Our visit to the orchard

Arlo When we arrived at the orchard we gathered by the shed and we spoke about safety. We had to make sure that we don’t fall into the brambles. There was a specific path to the school trees. We turn right at the shed. We learned all the names of the different trees. There was…

Exploring Wildlife in the field with Norah and Erika!

Norah, Erika and the volunteers came to school and we looked at pictures of what we might see in the field. When then left school and walked across to the field. We first of all wrote down all the wildlife we spotted. We found lots of wildflowers for example bog cotton, milk warts, tormentil and…

Small Isles Week in Mallaig

We went over from Eigg to Mallaig on the Calmac and had dinner on the boat. When we arrived we walked up to the Mission Bunkhouse and met all the other children. It was nice to see everyone. We then went swimming and practised our front crawl. Then we went back to the bunkhouse and…

Mini Small Isles Week in Muck

We went on the Calmac to Muck and walked up to the school and met the Muck children. We then sorted out our bags and found our tents. I was sharing with Oran and Alex. We then went to the farm to see the pet lambs. I enjoyed seeing them. We then went down to…

Our Amazing School Trip to Nethybridge

We started our trip at the pier and got the ferry to Mallaig. We mostly stayed in the lounge area and played puppet and dobble games. When we got to Mallaig there was a minibus there waiting for us. We then all went onto the minibus and it was a really nice bus! Cosy! Some…

Growing flowers, fruit and vegetables

At the start we all decided to grow something different. I picked beetroot. I like it most in vinegar. I also planted rhubarb and I LOOOOOOOOVE rhubarb! Also planted sweetcorn. It was a nice sunny day for planting. I also helped digging out the lemon tree and Violet, Freya and Agnes planted lots of flowers…

Planting trees at the Tree Nursery!

On the 3rd of March we all walked to the forestry from the school to see Tasha and she met us at the gate with Coby (her dog). Last year we planted some hazel trees and when we came back this year we found that some of the trees that we planted had grown. We…

The Big Garden Birdwatch

Norah, the ranger, came into school to talk to us about the big garden birdwatch which is happening on the 16th February. She first of all showed us a couple of bird books and spoke about birds that you can find on Eigg and what they eat. She brought three bird feeders to the school…