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

Click on photo album to view thumbnails and then click thumbnail to see the full size images 
Close Album
Go back to the top of the page

February

Ballet - photo 2

Ballet

Shinty - photo 1

Shinty

Click on photo album to view thumbnails and then click thumbnail to see the full size images 
Close Album
Go back to the top of the page

March

Talent Show - Photo 6

Talent Show

Tour of School - photo 1

Tour of School

Click on photo album to view thumbnails and then click thumbnail to see the full size images 
Close Album
Go back to the top of the page

April

Feis Rois - photo 03

Fèis Rios

Endangered Species - photo 1

Endangered Species

Click on photo album to view thumbnails and then click thumbnail to see the full size images 
Close Album
Go back to the top of the page

May

Visit to Glasgow - photo 02

Visit To Glasgow

Our village - photo 5

Our Village

Click on photo album to view thumbnails and then click thumbnail to see the full size images 
Close Album
Go back to the top of the page

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

Click on photo album to view thumbnails and then click thumbnail to see the full size images 
Close Album
Go back to the top of the page

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

Click on photo album to view thumbnails and then click thumbnail to see the full size images 
Strathpeffer » Strathpeffer Social » Strathpeffer Primary School » Strathpeffer Primary July

Strathpeffer Primary July

It's July! It's happy holiday time! 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 below are some of the places where we went on holiday
Slideshow
View 9 photos
The village of Gairloch on the West coast of Scotland has a beautiful beach
Close Album
Go back to the top of the page

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

Click on photo album to view thumbnails and then click thumbnail to see the full size images 
Strathpeffer » Strathpeffer Social » Strathpeffer Primary School » Strathpeffer Primary August
A for August
A for August
New School Building
New School Building
The list opposite are the people who were involved in building the school. We would like to thank them for doing such a good job. Please see this list in the web page about the school.
Our first day in our New School
Our first day in our New School
This is everybody on the first day in our new school with Mr Warwick, the school chaplain, blessing the school.
Photographs of our new school being built - others photo 1
Photographs of our new school being built - others photo 1
The school accommodation is to the west of the site, with the community facilities to the east and the shared-use hall between. There are separate enclosed play areas for both nursery and playgroup children.
Photographs of our new school being built - others photo 2
Photographs of our new school being built - others photo 2
Accommodation: School - seven classrooms, nursery classroom, two resource areas, learning support room, library, general purpose room, staff accommodation, main hall, kitchen, toilets.
Photographs of our new school being built - others photo 3
Photographs of our new school being built - others photo 3
The roof tower feature conducts sunlight into the school to enliven the circulation area.
Photographs of our new school being built - others photo 4
Photographs of our new school being built - others photo 4
The front elevation faces south with the classroom wing running from north to south. This layout maximises the benefits of natural light.
Photographs of our new school being built - others photo 5
Photographs of our new school being built - others photo 5
The new school was built to provide a new primary school in Strathpeffer to replace village schools at Fodderty and Contin.
Photographs of our new school being built - others photo 6
Photographs of our new school being built - others photo 6
Also, to provide accommodation for community activities taking into consideration all age groups and abilities.
Photographs of our new school being built - others photo 7
Photographs of our new school being built - others photo 7
Community Centre - committee room, community room, activity room, community officer's room, kitchen, fitness room, showers, toilets.
Photographs of our new school being built - others photo 8
Photographs of our new school being built - others photo 8
The building was designed as a single-storey structure to limit the visual impact on the village of Strathpeffer. The materials used were carefully selected to blend in with the neighbouring conservation area. External finishes have been designed to be low-maintenance.
Photographs of our new school being built - others photo 9
Photographs of our new school being built - others photo 9
Photographs of our new school being built - pupil photo 1
Photographs of our new school being built - pupil photo 1
Pupils took the first eight of the photographs and parents and friends the others. Most of the information in the captions was taken from the special booklet printed for the Formal Opening Day on Friday 1st December 2000.
Photographs of our new school being built - pupil photo 2
Photographs of our new school being built - pupil photo 2
The building is of timber framed construction ,finished with traditional slate roofs and roughcast walls
Photographs of our new school being built - pupil photo 3
Photographs of our new school being built - pupil photo 3
It is a balance of old and new with proportions and form reflective of tradition, but with some contemporary materials and detailing. This is a picture of the timber roof being worked on.
Photographs of our new school being built - pupil photo 4
Photographs of our new school being built - pupil photo 4
The school accommodation is to the west of the site, with the community facilities to the east and the shared-use hall between. There are separate enclosed play areas for both nursery and playgroup children. This shows the remains of our play park and the start of the new school being built.
Photographs of our new school being built - pupil photo 5
Photographs of our new school being built - pupil photo 5
The school accommodation is to the west of the site, with the community facilities to the east and the shared-use hall between. There are separate enclosed play areas for both nursery and playgroup children. This is the brand new library under construction.
Photographs of our new school being built - pupil photo 6
Photographs of our new school being built - pupil photo 6
Ron Edwards - the site agent
Photographs of our new school being built - pupil photo 7
Photographs of our new school being built - pupil photo 7
The plans on the wall in the site agent's hut
Photographs of our new school being built - pupil photo 8
Photographs of our new school being built - pupil photo 8
The Main Contractor was McGregor Construction ( Highlands ) Ltd.
Close Album
Go back to the top of the page

September

Mosaic Day - photo 1

Mosaic Day

Alasdair and Joe visit the Kilvannie Stone - photo 2

Alasdair and Joe visit the Kilvannie Stone

Click on photo album to view thumbnails and then click thumbnail to see the full size images 
Close Album
Go back to the top of the page

October

In the New Gym - photo 1

In the New Gym

The Travelling Puppet Show - photo 2

The Travelling Puppet Show

Click on photo album to view thumbnails and then click thumbnail to see the full size images 
Close Album
Go back to the top of the page

November

Invergordon Visit - photo 2

Invergordon visit

Invergordon Visit - photo 4

Invergordon Visit

Click on photo album to view thumbnails and then click thumbnail to see the full size images 
Close Album
Go back to the top of the page

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

Click on photo album to view thumbnails and then click thumbnail to see the full size images 
Strathpeffer » Strathpeffer Social » Strathpeffer Primary School » Strathpeffer Primary December

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.
Slideshow
View 12 photos
Katie and Jason, P7, with Councillor Paterson
Close Album
Go back to the top of the page

View all the photos

Click on photo album to view thumbnails and then click thumbnail to see the full size images 
Strathpeffer » Strathpeffer Social » Strathpeffer Primary School

Strathpeffer Primary School

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.
Slideshow
View 1 album and 7 photos
long_mural_1.jpeg
Close Album
Go back to the top of the page

Please submit your comment

Do you have any more information about any of the content on this page.

Your comments are always welcome:

Close Popup