Portpatrick Primary

On Friday 19th June, the whole school travelled to Edinburgh to attend the annual Royal Highland Show.  The P1-4 class have been learning all about Farming and Food so this was a perfect way to consolidate all of their learning in the classroom!

Pupils were split in to small groups and allowed to explore the show at their own pace and with own personal choice of things to visit.  This ranged from the poultry tent, agricultural machinery show, motor show, water zorbing, horse parade, stunt bikes, army cadet assault course and much much more.  It would have taken more than a whole day to see everything!

Take a look at the photos below to see what some of the groups got up to during their day! More photos will be uploaded as they come in from the other group leaders.

Primary p5-7 from Portpatrick , joined up with pupils from their partnership school of Leswalt, and pupils from Sheuchan to rehearse and perform “Warriors!” .  This was made possible with support from Scottish Opera. 

Children had been learning the songs in school all of this term,  and they all came together to perform at Sheuchan Primary.  The story was based in ancient China, with Leswalt and Portpatrick pupils taking on the role of peasants.  It was a brilliant performance to parents and relatives, with expressive acting and wonderful singing from all.  Have a look at the photographs to see the energy and enthusiasm for yourselves.

P1-4 have been learning lots about farming in their local area and how farmers use different types of land for different farming purposes.

The class met up with P1-4 from Leswalt Primary School as they have also been learning about farming and land use.  Both classes were taken a tour of the farm including the dairy parlour, the newly born calves shed, the ‘maternity’ shed and also the ‘kitchen’ where all the food is kept and prepared for the cows.  Lots of fun was had by all and many thanks go to Fergus, Gary and Fiona for making the trip so educational and fun!

Check out the photos below of all the sporty stars we have in our school!  A great afternoon was had by all 🙂

This  is a report by Rhian and Keisha.

yesterday we learned about money.  We had to pick surprises for mum and dads and make sure we had enough money.

We had a lot of fun.

From Rhian and Keisha

Well done to the Stranraer cluster Rotary Quiz winning team of Magnus, Lara, Ruth and Connor who travelled to Glasgow yesterday to compete in the West of Scotland Rotary quiz area finals.

The children were accompanied by a member of Stranraer Rotary club, and some of their parents.  It has been reported that all the children (and adults) found the questions they were asked were very challenging!   Sadly, they were not placed, but they can all  be proud of their achievements in reaching the final,  and happy in the memories that the experience provided them all with.

Well done little  team Portpatrick!

 

As part of their ‘Food and Farming’ Topic in Social Studies and Health and Wellbeing, P1-4 visited Tesco for their ‘Farm to Fork’ workshop.  Pupils were taken a tour around Tesco to explore where food comes from and even got to taste some of the lovely items on offer!  The children took part in an activity to use food labels and packaging to discover where food came from.  They were amazed at the distance some fruit and vegetables travel from around the world, including from Cameroon, Columbia, France and Spain!

A selection of local cheese was offered to the children including a smoked applewood (which wasn’t very popular among the group!) and the daredevils tried a chilli and lime cheese, which was more popular than expected!

Pupils then explored downstairs in Tesco, which they were amazed at as they didn’t know Tesco had a ‘downstairs!’.  They enjoyed testing out how cold the deep freezers were and learned about how important it is to keep temperatures at the correct level.

It was a great educational trip and was enjoyed by all!

here is the arts and crafts group  making their puppets.

By Lachlan p4

This is Lee, Finlay and Mia

We are the new school blog team.  from Lachlan, Rhian and Myles!  Watch out for our updates.