Portpatrick Primary is forever grateful to the local community throughout the year for their continued support. We are always astounded by the generosity of those around us and this year has been no different. Quite simply, we wouldn’t be who we are without you all. Below is a quick summary of some of the things that have been happening in Portpatrick School in the month of December. Thank you so much to all involved both this month and every month of the year. We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year when it comes.
Downshire
As many of you may already know, the children created some lovely Christmas pictures which have been on display in The Downshire throughout the Christmas period. If you haven’t already seen them, be sure to have a quick look next time you are passing. On Christmas Jumper Day The Downshire Staff made their way up to the school grounds to kindly give the children a selection box gift and wish them a Merry Christmas. Thank you so much, the children were delighted!
Mount Stewart
A huge thank you to the Mount Stewart for helping us with our Christmas Video and also for inviting Santa before his isolation period to visit the boys and girls and give them a little gift. The Children were delighted with the special surprise and were equally as delighted with Santa’s generous gifts. All made better by the wonderful snow.
Scarlett Visuals
The children were very curious during the making of the video to learn about how to use a drone professionally. The children watched as Mark (The drone pilot) showed children how he operated the drone, the importance of having a licence for the drone and then gave a quick preview of the finished result. Massive thanks to Mark for giving up his time and generously helping us out with our Christmas video extravaganza. If you haven’t seen the video yet be sure to have a look. The end footage of our wonderful village is absolutely spectacular.
Portpatrick Primary 2021 Christmas Video – YouTube
Connors Restaurant
During our filming week we were lucky enough to do a short clip inside Connors restaurant. Thank you to John and Kirstin Connor who gave the children a lovely cookie treat to enjoy. It was very yummy and definitely helped to keep our energy up during filming.
Christingle
Many thanks to St Ninians Church of Portpatrick who dropped off a charitable festive activity for the children to take part in. Children learnt about the tradition of Christingle which aims to raise money for young people in need. We created Christingles and recognised the symbols within it. The orange representing the world, the red ribbon symbolising the love of Christ, the sweets and dried fruit representing all of god’s creations and the lit candle representing Jesus’s light in the world, bringing hope to people living in darkness.
Christmas Dinner
Served on Christmas jumper day and with lots of festive cheer, the children enjoyed a delicious Christmas Dinner delivered up by our wonderful Laura. Pupils had lots of fun taking selfies, pulling crackers (and faces) before telling jokes and donning the traditional party hats.
Mrs Cain and the Loreburn Community Garden, Portpatrick
Thank you to Mrs Cain and the Loreburn Community garden who have kindly donated some selection boxes to the children for Christmas. Again, we are very grateful for your generosity and the children will be delighted when these are distributed on Wednesday.
