Raasay Primary School

On Friday 13^th December, Raasay Primary School welcomed the Raasay community to the local Hall for their annual Christmas Show. This year’s production was ‘The Elves and the Shoemaker’ – a traditional fairy tale with a Raasay twist. The school role currently sits at three pupils from P3-5 and three in the nursery. The age of the pupils averaged only 6 years old, however, the boys were still able to perform a 45 minute production which engaged and captured the imagination of the audience. With the limited school roll, some of the pupils took on a dual part with ease. The story was lead by the main character of the Shoemaker, played by the P5 pupil who rose to the challenge of the leading role which would normally be assigned to a P7 pupil. The event was much anticipated by the local community who attended and there was plenty of enthusiastic audience participation.  The reviews from the community are in – here are some of them: ‘Brilliant evening’s entertainment’ ‘Absolutely wonderful’ ‘Well done everyone, it was amazing’ ‘It was awesome’

If you were unable to come along on the night – here is a link to the video of the show:  https://youtu.be/4d5KBDFyokQ?feature=share

Our Primary pupils produced some wonderful Christmas art which was inspired by Henri Matisse. They all did a fantastic job with their Christmas tree art which was then turned into personalised Christmas cards.

As a follow on from the recent ceilidh in the hall for Alzheimer’s Scotland which the pupils attended and performed at, the boys were invited on wednesday 20th November to take part in an online ceilidh organised by Diane from Alzheimer’s Scotland in Portree.

The children performed their own school song ‘Tobhta Fearna’ which went down well with all the Gaelic speaking residents of the Care Home. The children also sang ‘Calum’s Road’ which they learnt last term and which they sang for the filming of ‘The One Show’. This was an opportunity to make a difference while taking part in an inter-generational event. This is an example and reflection of our school values and the importance of always caring which is at the heart of our aims as a school.

Nursery pupils were busy this week making Christmas pictures to make into Christmas cards. We think they did a great job!

As part of this year’s fundraising and the pupils’ ACORNS Enterprise work, pupils organised a fun ‘Games Afternoon’ for Monday 18th November. The boys had worked out which games to have as part of the event and these included: Human Fruit Machine, Darts, Sprout Racing, Maths Bingo and Play Your Cards Right. There were some fantastic prizes and vouchers on offer for the winners. Everyone who attended had a fantastic and very enjoyable afternoon and complimented the boys on their organisation and thought which went into the event.

This was such a success that this is something that we would like to repeat in the future.

Thank you to all who attended and made the day such fun for all!

The Afternoon Tea event on Saturday 16th November was organised by the Parent Council and was a collaborative event with Seall, who were performing at the Hall that day as part of the ‘Small Halls’ events.

The day was a huge success with people enjoying the fantastic cakes and refreshments on offer at the Parent Council Cafe, whilst also able to enjoy an afternoon of music. Raasay Primary pupils were on hand with raffles, school calendars; and their 100 squares with amazing prizes on offer, thanks to all the businesses and groups who support us.

A huge thank you to all involved – from donations of prizes, support for our calendar to baking and attending on the day.

Pupils in Raasay Primary School took part in the annual Children in Need event and dressed in colourful, non-uniform clothingfor the day. They designed their own Children in Need t-shirts, learnt key information about the charity – why it was set up, why Pudsey is called Pudsey and who it helps.

They raised £30 for Children in Need which has been sent off to the charity. Well done boys!

Some spooky goings on in Raasay Primary School and Nursery as pupils enjoyed their fun Hallowe’en party! We hope they didn’t give you a fright on their trip round the village later on…

A huge thank you to all those who donated to our Blythswood Shoebox Appeal. The boys have been very busy filling boxes with lovely items to be distributed by the charity. The boys all took time and thought to prepare boxes with items suitable for each age group. We also had lots of leftover items which will also be sent to the charity for them to include in other boxes or distribute as they wish.

This year the boys completed 14 boxes and your help with this is much appreciated.