"Anchored in Excellence"
Our trio partnership football team had their first outing in over 2 years, and despite never having trained in school or playing together as a team they came together extremely well.
The team of pupils from Kirkcolm, Leswalt and Portpatrick schools had 3 wins, 2 losses and 2 draws. What a result!
Well done to Ruby from Portpatrick for playing her part in it all.
Well done to all for their enthusiasm and team spirit. The next games are on the 25th March .
As part of our journey towards Rights Respecting Schools Silver status, the children have been discussing all of the rights within the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). They have discussed what rights they feel are most important and have explained their views. Here is just a sample for you to see what responsible citizens we have!
RRS Silver Our Views On Rights video
If you would like to find out more about Rights Respecting Schools, here is a link to their website.
The pupils of Portpatrick Primary were lucky enough to visit a workshop to observe a skiff under construction in our village. This lovely example of craftsmanship is being built solely by volunteers, and under the umbrella of projects of the Portpatrick Community Development Trust. Some aims of the trust is the provision of recreational facilities and the advancement the arts, heritage and culture.
The trust started work on the skill in September 2021. The design of skiff is that of a St. Ayles. The children were delighted and fascinated to see such creativity close up.
Thank for PCDT for allowing us to visit.
The final day has dawned crisp and bright for another rotation of exciting activities.
There were a few sleepy heads this morning, but everyone soon shook of the zzzz’s and were raring to go.
Blaze treated everyone to a beautiful song to start the day – A Million Dreams from the Greatest Showman – so lovely!
The last day was crammed packed with more adventures. A very weary, but happy bunch piled on the bus for the journey home. A few zzz’s could soon be heard from the back of the bus. 😉
What a fantastic time was had by all!
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Wow! It’s been another super active day for our adventure heroes. Have a look at everything they got up to outdoors. More to follow…
What a fabulous start to our long awaited Lockerbie Manor residential trip!
The children arrived at school excited and eager for it all to begin. Everyone has settled in together so quickly and are having an absolute ball.
Day 1’s itinerary was:
Check out the photographs to see the super active, fun-packed time your wee toots are having:
Setting Off:
Abseiling:
Rifle Shooting
Archery
Having fun
Settling down for the night
Even more photos from yesterday:
And all that in just one day!
Dumfries and Galloway Council have just published their COP26 DG School Report on Learning for Sustainability which showcases learning activities that took place during COP26 across the region. Our North Rhins Partnership is featured. Why not have a read and see how our environmentally responsible children engaged with this event.
Following on from our Burns Supper celebration on the 25th of January, Mr Alec Ross arrived today to judge our annual poetry competition for the children. He came dressed for the occasion in a dashing pair of tartan trews and many of the children also got into the spirit of the day with splashes of tartan and plaid being worn.
There were three categories to our event:
It was very clear to see that all of the children have worked very hard to learn their poems and use expression and action to bring them alive in an entertaining performance. The level of creativity in this year’s artwork was very high, with great imagination demonstrated by all.
It was quite a challenge to select winners from each primary as the standard was so high. Here are this year’s results:
| Portpatrick Primary Scots Celebration Competition Results – January 2022 | |||||
| Primary | Poem | Recitation Winner | Artwork Winner | Handwriting Winner | |
| 1 | |||||
| 2 | The Elephant | 1. Harry
2. Arran 3. Freya/Adam |
1. Arran
2. Freya 3. Harry |
1. Harry
2. Adam 3. Arran |
|
| 3 | Tae a Thistle | 1. Rebecca | 1. Rebecca | 1. Rebecca | |
| 4 | Beasties | 1. Carter
2. Louise 3. Erin |
1. Erin
2. Carter 3. Louise |
1. Lacey
2. Carter 3. Erin |
|
| 5 | The Auld Troot | 1. Cameron
2. Atticus 3. Max |
1. Max
2. Cameron 3. Tilly |
1. Lewis
2. Connor 3. Tilly |
|
| 6 | The Moosie’s Prayer | 1. Katie
2. Jack |
1. Katie
2. Jack |
1. Katie
2. Jack |
|
| 7 | Robert Burns Poems | 1. Maya
2. Ava Lily 3. Ruby |
1. Izzy
2. Ruby 3. Ava Lily |
1. Ruby
2. Izzy 3. Alba |
|
| Highly Commended Across All 3 Categories | Class 1
· Stephen · Jenna |
Class 2
· Scott · Lilly |
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Regardless of results, everyone can be very proud of their achievement in being successful learners and confident individuals.
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As part of our Eco Schools biodiversity targets, the whole school participated in this year’s RSPB Big School Birdwatch on Friday.
Armed with our bird spotter guides, we conducted our survey at three sites. We took a walk to the woods at the church and continued up to Dunskey woods, and spent some time in our school grounds. On our way past, we noticed that Tilly’s Grandparents garden was a big hit with the local sparrows visiting their feeders.
We applied our maths skills to the task by taking tallies of each type of bird spotted. We then submitted our results online and produced a graphical representation of our findings. Not surprising for our location, crows and gulls were the most common birds we saw.
It is that time of year again where we celebrate our proud Scottish heritage. Everyone came together today to enjoy a social Burns Supper served by our Lovely Laura.
Our House Captains organised the seating plans, naming each table after famous Scots poems. The children also created flag banners and a thistle centre pieces to decorate the tables. There was a wee show of tartan here an there in our attire today too.
In time honoured tradition, everyone stood as the haggis was piped in. Stephen presented the haggis to Mrs Henry, who wonderfully addressed the haggis for everyone’s entertainment. The children were enthralled by her rousing performance of this classic Burns poem.
Next in the proceedings was the Selkirk Grace given by Lily. Laura then served a delicious meal of haggis, neeps and tatties followed by shortbread and butterscotch mousse, which everyone very much enjoyed.
Once the meal was over, Atticus, Conor and Max gave the Toast to the Lassies, with a little bit of tongue-in-cheek teasing. Izzy and Alba responded in kind with their Reply to the Laddies. The vote of thanks was delivered by Ruby and Lily. Everyone did extremely well, particularly those who had stepped in at the last minute due to some absences.
In further entertainment, Primary 1 – 4 sung The Three Craws. Primary 5 – 7 sung The Jelly Piece Song. To bring the event to close, everyone came together to sing Auld Lang’s Syne.
Judging of our poetry recitations and artwork will now be held on Wednesday 2nd of February.
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