On June 10th, in honour of the Queen’s 90th birthday, we enjoyed a delicious picnic lunch outside in the sunshine! This was to celebrate the Queen’s official birthday, her actual birthday having being marked in April. Malcolm brought in a Union Jack which was used as a picnic rug – thanks Malcolm! All the children and staff had a lovely time enjoying the glorious weather, some tasty snacks and having
Our partnership football team, incorporating pupils from Portpatrick Primary school has finished off a very busy summer season of games with 4 tournaments in the last 4 days! On Friday, they entered Park Primary football tournament and won every game, taking them to the final where they were narrowly beaten 3:1 by Rephad in the final. On Saturday they were in action again at Castle Kennedy Primary, and on Sunday they ended
Primary 1 have been busy out and about in the village on a mission – as 2d shape hunters! Armed with clipboards and their special “shape hunter” hats, the young team headed out and about to find a trail of 2d shapes which Mrs Smith had set out for them in the village and Wetlands. Once all the trail was recovered the young Shape hunters set about their second mission
The younger class had another afternoon of outdoor learning at Aldouran Wetland gardens. They were busy learning about life cycles and had fun as they learned in the natural environment.
Primary 1-4 are still busy developing the school grounds by painting, tidying and planting. Have a look at our photos to see what they got up to this week.
What a gorgeous day to head to the beach! Ok we were there for some serious beach cleaning but we had so much fun doing this in the sunshine! The minibuses dropped us off at the farm and we all trooped down towards the shore. Once there we were, we were met by Venetia (the lady who organises this) and, once equipped with disposable gloves and litter pickers and sorted into
Primary 1-4 went another wander to the Wetlands this week as part of their science learning and teaching. The visit today focussed on a treasure hunt to help them learn more about life cycles, as well as a sound safari, up through the glen. Yet again they had another wonderful afternoon of outdoor learning, led by the great team of volunteers at our local gardens Have a look at all
Ten of our pupils were lucky enough to have a fantastic all expenses day out at Hampden football stadium in Glasgow. The Primary 1-4 class have been getting weekly football training with Garry Mc Knight an SFA coach. This input is funded by Tesco. Garry was asked to select one school which he had been visiting and take 5 boys and 5 girls with him to the National stadium in Glasgow. Leswalt Primary
This afternoon P1-4 were due to head up to the wetlands again in Leswalt. Unfortunately the weather took a turn for the worse as it became wet and windy. So instead of the children going to the wetlands, the wetlands came to the school! Jean Sheppard popped into school and spent the afternoon with the younger pupils. She brought with her some visitors in the form of minibeasts found in
As part of their continuing work on developing the school grounds, Primary 1-4 have been busy outside painting. With their old clothes on once more, they had a wonderful afternoon of fun in the sun. The tyres were given a base coat of paint before they are transformed and the mural round the back of the school was brightened up. Have a look at the happy little gang hard at
