What a fantastic morning we had today at our whole school poetry competition.
We were very proud of our 3 poets who recited Tam O’Shanter with such confidence and expression. They were richt guid!
Mr Borland started our competition off with a fabulous poem that he had written, inspired by our Burns Supper last week. He inspired us to be confident and speak from the heart.
Here is a copy of his fabulous poem for you to read:
Our 3 judges were so impressed with our very mature recitals and found it extremely hard to choose but our winners and runners up on the day were …
1st place :
Runners Up :
While we waited for the judges (Mrs M Ross, Mrs Sinclair and Mr Borland) to make their decision, the whole school had lots of fun singing and dancing together in the hall.
Today we took part in the East Ayrshire School Sportshall Athletics Event. This took place in Loudoun Academy and gave us an opportunity to visit the school some of us will be attending in August.
We took part with enthusiasm, determination and a competitive spirit. Well done to all our fabulous athletes, especially our only 2 boys on the day who had to take part in every event! We were impressed with your stamina!
Well done to our amazingly talented Primary 7s who hosted a fantastic Burns Supper. They performed with confidence and impressed the audience with their talents.
Tuesday – Lynsey Murphy – extra PE session to practise for athletics at Loudoun on Wednesday 4th February – remember your P.E kit.
Wednesday – Sportshall Athletics Loudoun Academy 9.30am – 12.15p,m
We will take part in the athletics morning alongside other schools from East Ayrshire. Mr Houston and Lynsey will take us by car to the event. Mrs Ross will attend with the class.
Please remember to wear your PE kit and indoor shoes. Remember no jewellery. We will leave Fenwick Primary at 9.30am approx. and return to school by 12.35pm for lunch.
Thursday – whole school poetry competition (pupils only)
Gillian from our ECC kindly came along to our class today to help us make some “favours” for our Burns Supper. She kindly brought along her craft box from home and demonstrated how to make the thistle favour.
We are looking forward to giving these to our guests on Friday .
We were delighted to welcome Mr Borland to class this week to hear him recite Tam O’Shanter and The Address to the Haggis. We loved listening to him perform and he then listened to our performances ahead of our Burns Supper on Friday. He was so impressed with us all and give us a couple of hints and tips to improve our performances.
We are looking forward to Mr Borland being one of the judges at our poetry competition next week.
As you know, Primary 7 are hosting the Scottish Showcase on Friday 30th January from 9.15 – 10.40am.
We have been very busy rehearsing for this morning and we are excited to perform at it.
As we are sitting at the top table we have decided to dress in a white shirt/polo shirt. We have plenty spare polo shirts and white shirts in class for anyone who does not have one. We will wear our usual uniform on the bottom half – unless you have a tartan skirt/ trousers that you would like to wear.
We have tartan sashes and ties in class that we will put on in the morning.
As we have a dress rehearsal on Thursday afternoon this week, it would be helpful to wear your Showcase Outfit on this day too.
We have really enjoyed learning about the traditions of a Burns Supper. We put our heads together to write a Toasts to our Lassies and a reply from the to the laddies. We look forward to reading these to our audience at our Burns Supper on Friday 30th January.
