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Football & Netball Tournament: We were so lucky with the weather. After a week of showers, we enjoyed a rain free tournament and the sun shone for most of the day. A huge well done to all our players, the coaches, and the parents who worked tirelessly to make this event a success and raise increasingly important funds for the benefit of all the pupils at Craigievar School.
Welcome to our new P1 pupils: We held the first of our transition visits and it was lovely to meet all the children who will join us in P1 in August. It is the largest intake we have had for a while, with 14 youngsters joining our fantastic little school.
First Aid Workshop: Another great workshop from the Red Cross, this time focussing on First Aid. We learnt how to put someone into the recovery position and how to perform CPR.

Pupil Groups: New pupil groups have been set up with all pupils being in one of three groups - Eco, Pupil Voice, or Community. The Eco Group are working towards getting another Green Flag, the Community Group are looking at ideas to have links with the community and are planning a community cafe, and the Pupil Voice are discussing things like renewing toys in the playground, how to celebrate birthdays, and coming up with ways in which to fund these options.
Rights Respecting Schools: We have achieived our Bronze award and are now busy working towards getting the Silver one too.
Whole school trip to Burn O'Vat: We had a fantastic visit to Burn O'Vat. We learnt all about how the Vat was formed, and also studied some of the flora and fauna that can be found in the area.

Rotary Quiz: Well done to our team who finished in 5th place out of 12 teams. A great result!
World Book Day: pupils came to school wearing some great costumes, and we had a fun day of reading and other activities linked to World Book Day.
Planters: We have some lovely new planters in the school car park which have been filled with plants and bulbs and it is a lovely welcome to the school.
School Logo: Our logo has turned pink like Craigievar Castle, and we love it!

February 2026:

Welcome Ms Wallace: We have welcomed our new Head Teacher, Ms Wallace, to Craigievar School. Ms Wallace is looking forward to becoming a part of our fantastic school.
Goodbye Mrs McBride: On 5th February we said goodbye to our Head Teacher, Mrs McBride. We wish her all the best for the future and hope that she will pop in and visit us soon.

P7 Residential Trip: Our P7 pupils had a great time on their residential ski trip, along with pupils from other small schools in the Alford catchment area. The weather was challenging at times, but they still managed to get some super days on the ski slopes, with lots of snow!
Happy New Year! What a start to the new year, with lots and lots of snow, and school closures across Aberdeenshire. Hopefully we will see everyone soon.

School Show: This year we put on a whole school show, 'The Night Before Christmas', at Craigievar Hall. The pupils performed brilliantly and with such confidence. The singing was excellent, and they delivered their lines like professionals!
Christmas Jumper Day and Christmas Lunch: Everyone looked very festive in their Christmas Jumpers, and we all enjoyed a very tasty Christmas Lunch. The Christmas Crackers were great fun as always.

Cinema Trip: The whole school had an enjoyable trip to Huntly to go to the cinema to watch Dog Man.

Halloween Crafts: Thank you to the PTA for organising a Halloween Craft afternoon. The spooky decorations will be used to decorate Cushnie Hall for the school halloween party.
Writing Improvement Priority: A couple of our older pupils enjoyed a trip to Echt School where, together with pupils from Echt, they observed teaching and learning in writing and chatted to other pupils to find ways to improve our writing.
Rotary Shoe Boxes: Well done to all our pupils who filled a shoe box for the Rotary Shoebox Appeal. We filled 15 boxes, all of which will go to children in East European Countries.
Zoolab Workshop: A treat for the pupils in P1-4! We learnt about the Rainforest and met some of the animals that live in that environment, including Seamus the Giant Snail, Ron the Millipede, Luna the Tarantula, and Flitwick the Stick Insect.

P7s 'Getting to know you' session: Our P7 pupils had a fun afternoon doing team building games in the grounds of the Forbes estate near Keig school. They were joined by other P7s from Dunecht, Echt, Keig, and Tough Schools
Forest School: Both classes enjoyed an afternoon of Forest School. The weather was lovely, and the children enjoyed building dens, making swings, bug hunting, identifying insects, being creative with clay, and cooking popcorn over the firepit
Curriculum Event: Parents came in to school to find out more about the learning and teaching in each class.

Start of Term 1: It's great to see everyone back at school after the summer holidays, and we welcomed four new Primary 1 pupils to Craigievar School.

Trip to Craigievar Castle: We had a fantastic last day of term with a trip to Craigievar Castle for some ranger activities and a tour of the castle itself. Many thanks to all our parent helpers, our super tour guide, and our ranger Ewan for making this a memorable day. The weather improved during the morning and some of our pupils opted to walk back to school which was very enjoyable.
End of Year Assembly: This is a special assembly to award all our cups and trophies to our winners, and to say farewell to our Primary 7 pupils. A lovely movie of the school year reminded us of all that we have squeezed in to a busy 40 weeks of term.
Fun Day: To reward the children for all their hard work over the year they were treated to a bouncy castle and obstacle course set up in the playground, as well as a visit from the ice cream van. Many thanks to the PTA for helping fund this event.

Forest School: The sun shone for the last of our forest school sessions this term. It is lovely to see how the children's skills have developed over the course of the year.
Sports Day: Well done to all our pupils who showed great team work in the house events, and then determination and sportsmanship in the individual events. We always look forward to the tug-of-war!
Water Fight: A much looked forward to event by the pupils (not so much the staff!). P7s and House Captains teamed up against the teachers, resulting in everyone getting soaked. Great fun was had by all!
Inter-house Football & Netball Tournaments: There was great competition from our house teams, with staff joining in with the netball tournament. Well done to the Wildcats who won both the Football and Netball Cups.
P7 Link Week at Alford Academy: Our 5 P7s enjoyed their week at the academy, where they followed their timetable for next year, met their teachers, and made lots of new friends.

River Dee Trust: A big thank you to the River Dee Trust for a couple of super visits for our pupils. The P1-3 class had a lesson in the playground learning about rivers, the wildlife that lives in and around them, camouflage, and predators & prey. They also studied a selection of freshwater invertebrates and tried to identify them. The P4-7s has a visit to the River Don at Haughton Park and learnt about salmon and freshwater pearl musses, with the highlight being going in to the river to see what they could find in the shallows.
Football & Netball Tournaments: It is a busy time of year with the football and netball tournaments. Our own tournament, organised by the PTA, took place in May and was a great success. A big thank you to all our parent helpers, our football and netball coaches, and of course all the players. Over £1,700 was raised!

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