On Friday 29th January the Pupil Council talked about how important school uniform is.  School uniform is important because you are easy to recognise when you are out of the school on trips.  People won’t be bullied for not wearing the latest fashion.  School uniform is just a white polo shirt, a Tarradale school sweatshirt and you can wear any trousers (except jeans) or skirts you want.

Please wear your school uniform.

Pupil Council

Please follow the link from the Curriculum for Excellence page to access newsletters from Highland Council regarding Curriculum for Excellence.  The first newsletter gives a general overview of CfE and progress in Highland schools; the second newsletter is on Literacy.

Please visit the Friends of Tarradale page for a copy of the Treasurer’s report.

On Friday 29th January, Tony Mainwood from the Highland Butterfly Conservation Group came to talk to the Gardening Group and interested P6 and P7 pupils.

He told us about butterflies found in the Highlands and gave us top tips about what plants would attract butterflies at different times of the year. 

Alice thought it was very informative and Emily asked why moths were attracted to light bulbs. 

Did you know that butterfly wings are made of tiny scales and there are 20 scales to 1mm.  The biggest butterfly is called the Queen Alexandra Birdwing and has a 30cm wingspan.  It’s found in the rainforest and not in Muir of Ord!

Many thanks to Tony and here’s to a garden of butterflies.

Please see Friends of Tarradale page for minutes from last FOT meeting on 21st January.

Last Tuesday and Wednesday pupils from the school and nursery donated their tuck money towards the Haiti Appeal and managed to raise £213.08.  Well done to all who contributed. 

On Friday 15th January the whole school thoroughly enjoyed a panto performance of Dick  Whittington by M&M Productions.  What did you think of the performance?

In the last week of term, P4 enjoyed a trip to the distillery in Muir of Ord.  The trip was organised by the pupils as part of their Scotland project and Food Festival.  This allowed pupils to learn about one local industry.

Happy New Year and welcome back to all our readers!  Please keep visiting for updates on what we’re up to here at Trradale Primary!

Working with Feis Rois, P5/6 created their own Song of Europe as part of their topic.  What do you think of their song?

P4 have been working with puppets in drama with Mrs Marden this term.  They have also been learning about the Brahan Seer.  Last week they put on a performance for P5 and P5/6.  Well done to all those who took part.  Everyone agreed that this was the best performance.

Untitled from C McC on Vimeo.

  On Tuesday 1st December all our P5s went to Dingwall Leisure Centre to take part in a dodgeball tournamet with lots of other P5s from across Ross-shire.

‘It was very fun and I hope we’ll get to do it again.!  Adam

‘It was very good and I loved every minute of it.’  Alice

‘It was amazing and I enjoyed every minute of it.’  Emily

‘I was so happywhen Dawn said my team came third.’ Robbie

Congratulations to everyone involved in the P6/7 and P7 enterprise event – Homecoming Scotland.  The fantastic sum of £288 was raised! 

Please continue to visit the blog for more vieo clips o the live performance!

Emma D P7