World Book Day 06/03/25
It was great to see so many pupils dressed up or in their PJs to mark World Book Day yesterday. Lots of fun was had throughout the day, and lots of reading was done! All pupils should have received a book and a book token. The book token can be redeemed at Carmina Gadelica who have the following available:
- 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!
Soccer 7s
The next Soccer 7s tournament will take place tomorrow (Saturday 8th March) in Portree from 11.30am onwards.
All participants have received an information letter. We are delighted with how many pupils are taking part, as we will be able to field 3 teams for the first time in the 2024/25 season.
Skye and Lochalsh Young Carers will be hosting a fund-raising café while the tournament is going on. This will be open from 10am-1pm and will be in the small kitchen in the high school reception area. Please pop in to support this café.
Portree Nursery Survey
Portree Nursery are currently assessing the need for out of school care services at the nursery, and have created a survey to gather feedback from families in order to better understand the demand for this within the community.
The nursery have asked me to share this survey with you and ask that you please spare a couple of minutes to complete it. it covers areas such preferred hours, types of activities, and cost expectations. All responses are confidential.
Survey can be accessed at this link:https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GFNM6GL
Girls Shinty
Please see message below from Sarah Ross regarding Girls Shinty:
Active Schools will be restarting girls shinty on a Wednesday evening from 5-6pm at the Fingal Centre, Portree.
These sessions will be open to any girls P2-P7, running up until the Easter holidays.
If you have any pupils who would be interested in m attending, then please pass this on.
Booking is essential, so make sure you get booked on through our online booking system at High Life Highland Activities under General Activities. You do not need to be a highlife member to get booked on, but you will need to have a pay as you go account to be able to book. If you have any issues getting booked on then please get in touch with sarah.ross@highlifehighland.com
A big thanks goes to coaches Sadie and Catherine and our Young leaders for getting this session running again.
We hope to see some new faces along this term.
Thanks
Sarah 😊
Sarah Ross
Active Schools Co-ordinator
High Life Highland
07841677447
01478 614810 (Portree high school) ext 240
E sarah.ross@highlifehighland.com
P1 & P7 Dental Screening
Pupils in P1 and P7 will have received a letter about dental screening. This will take place in school on the 27th of March.
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. Bookings open at 5pm on Monday 10th March. You may book an appointment at: https://parentsbooking.co.uk/portreeprimary
If you have any problems making a booking, then please let me know.
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.
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 |
| 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 |
| Thursday 27th March | P1 and P7 Dental Screening |
| 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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