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The Leanne Fund is based in Stornoway and is the foremost Cystic Fibrosis charity in Scotland, working with individuals and families across the Highlands, Islands and Grampian to provide vital social, practical, emotional and financial assistance – supporting the whole … Continue reading →

This term has seen the introduction of an after school Lego Club on Monday afternoons. We are very grateful to Della Cheshire for getting this underway and giving of her time to run the club each week.

Pupils were thoroughly entertained by the Portree Community Pantomime Group’s production of Peter Pan at ‘The Venue’ Portree High School on Friday 9th February. Thank you also to Henry – who kindly came along to the school when we returned … Continue reading →

Our weekly ‘Weaving Club’ is now underway – all the children were delighted with what they managed to achieve on the very first day and are looking forward to the forthcoming sessions.

This week children had the opportunity to learn local Gaelic place names from John William Gillies who kindly came along to help us to ‘map’ various locations and learn their Gaelic meaning. This workshop has been provided by Aros’ year-long community … Continue reading →

We are delighted that our recent application for a Third Green flag has been successful! We are grateful for all the hard work and support of parents, Parent Council and the wider community. Here is what the team at Eco … Continue reading →

We are now underway with our Community Arts project whereby the pupils will be researching and mapping local Gaelic placenames. As you can see, our map is filling up nicely already.

We are delighted that Dr Margaret Ritchie from the University of the West of Scotland, in conjuction with Strathclyde University visited our school to deliver some amazing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) lessons with the children. This links in … Continue reading →

In Art lessons children are exploring a variety of techniques within printing. These include: repeating, overlapping, rotating and arranging shapes; monoprinting and print overlays.

I’m sure we all remember some ‘snow days’ from our childhood! As you can tell, Raasay Primary pupils love the snow and here they are having some fun at playtimes.