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P6/7 Cross Country

Well done to our Cross Country Team who represented Fenwick Primary School  at the East Ayrshire Cross Country Schools Event last week. 

The team warmed up together, motivated  and encouraged  each other. They even made up their own cheer leading chant!

We looked the part in our Fenwick Kit! 

Each runner gave their best and ran with determination!  We were all incredibly proud of their amazing efforts. Well done everyone, what  a fabulous team ! 

 

 

P7 Visit from Stewart Finlay

P7 Learning in our Community

Today we had a fabulous day of learning with a visit from Stewart Finlay who is the Chairperson for the Kilmarnock branch of the Royal British Legion Scotland. 

As part of our WWII topic, we asked him to help us research the names on the Fenwick War Memorial from WWII.
Stewart visited us and brought us the information about who every name was, where they had fallen during WWII and where they are buried. He had found stories about all the men and where they had come from in Fenwick and what regiment they belonged to. 
We learned that two of the soldiers are buried in the cemetery in Fenwick. This has inspired us to visit their graves and take flowers for Armistice Day. 

Stewart also brought along his medals and some jackets worn by veterans after the war in the 1950s. Stewart shared his knowledge with us and stories of his life in the army.
We were all really engaged by the stories that were shared and they have inspired us to research  some family members that Primary 7 have who also fought in WWII. 

P7 Leadership Training

P7 Leadership Training

 

Today we took part in a day of training to support us to become leaders across the school.
Blair came and share his knowledge of tennis coaching with us and we learned what makes a good leader, how to be a good leader and to reflect on the difficulties of being an effective leader.
We had lots of fun practising these skills in the classroom and in the gym hall.
Our next step is to put these skills to use and deliver some tennis lessons across the school.

P7 House Captain Elections

House Captain Elections 

We worked really hard to write inspirational and motivating speeches to persuade our House Peers to vote for us as House Captains and Vice Captains. 
This was a very nerve racking experience and we developed our  confidence and resilience to complete this task. All the adults in the school were very impressed with how well written everyone’s speeches were and how confident they were talking in front of their peers. 
Although we had some disappointment in the class, everyone dealt with this very well and were supportive of each other and celebrated each others success.
A great learning experience for all the Primary 7s. 
Mr Houston then presented the House Captains and Vice Captains badges at the Award Assembly. 

Well done to:

Dunlop : Harriet, Scarlett

Fowlds:  Norah, Elvie

Howie: Kade, Gracie

 Fulton : Murray and Amelia

 

P7 Learning About our School House Names

Fulton Fowlds Dunlop Howie 

To prepare for our House Captain Speeches and to learn a little bit more about the names of our School Houses, we completed some research on the laptops.

We learned about  John Fulton who invented the Orrery, and was a notable mathematician.  Matthew Fowlds who was the last remaining hand loom weaver in the area and died after his 100th birthday. The Dunlop family who were a famous Covenanting Family in the area. John Howie, who was born near Fenwick in Lochgoin Farmhouse which provided refuge to the Covenanters.

We discovered that all of these important Fenwick people are buried in the village. So we decided to go and explore the village and  find their memorial stones.