Sporting Success – Shinty
Huge congratulations to everyone who took part in recent shinty tournaments including the P5 & under team, and the girls team. All who participated represented the school in an exemplary way. I have had numerous comments from spectators about how well our teams did, both in terms of performance and attitude. Our P5 & under team finished as runners-up – this was a fantastic achievement which we are all very proud of. Well done!
World Book Day 06/03/25
World Book Day takes place on Thursday 6th March. To mark the day, we are encouraging pupils to come to school dressed either as their favourite character from a book, or in their pyjamas. We will be encouraging reading throughout the day, and will also be holding a school-wide ‘big read’ event.
I have spoken to local bookshop Carmina Gadelica who have advised that they have stock of some titles for World Book Day. Pupils will receive a book token which they can redeem for a book in the shop. The titles available are:
- Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s The Wolf Trials
- Pokémon: The Epic Pocket Guide
- Julia Donaldson’s and Axel Scheffler’s Who’s in Acorn Wood?
- The Adventures of Paddington: Farm Escape!
In addition, Highland Bookshop in Fort William have supplied every pupil in the school with one of the World Book Day titles. We will distribute these to children next week.
Parents’ Evening
We will have our next parents’ evening on Tuesday 25th and Wednesday 26th March. We will again be using our online booking system to allow you to choose a convenient day and time. Details of how to access this will follow shortly.
Primary 5 parents please note that due to an unavoidable calendar clash, your parents evening will take place on a different day – Thursday 20th March. My apologies if this causes inconvenience to families with children in other clashes.
Open Morning Change of Date/time
Please note a change of date for our Open Morning in March. We had originally scheduled this to take place on Friday 21st March, however due to a clash with our planned Red Nose Day activities that day, we will have to change this. Instead, we will have an Open Afternoon on Wednesday 19th March at 2.30pm. Parents may take their child home slightly early after this if they wish, please just inform the teacher that you are doing so.
Soccer 7s
The next Soccer 7s tournament will take place on Saturday 8th March in Portree. Permission slips were issued to interested pupils on Wednesday this week and must either be returned or completed online by Tuesday 4th March. Online permission slips can be accessed at: https://forms.office.com/e/Q0y1nXZjqN
Gaelic Survey
Please see survey at the following link regarding attitudes towards Gaelic in education: https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/uhi/parent-questionnaire-24-phs-duplicate
This survey will support PHD research undertaken by Sheena Amos, who has recently been visiting schools in the area to gather information on pupil attitudes to Gaelic.
For Attention of P6 and P7 Parents – Free School Meals
Please see letter attached to this email regarding free school meals. “The Scottish Government have advised that from February universal free school meal provision applies to Primary 6 and Primary 7 pupils whose parents are in receipt of the Scottish Child Payment.”
School Uniform Offer
One of our school uniform providers Andrew Hyde, currently have 10% off across their website: https://ahyde.co.uk/collections/portree-primary.
Use code: AHUNIFORM10 at checkout.
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 3rd March | P6 Basketball Training at PHS – 11.40am. |
| Thursday 6th March | World Book Day. Pupils may come dressed as favourite character from a book or in their pyjamas. |
| Tuesday 11th March | Basketball Festival P7 – 10.30am-2.30pm |
| Wednesday 19th March | Balfour Beatty ‘Big School Visit’ – Engineering sessions for P5 |
| Wednesday 19th March | Parent Open Afternoon 2.30pm |
| Friday 21st March | Red Nose Day |
| Tuesday 25th March and Wednesday 26th March | Parents’ Evenings P1, P2, P3, P4, P6, P7 |
| Tuesday 25th March | Basketball Festival P6 – 10.30am-2.30pm |
| Monday 31st March | P1 and P2/3 School Trip to Armadale (tbc) |
| Tuesday 1st April | P6 School Trip to Culloden (tbc) |
| Wednesday 2nd April | P3/4 and P5 School Trip to North Skye (tbc) |
| Friday 4th April | Last day of Term 3 (school re-opens Tuesday 22nd April) |
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