The geology of Eigg

Written by our two P 6 Learners Angus Miller visited us to help us learn a bit more about rocks. He is a very good geologist and he studies fossils and rocks. He gave us a big rock and some magnifying glasses to look at the rock. In the rock we saw lots of fossilised…

Pheasantry visit with Eigg Guiding Co

All the children from Eigg primary and nursery had a great bushcraft session with Kat and Jon of Eigg Guiding Co this week. About 20 children from Arisaig primary came to join them. This gave the Eigg children a great opportunity to develop friendships and links with children on the mainland. Early Years Learner That’s…

Run Club

This Monday we started our weekly after school run club with Katrin and Mr. MacInnes. It was a great success and enjoyed by all. Violet We did a few exercises in the playground to warm up. We did silly walks, for example we put legs backwards and legs forwards. We also did running around to…

Summer term Muck visits

During summer term, the children of Eigg primary travel to Muck every Wednesday to spend some time with their friends at Muck primary. Freya We went on the Sheerwater. We saw lots of seals when we got to Muck. When they saw us, they popped into the water. You could hear splash, splash, splash. When…

Visit to the tree nursery

Ness: We planted tiny tiny tiny trees. Colm: They are called saplings. Ness: We needed to get a little tree from the pot. You make a little hole with your dabber and then you put a little tree in it and then you get some muck and then you fill the hole. Colm: Then you…

The Manse wood tree trip

Agnes We went to the Manse Wood. We met up with Tasha, Ms Hollands, Kitty, Babette, Ms McGilp, and Coby the dog. He is so cute. We went into the woods and were looking for poles with red ribbons on. When we found one we got a spade, a hammer, a guard, a plant and…

Our new classroom

P4 learner The new classroom is really fun and as soon as we got there we were exploring it for ages. There is this really big new lovely tent. It’s for calming time. The desks have changed and everybody can see the screen much better. I really like how everything is sorted, like the teacher’s…

Guide dog visit

Colm (P4) We had just had break and when we came in there was someone that had a dog with a harness on that was red and yellow. The dog had a harness because it means it was a guide dog. If there is a blind person the dog helps them know where stuff is….

International Women’s Day

Arlo (P3) On International Women’s Day we drank hot chocolate in the assembly. The suffragettes did a petition for women’s rights. Women couldn’t do jobs and couldn’t vote in elections. The suffragettes started a long time ago, in 1903. My great-grandpa was born in 1930. We also talked about the women we appreciated the most….

Pruning our fruit trees in March

Freya (P6) We went to the orchard at the start of the day. We got into pairs and walked down to the trees. We had a look at the damage the rabbits did. They took the bark off the apple trees. It was really cool because Laura told us that the plum trees have some…