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Highlights from this week:

~ Red Nose Day 2026 – Our Primary 4 pupils and Mrs MacAskill worked incredibly hard to organise lots of fun activities to help raise money for Red Nose Day. All of the children had a super time, and we raised a huge amount of money for a great cause. Thank you to all our families for supporting us!

~ Our Primary 4-7 pupils were invited to take part in curling taster sessions on Monday, delivered by Sarah Ross from Active Schools Portree. All of the pupils had the best time and really showed off their skills! Thank you to Sarah for organising such a great event. There is another curling session organised for next Tuesday.  

World Down Syndrome Day 2026

We celebrated World Down Syndrome Day 2026 this week. Thanks to our families for supporting us. We truly appreciate this!

Reminders and Notices

Reporting absence

Please refer to the school’s communication policy when reporting absence. All absence reporting should be sent via email or phone call through the school office. This is to ensure that key information is passed on correctly and we have an up-to-date register in the event of an emergency.

Drop-off and Collection of Pupils

A reminder that we have a designated pupil pick-up/drop-off point at the Camanachd Square car park (near Community Centre and Portree Nursery), and a crossing patrol on Home Farm Road to help pupils cross safely.  It would be very helpful if families could use this area as much as possible to reduce traffic around the school.  Please also respect our neighbours around the school by not blocking driveways and be aware that Marsco Place and Glamaig Place are unadopted roads, meaning it is the residents of these streets that are responsible for them rather than Highland Council. We are hopeful that the yellow zig zag lines will be reinstated outside of our school entrance in the next few weeks. After the Easter Holidays, the gates to school will be closed while Mrs MacSween is carrying out her duties to ensure the safety of all of our pupils.

Thank you for your support with this.

Important – Pupils taking bus

Pupils who take the bus to school, but who are not eligible for free school transport must be in possession of their Young Scot/National Entitlement card. 

If you are unsure about whether your child is entitled to free school transport, you can check eligibility at this link: https://www.highland.gov.uk/info/878/schools/12/school_transport or be in touch with the school and we’ll let you know.

If your child does not have a Young Scot/National Entitlement card you can apply for one at this link: https://young.scot/get-informed/young-persons-free-bus-travel/

Lost property at Portree High School

Mr Breen has asked me to share this photo of some lost property at PHS. It will be available to look through and will be donated to charity at the end of term.

Known dates for this term
Tuesday 31st March	Active Schools Curling Taster Sessions (P4-7)
Saturday 28th March	Soccer Sevens (Portree)
Thursday 1st April	Easter Service at Shepherds Way Church @ 9:30am
Thursday 1st April	School X Country at the King George Pitches @ 1:45pm
Thursday 2nd April	School closes for Easter Holidays at 3:30pm
Monday 20th April	School opens for term 4

Highlights from this week:

~ Our Primary 7 pupils were invited to the Fingal Centre this week to take part in a Basketball Festival. They all represented our school wonderfully.

~ We had our Parents Open Morning last Friday. It was lovely to see so many of our families attending and seeing all the fantastic work that our pupils have done over the last term. It was also great to have such interesting feedback about our proposed new Vision, Values and Aims. We really value everyone’s input! Please keep an eye out for more information about these in the coming weeks.

~ Parent’s Evenings were this week, and we had a super turnout. If you didn’t manage to make an appointment, please contact the school office to rearrange.

~ Our Values Awards Winners had their Hot Chocolate reward yesterday due to all of the exciting things that we have planned by Primary 4 for us tomorrow during Red Nose Day 2026.

~ Primary 6 have been researching influential women throughout history, following on from International Women’s Day and some pupils presented these at assembly on Wednesday. This work is connected to Article 2 – Non-Discrimination. Well done to our presenters!

Reminders and Notices

Bake Sale

We are delighted to let you know that we will be holding a whole‑school Bake Sale next Friday to help raise funds for our upcoming school trip in support of Hamish. To make the event a success, we are kindly asking for donations of home baking. If you are able to contribute, please send your baking to the front office on Friday 27th March, clearly labelled with a full list of ingredients. Throughout the morning, pupils will have the opportunity to purchase cakes and treats. We will also be running a raffle, with tickets available to buy on the day. Parents and carers are warmly invited to join us in school from 12 noon onwards to purchase cakes and buy raffle tickets. We would love to see as many of you as possible. As always, we are incredibly grateful for your ongoing support. Your contributions make a real difference to our school community.

World Down Syndrome Day 2026

World Down Syndrome Day 2026 is on Saturday the 21^st of March this year. To mark this day, we would like to invite all pupils to wear their most colourful socks to school on Monday the 23^rd of March.

Toys

Can we ask our families to ensure that pupils are not bringing toys in to school, where possible. We are finding we spend a lot of time searching for lost toys, repairing broken toys and sorting out fallouts over toys. If pupils bring toys to school, we ask that they are kept in school bags during the day to avoid these instances.

Skye Dance Soup and Pudding Fundraiser

We would like to warmly invite all parents, carers and members of our school community to a Soup and Pudding Fundraiser this Saturday at Skye Bible Church from 1–4pm. Everyone is welcome!

Skye Dance provide our pupils with fully funded dance lessons every week, as well as fantastic after‑school dance sessions that so many of our children enjoy. This fundraiser helps support the wonderful work they do with our school.

Please do come along, enjoy some delicious food, and help us support a cause that truly benefits our young people.

Soccer 7’s

The next Soccer 7s event will take place on Saturday 28^th March at Portree High School Astroturf, beginning at 11am.  This event is open to pupils in P4-7.  Permission slips were issued to interested pupils last week, with a return deadline of today (Friday 20t March).  Any last minute entries can be made at this link by 5pm today: Soccer 7s Permission 28th March Portree – Fill in form

Drop-off and Collection of Pupils

A reminder that we have a designated pupil pick-up/drop-off point at the Camanachd Square car park (near Community Centre and Portree Nursery), and a crossing patrol on Home Farm Road to help pupils cross safely.  It would be very helpful if families could use this area as much as possible to reduce traffic around the school.  Please also respect our neighbours around the school by not blocking driveways and be aware that Marsco Place and Glamaig Place are unadopted roads, meaning it is the residents of these streets that are responsible for them rather than Highland Council. We are hopeful that the yellow zig zag lines will be reinstated outside of our school entrance in the next few weeks. After the Easter Holidays, the gates to school will be closed while Mrs MacSween is carrying out her duties to ensure the safety of all of our pupils.

Thank you for your support with this.

Important – Pupils taking bus

Pupils who take the bus to school, but who are not eligible for free school transport must be in possession of their Young Scot/National Entitlement card. 

If you are unsure about whether your child is entitled to free school transport, you can check eligibility at this link: https://www.highland.gov.uk/info/878/schools/12/school_transport or be in touch with the school and we’ll let you know.

If your child does not have a Young Scot/National Entitlement card you can apply for one at this link: https://young.scot/get-informed/young-persons-free-bus-travel/

Known dates for this term
Monday 23rd March	Active Schools Curling Taster Sessions (P4-7)
Monday 23rd March	Colourful Sock Day to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day
Wednesday 25th March	Class Photographs (AM)
Friday 27th March	Raffle and Bake Sale to support Hamish for our whole school trip on the Waverley.
Tuesday 31st March	Active Schools Curling Taster Sessions (P4-7)
Saturday 28th March	Soccer Sevens (Portree)
Thursday 1st April	School X Country at the King George Pitches @ 1:45pm
Thursday 2nd April	School closes for Easter Holidays at 3:30pm
Monday 20th April	School opens for term 4

~ Our Movie Night last week was a great success. Thank you to our Parent Council for organising this event and to Fiona in the office for her help with tickets. Thanks to our families for supporting this event as well. We raised £273.

~ Our World Book Day activities last week were fantastic. Thank you to all parents for supporting us with this. All of our pupils loved sharing their love of reading, especially during our ‘Big Read’.

~ We were lucky to have been visited by a travelling theatre company this week. Our Primary 1-4 pupils watched ‘The Ideas Jukebox’ and our Primary 5-7 pupils watched ‘Maya and the Whale’. All pupils thoroughly enjoyed these performances, which were fully funded by Seall Events, and we are so grateful to have been offered this opportunity.

~ Our Primary 6 pupils were invited to the Fingal Centre this week to take part in a basketball festival. They all represented our school wonderfully. Primary 7 pupils will be going down next Tuesday (17^th March).

~ Mrs Deplano worked with a group of pupils this week to plant some apple trees, which were gifted to the school. Each tree represents a different House group, and each House group will need to care and nurture their tree.

Reminders and Notices

Comic Relief

The Primary 4 Enterprise fundraiser this year is for Comic Relief. There will be different activities happening over the week; more detailed information has been sent out. Start saving your change 😊

The class are still looking for donations towards a toys stall. These can be dropped off at reception or pupils can take them along to the P4 class from Monday 16^th March.

Bake Sale

We are delighted to let you know that we will be holding a whole‑school Bake Sale to help raise funds for our upcoming school trip in support of Hamish. To make the event a success, we are kindly asking for donations of home baking. If you are able to contribute, please send your baking to the front office on Friday 27th March, clearly labelled with a full list of ingredients. Throughout the morning, pupils will have the opportunity to purchase cakes and treats. We will also be running a raffle, with tickets available to buy on the day. Parents and carers are warmly invited to join us in school from 12 noon onwards to purchase cakes and buy raffle tickets. We would love to see as many of you as possible. As always, we are incredibly grateful for your ongoing support. Your contributions make a real difference to our school community.

Parents Evenings

Parent’s Evenings will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday (17^th and 18^th) of March. The Parents Evening booking system will close on Monday the 16^th of March.

World Down Syndrome Day 2026

World Down Syndrome Day 2026 is on Saturday the 21^st of March this year. To mark this day, we would like to invite all pupils to wear their most colourful socks to school on Monday the 23^rd of March.

Toys

Can we ask our families to ensure that pupils are not bringing toys in to school, where possible. We are finding we spend a lot of time searching for lost toys, repairing broken toys and sorting out fallouts over toys. If pupils bring toys to school, we ask that they are kept in school bags during the day to avoid these instances.

Drop-off and Collection of Pupils

A reminder that we have a designated pupil pick-up/drop-off point at the Camanachd Square car park (near Community Centre and Portree Nursery), and a crossing patrol on Home Farm Road to help pupils cross safely.  It would be very helpful if families could use this area as much as possible to reduce traffic around the school.  Please also respect our neighbours around the school by not blocking driveways and be aware that Marsco Place and Glamaig Place are unadopted roads, meaning it is the residents of these streets that are responsible for them rather than Highland Council. We are hopeful that the yellow zig zag lines will be reinstated outside of our school entrance in the next few weeks. After the Easter Holidays, the gates to school will be closed while Mrs MacSween is carrying out her duties to ensure the safety of all of our pupils.

Thank you for your support with this.

Important – Pupils taking bus

Pupils who take the bus to school, but who are not eligible for free school transport must be in possession of their Young Scot/National Entitlement card. 

If you are unsure about whether your child is entitled to free school transport, you can check eligibility at this link: https://www.highland.gov.uk/info/878/schools/12/school_transport or be in touch with the school and we’ll let you know.

If your child does not have a Young Scot/National Entitlement card you can apply for one at this link: https://young.scot/get-informed/young-persons-free-bus-travel/

Known dates for this term
Tuesday 17th March	P7 Basketball festival @ PHS (10:30-2pm)
Tues 17th/Weds 18th	Parent Appointments
Friday 20th March	Comic Relief
Monday 23rd March	Active Schools Curling Taster Sessions (P4-7)
Monday 23rd March	Colourful Sock Day to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day
Wednesday 25th March	Class Photographs
Friday 27th March	Raffle and Bake Sale to support Hamish for our whole school trip on the Waverley.
Tuesday 31st March	Active Schools Curling Taster Sessions (P4-7)
Saturday 28th March	Soccer Sevens (Portree)
Thursday 1st April	School X Country at the King George Pitches @ 1:45pm
Thursday 2nd April	School closes for Easter Holidays at 3:30pm
Monday 20th April	School opens for term 4

Highlights from this week:

~ S5 gave an informative and helpful talk to P7 about transition and what to expect in high school.  We’d like to pass on our thanks to Mr Breen and say how well the girls did. They all spoke eloquently and really eased many of the P7s worries.

~ Our Primary 6 and 7 pupils enjoyed a lovely visit from some S1 pupils who taught some Gaelic phrases, sang songs and played games with P7 as part of Seachdain na Gaidhlig. We want to thank Miss MacDougall and the pupils for their time!

~ Our Primary 6 and 7 pupils enjoyed a session at the Newton Rooms this week, learning about Salmon and aquaculture. They were a credit to the school, showing great listening skills and demonstrating kindness and respect when visiting the community centre.

~ We had the opportunity to attend a motivational assembly on Wednesday, led by Andy McKechnie. The session focussed on the Commonwealth Games. He then worked with Primary 1/2 and Primary 5 to do focussed workshops about the Winter Olympics. They had a great time!

~ We had the loveliest day yesterday for World Book Day 2026. We had a great time dressing up or dressing in our jammies. Here are some of the winners of our ‘reading in unusual places’ competition. All of the entries were just fantastic and really made us smile!

~ Mrs Deplano has been busy working on the school grounds with some of our Primary 6 pupils, planting the bulbs and flowers that have been kindly donated to our school. Thank you again to everyone for their support.

Reminders and Notices

Parents Open Morning

Our Parents Open Morning in on Friday the 13^th of March from 11:30 – 12:30pm, and we are looking forward to welcoming you all in to see your child’s work on this day. There will be tea and coffee served from 11am in the Gym Hall so please come along for a blether before going along to classes. The lost property will be available to look through at this time as well.

Comic Relief

Primary 4 Enterprise fundraiser this year is for Comic Relief. There will be different activities happening over the week more detailed information to follow. Start saving your change 😊

The class are looking for donations towards a toys stall. These can be dropped off at reception or pupils can take them along to the P4 class from Monday 16^th March.

Bake Sale

We are delighted to let you know that we will be holding a whole‑school Bake Sale to help raise funds for our upcoming school trip in support of Hamish. To make the event a success, we are kindly asking for donations of home baking. If you are able to contribute, please send your baking to the front office on Friday 27th March, clearly labelled with a full list of ingredients. Throughout the morning, pupils will have the opportunity to purchase cakes and treats. We will also be running a raffle, with tickets available to buy on the day. Parents and carers are warmly invited to join us in school from 12 noon onwards to purchase cakes and buy raffle tickets. We would love to see as many of you as possible. As always, we are incredibly grateful for your ongoing support. Your contributions make a real difference to our school community.

Parents Evenings

Parent’s Evenings will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday (17^th and 18^th) of March. The Parents Evening booking system will open on Monday the 9^th of March. Please look out for an e-mail and get in touch if you have any questions.

World Down Syndrome Day 2026

World Down Syndrome Day 2026 is on Saturday the 21^st of March this year. To mark this day, we would like to invite all pupils to wear their most colourful socks to school on Monday the 23^rd of March.

Drop-off and Collection of Pupils

A reminder that we have a designated pupil pick-up/drop-off point at the Camanachd Square car park (near Community Centre and Portree Nursery), and a crossing patrol on Home Farm Road to help pupils cross safely.  It would be very helpful if families could use this area as much as possible to reduce traffic around the school.  Please also respect our neighbours around the school by not blocking driveways and be aware that Marsco Place and Glamaig Place are unadopted roads, meaning it is the residents of these streets that are responsible for them rather than Highland Council. We are hopeful that the yellow zig zag lines will be reinstated outside of our school entrance in the next few weeks.

Thank you for your support with this.

Important – Pupils taking bus

Pupils who take the bus to school, but who are not eligible for free school transport must be in possession of their Young Scot/National Entitlement card. 

If you are unsure about whether your child is entitled to free school transport, you can check eligibility at this link: https://www.highland.gov.uk/info/878/schools/12/school_transport or be in touch with the school and we’ll let you know.

If your child does not have a Young Scot/National Entitlement card you can apply for one at this link: https://young.scot/get-informed/young-persons-free-bus-travel/

Known dates for this term
Monday 9th March	Travelling production in school (Maya and the Whale)
Tuesday 10th March	P6 Basketball festival @ PHS (10:30-2pm)
Friday 13th March	Parents Open Morning (11-12:30pm)
Tuesday 17th March	P7 Basketball festival @ PHS (10:30-2pm)
Mon 16th-Friday 20th March	Parent Appointments (More details to follow)
Friday 20th March	Comic Relief
Monday 23rd March	Active Schools Curling Taster Sessions (P4-7)
Monday 23rd March	Colourful Sock Day to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day
Friday 27th March	Raffle and Bake Sale to support Hamish for our whole school trip on the Waverley.
Tuesday 31st March	Active Schools Curling Taster Sessions (P4-7)
Saturday 28th March	Soccer Sevens (Portree)
Thursday 1st April	School X Country at the King George Pitches @ 1:45pm
Thursday 2nd April	School closes for Easter Holidays at 3:30pm
Monday 20th April	School opens for term 4

Highlights from this week:

~ A big congratulations goes to our fantastic shinty teams this week. They took part in the shinty tournament last Saturday. Again, our pupils were incredible. The pupils were a credit to the school and their dedicated coaches, showing amazing attitude. The girls deserve a special round of applause; they got all the way to the final but lost to a strong BSGP team. The P5 and under team again did great coming in joint 3^rd.

~ Class of the Week last week was Primary 5, and they chose to have a movie afternoon. It sounds like they had a brilliant afternoon. They thoroughly deserved this treat, trying hard to consistently demonstrate the school values.

~ We had several of our pupils taking part in the Colonel Jock Competition last weekend and wanted to extend a huge well done to them. They certainly make us all so proud with their hard work and dedication to their talent.

~ We were kindly gifted a large number of Pheonix Comics and our Primary 4’s have absolutely loved reading them!

~ One of our pupils competed in the InverRoss dance festival last weekend and did so well. This was Evie’s first competition, and she has worked so hard! Here she is sporting her medals.

~ Internet Safety

Computer Club spent time playing ‘Interland’ this week.  Interland is a web-based adventure game designed for children between the ages of 6-13 which helps to teach the basics of internet safety.  The group enjoyed playing the level ‘Kind Kingdom’ which is all about treating others with respect and dealing with cyber-bullies.  The game can be found at this link: https://beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com/en_uk/interland/

~ Fire Station Visit:
As part of learning about their community, Primary 6 wrote a formal letter requesting to visit the Portree Fire Station. Their request was kindly accepted by the crew commander!
During the visit, they learnt about how to stay safe in the event of a fire, and the vital role firefighters play in saving lives. They operated the thermal camera, had an extensive tour around the facility and the fire engine, chatted with members of the crew, and had a go at using the hose. What a brilliant learning opportunity! 🚒🧑‍🚒

~ We had our first House Meetings of the year this week and the House Captains did an incredible job of chairing the meetings. Pupils discussed ways to earn House tokens and what they have been working hard on. They then worked in teams to create a House Mascot, and they came up with some fabulous ideas. We’ll share more soon.

Reminders and Notices

Soccer 7s

Soccer 7s permissions slips were sent home last week with a return deadline of today (Friday 13^th February).  If there are any last minute sign-ups these should be made ASAP using this link: Soccer 7s Permission 21st February 2026 – Fill in form

The tournament is open to pupils in P4-7 and will take place on Saturday 21^st February in Plockton.  Final information letters for participants will be sent home next week.

Information about Head Lice

Head Lice are a common problem in school aged children. They can’t be prevented, but regular checking ensures early detection and treatment if necessary. Parents and carers should check their children’s head once a week during hair washing. You need your usual shampoo, conditioner, and a detection comb – ask your local pharmacist to recommend a suitable one. Remember that you are looking for living moving lice, the only evidence that your child is infected. If you find a living louse, ask your local pharmacist, school nurse, health visitor or GP for advice regarding treatment.

For further information see:

http://www.nits.net/bugbusting

http://www.nhshighland.scot.nhs.uk – search on head lice

Police Scotland

The Police Scotland Cybercrime team are running an online webinar in February around Keeping Children Safe Online. This is for parents and carers to join to learn about the risks of the online world and how to help keep children and young people safe. This is the link with a wee bit more information

Cyber Scotland Week 2026: Keeping children safe online webinar Tickets, Wed 25 Feb 2026 at 17:30 | Eventbrite

Drop-off and Collection of Pupils

A reminder that we have a designated pupil pick-up/drop-off point at the Camanachd Square car park (near Community Centre and Portree Nursery), and a crossing patrol on Home Farm Road to help pupils cross safely.  It would be very helpful if families could use this area as much as possible to reduce traffic around the school.  Please also respect our neighbours around the school by not blocking driveways and be aware that Marsco Place and Glamaig Place are unadopted roads, meaning it is the residents of these streets that are responsible for them rather than Highland Council. We are hopeful that the yellow zig zag lines will be reinstated outside of our school entrance in the next few weeks.

Thank you for your support with this.

Important – Pupils taking bus

Pupils who take the bus to school, but who are not eligible for free school transport must be in possession of their Young Scot/National Entitlement card. 

If you are unsure about whether your child is entitled to free school transport, you can check eligibility at this link: https://www.highland.gov.uk/info/878/schools/12/school_transport or be in touch with the school and we’ll let you know.

If your child does not have a Young Scot/National Entitlement card you can apply for one at this link: https://young.scot/get-informed/young-persons-free-bus-travel/

Known dates for this term
Monday 16th/Tuesday 17th February	Bank Holidays School Spring Clean (Monday 16th February 10:30-1pm)
Wednesday 18th February	Inservice Day
Saturday 21st February	Soccer Sevens (Plockton)
Monday 2nd March	P6 to Newton Rooms
Tuesday 3rd March	P7 to Newton Rooms
Thursday 5th March	World Book Day
Monday 9th March	Travelling production in school (Maya and the Whale)
Friday 6th March	School Movie afternoon/evening
Tuesday 10th March	P6 Basketball festival @ PHS (10:30-2pm)
Friday 13th March	Parents Open Morning (11-12:30pm)
Tuesday 17th March	P7 Basketball festival @ PHS (10:30-2pm)
Mon 16th-Friday 20th March	Parent Appointments (More details to follow)
Friday 20th March	Comic Relief
Saturday 28th March	Soccer Sevens (Portree)
Thursday 2nd April	School closes for Easter Holidays at 3:30pm
Monday 20th April	School opens for term 4

Highlights from this week:

~ A big congratulations goes to our fantastic shinty teams and their dedicated coaches! They took part in the shinty tournament last Saturday. Their coaches commended their conduct, saying that they were ‘a credit to the school and everyone watching’. The P1-P3 team came 3^rd and the P7 & Under team also came 3^rd. Our own Ben got player of tournament, which is wonderful. We have two more teams entered into another tournament tomorrow and we wish them the best of luck!

~ Class of the Week last week was Primary 6 and they chose to have a movie afternoon. It sounds like they had a brilliant afternoon. They thoroughly deserved this treat, trying hard to consistently demonstrate the school values.

~ Our House Teams counted their House tokens this week and we announced on Wednesday that the winners were Kiltaraglen with 1545 House tokens. The other House teams weren’t far behind and we have lots of time left before the end of the year so the Houses are going to meet next week to discuss ways they can receive more House tokens, design a House mascot and even create a House slogan.

Reminders and Notices

~ The Parent Council are running their Valentines Raffle and are looking for hamper donations for this excellent fundraising cause. Please drop any donations to the school office as soon as possible.

~ The Police Scotland Cybercrime team are running an online webinar in February around Keeping Children Safe Online. This is for parents and carers to join to learn about the risks of the online world and how to help keep children and young people safe. This is the link with a wee bit more information

Cyber Scotland Week 2026: Keeping children safe online webinar Tickets, Wed 25 Feb 2026 at 17:30 | Eventbrite

Drop-off and Collection of Pupils

A reminder that we have a designated pupil pick-up/drop-off point at the Camanachd Square car park (near Community Centre and Portree Nursery), and a crossing patrol on Home Farm Road to help pupils cross safely.  It would be very helpful if families could use this area as much as possible to reduce traffic around the school.  Please also respect our neighbours around the school by not blocking driveways and be aware that Marsco Place and Glamaig Place are unadopted roads, meaning it is the residents of these streets that are responsible for them rather than Highland Council. We are hopeful that the yellow zig zag lines will be reinstated outside of our school entrance in the next few weeks.

Thank you for your support with this.

Important – Pupils taking bus

Pupils who take the bus to school but who are not eligible for free school transport must be in possession of their Young Scot/National Entitlement card. 

If you are unsure about whether your child is entitled to free school transport, you can check eligibility at this link: https://www.highland.gov.uk/info/878/schools/12/school_transport or be in touch with the school and we’ll let you know.

If your child does not have a Young Scot/National Entitlement card you can apply for one at this link: https://young.scot/get-informed/young-persons-free-bus-travel/

Known dates for this term
Tuesday 10th February	Safer Internet Day
Monday 16th/Tuesday 17th February	Bank Holidays School Spring Clean (Monday 16th February)
Wednesday 18th February	Inservice Day
Saturday 21st February	Soccer Sevens (Plockton)
Monday 2nd March	P6 to Newton Rooms
Tuesday 3rd March	P7 to Newton Rooms
Thursday 5th March	World Book Day
Monday 9th March	Travelling production in school (Maya and the Whale)
Friday 6th March	School Movie afternoon/evening
Friday 13th March	Parents Open Morning (11-12:30pm)
Mon 16th-Friday 20th March	Parent Appointments (More details to follow)
Friday 20th March	Comic Relief
Saturday 28th March	Soccer Sevens (Portree)
Thursday 2nd April	School closes for Easter Holidays at 3:30pm
Monday 20th April	School opens for term 4

Dear Parents/carers,

Please see our weekly update below.

Highlights from this week:

Our Robert Burns Assembly went well this morning, with so many of our pupils showing confidence, enthusiasm and bravery! We’ll pop some pictures up on our Facebook page in the coming days so keep your eyes peeled. Radio Skye recorded some of our performers as well so keep your ears peeled too!

Our Primary 6 pupils attended a funded Ice-Skating session yesterday. What fun they had. A huge thankyou to Lorna and the Portree and Braes Community Council for supporting us with this.

Mowi have donated £500 towards the cost of our Primary 7 leavers hoodies. We are so grateful to them and their support. We now look forward to the hoodies arriving in the coming weeks.

The Parent Council had a successful meeting this week to organise some fundraisers in the coming months. The first is a movie night, which will take place on Friday the 6^th of March and the second will be a Valentines Raffle to win a beautiful Valentines hamper. More details for these events will follow. Please, if you feel this is something you can take part in, come along to our meetings. The Parent Council work so hard to provide our pupils with opportunities and we value any and all support that our families can give.

Reminders and Notices

~ Cookery Club starts back today – Good luck to our Young Leaders and thankyou to our staff, who are supervising this. 

~ Mrs Deplano has been busy organising a ‘Spring Clean’ for Monday the 16^th of February so if you are able, please come along and support the school to make our playground and green spaces as fantastic as they can be. Also, if any families have spare bulbs, tools, wood paint, gardening items that you no longer need, please send them our way as we will definitely make use of them. Keep an eye out for further information, including timings, in the coming weeks.

~ I have received a number of complaints from our bus drivers about the conduct of some of our pupils on the bus. Can all parents/carers of pupils who take the bus, please remind children that they must always wear their seat belts and ensure that they are being safe and respectful at all times. Thank you for your support with this.

Drop-off and Collection of Pupils

A reminder that we have a designated pupil pick-up/drop-off point at the Camanachd Square car park (near Community Centre and Portree Nursery), and a crossing patrol on Home Farm Road to help pupils cross safely.  It would be very helpful if families could use this area as much as possible to reduce traffic around the school.  Please also respect our neighbours around the school by not blocking driveways and be aware that Marsco Place and Glamaig Place are unadopted roads, meaning it is the residents of these streets that are responsible for them rather than Highland Council. We are hopeful that the yellow zig zag lines will be reinstated outside of our school entrance in the next few weeks.

Thank you for your support with this.

Important – Pupils taking bus

A reminder for pupils who take the bus to school:

Pupils who take the bus to school but who are not eligible for free school transport must be in possession of their Young Scot/National Entitlement card. 

If you are unsure about whether your child is entitled to free school transport, you can check eligibility at this link: https://www.highland.gov.uk/info/878/schools/12/school_transport or be in touch with the school and we’ll let you know.

If your child does not have a Young Scot/National Entitlement card you can apply for one at this link: https://young.scot/get-informed/young-persons-free-bus-travel/

Highlights from this week:

Reminders

• I received an e-mail from one of our families commending the kindness of three of our Primary 6 pupils last Friday when they helped a member of the community who had fallen on the ice. This is a fantastic example of the caring nature of our pupils, and I wanted to say how proud I was to receive this e-mail. Well done PPS!
• Values awards winners this week enjoyed their hot chocolate reward with Mrs Tyronney. We are so proud of their achievements.
• Our class of the week awards have been in full force. Primary 1/2 chose to have a teddy bear’s picnic last Friday and Primary 4 and Primary 7 had extra playtime. Our class of the week this week was P1/2 and P2/3, chosen by our Primary 7 prefects. A huge thankyou to our families for supporting our Cauliflower Cards enterprise before Christmas, run by Miss MacKenzie. The school raised £303.50p for school fund.

~ I want to remind our families that we have two surveys open to parents. Please support us by giving your views, as they are really valued. These forms will be available until the 19^th of January.

Numeracy – Numeracy Self-Evaluation – Parent/Carer – Fill in form

Vision, Values and Aims – https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVIYOxfWf7OO6QjM1h_0G-0cOp7QCbq6vCnXM-tqhZFQvmgQ/viewform?usp=publish-editor

~ Please look out for a letter about cookery club, which will start back next Friday. Miss Cooper and Mrs Nisbet are going to supervise this club alongside some of our Primary 7 pupils. If your child hasn’t managed to get a space this time, I will let you know and hopefully they will get a slot for the next block. I can’t wait to be asked to be a taste tester!

~ A letter also went home about computer club, which will begin again on a Tuesday afternoon, supported by Ethan and Mr MacLean. The session runs from 3:30pm until 4:30pm. Please return these letters as soon as possible.

~ Today I have sent out our updated communication and pupil attendance policies. Please read them over and get in touch if you have any questions about these.

~ Primary 6 will be attending the ice-skating session at the Community Centre on Thursday the 22^nd of January at 11am. A permission letter has gone out for this so please keep an eye out.

~ The lost property room will be open for families to come and look at after school every day next week. There are a huge number of unclaimed jackets, t-shirts and school jumpers. If you require new school uniform, then please come and look and take what you need.

Drop-off and Collection of Pupils

A reminder that we have a designated pupil pick-up/drop-off point at the Camanachd Square car park (near Community Centre and Portree Nursery), and a crossing patrol on Home Farm Road to help pupils cross safely.  It would be very helpful if families could use this area as much as possible to reduce traffic around the school.  Please also respect our neighbours around the school by not blocking driveways and be aware that Marsco Place and Glamaig Place are unadopted roads, meaning it is the residents of these streets that are responsible for them rather than Highland Council. We are hopeful that the yellow zig zag lines will be reinstated outside of our school entrance in the next few weeks.

Thank you for your support with this.

Active Schools

Below is a link to fill in about Active Schools sessions for pupils, looking for your views. The link will be open until Friday the 23^rd of January.

The copy to the link is https://forms.gle/vgc2p7tAWsEHhg7N7

Important – Pupils taking bus

A reminder for pupils who take the bus to school:

Pupils who take the bus to school but who are not eligible for free school transport must be in possession of their Young Scot/National Entitlement card. 

If you are unsure about whether your child is entitled to free school transport, you can check eligibility at this link: https://www.highland.gov.uk/info/878/schools/12/school_transport or be in touch with the school and we’ll let you know.

If your child does not have a Young Scot/National Entitlement card you can apply for one at this link: https://young.scot/get-informed/young-persons-free-bus-travel/

Warm regards,

Jennifer Tyronney

Happy New Year! We hope you all had a restful and enjoyable festive break. It’s been wonderful to welcome everyone back to school for the start of 2026, and we’re delighted to see the pupils settling in so well after the holidays.

Highlights from this week:

• Pupils have returned with great enthusiasm and are already engaging positively with their learning. I can’t wait to celebrate our Value awards winners at assembly next week.
• We raised £48 at our end of term service at Shepherds Way Church. The pupils in Primary 5 chose Skye Mountain Rescue as their charity of choice to donate to. Our warmest thanks to Donnie and Finlay for hosting us and to the families who joined us and donated so generously.
• Our focus this session is on numeracy development, and teachers will begin working together to develop different aspects of numeracy throughout the next two terms. A link for a parental questionnaire is available here. Please support us by giving your views. This form will be available until the 19^th of January.

Numeracy Self-Evaluation – Parent/Carer – Fill in form

• We have also started to think about updating our School Vision, Values and Aims and a link will be available for this so that everyone’s voice can be heard when shaping the identity of our school. The new school values will help us to develop a new Relationships and Behaviour Policy, and we will share this with everyone as work begins on this. It is so important that we all work together so please follow this link so that you can offer your views.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVIYOxfWf7OO6QjM1h_0G-0cOp7QCb6vCnXM-tqhZFQvmgQ/viewform?usp=publish-editor

Reminders

~ With the return of some cold and wet weather, please ensure pupils come prepared for outdoor play and outdoor learning sessions – warm clothing and suitable footwear are essential.

~ Swimming lessons start back up next week.

~ Indoor shinty training will resume on Tuesday next week at the Fingal Centre Portree.

~ We will be having a Burns Celebration assembly on Friday the 23^rd of January and pupils are invited to wear tartan on this day, if they wish. All pupils are welcome to practise a Scots poem or song, a dance or a musical item to share with the rest of the school at this time and our Primary 6 pupils will be sharing learning that they have done on Robert Burns too. Pupils who wish to perform should come and see me to be added to our running order.

Drop-off and Collection of Pupils

A reminder that we have a designated pupil pick-up/drop-off point at the Camanachd Square car park (near Community Centre and Portree Nursery), and a crossing patrol on Home Farm Road to help pupils cross safely.  It would be very helpful if families could use this area as much as possible to reduce traffic around the school.  Please also respect our neighbours around the school by not blocking driveways and be aware that Marsco Place and Glamaig Place are unadopted roads, meaning it is the residents of these streets that are responsible for them rather than Highland Council. We are hopeful that the yellow zig zag lines will be reinstated outside of our school entrance in the next few weeks.

Thank you for your support with this.

Important – Pupils taking bus

A reminder for pupils who take the bus to school:

Pupils who take the bus to school but who are not eligible for free school transport must be in possession of their Young Scot/National Entitlement card. 

If you are unsure about whether your child is entitled to free school transport, you can check eligibility at this link: https://www.highland.gov.uk/info/878/schools/12/school_transport or be in touch with the school and we’ll let you know.

If your child does not have a Young Scot/National Entitlement card you can apply for one at this link: https://young.scot/get-informed/young-persons-free-bus-travel/

Thank you for your continued support as we start this new term together. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Please see our weekly update below.

Highlights of the Week

• Christmas Show Success: What an incredible evening we had at our Christmas Show! The pupils were absolutely fantastic, and it was wonderful to see so many families there supporting them. A huge thank you to all staff and volunteers who worked tirelessly to make the event such a success. We also really appreciate the efforts of our Parent Council, who raised a fantastic £468 at the show. Incredible!
• Festive Fun: This week, pupils enjoyed three brilliant Christmas parties across the school. It was lovely to see everyone dressed up and having fun together. We even had a special visitor at our Primary 1-3 party…ho ho ho! All children received a selection box, which was organised by the Parent Council through a donation from Tesco and partly funded by the Parent Council too. We are truly grateful for this kind gesture.
• Community Singing: Our Primary 4 and Primary 5 pupils visited Tigh Na Drochaid to share some festive songs. They sang beautifully and brought lots of Christmas cheer to the guests. I was able to go along and watch the classes and I was so incredibly proud of each and every one of them. They are a credit to our school. 
• Christmas Lunch: We all enjoyed a delicious Christmas lunch yesterday – thank you to our kitchen team for working so hard to prepare such a delicious meal and for making it so special.
• Dance Festival: Primary 7 pupils represented our school at the ASG Dance Festival and did us proud with their energy and enthusiasm. They enjoyed meeting lots of other pupils from schools across the Island. A special thanks goes to Sarah Ross for coordinating such a great event.
• Home Farm Visit: Primary 7 also visited Home Farm this week, spreading festive joy and connecting with our local community. Our school really is so wonderful and it is great to be able to share this out in the community.

Looking Ahead

• Tue 23^rd Dec: Last day of term – Christmas Service at Shepherds Way Church at 10am. Parents and carers are warmly invited to come along to our service. We will be collecting donations at the service for Mountain Rescue, so pupils can donate if they wish. Parents and carers are invited to stay for tea and coffee after our Christmas Service.
• Tue 23^rd Dec: Last day of term – Festive Walk (Children can wear Christmas jumpers on this day)

Reminders

Lego Club

There will be no Lego club next week, but it will return in the new term.

Drop-off and Collection of Pupils

A reminder that we have a designated pupil pick-up/drop-off point at the Camanachd Square car park (near Community Centre and Portree Nursery), and a crossing patrol on Home Farm Road to help pupils cross safely.  It would be very helpful if families could use this area as much as possible to reduce traffic around the school.  Please also respect our neighbours around the school by not blocking driveways and be aware that Marsco Place and Glamaig Place are unadopted roads, meaning it is the residents of these streets that are responsible for them rather than Highland Council.   We would urge parents who are dropping off or collecting pupils not to use the school/nursery staff car park. The community police liaison officer is going to be working closely with the school to support us to ensure everyone is safe.

Thank you for your support with this.

Important – Pupils taking bus

A reminder for pupils who take the bus to school:

Pupils who take the bus to school but who are not eligible for free school transport must be in possession of their Young Scot/National Entitlement card. 

If you are unsure about whether your child is entitled to free school transport, you can check eligibility at this link: https://www.highland.gov.uk/info/878/schools/12/school_transport or be in touch with the school and we’ll let you know.

If your child does not have a Young Scot/National Entitlement card you can apply for one at this link: https://young.scot/get-informed/young-persons-free-bus-travel/

A Personal Note

It’s been a wonderful festive season in school, and I’m so proud of our pupils and staff for all their hard work and kindness. Thank you to families for your continued support – it makes such a difference. Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and we look forward to seeing you in 2026!

Warm regards,
Jennifer Tyronney