Author: Ms Whorlow

As part of providing opportunities for Pupil Voice, our House Captains and Pupil Council rolled up their sleeves and helped organise this year’s Children In Need fundraising activities.  Supporting charities and recognising the needs of others is part of our learning journey as a Rights Respecting School who supports Global Goals. Our event activities also align with World Children’s Day which is tomorrow.

Children in Need is a charity that provides grants and funding to projects based in the UK that have the aim of helping disadvantaged young people. This help comes in a wide variety of forms. For example, a lot of CIN’s invaluable work involves supporting charities that help children who have been affected by poverty, disabilities, abuse, and mental health difficulties.

The boys and girls came to school dressed in their sporty clothing ready to take part in Joe Wick’s Five Minute Workouts throughout the day. We had a range of sporting activities represented from workout style to ballet dancers.  The teachers also joined in ready to get active.

Ready for Action:

 

 

Lookin’ Good:

Workout Time:

We earned our ‘Work It Out’ certificate from Joe Wicks:

 

 

 

 

 

# Health & Wellbeing

If you are feeling energetic, why not join in with Joe Wick’s at home here!

With the kindness and generosity of our families we were able to combine our Eco Goal of Recycling and Reusing by running a Bring & Buy sale of pre-loved toys and books.  There were lots of smiling faces and enthusiasm to grab a bargain.  Our older pupils applied their maths skills to organise a float, calculate change and count the total raised.

The sale is open!

# Successful Learners

In total, including donations from families and the sales of merchandise,  our wee school has raised an impressive £170.10 which is fantastic for our wee school. Together, as a partnership, we raised a grand total of £523.28!

Very many thanks to everyone who contributed and supported the event in whatever way they could.

Sending you all a Pudsey hug!

 

 

As COP26 has now drawn to a close, we are pleased to share a snapshot of our recent related learning projects across the North Rhins Partnership.

Our children are always so enthusiastic to do their bit to help protect our environment and to contribute towards global goals.

Click on the link below and select play in the top right.  🙂

# Responsible Citizens

# Effective Contributors

North Rhins Partnership

Leswalt Primary pupils have kept up-to-date with COP 26 in school . The pupils talked about how their recent Learning for Sustainability work, and the plans of the Eco-Committee, link to th…

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This weeks sees the start of the annual Anti-Bullying week.  The theme for 2021 is ‘One Kind Word’.

Kindness is more important today than it has ever been. The isolation of the last year has underlined how little acts of consideration can break down barriers and brighten the lives of the people around us. This is one of the reasons, that ‘One Kind Word’ has been chosen as the theme of Anti-Bullying Week taking place from 15 to 19 of November 2021.

Miss Hayes’ class have been sharing many kind words with our community members as part of this event, and to also mark World Kindness Day.  They have all written personal letters to the residents of Thorneycroft care home. We are sure their letters will certainly brighten the recipients day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

# Effective Contributors & Responsible Citizens

If you are interested in finding out more about Anti-Bullying week, here is a link to a parent/carer pack.

 

The pupils of Portpatrick Primary have been very motivated to mark the occasion of Remembrance Day, as we do each year.

The children have been selling poppies in school to raise funds for this worthwhile cause.

Both classes have been learning about Remembrance day through presentations and discussion.  They understand the sacrifice that has been made by men and women of yesterday and today to protect our freedom.

The upper class made a wreath with Kim .  This was constructed by reusing the bottoms of plastic drinks bottles to reduce waste and fixing them to chicken wire as a frame.  The plastic bottles were spray painted red by Kim to look like poppies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The whole school walked up to the village war memorial on the 11th of November to lay the wreath and and recite a poem as a mark of respect.

Portpatrick pupils , remember 11.1121 – YouTube

The children observed the minute’s silence to pay tribute to those who have sacrificed for us.

Lest We Forget.

After what seems like forever, it was time to harvest our vegetables.  We have grown our food organically, with no fertilisers or pesticides. The children gathered in our crop and we got stuck in making a big pot of soup to enjoy together.

 

Whilst the Royal Horticultural Society’s Big Soup Share is on hold this year, we thought we would have an impromptu ‘soup share’ of our own.  The children enjoyed preparing the vegetables and making a big pot of soup for us to enjoy.  It’s a great way to munch our way towards 5-a-day.

Enjoying our Soup.

# Responsible Food Consumption

 

Our wonderful House Captains organised a fantastic afternoon of Halloween fun for all the children to enjoy today.  There were scary costume, activities and prizes galore.

 

 

 

 

 

Party games included:

• Creepy Corners
• Mummy Makers
• Musical Tombstones
• Monster Mash Moovers ‘n’ Groovers
• Dookin for Apples
• Best Costumes

Our best dressed awards  in Primary 2 to 4 went to Freya and Jenna. Alba and Izzy won in Primary 5 – 7.

 

Here is our rogues gallery:

The winning team for Mummy Makers were  Ruby, Izzy, Lily, Maya & Ava Lily.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The children enjoyed dookin’ For apples and didn’t mind getting a wee bit wet.

It was great to see everyone having so much fun.

Happy Halloween From Us All!

 

 

We are delighted to announce that the North Rhins Partnership of Leswalt, Kirkcolm and Portpatrick Primary schools have been awarded national recognition in Education Scotland’s annual Learning for Sustainability awards.

Having been shortlisted, we achieved a Highly Commended accolade within the Sustainability Learning Community Award category. This is an outstanding achievement, having competed against early learning, childcare, and school settings across the whole of Scotland.

The awards recognise the commitment, professionalism and leadership that underpins Scotland’s success in innovating for Learning for Sustainability within educational settings.  Within Scotland’s curriculum, Learning for Sustainability (LfS) is recognised as an entitlement for all learners and a recent international study showed that our learners are world-leading global citizens.  The award is timely with the upcoming COP26 summit taking place in Glasgow in November.

The aim is to help us all recognise the amazing achievements of Scotland’s people and the settings, schools and communities that have demonstrated passion and commitment to building a socially-just, sustainable and equitable world.

The North Rhins Partnership was required to demonstrate our whole school/partnership approach that encourages individual and collective action to promote Learning for Sustainability.  This incorporated many factors such as supporting Global Goals, the UNCRC Rights of the Child, Rights Respecting Schools, Eco Schools and our strong pupil voice,; both within our school settings and as part of contributing to our wider community.  We are doing our bit to develop independent learners, effective contributors, confident individual and responsible citizens for the future!

The official results will be announced in the Daily Record within the next week.

 

As part of our Eco Schools action points, the children were set a challenge of designing an Eco Mascot for Portpatrick Primary. The requirements were to draw a mascot that represented our eco targets incorporating recycling features into their creation.

The entries were so good we decided to award a prize for 1st, 2nd and 3rd.

Here are the winning entries:

 

 

 

 

 

1st – Izzy White

 

 

 

 

 

 

2nd – Ava Lily

 

 

 

 

 

 

3rd – Alba White

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sammy has now taken pride of place on our Eco Display.

Linking across topics, the children in P5 – 7 also created party manifestos incorporating elements of Learning for Sustainability and the Rights of the Child. They canvassed their electorate and presented their manifesto speeches to the class.  A democratic vote was held and a coalition party was formed with the B.E.A. and Panther parties.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well done everyone!

Primary 1 – 7 held a mini-Olympics as part of their Maths Week Scotland challenges.  The children watched a video from  Olympic athlete Eilish
McColgan all about how she uses maths in her training.  They then looked at some of the events that took place in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and discussed where maths was used.  Not content with being spectators, everyone went outdoors and got active in a range of physical challenges.  The children timed their personal best to see how many of each activity they could complete within the timeframe allowed.

 

 

 

 

Next on the agenda was a live NFU session where P5 – 7 calculated air miles for just 3 toppings for making pizzas. The children then compared these ingredients with other choices to see if substitutions could be made to lesson air miles.  The focus was using our maths to calculate the environmental impact on food choices as part of learning for sustainability.

Every child participated in a Fun Maths Roadshow provided by D & G STEM.  Problem-solving activities were presented to learners in free-flowing carousel activity stations which encompassed both challenge and enjoyment. 

For our last day of this year’s Maths Week Scotland, Primary 5 – 7 followed a Portpatrick village maths trail.  The children had a range of questions to answer through observation and calculation.  As well as observing numbers around us, we had time durations, multiplication and addition questions to answer.  The children created their own informal questions to challenge each other as we walked around.

Here is a copy of the challenge if you fancy having a wee go for yourselves when you are having a stroll in the village.

 

 

 

 

 

Alternatively, here is a Mental Maths Trail for all the family that can be done from the comfort of your own homes.

North Rhins Partnership Family Mental Maths Trail