Beith Primary School held their annual prize giving ceremony on the last week of school under the chairmanship of headmaster, Tom Mabon. He began by thanking all the pupils and staff for their dedication during the past session and thanked the parents for their ongoing support making special mention of the Parents Association and School Board.

He said he hoped that everyone would enjoy a refreshing summer holiday and return suitably invigorated for the new term. He also made mention of those young people moving on to secondary education and he wished them great success.

The event began with the choir singing, All that I am; The Sair Finger was recited by Adele Griffiths (P1); the school wind band played Banana Boat and Hot Cross Buns; Caitlin Turner, Young Musician of the Year sang, Are They Gone Now and No Dice; Connor McCarthy sang, Somewhere Over the Rainbow; Heather McDonald sang, Mary Had a Little Lamb; Peter Degan sang, Ode to Joy and Auld Lang Syne; Ross Anderson and Russell Boyd sang, Aura Lee and Campdown Races and the closing song by the choir conducted by Mrs Mary Watson was No One Like You..

Presenting the prizes was Mr Kurt Jacabson, chair of Beith Primary School Board. Burns Federation Certificates for recitation of Scot’s poetry: Nursery class, Neve Ronald, Arran McMillan; P1, Adele Griffiths, Megan Armstrong, Charlotte Davidson; P2 Molly Campbell, Scott Brown, Graeme Crawford; P3 Leah Hamilton, Diaina Brolly, Kayleigh Johnstone; P4 Roslyn McFafferty, Ross Johnston; P5 Lucy Irvine, Rhianna Grove, Kirsty Anderson; P6 Craig Brown, Aimee Boyle; P7 Ashleigh Buckley, Calum Mitchell.

The following received class prizes: P4/2, Daniel Graham, Roslyn McCafferty, Kyle Cameron and Regan Burns; P4/3 Fraser Brocket, Alex Henery, Abbie Shepherd and Jemma Reekie; P4/5 Heather Robb, Lily Ferguson, Ailsa Higgins and Lisa Robinson; P5/1 Cameron Brown, Becky Cardy, Allison Gough and Heather McIlraith; P5/2 John Wright, Max Jacobson, Kirsty MacLeod and Aidan Carruth; P6/1 Fraser Coombes, Sophie Roulston, Jared Reekie and Aimee Packman; P6/2 Eilidh Campbell, Connor Jacobson, Marie Gallagher and Amy Lauchlan; P7/1 Emma Gray, Fraser Murray, Michael Cunningham and Craig Elliott; P7/2 Russell Boyd, Rachel Finnigan, Calum Mitchell and Lauren Cooper; P7/3 Kirsty Burns, Ross Anderson, Jennifer Baxtetr and Joseph Reilly.

Young Musician of the Year 2005/06, Caitlin Turns who was 2nd in woodwind and 3rd in voice. Cup winners: Conn Cup (Scots Poetry), Ashleigh Buckley; Rotary Cup (character), Lewis Thomson; Gerrie Cup (creative art), Dain Weir, Gavin McNair and Calum Mitchell; Mitchell trophy (swimming), Georgie Brown; Alex Black Cup (project), Emma Gray; Bank of Scotland troph (maths), Connor Mcisaac, Joshua Black, Kirsty Burns and Fraser Murray; John Hibbard Shield (health), Keiran Shearer, John Connell Smith Trophy, Craig Taylor; School Board Trophy, Lauren Stein; Irvine’s Enterprize Quaich, Primary 3/2; May Fallon trophy, Jordane Grant and Connor Smith.

Footballer of the Year, Russell Boyd; P6 boys athletic team, Craig Monk, Conor Smith, Martin Milne, Daniel McAughtrie, Kevin Nelson and David Hearty; P7 boys athletic team, Michael McNaughton, Russell Boyd, Lewis Thomson, Jordan Smith, David Kean, Scott Crundall and Connor McIsaac; Sports champion boy: Russell Boyd and runner up, Stuart Boyd; Sports champion girl: Kayleigh Christie and runner up, Louise McLean; Badminton championship girls: winner Kirsten Hercus and runner up Rachel Finnigan; badminton champion boy, Rory Gallagher and runner up Lewis Thomson; North Ayrshire badminton champions, Kirsten Hercus and Rory Gallagher; Inter-house football won by Grangehill, Craig Elliot, Declan Kerr, Craig Brown, Lewis Thomson, Andrew Rawes, Aldan Carruth, Stephne Scarff, Ross Johnston, Callum Quinn and Cameron Elliott.

Inter-house netball was won by Morishill, Kirsten Hercus, Vhairi Galbraith, Stefanie Wilson, Toni Purkiss, Sarah McClune, Heather McDonald, Beth Irving, Luaren Ferguson, Eleanor O’Donnell and Laura Falconer; School Sports champions were Grangehill and the captains, Rachel Finnigan and Craig Elliott; House Champions 2006/7, Scott Crundall and Ashleigh Buckley; Llewis Thomson and Rachel Finnigan; Russell Boyd and Vhari Galbraith, Ross Anderson and Jenny Provan;

Primary 7’s leaving school, Drew Brown, Ryan Brown, Natalie Camerson, Charly Caw, Cameron Dowson, Robyn Dunlop, Tyler Harrison, Gina Logan, Gillian Rafferty, Caitlin Turner, Louis Waddell,Sarah Whiteman, Amylee Brown, Darren Brown, Jacob Davidson, Amanda Deveraux, Cameron Festorazzi, Ross Gribble, Lewis Grove, Kyle Hendry, Beith Kytzia, Conor McIlwraith, Zak Muirhead, Craig Naven, Cameron Telfer, Dale Wark, Kirsten Aitken, Andrew Anderson, Kieran Clacher, Taylor Crawford, Peter Dagan, Jamie Haxton, Sheryl Irvine, Ross MacLean, Caryn McLeod and Ryan Miller.