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Endeavour Learning Festival

Over the last six months pupils from Primary 6/7 have been working on, planning and creating an Endeavour project. Everyone has worked really hard and have managed to achieve a lot. Just some of the Endeavour projects are keeping chickens which we hatched in the class room, cooking from around the world and story writing. There are a variety of different projects and they are all very unique. Our old school head teacher, Mrs Cusworth,  has been taking a look at all the Endeavour projects in our class and asking us questions. She will pick the person that stands out as having put in lots of effort and has come the farthest on their Endeavour journey and has thought positively about their Endeavour. On Friday it is the Endeavour learning festival where they will show what they have achieved.

By Emily and Abbie xx

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P6/7 Science Trip

On Tuesday 3rd June P6/7 went to Edinburgh to talk about science.  They went on the Tuesday and came back on the Thursday night.  On Wednesday some of the P4/5’s went to Social Enterprise awards they were doing Scent-Citizens soap business.  They enjoyed being at the presentation and receiving an award.  On the Thursday some of P6/7 went to Murrayfield to show off their science knowledge.  At Murrayfield P6/7 were getting tested their knowledge about science, they’re was 3 judges that came round every stall and listened to all the schools talk about science and what they have created.  P6/7 were against a lot of primary schools all over the UK. They took part in a number of STEM challenges run by different company’s one challenge was you had to build a tower of cups but you coulden’t touch they cups all you had was string and a rubber band and there was 5 all together.  They also did a PINGPONGPENTATHALON were they had to create a number of things to carry a ping pong across the obstacles.  At their stall they had science gadgets like (robotic arm) (Lego Mine storms) and a presentation that they performed in front of the judges they all really enjoyed it, sadly they didn’t win anything but they participated that’s all that counts.

By Alicia & Asher

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Over the Ard

It was the turn of Donald, Braeden and Scott to organise their expedition over the Ard.  They learned to think about possible dangers and had to do a risk assessment.  Before we set off, Donald spoke to the class to remind everyone how to stay safe.  While we were on the Ard we learned about what to do in an emergency – getting help, calling the coastguard if you are near the sea, and trying out an emergency shelter.

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P1/2 Explorers

Over the past few weeks P1/2 have been learning about explorers.  They have found out about lots of famous explorers – from Captain Cook, Scott & Amundsen, Charles Darwin and Shackleton to Neil Armstrong, Edmund Hillary and Jacques Cousteau.  They have tried to think about why these people explored where they did and how they went about it.  They re-enacted Scott’s expedition to the South Pole in the school grounds and pretended to climb Mount Everest like Edmund Hillary.  They have also been working in groups to plan their own expeditions.

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Our Eco Grounds Day

On Saturday 17th May Port Ellen Primary School had an eco grounds day.
Pupils brought their mums and dads granny and grampas. And some adults came that didn’t even have children that go to the school. Two women that couldn’t make gave us a donation. but it was a hard working in the rain. Then at 12 o’clock we had lunch. Then we got back to work then at 2o’clock we finished up and then we went home.

By Ciara and William 🙂

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Our Mini Topics

My topic is on horses and I’m enjoying learning about them. I have found out about their teeth, and they have more teeth than humans. I did something very exciting, I sent a letter to Beth to find out more about horses and I got a letter back. I’m really enjoying doing my topic.

By Millie Clark P1

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Learning About Explorers

Explorers is our new topic and we drew pictures of explorers. We also got giving a map and we had to colour in the country they were going to, it was good fun. We got a explorer diary and we had coloured in the front cover and decorate it. We all learned that explorers go all around the world on a boat. I’m really enjoying this topic so far.
By Millie

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