Thursday 24th October p6/7 from Port Ellen Primary School went on a trip to the woods as their topic was Mesolithic Life. They thought this was a good idea and  relevant to their topic and would teach them more about how Mesolithic man would have to live.  Part of this trip was doing challenges, one of these challenges was creating a life size shelter and also creating a mini camp. (This took effort and time!) Unfortunately our shelter didn’t win but surprisingly our mini camp won! It was a great day!   Everyone enjoyed it but were very tired by the end of the day.

By Abbie

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PE With Mrs Young

On Wednesday 23rd October we did PE with Mrs Young who was teaching Gymnastics. We concentrated on rotation, balance, inversion and flight. We had to think of a active moves to do with all of them and we did cartwheels and hand stand stands.  We had to go over and under our partners.

By Eleanor and Alicia

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The National Mod in Paisley

On Sunday the 13th of October Port Ellen Primary School Gaelic choir set off to their fun and exciting Mod in Paisley where they would compete against other choirs from different schools.

They stayed in a Premiere Inn and got their dinner, lunch and breakfast provided for them.

On Monday the 14th of of October they all set off for their competitions where they sang the Unison, Puirt-a-beul and two part harmony.

They did very well and they won all their competitions!!!!

That night they went to the concert where they sang their songs and it was recorded to go onto T.V.

In the morning they had to leave to go home . On the ferry they sang their songs as entertainment.

When they were going off the ferry the pipers piped them off.

By Emily and Jodie

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Trip to woods

On Thursday 24th of October we went to Cairnmore woods to have a Mesolithic day.   We did lots of challenges like hunt for food and we also had to make a journey stick. That’s when we wrap a stick in twine and take wee bits and bobs from the day and put it in the bits of twine so our group took a leaf and some bracken.  We also built shelters, mini camps and told our Mesolithic stories.

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