It’s been great to have a full week of interrupted learning. All classes have managed to get back into the swing of things and are looking forward to a busy term ahead.
Please see our weekly update below.
P5 – Work on Skye Event and Lucky2BeHere Training
Our P5 class were invited to attend the ‘Work on Skye’ launch event at the Community Centre on Tuesday. They were able to browse the various stalls at the event and were also fortunate to receive some training from Lucky2BeHere. The class really enjoyed participating and conducted themselves very well throughout their visit. Any parents at the school gate on Wednesday afternoon may have been wondering why so many kids came out with bandaged heads – there weren’t any real head injuries I’m glad to say!
Science Skills Workshops
Both Primary 6 and Primary 7 classes will attend a full day science skills workshop on Monday (P6) and Tuesday (P7) next week. This will take place at the Community Centre and will be on the theme of robotics and mathematics. These skills workshops have always been very well received by pupils in previous years, and we are very much looking forward to this one.
Makaton
There will be a Makaton level 1 training on Wednesday 5th and Wednesday 12th February. This will be hosted by UHI North, West and Hebrides (Portree) and the workshop will be run by one of our PSAs – Maria Pelletta – who is also a qualified Makaton tutor. This is at a much-reduced price of £60 for the 2 sessions and includes the £50 Manual. For more information, or to sign-up, follow this link: Makaton Level 1 – Portree Tickets, Wed 5 Feb 2025 at 17:30 | Eventbrite
Active Schools
Please see the message below from Sarah Ross:
ACTIVE SCHOOLS ACTIVITIES FOR 2025
We are looking forward to kicking off the new year with our community activities starting from the 13th of January.
Activities are now on our online booking system at https://booking.highlifehighland.com/ so please ensure that you book onto activities for this new block to guarantee your space.
Due to our senior pupils having prelims coming up then we will not have girls shinty this month, but hope we can run something following the February break
It would be great to be able to add to these activities, so if there is something you would like to see happening across the island and could support in getting it started, then please get in touch to discuss how we can help.
I look forward to seeing all our regular participants back and welcome lots of new ones too for 2025!
If you have any issues getting booked on or would like to discuss any volunteering opportunities, then please don’t hesitate to get in touch with Sarah at sarah.ross@highlifehighland.com
Sarah Ross
Active Schools Co-ordinator
High Life Highland
07841677447
01478 614810 (Portree high school) ext 240
E sarah.ross@highlifehighland.com
Mountain Warehouse Discount Code
20% off for our school community at Mountain Warehouse until June 2025.
If you would like to take advantage of this, the promo code is: CC202473. This can be used at: https://www.mountainwarehouse.com
Key Dates for Term 3
| Date | Event |
| Monday 20th January | P6 Science Skills Workshop |
| Tuesday 21st January | P7 Science Skills Workshop |
| Friday 31st February | Tbc P6 Community Cafe |
| Saturday 1st February | Soccer 7s – Portree |
| Monday 17th – Wednesday 19th February | School Closed (February Break on 17th/18th, the staff in-service on 19th) |
| Tuesday 11th March | Basketball Festival tbc. |
| Friday 21st March | Open Morning 11.30am |
| w/c 24th March | Parents’ Evenings |
| Friday 4th April | Last day of Term 3 (school re-opens Tuesday 22nd April) |
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