Portpatrick Primary

In celebration of our famous Scots poet, song and story writer, Mr Rabbie Burns himself, Portpatrick school held a wonderful Scots Poetry showcase for all parents, carers, family and friends.  All pupils put in lots of effort to learn their Scots poems and recite them for the judging competition.  There were also prizes given for poem artwork and handwriting.

Well done to all the boys and girls for trying so hard.  (also thank you to the parents/carers who put in the effort of helping their children learn their poems!)

P1-4 have been learning about ‘growth mindsets’ in their health and wellbeing topic.  They are learning to think about what makes them a ‘good learner’ and use these things more often to ‘grow their minds’ and be the best learner they can be.  Today we were introduced to ‘Tim the Team Player’.

Mrs Henry conducted a secret experiment on the class!! She mixed everyone up in to groups and let the pupils play tricky word snakes and ladders for 10 minutes.  She watched the boys and girls carefully to see if they were being good team players e.g. taking turns, being friendly and kind, helping and supporting others, accepting winning or losing gracefully etc.  The class showed lots of these characteristic but also spoke about how they could improve in other team games and group work.

More superheroes will be introduced along the way.  Once all 8 are known to the class, we will invite parents, carers and friends in to school to learn more about them and how they can be used at home to support learning too!  Information on this will be along soon…

Primary 5/6 spent some time this morning creating their own measuring devices for measuring equivalence in weight.  Ms Whorlow provided them with the necessary materials they had the challenge of using them to create an accurate measurement tool.  Once assembled they went outside with the task of finding an appropriate location to place the scales, before being challenge to find equivalent weights in the playground.

Look at the pictures to see all the skills they used – and fun they had while

learning!

Today, P1-4 worked in different groups to help them understand why measurement is needed in every day life and why we need to use proper measuring tools to make sure measurements are accurate.

Mrs Henry asked the class to measure the length of a table using anything they wanted!  Some chose pencils, dinosaurs, scissors etc.  When she asked how long the table was, everyone had different answers.  The children began to explore why this was – because the pencils were all different sizes.  There were also gaps in the dinosaur models too so it was very difficult to say what the length was.

We then went in to the hall and the children were asked to measure the width of the hall using strides.  They again had all different answers.  Ava Lily and Abbi discovered that this was because all the children had different lengths of legs so their ‘strides’ were different, giving different measurements!

This showed that some sort of standard tool was needed to measure accurately.  Mrs Henry showed them lots of measuring tools and they discussed what they were used for.  There is now a ‘Measure Investigation Station’ in the classroom for the pupils to explore.

The boys and girls got all dressed up in their best party clothes to enjoy a delicious Christmas party buffet along with lots of dancing and Christmas games.  They were also treated to a very special visit from Santa Claus himself, where they received lovely gifts and presents.  As you can see, a great time was had by all.  Thank you Santa for dropping by during such a busy time for you! 🙂

 

 

Portpatrick Primary school had a trip up to Ayr Gaeity to enjoy a performance of the pantomime “Snow White and the 7 dwarves”.  The trip was generously provided by the Parent council , who paid for the transport and the pantomime tickets.  Pupils enjoyed a delicious lunch at The Stage Door café before taking their seats in the theatre.  At half time the children all had a ice cream, which was paid for by The Mount Stewart Hotel.

Everyone agreed it was a wonderful day – oh yes they did!

Parents and grandparents were invited into school for a informal Christmas craft afternoon with the children, before the boys and girls sang some Christmas songs to the visitors.  It was very well supported and everyone in Portpatrick Primary certainly had that festive feeling.

All the boys and girls of Portpatrick Primary enjoyed a delicious Christmas lunch cooked by Barbara – have a look a the fun and feast they all had!

Today, the P5/6 pupils showed they were extremely confident individuals by taking part in a musical performance in front of the audience of P1-4.  They all collaborated together in a group piece then showed fantastic confidence    performing a solo piece of music too.  The P1-4 class gave a standing ovation for this as it was that good!  Well done p5/6 – you should be very proud of your musical talents 🙂

 

P1-4 pupils are very sad that today was the last day of learning about the Hindu Festival of Diwali!  They have taken part in lots of fun activities to help them learn about how the festival of lights is celebrated around the world.

Today, they will bring home rangoli patterns made from sand, diva candles made from clay and some fantastic firework display pictures which symbolise all the celebrations which take place during the festival.