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Pupils in Nursery are learning and practising their numbers.

For over ten years, pupils at Raasay Primary School have been undertaking a weekly composting scheme whereby they pick up compostable waste from local houses each Wednesday morning and deposit in the school compost bins. This is part of our … Continue reading →

Pupils in schools across Skye and Raasay had the opportunity to take part in an Ice Skating session which was set up in Portree Community Hall by ‘Wonderice’ and organised by the ‘Light up Portree Community Events Group’. Our pupils … Continue reading →

We always appreciate the fantastic support that we received from businesses and local groups with regards to fundraising and our annual local calendar. The boys spent some time writing their thank you cards which were sent out before Christmas.

We are enjoying our collaboration with Eigg and Muck School as part of our journey to the Reading Schools Silver Award. We shared a presentation where we learned about each other’s islands, we welcomed each other in Gaelic and learnt … Continue reading →

This term we have a focus on times tables learning and number operations – multiplication and division. The boys have been keeping note of their progress since the start of the year. ‘I can see my progress already and I … Continue reading →

In our first week back for the new term, the boys got straight back into their ‘Book and a Biscuit’ reading session whereby they visit the Nursery to read stories to them. This is part of our Reading Schools journey … Continue reading →

In RME pupils were learning about key figures in Christianity and also stores in relation to Christmas. Health – Pupils have been learning about what constitutes a healthy diet and what nutrients are required to keep us healthy. Pupils had … Continue reading →

As part of our support for the new Community shop appeal, the boys presented Shop Manager, David Carslaw with a cheque for £100. This was a percentage of the takings from our Christmas School show. We received a lovely thanks … Continue reading →

Pupils and staff thoroughly enjoyed their delicious school Christmas lunch – thank you to Ann, our school cook, for the wonderful spread. The boys then joined with the Nursery for a Christmas party with all the usual games before the … Continue reading →