Ellis and Arlo On the first day we got balloons and filled them up with water and weighed them. Then we put them in the freezer. Then we waited for a whole day and then we weighed them again. They got smaller and lighter. And then we made cooler boxes. We made them out of…
The Big School Bird Watch
Aila We were in the playground and noticed that all the bird food in the bird feeders was gone. There were no seeds left. The birds ate all the seeds. So we filled up the bird feeders. We also used fat balls. We filled up 4 bird feeders. This afternoon we didn’t see many birds….
Lights, Camel, Action – The Sequin!
written by Agnes and Freya – P7 This is the annual Eigg Christmas play. We do this every year. And this sadly is our last performance. We really can’t wait to see everyone else next year and how good they are doing without us. This year’s show was about the nativity in Strictly Come Dancing…
Pupil Council
As part of our plan to increase opportunities for Eigg primary and Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust (IEHT) to work together, the children held a pupil council at the trust office. We invited Maggie, Becca and Jen of IEHT to join us. Violet When we got to the pier, we went up the stairs to…
Our new primary 1 children
We had a great first term with our new P1 children in class 🙂 Jess I have been colouring in pictures. I have been learning about dogs and pandas. Pandas’ noses are small. I like being in class with the older children. I like sumdog. We do maths and if we get white in the…
Taekwondo on Muck
Agnes When we got to Muck, we had lunch with the school kids in their classroom. Then we played for a bit in the classroom, because it was raining. Then we went to the hall. Jess We practiced Taekwondo. What does Taekwondo mean? Agnes Taekwondo is martial arts. It means learning to defend yourself and…
Day trip to the Isle of Rum
Written by P 2 and Early Years learners On Monday, we went on the ferry to go to the Isle of Rum. When we got to Rum, we had a walk through the woods and looked at the old ruins and a grave. There was an old fisherman washed up on the beach, so they…
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…
