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As part of our Gaelic Placenames project we are delighted that we have been given a ‘drone’ to enable us to record photographs of the relevant areas from the air. Presently each family is taking the drone home on a … Continue reading →

Pupils at Raasay Primary School celebrated World Book Day on Thursday 1st March. They came to school dressed as their favourite character from a book and enjoyed sharing their favourite stories with the class. Raasay Primary School will be sending … Continue reading →

There was a lot of measuring, weighing, pouring and mixing involved in making pancakes for Pancake Day. As part of their writing the younger pupils practised writing a sequence of how to make pancakes. The results were delicious!

On Thursday 22nd February Alexander attended the Book Bug session at Broadford library where he had the opportunity to meet with other 2 years olds in the area for storytime. Of course the trip on the ferry was also very … Continue reading →

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 →