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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This is the Alhambra Palace in Granada,in Spain.
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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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Burns Night Celebrations - photo 1
Burns Night Celebrations - photo 1
Like Scots all over the world, we held our Burns Supper on January 25th. This was a special occasion as it was the last school supper to be held in the Acterneed Halle.
Burns Night Celebrations - photo 2
Burns Night Celebrations - photo 2
We all enjoyed the traditional meal of haggis, tatties and neeps (burgers for those who preferred them) followed by ice cream and fruit; and finally oatcakes and cheese.
Burns Night Celebrations - photo 3
Burns Night Celebrations - photo 3
The parents and friends were entertained by classes 6 & 7. The children sang songs, recited poems and played violins and chanters.
Burns Night Celebrations - photo 4
Burns Night Celebrations - photo 4
The bonny lasses sang the ever popular "My Heart's in the Highlands" and "Comin' thro' the Rye"
Burns Night Celebrations - photo 5
Burns Night Celebrations - photo 5
Primary Seven took the stage to sing " Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doone"
Burns Night Celebrations - photo 6
Burns Night Celebrations - photo 6
All the boys sang one of the world's most romantic love songs "Ae Fond Kiss"
Burns Night Celebrations - photo 7
Burns Night Celebrations - photo 7
At rehearsals in the school, Amy, Ewan and Gordon worked hard to perfect their rendition of the famous poem "Tam O' Shanter"
Burns Night Celebrations - photo 8
Burns Night Celebrations - photo 8
Megan, Leanna, Cara and Lara practised hard to be word perfect for the big night.
J for January
J for January
Millennium Celebrations - photo 1
Millennium Celebrations - photo 1
The opening night at the Dome on New Year's Eve. Attended by the Queen and the Prime Minister
Millennium Celebrations - photo 2
Millennium Celebrations - photo 2
An estimated 90,000 people gathered in Belfast city centre to celebrate. Double the number expected.
Millennium Celebrations - photo 3
Millennium Celebrations - photo 3
Marking the start of a whole new year of events, Cardiff's First 'Calennig' festival was one of the biggest events staged in the city.
Millennium Celebrations - photo 4
Millennium Celebrations - photo 4
The Edinburgh Hogmanay was a great success with around 200,000 people celebrating on New Year's Eve.
Millennium Celebrations - photo 5
Millennium Celebrations - photo 5
Fireworks show on the Thames
Millennium Celebrations - photo 6
Millennium Celebrations - photo 6
This is a photo of some children at the early millennium celebration. Where some Hymns were sang and a special Millennium Prayer was said. The Flame torches and glowing headbands shown were sold in the square.
Millennium Celebrations - photo 7
Millennium Celebrations - photo 7
This is a picture of someone's beautiful home made New Year's cake.
Millennium Celebrations - photo 8
Millennium Celebrations - photo 8
In this new year party you can see the Murray family, the Urquhart family and the Macaulay family enjoying the new year.
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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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