Raasay Primary School

We were delighted to receive this comment from Michael of North Shields who so appreciated Tabitha’s Poppy Day poem. Tabitha excelled in her writing this year and particularly embraced the poetry aspect of the WW1 topic. Congratulations Tabitha!

I just happened to stumble across Tabitha’s beautiful and moving poem while doing some research. I am both a veteran who has been at the ‘sharp end’ and an award winning copywriter — and I could not even begin to conceive of, let alone compose, anything so lovely. Please convey my respects to Tabitha. You have a creative genius on your hands. Warmest wishes: Michael Cameron (North Shields)

We are delighted to have Ebba joining Alexander in the Nursery this term and it looks like they are having a lot of fun getting to know each other and enjoying the fabulous spring weather!

Pupils took part in a K’Nex Workshop at the Hall on Wednesday 24th April. Working in pairs, the challenge was to design and build their own ‘Wind Buggy’. Once they had designed their buggies the challenge was to see whose buggy would travel the furthest under wind (fan) power.

On the last afternoon of term, pupils invited members of the community for Easter Afternoon Tea as part of their Citizenship project work. Earlier in the term, pupils in P2 ,3 & 4 wrote letters of invite to some of our guests as part of their writing. They were delighted when they received special letters and cards in the post accepting their invitation. Pupils wrote Easter poems, learnt an Easter song and developed their skills in hosting and serving. There was also a focus on fostering inter-generational relationships. Pupils thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to talk to their guests about what life was like in school when they were young. We enjoyed it so much that we hope to host events such as this more regularly. All of us  at Raasay Primary School wish you all a very Happy Easter!

What better for Mothers’ Day than some hand-made scented bath bombs! Pupils used a recipe to create their individually crafted bath bombs using bicarbonate of soda, citric acid, scented oils and dried flowers. They created some beautiful scent combinations which they thought would best suit their mums.

Pupils’ STEM challenge was to create a structure that was strong and stable with a particular focus on building from a good foundation. They used a variety of materials to test out their theories.

On Friday 22nd March we were really pleased to have the opportunity to visit the chicks again to check on their progress. Quite a lot had changed since we last saw them – in that there were two new additions to the ‘chick family’! Ann and Donnie have kindly offered the pupils the opportunity to name the chicks – meet MacDonald, Chirpy, Tamsin and Tabby!

Raasay Primary School has signed up for Sustrans’The Big Pedal’ which is running from 25th March to 5th April. This is the UK’s largest interschool’s cycling, walking and scooting challenge. This is a nationwide initiative whereby children, parents and staff are encouraged to cycle, scoot or walk  to school and information is inputted daily to the website. On each day of the challenge schools compete to see who can record the greatest number of pupils, staff and parents cycling, walking and scooting to school. We are currently featuring on the National Leaderboard and will update you once we have the final tally at the end of next week. On Tuesday 2nd April, we are going to take part in the Sustrans Super Hero Day – by wearing our Super Hero masks and dressing in our favourite Super Hero colours. We will put up photos next week. Well done to everyone for making such a fantastic effort!

On Tuesday 19th March we were pleased to welcome Otto, Ebba and family for an afternoon to meet us all and get familiar with the school and its surroundings. Otto and Ebba will be joining us for term 4 and we look forward to welcoming them next week for some transition days before we go on holiday.

On Friday 22nd March, pupils were invited to plant some of the fruit trees in the new Orchard section of the Raasay Walled Garden. As you can see – the Garden was a hive of activity. Pupils were also able to plant their own pumpkin seeds and enjoyed some well-earned refreshments after all their hard work!