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As part of their project to create a short film about life on Raasay, pupils have been working with Mrs Kirsteen Graham to write their own song lyrics based on the Runrig tune ‘Alba’. They have written a bi-lingual song … Continue reading →

Raasay Primary School has submitted an awards application to the Scottish Education Awards under the category of Children and Young People’s Participation. This recognises all the hard work and collaboration undertaken by the pupils, staff and community in working with … Continue reading →

As part of their learning about the human body, pupils learnt about the circulatory system. They made their own representation of this by drawing round a body and using coloured wools to represent the circulation to and from the heart. … Continue reading →

On Friday 8th February, pupils attended a special performance of Mary Grieve’s production ‘Shadowbird’ at the Raasay Gallery. Pupils and staff were both mesmerised and inspired by the beautiful storytelling and performance. After the show, Mary and her dad, Dave, … Continue reading →

On Thursday 6th February Elgol School joined us for a day of ICT skills development and online safety training led by Robert Quigley, Digital Learning and Online Safety Officer. This was a fantastic opportunity to learn together and also to … Continue reading →

Pupils at Raasay Primary School will shortly be undertaking a project to make a short film about Raasay. They will be looking at all aspects of life on the island; tourism, jobs, the environment, community life etc. In order to … Continue reading →

On Friday 24th January Raasay pupils celebrated Chinese New Year. As part of the celebrations, pupils helped to prepare a Chinese themed lunch with Annabelle. Based on their menu choices, previously discussed in class, the menu consisted of: chicken in … Continue reading →

Pupils at Raasay Primary School had their Christmas Party on Tuesday 17th December and were delighted to welcome a very special visitor! Thank you to Santa for taking time out of his very busy schedule to join our party and … Continue reading →

On Friday 13th December, Raasay Primary School pupils performed their annual school Christmas Show – which, this year, was Cinderella. With this classic fairytale as inspiration, we came up with our own ‘Raasay’ version and follow the story of the … Continue reading →

Rehearsals are now well under way for the Raasay Primary School Christmas Show which, this year, is going to be a production of ‘Cinderella’. We hope you will all come along and enjoy the show! Cinderella poster