All the pupils from Portpatrick, Leswalt and Kirkcolm came together to get to know one another better today.\u00a0 A beach clean and a sports day was planned, but due to the weather, we quickly improvised.\u00a0 The children performed a range of songs to entertain their audience and then played outside together.<\/p>\n
The boys and girls were happy to be split into primary groups and mix with their peers\u00a0from the other two schools.\u00a0 Each class arranged purposeful activities.\u00a0\u00a0The lower school\u00a0played true or false ‘get to know you’ questioning, learned and performed an action song and\u00a0participated in a social P.E game. The upper school engaged in STEM engineering challenges.\u00a0 They had to work collaboratively\u00a0to design and build a helicopter using basic materials.\u00a0 The teams\u00a0were then tasked with constructing a\u00a0structure from paper straws that was capable of supporting weight.\u00a0 The children had many creative ideas to meet the brief.<\/p>\n
After lunch, we all walked down to the beach where we created beach art using natural materials.<\/p>\n
Throughout the day, the children had the opportunity to mix and form friendships between schools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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