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April 2025:

• Egg Challenge and Easter Egg Hunt: The whole school were put in to groups for the afternoon with each group being given a hard-boiled egg.  They had to come up with a way, using whatever junk material they wanted, to protect the egg from cracking when dropped from a height.  Well done to everyone for working so well together, and especially to the four teams who protected their egg from any damage!  These four teams got a 10 second head start in the easter egg hunt, where they had to find 180 pictures of eggs that were dotted around the school playground.  Each picture had a letter on it, so after finding as many as they could, the pupils then had to make as many words as possible using the letters - the top team found 48 words! Well done!

March 2025:

• Cluny Netball Festival:  Despite the cold, damp conditions, the netball team played really well at this event, winning most of their games.  Well done!

• Primary School Quiz:  Well done to our P7 team who competed against teams from all the other local schools in the annual Primary School Quiz.  A big thank you to the Rotary Club for organising this event.

• Science Centre:  The whole school enjoyed their trip to Aberdeen Science Centre where they explored a huge variety of hands on exhibits based around energy, forces, construction and life science.  A visit to Hazlehead Park on the way home was great fun too!

• P1-3 Bug Hunt:  As part of their project on mini beasts, the P1-3 class went searching in the wildlife garden to see what creatures they could find.  

• World Book Day:  To celebrate World Book Day, pupils came to school in their cosy pyjamas and brought along a teddy and their favourite book to share with their friends.  They enjoyed a delicious hot chocolate while our minister, Simon, read everyone a story, and also took part in a fun quiz.

• Pancake Day:  The pupils learnt about Shrove Tuesday and made some delicious pancakes, and also learnt about Mardi Gras and decorated boxes to look like carnival floats

• P7 Residential Trip:  An exciting few days away for our P7s and Mrs Dennison!

February 2025:

• ALEC visit:  The pupils always enjoy the ALEC visits at school, with their life tent.  The P4-7s topic this year was 'The Brain: Calming the busy mind', and the P1-3 class talked about 'taking care of our feelings'.

• Live Music Performance:  Both classes enjoyed a live music performance from JKL Duo.  Kerry & Jacopo played music from all types of genre, and the children recognised many of the tunes.  Having been inspired by this, several items in the classroom were turned into drums for the afternoon!

• Kemnay Netball Festival:  The first netball festival of the season, and the team played really well.  It's a great way to learn about playing as a team, and against other schools, without any pressure of keeping score.  Thanks to Active Schools for organising these events.

• P1-3 Class Reward:  The P1-3 class have worked so hard that they have earned a class reward.  They were all allowed to bring in a teddy from home, and a game, and they had a fun afternoon playing their games with their friends, and enjoyed hot chocolate and popcorn.

• P7 Transition Event:  P7 pupils, along with pupils from Keig, Tough, and Lumsden, had a fun morning building dens and doing some team building games.

January 2025:

• Burns Lunch:  To celebrate Robert Burns, one of our pupils played the bagpipes as we went in to lunch, where we all enjoyed a delicious meal of haggis, neeps and tatties.  We have also been learning some ceilidh dancing, and parents joined us for a fun ceilidh afternoon.

• Rugby:  Both classes have enjoyed their first sessions of rugby which have been organised by Active Schools and Deeside Rugby Club.  The sun was shining and it was good to see everyone outside having fun.

December 2024:

• Christmas Crafts: A big thank you to the PTA for organising a super morning of Christmas Crafts for all the pupils.  A great way to end the term.

• Christmas Party:  What a fun time we had!  And a very special visitor came along too!

• School Shows:  Both classes performed brilliantly in their shows, and Craigievar Hall was full of friends and family who had come to watch.  Well done everyone! 

• Pantomime:  We had a super trip in to Aberdeen to see 'Dick Whittington' at Aberdeen Arts Centre.  There was a lot of booing and cheering, and thank goodness Dick and his cat won the day and defeated King Rat!

• Christmas Lunch and Jumper Day: The pupils all looked very festive in their Christmas Jumpers, and they all created some lovely origami Christmas trees to decorate the tables at lunch time.

November 2024:

• P4-7 Forest School:  The P4-7 class enjoyed some Forest School sessions in Term 3.  A big thank you to all our parent helpers.

October 2024:

• Halloween Crafts:  A big thank you to the PTA for organising a super craft afternoon for all the pupils.

• Red Cross Workshop:  Pupils in P5-7 had another super workshop from the Red Cross on 'Empathy and Migration'.

• End of Term Assembly:  It was great to see so many parents and friends at our end of term assembly.  The pupils shared their learning, with a focus on writing, and read out some super poems and stories.  The P4-7 class sang a calypso, using percussion instruments and singing in rounds.  The P1-3 class told the story of 'The gigantic turnip' which was beautifully read by one of our P3 pupils, with the class performing actions to the words.  Thank you to the PTA for once again providing book prizes for this term's winners.  Assembly finished with a super performance by our Line Dancers.  Thank you to everyone who donated food to our harvest collection.  

September 2024:

• P1-3 Forest School:  The P1-3 class have got a block of six forest school sessions this term, and so far the weather has been lovely.  The pupils have been bug hunting, cooking bread and popcorn over the firepit, using a bow saw, made dens, and been very creative with clay.

• Open Afternoon:  Our older pupils did a super job showcasing their learning and work during our open afternoon.  The younger pupils enjoyed showing their parents the classroom and some of the things they have been doing so far this term.

August 2024:

• New Term:  It is lovely to see everyone back at school and to welcome all our new pupils.  We also welcome back Miss Pittendreigh who has returned from Maternity Leave and will be teaching the P4-7 class.

June 2024:

• Fun Day:  What a super day we all had!  A bouncy castle, an obstacle course, a wild west shoot out, diamond art & tattoos, and delicious candy floss! 

• Sports Day:  Well done to all our pupils for their great sporting achievements.  As usual, we started with potted sports with pupils taking part in their house teams, then moved on to the individual races, followed by team relays and the very popular tug-of-war.

• Lumsden Netball Tournament:  Another win!  Well done again to our super players!

• New P1 Induction Days:  Our new P1 pupils enjoyed a teddy bear's picnic in the wildlife garden and were all given a Craigievar Bear to look after.

• Monymusk Netball Tournament:  We won!!!  Well done to our netballers who played brilliantly.  A well deserved win for the team.

• P7 Residential Trip:  Our P7s had a fantastic time at Lagganlia Adventure Centre.  The did many exciting things such as gorge walking, abseiling, canoeing, archery and much more!

• Skene Football & Netball Tournament: Craigievar again entered teams in both the football and netball tournaments. Well done to all our players, and a big thank you to our coaches for giving up their time every weekend, and the parents for being super supporters.

May 2024:

• Aberdeenshire Lieutenancy Assembly: We had a special guest at our assembly this week who talked to the children about the Lord-Lieutenancy and the Royal family.

• Alford Netball Festival: We entered two mixed age teams in this festival, and it was super to see the children grow in confidence and ability throughout the afternoon.

• Craigievar Football & Netball Tournament: What a fantastic atmosphere there was at school today. Well done to all the parents/families/friends who helped make this day a great success. Congratulations to our Junior netball team who won their event, and our senior netball team who were runners-up. All the footballers played really well, and above all, everyone had fun!

• P7 Link Day: The P7s had a super day at Alford Academy where they got to meet some of the staff, as well as other pupils who will be in their year group after the summer.

• P1 Transition: We have got several dates in the diary for the new P1s to come and visit us at Craigievar. Their P6s buddies enjoyed meeting them and showing them around the school.

• Midmar Football & Netball Tournaments: Well done to all our teams who took part in this event. Our P1-4 football team came third, as did our netball team.

• Staffing: We are delighted to welcome Ms Morley back to school following her maternity leave. Ms Morley will be teaching the P4-7 class alongside Mrs McBride, then will move to the P1-3 class after the summer. It was also lovely to welcome Miss Pittendreigh back for a few days before she returns from her maternity leave after the summer. Miss Pittendreigh will be teaching the P4-7 class with Mrs McBride.

April 2024:

• Forest School: The P1-3 class enjoyed their first of six weekly sessions of Forest School. The wildlife garden is bursting into life and we are looking forward to getting some warmer weather.

March 2024:

• End of Term Assembly: It is always lovely to see our assemblies well supported by our parents, and thank you once again to the PTA for providing tea and coffee.

• Alford Netball Festival: Our netball players really enjoyed themselves at the Alford Netball Festival. It was the first time some of the pupils had played against other teams, and it was lovely to see the older players offer them plenty of support and encouragement.

• Willow Workshop: We now have a wonderful willow tunnel in the playground! Pupils, parents and staff turned up one weekend to turn a pile of willow sticks into a wonderful willow tunnel. We think the pupils are going to have lots of fun running through it, and we might even extend it next year!

• Tree Planting: What a fantastic day we had planting trees in the National Trust land above the school. By the end of the day they had planted a mini woodland, and we are looking forward to watching the trees grow.

• Rotary Primary School Quiz: Well done to our P7s who represented Craigievar School at the annual rotary quiz. They did really well, coming an excellent 4th place.

• World Book Day: Pupils looked super when they arrived at school dressed up as a character from their favourite book. They all took part in an exciting treasure hunt to solve book themed clues, and with each clue they had to find a word in an ‘I Love Reading’ Wordsearch.

• P7 Transition Events: It’s that time of year when the P7 pupils start to venture out to Alford Academy, have online transition events, and meet Pupil Support Workers from the Academy. We know the time between now and July is going to fly by!