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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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
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The village of Gairloch on the West coast of Scotland has a beautiful beach
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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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Alasdair and Joe visit the Kilvannie Stone - photo 1
Alasdair and Joe visit the Kilvannie Stone - photo 1
The two pupils of who took the photos of the stone when they were in P6 - Alasdair Mackenzie and Joe Burr - Katie Mackenzie has now helped them with the research .
Alasdair and Joe visit the Kilvannie Stone - photo 2
Alasdair and Joe visit the Kilvannie Stone - photo 2
East face of the stone. Joe and Alasdair went to visit the famous Kilvannie Stones. They are about 100 metres away from Fodderty Primary, our old school. There is an old old story about how they came to be there.
Alasdair and Joe visit the Kilvannie Stone - photo 3
Alasdair and Joe visit the Kilvannie Stone - photo 3
East cup, The story of Kilvannie Stones. Long ago there were giants who liked to have contests. They would go up to Knockfarrel and get huge stones and throw them over the hill. But one day the weather spoilt people's sport, and when the foot holds were slippery the stones, instead of clearing the valley, landed deep in the hollow. The big grooves in the stone are the giants' finger and thumb marks which are still there this day.
Alasdair and Joe visit the Kilvannie Stone - photo 4
Alasdair and Joe visit the Kilvannie Stone - photo 4
West face of the stone. One of the giants had killed all the local wives and children was beheaded. All the other giants went into the cave at Munlochy called Craig Howe and fell asleep.
Alasdair and Joe visit the Kilvannie Stone - photo 5
Alasdair and Joe visit the Kilvannie Stone - photo 5
West cup. Centuries passed. Then one day a shepherd chanced on the cave and went inside and saw before him the giants and their hounds stretched out sleeping. Above the door there was a hunting horn which he took down and put to his lips. As he blew he noticed that the giant's eyes were now open but they did not move. He blew again and the giant sat straight up. Unnerved, the shepherd fled and the giants shouted 'Wretch , you have left us worse than you found us!' And that is the story of Kilvannie Stones.
Mosaic Day
Mosaic Day
WHEN Age Concern worker Linda Odd helped organise an arts session during Older People's Week in the Strathpeffer Community Centre last October, four mosaic panels representing "The Seasons" were produced by older people who worked with pupils from Primary 7 of Strathpeffer School. The plan was to exhibit the panels on the walls in the Community Centre, but as yet the panels which measure two feet by one, remain hidden from view. "We are still looking for someone to frame the four panels," explained Linda. Extract and picture from 'The Highland News'
Mosaic Day - photo 1
Mosaic Day - photo 1
During older people's week in the community centre, P7 helped to create mosaics.
Mosaic Day - photo 2
Mosaic Day - photo 2
Fraser MacArthur , Mark Wallis and Alasdair MacKenzie helped the ladies with the summer mosaic.
Mosaic Day - photo 3
Mosaic Day - photo 3
Two ladies enjoying the activity.
Mosaic Day - photo 4
Mosaic Day - photo 4
The summer panel under way.
Mosaic Day - photo 5
Mosaic Day - photo 5
Anna, Leanna(with jug) and Mrs Fraser who lives in Fodderty.
Mosaic Day - photo 6
Mosaic Day - photo 6
Emma White, Jason Manson, Emily Gray, Mathew Sharples and Cara Belli.
Mosaic Day - photo 7
Mosaic Day - photo 7
Mathew Sharples, Cara Belli help three of the ladies with the spring panel.
Mosaic Day - photo 8
Mosaic Day - photo 8
S for September
S for September
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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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Katie and Jason, P7, with Councillor Paterson
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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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