Raasay Primary School

On Wednesday 30^th May, Raasay Primary School pupils had a stall at the regular Raasay Craft Fair. This was an opportunity to showcase some of the Biodiversity designs that the pupils had been working on – transferring their skills to another medium. They produced a beautiful range of cards, which they designed to incorporate the Biodiversity theme of flowers/plants/wildlife by using lino printing. They also photocopied some of their weaving work and cut out and pasted designs onto card to produce some very artistic and colourful images. As you can see their stall was very popular and they raised an amazing total of over £116 to be shared between their chosen charity of the SSPCA and the Raasay Primary Enterprise Fund.

Each week the school holds a Celebration Assembly to celebrate the successes of all the pupils as they progress through the year. This week our ‘Star’ pupils were Thomas and Hamish and they certainly look quite pleased with their certificates! Well done to all!

We are very grateful to Mrs Anne MacLeod who has kindly been helping Nelly with the singing aspect of her Mod practice. All the pupils who will be taking part in the Mod have been working very hard on their pronunciation and presentation and we wish them well on the day.

Pupils planted beans a few weeks ago and they have certainly grown! Pupils have been observing and recording the growth in their diary and have been learning about the conditions required for growth.

With the beautiful summer weather we’ve been having, pupils enjoyed a sunny P.E. session which was held at the pitch. This was the perfect practice session for our Sports’ Day which will be taking place next month. The pupils will be working on a theme and a programme for the day – which should ensure lots of fun for all. Let’s hope the weather is as good as this!

School pupils enjoyed a visit to Miss Lillian MacLeod and her beautiful Weaving Studio to learn more about the weaving process. It was very kind of Lillian to show us around her studio and she explained the processes involved in using the three different looms that she has. To top it off the pupils were treated to some juice and some of Lillian’s delicious baking! I think we may have some weavers in the making!

The next Raasay Craft Fair will be taking place on Wednesday 30th May and pupils are very excited to have their own stall! This picture shows some of the beautiful pieces of weaving that the pupils have been working on with Miss Lillian MacLeod and they will be on display at the Fair. We also hope to use our lino printing skills to produce beautiful flower themed cards to have on sale. Look out for us on the day!

On Tuesday 8th May Pupils in P4 & 5 took part in the annual Skye Schools’ Cross Country event in Portree. We were delighted that Nelly, Noah and Thomas were able to represent the school and all put in a fantastic performance – defying the very wet conditions and even managing to look quite fresh at the end! This was the first time in this event for Thomas and Noah and the second year for Nelly. The course is a tough 1.5 miles which is no mean feat so congratulations to all! Nelly even managed to  improve on her last year’s position by 9 places!

This year, we will have 5 Raasay Primary School pupils representing the school at the annual local Gaelic Mod. Pupils will be competing in various competitions including traditional song, poetry recitation and violin. This is the first time in recent years that we have had an entry to the violin competition and we are delighted that Nelly is going to be entering. Pictured are pupils during their weekly lessons with Mrs Bungard. The Mod will take place in early June so pupils will be practising hard and rehearsing over the next few weeks.

This week pupils are planting beans to learn what conditions they need to sprout and grow. They planted one bean without soil, one without water, one without light and so on – to see what conditions are required for growth. They then planted their own bean and will observe it over the next few days and weeks, noting any changes and developments in their ‘Bean Diary’. Here are the pupils pictured with their newly planted beans!