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Daily Mile

Raasay Primary School has signed up for the Daily Mile initiative which is a fully inclusive physical activity whereby pupils walk, run or wheel for fifteen minutes on a minimum of three days a week. The activity has been shown … Continue reading

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Comic Relief

Pupils in Raasay Primary School (Pupil Council) decided they would like to participate and support Comic Relief 2026 as part of their ongoing charity work. They decided that raise money by coming to school in their pyjamas and ‘doing something … Continue reading

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Atlas Arts Workshop

On Thursday 19th March, pupils undertook a workshop with Mexican artist, Daniel Godinez Nivon hosted by Atlas Arts. Daniel is a visual artist whose work explores the ties between dreaming, community, and the natural world, asking what our dreams tell … Continue reading

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Weaving Club

‘The three pupils in the primary school attend Weaving Club every Wednesday afternoon at the end of the school day.  Working with them has been a joy – they are enthusiastic, dedicated and hard-working.  They started, a while back, on … Continue reading

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Ceramic Flower Art for Mothers’ Day

We were delighted that Catherine Travis Timms offered a ceramic flower making workshop for the pupils to make gifts for Mothers’ Day. Catherine detailed that ‘the roses were made from an air dry clay – cold porcelain  – which is … Continue reading

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Beach Clean with MOWI – report by Raasay Primary School Pupils

On Wednesday 18th March 2026, Raasay Primary School and Nursery pupils and staff along with parents and the community were joined by MOWI to clean our adopted beach below the playpark. We are cleaning the beach as part of Eco … Continue reading

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STEM Renewable Energy

Pupils are currently studying Renewable Energy and, as part of this, they were looking at generating electricity from moving water – Hydro Electricity. They were challenged to create electricity using the moving water and to record the electricity produced. They … Continue reading

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Basketball Festival

Pupils in P4-6 attended the annual Skye Schools’ Basketball Festival in Portree on Tuesday 10th March. This is a chance to experience competitive team sports with pupils from across the ASG and also an opportunity to develop friendships within their … Continue reading

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World Book Day

We celebrated World Book Day on Thursday 5th March. We all enjoyed coming to school dressed as our favourite characters or themes from a book. We were joined on the day by our Pets as Therapy dog, Freya and her … Continue reading

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YMI

This term we have been really enjoying Murdo visiting for YMI. We have been progressing really well with learning lots of tunes an each week Murdo has been giving us a new tune to learn as he says we are … Continue reading

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