KILMACOLM PRIMARY SCHOOL

Kilmacolm and Port Glasgow Agricultural Show
On the 10th of May it was the Kilmacolm and Port Glasgow Agricultural Show. Lots of people went and enjoyed the attractions, the food and the prizes! There were lots of tents including the pet tent, the craft tent and the industrial tent. That is what I am going to talk about, The Industrial Tent.

In the industrial tent there were many entries for each section. Adults and children can both enter this tent, as there are lots of different sections. I was entering lots of things and like many other competitors I spent months on some of my entries! The tent closed for a few hours for judging then it opened again so the competitors could go in and see what they had won! For the 8-11 year olds Craig Saurin Cup I entered a Shop in a Shoebox, in which I won 1st, An Animal Photograph in which I also won 1st and a Decorated Plant Pot in which I got Highly Commended. I also entered a Clothes Peg Character and A Picture. This meant I entered everything but unfortunately I was only runner-up to the cup. The winner was Helen Findlay who also won the floral trophy for Under 12s.
James Baxter, age 11, Kilmacolm Primary School was another winner in the industrial tent he won the over all cup for the children’s section! Well Done James!

By Katie McLean
Age 10
Kilmacolm Primary School



Technology Week

Kilmacolm Primary took part in a technology week with different challenges.

During the week each class studied a different challenge and enjoyed it. For example, primary 1 tried different types of fruit. At the end of the week we all gathered in the hall and each class reported back to the school. It was a good chance to see what other classes had been doing throughout the week.

K’nex was being passed round the classes and each pupil made a different model. Halfway through the week, P.7 made a giant tetrahedron which is a pyramid with each side being a triangle. At the end of the time it took us to create the tetrahedron, photographers from the Greenock Telegraph came to take pictures of the structure.

During technology week p.6, p.7/6 and p.7 all did one topic together which was the making of puppets. We learned about puppets and at the end of the week we managed to make our very own puppets, write a script and perform a puppet show for the younger children. We also learned what materials to make puppets from. As well as learning all that we learnt different kinds of puppets, such as rod puppets, glove puppets, stick puppets and finger puppets.

I’m very glad we did a technology week as it was something different and exciting to do. The technology week was very inspiring and enjoyable however, I would have maybe liked a bit more time to do the challenges as it would give us more time to learn more about what we were studying.

By Ryan Furzeman

The star 11 and 12-year old pupils produced and wrote a ten track CD all about the school year, as part of an enterprise topic. They applied and were interviewed for a variety of positions from manager, sound control and song writing, to cover design and marketing. Pupils wrote all the songs, performed all the tracks - a process involving the whole school for children aged four to 12 - and created and implemented a media campaign.

Cleverly tapping into some world class facilities and great expertise on their doorstep, they worked in conjunction with the James Watt College School of Music and Performing Arts and professional songwriter Andy Paterson. Also mentoring the pupils along with a group of his colleagues was Depute Head of the School of Music , Neil Weir, who has had plenty of experience in the world of music as keyboard player in top 80's band OMD. 

The three month Musical Mayhem project culminated in an early December press launch at the school, where local media covered the event.

"KPS School of Rock has been a wonderful opportunity to develop pupils' creativity and encourage independent learning," said Kilmacolm Primary head teacher, Sheena MacFarlane OBE.

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