A Year In The Life Of Strathpeffer Primary School

Attribution: unknown (The ruin of Free Church in Jamestown)

What's it all about?

This year 2000, we have been taking photographs of what is happening in our school. We also have pictures of interesting places we visited. We stored this information in a computer. Now we have put our pictures and reports on this Web Site for anyone to read. We would like to hear from other schools in the world.

What we did in January
What we did in February
What we did in March
What we did in April
What we did in May
What we did in June
What we did in July
What we did in August
What we did in September


What we did in October
What we did in November
What we did in December

January

Burns Night Celebrations - photo 3

Burns Night Celebrations

Millennium Celebrations - photo 7

Millenium Celebrations

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February

Ballet - photo 2

Ballet

Shinty - photo 1

Shinty

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March

Talent Show - Photo 6

Talent Show

Tour of School - photo 1

Tour of School

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April

Feis Rois - photo 03

Fèis Rios

Endangered Species - photo 1

Endangered Species

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May

Visit to Glasgow - photo 02

Visit To Glasgow

Our village - photo 5

Our Village

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June

The Cybernet Team - photo 1

The Cybernet Team

Visit to Culloden - photo 1

Visit To Culloden

Induction at Dingwall Academy - photo 2

Induction at Dingwall Academy

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It's July! It's happy holiday time!

This is the Giant's Causeway in Ireland.It is a World Heritage Site.

The Giants Causeway

The village of Gairloch on the West coast of Scotland has a beautiful beach

Gairloch Beach

The 28th of June was the last day …….We said good-bye to many of our friends until the school holidays were over.

The images are some of the places where we went on holiday

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Chalet
Chalet
Chalet which was located just below the summit of Knockfarrel and was a popular venue for holidaymakers in Strathpeffer who didn't mind the climb for the reward of a strawberry tea!
Entrance hall of the pump room, now demolished
Entrance hall of the pump room, now demolished
Munro's Posting Establishment - Motor Garage
Munro's Posting Establishment - Motor Garage
Castle Leod Well, Lady Cromartie's Well
Castle Leod Well, Lady Cromartie's Well
Castle Leod Well, Lady Cromartie's Well, later 'The Shieling' now (1999) 'Busy Fingers The shop to the right was later on a shoemaker's and it was also where the first TV set in the Strath was.
Square - 14 February 1906
Square - 14 February 1906
Nurse & patient - electric treatment
Nurse & patient - electric treatment
Interior of the pump room
Interior of the pump room
Unknown old lady and the district nurse - cottage near Kinellan
Unknown old lady and the district nurse - cottage near Kinellan
St. Anne's Episcopal Church (T. Wellwood Maxwell)
St. Anne's Episcopal Church (T. Wellwood Maxwell)
Interior of St. Anne's Episcopal Church - In former times the pulpit was wooden.
Interior of St. Anne's Episcopal Church - In former times the pulpit was wooden.
Spa electrical apparatus
Spa electrical apparatus
Nurse - patient in bath
Nurse - patient in bath
T. Wellwood Maxwell's home - Crancil Brae
T. Wellwood Maxwell's home - Crancil Brae
T. Wellwood Maxwell, family and dog
T. Wellwood Maxwell, family and dog
T Wellwood Maxwell was a local pharmacist and enthusiastic photographer.
Tennis Party
Tennis Party
T. Wellwood Maxwell
T. Wellwood Maxwell
T Wellwood Maxwell was a local pharmacist and enthusiastic photographer.
Arty Shaw's orchestra
Arty Shaw's orchestra
Masonic Procession
Masonic Procession
Pump room (2) - 15th July 1903
Pump room (2) - 15th July 1903
Pump Room (1) 15th July 1903
Pump Room (1) 15th July 1903
Strathpeffer Spa Pavillion ca. 1936
Strathpeffer Spa Pavillion ca. 1936
Strathpeffer Spa Pavillion ca. 1936 - photograph probably taken from the clocktower or the top of the bathhouse.
Boxer and trophies - probably Willie Ogilvie
Boxer and trophies - probably Willie Ogilvie
Herd & Massey playing at Strath Sept 12 1907
Herd & Massey playing at Strath Sept 12 1907
Herd & Massey playing at Strath Sept 12 1907 - Herd driving Photo Urquhart, Dingwall
Pony and carriage at the back of the Spa Hotel
Pony and carriage at the back of the Spa Hotel
Ben Wyvis from Strathpeffer c. 1887
Ben Wyvis from Strathpeffer c. 1887
Dining room
Dining room
Spa pavillion 1890
Spa pavillion 1890
Chalet
Chalet
Chalet which was located just below the summit of Knockfarrel and was a popular venue for holidaymakers in Strathpeffer who didn't mind the climb for the reward of a strawberry tea!
Chalet
Chalet
Chalet which was located just below the summit of Knockfarrel and was a popular venue for holidaymakers in Strathpeffer who didn't mind the climb for the reward of a strawberry tea!
Piper
Piper
Piper ( photo T. Wellwood Maxwell) - A Mr. Ivemy, dressed up for this picture; apparently he neither wore the kilt nor played the pipes.
Strath Games 1925 - Dancers
Strath Games 1925 - Dancers
Strath Games 1925
Strath Games 1925
Strath Games 1925 - 'Bodachs' (Gaelic: old men) 3rd left: Sir Hector Munro of Foulis
Mile race - Strath Games 1925
Mile race - Strath Games 1925
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August - This was back to school month.

Our first day in our New School

First Day In Our New School

Photographs of our new school being built - pupil photo 1

Our New School Being Built

Director of Education

Bruce Robertson

Education Brief

Jim Stevenson

Education Resource Manager

Brian Hemming

Director of Property and Architectural Services

Dr Alister Coutts

Head of Project Management

Rodger Querns

Project Manager

Robert Campbell

Head of Architecture

James Kidd

Principal Architect / Planning Supervisor

Douglas Stewart

Project Architect

Ian Leitch

Strathpeffer Community Association Advisors

Margaret Scott, Douglas Murray

Landscape Architect

Martin Capel

Architectural Technicians

David Sutherland, Mike Wunder

Clerk of Works

John Thompson

Building Services Engineers

Ramsay & Primrose

Quantity Surveyors

Currie & Brown

Structural Engineers

W A Fairhurst & Partners

Main Contractor

McGregor Construction

Building Credits

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September

Mosaic Day - photo 1

Mosaic Day

Alasdair and Joe visit the Kilvannie Stone - photo 2

Alasdair and Joe visit the Kilvannie Stone

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October

In the New Gym - photo 1

In the New Gym

The Travelling Puppet Show - photo 2

The Travelling Puppet Show

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November

Invergordon Visit - photo 2

Invergordon visit

Invergordon Visit - photo 4

Invergordon Visit

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December

A picture of all the pupils and staff of Strathpeffer Primary School

The opening of our new school on 1st December 2000

The Xmas Party - photo 4

The Xmas Party

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Strathpeffer Primary December

The opening of our new school on 1st December 2000 and the Xmas Party. NOTE: these photos are covered in more detail in the photograph album " Strathpeffer New School" on the Social page.
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This year 2000, we have been taking photographs of what is happening in our school. We also have pictures of interesting places we visited. We stored this information in a computer. Now we have put our pictures and reports on this Web Site for anyone to read. We would like to hear from other schools in the world.
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