today as part of the Glasgow Science Festival. Two pupils from our cluster schools came together from the following primaries: The children were set an engineering design and construction project to make a free standing exercise bike for a gym. The specification was that the exercise must have: Marks Sheering from Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) and Sheena, STEM ambassador joined us to be our judges. It wasn’t an easy
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Representatives from Primary 7 from both schools went along to enjoy an afternoon at the annual Burns Rotary Club lunch at the North West Castle. Pupils from each cluster school were there to share a lovely meal of lentil soup followed by fish and chips. After lunch, guest speaker, Mr Alex Ross, shared some insights into Robert Burns’ life to entertain us. He then recited To a Mouse with great
Portpatrick and St. Joseph’s primaries jointly decided to collect donations towards our local Galloway Action Team Christmas appeal. As part of supporting Children in Need day, our children and families have been sending in donations of money and presents for children from the very young to teens to help make sure that every child in our community receives a Christmas gift. Members of St. Joseph’s Enterprise Group delivered the presents
We are pleased to announce that the West Rhins Partnership has achieved Education Scotland’s The Promise award. Our staff undertook a professional learning award programme to raise our awareness and understanding of The Promise (the commitment made by the Scottish Government to improving the experiences and outcomes for Scotland’s care experienced children and young people), and our responsibilities as corporate parents. This training help us understand the needs of children
The miserable weather couldn’t dampen the community spirit at St. Joseph’s Christmas Fayre on the 5th of December. Our supporters turned up in force to support our wee school. There were familiar faces and it was lovely to see some new faces too. Father Ben took time out of his busy schedule to come along and join in the Christmas cheer. There was so much on offer to entertain and
Our STEM leaders from St. Joseph’s travelled to Portpatrick today to meet with the STEM Leaders there. Our enthusiastic team got their heads together to plan how we can promote and improve our offer of STEM in the West Rhins Partnership. The group agreed many action points are and keen to get started on their plan. We can look forward to a monthly lunchtime STEM club organised by our keen
Yesterday’s Halloween party was a spooktacular success! Our little ghouls, witches, and monsters had an absolute blast playing musical statues, wrapping the mummy, and corners. We enjoyed some yummy snacks to keep us fueled, and the highlight of the day was when our P5-7 pupils showed off their amazing spooky dance routines! A huge well done to Liana in P1-4 and Nanci-Rose in P5-7 for winning best costumes this year!
Our Digital Leaders from St. Joseph’s and Portpatrick met today at Portpatrick Primary. They participated in a Digital Leader training day to help them drive forward as Leaders of Learning. After a tour of the school led by Adam and Arran, there was a lot to work through on the agenda from developing our digital literacy skills to working together to help our classmates keep safe online. Have a read
Our assembly groups collaborated to learn about different significant saints as part of learning about All Saints Day which falls on the 1st of November. It is a day for Christians to remember and celebrate those who lived before us and contributed to the life of the church and society. In Roman Catholic tradition, ‘saints’ are Christians who have been recognised as particularly holy people, or who have had miracles
The Portpatrick Community Development Trust kindly organised a fantastic Halloween party for our pupils from both Portpatrick and St. Joseph’s. The hall looked amazing with creepy decorations galore. The refreshments were a frightful delight with vampire blood and ghost spirit drinks along with Halloween themed sweet and savoury treats. The event was very well attended, particularly for such a wet and windy night – it all added to the mood.
