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…

Swimming trip

Ellis: When we arrived in Mallaig, we first went to see the place where we were staying. All the school children were staying at the Mission hostel. Jess: I was staying with my granny. Ellis: First we went in the living room and then Mr Merrick showed us the rooms. Then we went to the…

Police officer visiting Eigg primary

Police Constable Martin visited us at Eigg primary school. At first we talked about lots of stuff in the classroom. We told him about things on the Isle of Eigg, like the Sgurr. Then Mr. Merrick got arrested and he got put in the time out corner. At first Mr. Martin didn’t know where the…

The Big Garden Bird Watch

Norah from the Scottish Wildlife Trust came to Eigg primary school to do the Big Garden Bird Watch. Because it is harder to hunt when it is so wet, birds need lots of food. This is why we made bird food from peanut butter and seeds. We made bird feeders out of pine cones. We…

Visit by Lynette the storyteller

Ross (nursery) The storyteller was wearing an orange coat for when it was raining and snowing. She flew here with her broomstick. She maybe lived in the sky and had lots of owl friends. She used to live in America. There was a story about an old man and he had a broomstick and he…

Santa Dash at the Christmas Fair

Oran I liked the running at the Santa Dash. It made me feel good. We went from the hall down to the pier, then back up past Tadhgan and Freya’s house and back to the hall. I found it quite short, it took about 2 seconds. I started off on my bike and my chain…