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…
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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…
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…
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