Two weeks ago, Raasay Primary received an email asking us if we would like to be involved in some filming for ‘The One Show’. The producer detailed that the film crew were looking at featuring a piece within the show on Calum MacLeod – otherwise know as ‘Calum the Road’ who single-handedly built a road to connect Brochel with Arnish. The children have been studying significant individuals from the past with a focus on explorers e.g. Shackleton, learning about their resilience and endurance. We thought that this project tied in really well with our Social Studies topic as Calum himself is a very significant individual, in Raasay’s past and in present times. He was a local hero who exemplified resilience and endurance so we asked Morag Henriksen, who we met at the Alzheimer’s Ceilidh earlier in the term, if she could teach us the words she had written to the tune Calum’s Road. She sang it at the community event and we were keen that she would come in anyway so this was the perfect opportunity to make it happen sooner. She visited the school last week and we had great fun showing her round our school, learning how to play the bodhran and practising the song.