Well this trip destination was a new one to us – but we’ll most definitely be visiting here again in the future! P5-7 from Leswalt joined the staff and boys and girls of Portpatrick Primary for a day out to Dumfries House in Cumnock. Thankfully the weather was in much better fettle than it had been for intended sports day!
P5-7 headed to the Morphy Richards STEM Centre – a purpose built building which deals with all activities Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths related. Sounds a bit dry? It was a resounding hit with the pupils. Initially we got to assemble our compass keyring, before getting a Geo-caching kit and a Garmin GPS. Our activity leader explained how to use GPS and we were off. We had 8 way points to find and each had a hidden box there. Using our maps and GPS, we followed the route to the numbered way point, hunted for the ‘treasure’ and completed the Science based task which was in there. We also found a letter in each box which was unscrambled at the end to spell ‘NATURE’. Great fun and in such stunning surroundings too!
Back to the STEM centre for a bite of lunch, then waaay too much fun playing in water in the engineering waterpark – apologies parents as there may be quite a few bags with soggy socks in them! Our activity leader then led us up to the garden maze. After a few wrong turns and baffled faces, everyone found their way into the middle. To round of the fun, we headed to the adventure playground – you are never too old to enjoy a park! The boys and girls then enjoyed a yummy ice-cream from the cafe courtesy of the Parent Council (thank you Parent Council!).
All in all it was a great day out and everyone seemed to thoroughly enjoy themselves. Check Dumfries house out for yourself – there’s something for everyone there!
