Our harvest play is in a week and I am a hedgehog. I am so excited to do this play because I love to sing and dance.
By Katie p3/4
harvest
I am extreamly exited about it.
Harvest Play
On Wednesday 3rd October at 1.30pm we are going to do a harvest play also at night 7.30 at Port Ellen Primary school. We have been practicing in class at chior.
By Mirren. 🙂
Our Harvest news!
Our harvest play is a week today!!We have been learning all about harvest. Every day we practise our script and songs!!!Pre mod concert is next week as well at 7:00pm. The Choir will be singing at it.
By Bronagh
Interview
P34 are learning all there songs for the harvest assembly.
P6/7 Book Festival Author Joan Lennon
In the P6/7 class room the famous author Joan Lennon came in to talk to us about her exiting new books: The Case of the London Dragonfish, The Case of the Glasgow Ghoul and the Case of the Cambridge Mummy! In class we have been reading The Case of the London Dragonfish. We were asking her lots of questions like: What inspired you to write?; What was your first book you wrote? And-What age were you you started writing? We found out lots of information! Next year I wish we will have another author as good as Joan Lennon.
by Ellen Johnston
Keith Brumpton
The author Keith Brumpton came to P45. He did some drawings. One was from Dino FC and the other one was from Kung Fu Pigs. I really like M.I. High because I like to read and I love secret agents. Keith is a great illustrator and author. I love all of his stories.
by Annie
Kieth Brumpton
On Friday Kieth Brumpton visited p4/5 to talk about his stories. One of the stories were Kung fu Pigs. I love it because pigs are awesome. I love Kieth brumpton because his stories are amazing. He was imaginative and he was very interactive with the audience. I loved his drawing of Kung Fu Pigs and Dino FC, then we drew our own Kungfu Pigs and Dino FC and he signed them.
By Eleanor 🙂
Primary 234 learning podcast
Primary 5 Learning
Primary 5 have been doing a lot of maths in fact I think they are math experts, they have been doing a lot of work on their times tables and place value. For homework they have been getting sudoku for fun. In Spelling they have been doing the normal Nelson spelling textbook(plurals). For PE they have had Brandon Freeman in as a sports ambassador from High School to teach different skills and basketball. They have had Mrs Macdonald in for gaelic to teach numbers up to 20 and items in the class room. For art they had Mrs Onions who tought them how to change a spring picture into a autumn picture.For Music most of them have taken up an musical instrument and received them today. Their class room has now became a secret agent HQ as they have designed their own gadgets and wrote about them.
By Eilidh Mcmillan and Ruby Miller
PE WITH BRANDON
On Wednesday the 29 August p6/7 did basket ball with Brandon. It was great fun we played a couple of matches. My team won their matches and in my team there was me, Scott, Danni, Robbie, Asher and James. Brandon is from the high School and is going to help be our PE teacher for a while. I think personally that it is going to be amazing and I think the other members of the class are going to think it is amazing to.
P3/4 learning
P3/4 have be learning there 6 5 4 3 2 times tables as well as reading about the adventures of Hamish MacHaggis. As well as creating their own whirry bang design. They were also leaning new spelling words and doing coloring in math. Also they said the pier opening was amazing.
The Pier Opening
On Thursday 30th August all of Port Ellen primary were invited to the pier opening in Port Ellen
. When we got there there were a lot of people and there were some of the pipe band piping. We also got balloons and we made our own flags. There were 3 people announcing the pier was open. Then the choir sang at the end and that closed the opening ceremony.
by Robbie and Asher
What P2/3/4 Have Explored
Eva- I really enjoyed reading Hamish MacHaggis books and she loved making up stories.
Abi- My favorite thing this week was learning Hamish MacHaggis songs,
Sophie- I liked writing imaginary stories, mine as about seals
Taylor-Making the car called the Willie Bang out of Hamish MacHaggis
Ross- Making Hamish MacHaggis stories mine was about Hamish going to Ardbeg Distillery
Struan-Learning my 2 times table I used a numberline.
everyone has enjoyed their week in p3/4
Stephen Baron
Stephen Baron came to the school of Port Ellen primary to tell us about Haydn a very famous composer and it was very interesting. We played games with Stephen Baron and we danced to the music and it was very fancy and I want to do it again. My favourite part was when we played instruments with him it was very noisy. And I personally think that it was a great idea that Reece(The Prince) died of old age in the acting and I was a great woodpecker. Just as I said I think that the acting was very good from everyone and so was the music, he could really play the piano. We had to listen to the music and if if it changed music we had to do our actions. Mrs Macdonald said the school piano had never been so happy!
This week in p3/4
This week p3/4 have been designing a whirry bang for Hamish Machaggis and other things. He lives in a secret glenn in the north of Scotland. In maths they’ve been learning their times tables, addition and subtraction. The class have been learning about places in Great Britain on a map. The class came to the pier opening. They have also been doing maths posters. They have been learning about Hayden the piano guy. they have also been reading the adventures of Hamish Machaggis.
By Reece and Calum
Port Ellen Cutting the Turf
On Friday the 31st of September Port Ellen primary school choir, me, Scott Kinloch, and Donald Swanson went to cut the turf for the new row of houses at Ardview. Me, Donald, Ruby and Oliver cut the first section of turf for the houses and there was a small crowd and the choir sung. After the cutting the adults went to the Islay Hotel for snacks and the school came back by the end of playtime. The weather wasn’t kind and the rain was miserable. Donald is the youngest in the school and I am the oldest.
Scott
ISLAY BOOK FESTIVAL 2012
On the 8th and 9th September 2012 the book festival is coming to Port Ellen Primary School. 
The book festival will have many authors including Liz Lochhead, Joan Lennon, Keith Brumpton,Vivian French and Linda Strachan. To book go to www.islaybookfestival.com. The doors open at 10:00am on Saturday and 10:30am on Sunday.
By Eilidh
What We Did On Holiday
On my holiday I went to England, Bracknell and I had a great time. We stayed at my Auntie Ann and I went to Lego land on the first day of our holiday and it was very fun, we got soaked because went on lots of wet rides plus it was raining at the end of the day. We went to see Matilda on the Theater and it was so good, we also went in to a place called Windsor to do some shopping and it was the best shopping experience ever and I really want to go again.
By Emily
Elections
At Port Ellen Primary School we had the captain and vice captain elections. There new captains and vice captains for each of the houses. For Orsay boys captain, Robbie Middleton and for boys vice captain Reece Boman, for girls captain, Maisie Logan and girls vice captain is Ruby Miller. Nave boys captain is James Adams and vice captain is Ewan macKinnon, girls captain is Ellen Johnstan and vice is Danni Barker. Texa boys captain is Jason Baker and vice captain is Liam Campbell girls captain is Eilidh Mcmillan and vice captain is Elinor Baker. And that is who the captains and vice captains are.
Speeches 2012 for Captain/Vice
The captain/vice speeches are today most of the p6/7’s will be saying their well thought out speeches today. Members of the parent council will be there listening for responsible participants for the roll. The school will be separated into their houses for the speeches . Everyone in that house will be able to vote including the teachers . Everyone will be hoping to be voted for captain.
Scott
Our Learning Review
David, Oliver and Nick have created a podcast of their learning. Click to listen.
Paralympic Power Point
On Friday we did a power points but I didn’t do it. On Monday we did our power points but I was not well I had the stomach bug so I did it today Abbie won the presentation. I was talking about the Paralympics amputees. By Ciara
Leavers Assembly
Tomorrow on the 28th June our p7s are going to the high school everyone is heart broken. Then everyone is going to get a aword or certificate and they disided to pick lunch it is burgers and chocolate cracnal put some people will have pack lunches and on friday we’going to church!!! 🙂 By Eleanor bye bye
P4/5 Golfing
On Monday 25th June p45 went to Machrie golf course to do some golf with Mr Gairns,Mrs Ramsay and Mrs Clark. Mr Gairns
was teaching real golf, Mrs Ramsay was doing practicing golf and Mrs Clark was doing putting. I was Against Robbie, Torin and Beth, it took me Eight shots to get it in :):D. P4’s went in the school bus and the p5’s went in Mrs Clarks car, my favourite bit was doing the real golf with Mr Gairns because I did really far shots.
By Jodie 🙂 😀
Beach Picnic and Beach Clean
On Monday 17th June in the morning we went for a beach clean to tidy the beach so it was clean for our beach picnic in the 
afternoon!!{Luckily it was nice} When we got to the beach we started making our sandcastles for the sandcastle competition!! Abbie,Maisie,Ello,Annie and I molded out a mermaid in the sand. For our lunch we had a sandwich,cake,sausage roll and some juice. After we went down to finish our sandcastles Danni,Izzy and Jodie were very kind because they let us borrow two of there shells we really really liked!!!!!!!!!! Just before we went back to school we found out who the winners were for the sandcastle competition Ruby’s group came 3rd Our group second and Nicks 1st!!!!!!!!!
By Emily
Proper poetry
Last month pupils from Port Ellen Primary School found out that they had won a Poetry competition. They are Nick, Asher, Eleanor and Scott. Asher won first place and Nick won 3rd. The prizes were a 35 pound book voucher and 25 pound book voucher and a 15 pound book voucher. On the 15 June the same pupils from Port Ellen Primary School will be going to the Gaelic College in Bowmore. And the poems are called The Gazing Sun, The Crashing Sea and The Sea On Islay.
GARDENING
On Friday at Port Ellen Primary 1to5 have been gardening at the front of the school planting flowers in the old whiskey barrels and in the old boat, renovating it for the open day.
Scottish Education Awards
On Tuesday 12th of June it was the Scottish Education Awards, this meant that the school was up for the best school in Scotland for using technolgy. Two girls from Port Ellen Primary school, Emily and Eilidh, went with three other teachers which were Mrs Clark,Miss MacRae and Mrs Macdonald. They went away on Monday Morning and ended up with a whopping surprise. They came first in this Award which meant a lot to Port Ellen Primary.
Port Ellen Primary’s Fourth Green Flag
At the end of May Port Ellen primary school’s pupils where informed that they had gotten their forth green flag!
Now any one can see it on the flag pole out side of the school.
Now Port Ellen is the only school on Islay with 4 green flags.
