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School News 2008-2009
Spring Term
Last updated:
Friday, May 1, 2009 10:50 AM
 On Thursday 26th March P.C Neil MacDonald Dog Handler visited the school along with his sniffer dog Buddy. Buddy is a 3 year old Spaniel who has been trained to work with the Northern Constabulary. He is used for recovering drugs.
P.C MacDonald showed us how well trained and obedient Buddy is and we all got a chance to meet and pet him.
S1 pupils with the help of auxillary staff, Celia, Cirsty and Morag Ann organised this year's Daffodil Tea in aid of MacMillan Cancer Support.  The guests were entertained by Mairi MacInnes piping and fiddle, Sean Brady pipes, Sarah Campbell piano, Mairi MacIntosh dancing, Ryan Simpson accordian, Angus MacInnes guitar and singing from primary pupils. The school are once again indebted to members of the community and parents for their support. S1's work was very much appreciated as is evident from an email received from visitors to the island who attended the tea. "We are on holiday for two weeks on North Uist and visited your school today for the MacMillan Daffodil Day, we would just like to say how much we enjoyed the afternoon and would like to compliment everyone particularly the pupils who took part in the activities. they were all very talented children and a credit to everyone. My husband would particularly like to mention the girl who played the pipes as he is TRYING to learn them himself and felt so embarrassed at her high standard of piping. Please thank your school secretary who made us feel very welcome. As a Head Teacher you must be very proud of your school."
The sum of £281.10 was collected. Moran taing!
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S2 visit to Mapland Scotland
Our sea project was brought to a conclusion on Fri 20 March with an Open Evening when around 150 parents, families and members of the community came to be entertained and to view the children's work.
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 On Wednesday 18th March, Hannah, Margaret and Stephanie served afternoon tea to a group of senior citizens, children from the nursery (with their leaders), as well as a group of nine pupils from Room 7.This event was part of an intergenerational project linking young pupils with the older generation.  A beautiful tea with home baking was enjoyed by all with pupil support from auxiliaries. The whole primary sang a selection of songs, Ryan Simpson P7 played the accordion and Mairi MacInnes S1 played the fiddle.
All visitors enjoyed a walk round corridors and into classrooms to view the work being done on the Sea project.
The nursery pupils loved visiting the two infant rooms as did their elders. The ladies also enjoyed the first class cabin in Room 7 where they looked back on fashions from long ago. The whole group also found their visit to the science lab interesting also – especially the fish tank and a Gaelic quiz.
On Tuesday 24 March, Mrs Dick took a group of pupils to Trianaid to entertain the residents with piping, singing, dancing and accordian playing.
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Paible school pupils were doing their bit for charity by sporting red noses, red hair, red t-shirts etc on Fri 13 March. The fundraising event was organised by Jessica Thomson, Sarah Macdonald, Nyree Troughton and Mairi MacInnes- all 1st year pupils. A total of £300 was raised. Well done girls!
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Paible School pupils will be taking part in World Maths Day when children from across the globe unite in their quest to set a world record in answering mental numeracy questions. Between now and the 4 March, pupils can practise at home or in school to improve their mental skills. Log on to worldmathsday.com
Paible Parent Council would like to thank all the participants who attended the family quiz night on Fri 6 Feb. Thanks to all who donated team and raffle prizes. A total of £121 was raised.
1st The Campbells - winning a meal for 4 at Lochmaddy Hotel
2nd Kayreen's Girlies winning a day's fishing courtesy of North Uist Angling Club
3rd The Dingles winning Pony Riding for 4 courtesy of Uist Community Riding School
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Primary 1-4 Celebrate the Chinese New Year
In an attempt to raise the profile/ownership of the Eco-Schools Initiative amongst staff and pupils, 8 eco-teams have been created to represent the 8 areas of Eco – Schools.
Litter, Biodiversity, Water, Energy, School Grounds Sustaining our World, Health & Wellbeing and Waste Minimisation
Pupils and staff have chosen an area which is of most interest to them and have subsequently been allocated to teams as shown on the appended grid.
Each eco – team
- takes responsibility for promoting/monitoring their own area.
- requires to appoint 2 members to represent their group on a whole school Eco – Committee.
- requires to meet each term, keep minutes and report to the Eco-Committee which has overall responsibility for the eco-schools activities.
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