Salmon in the Classroom

P4-7 are currently supporting the work of The River Ythan Trust. Members from The River Ythan Trust have been out to school and worked with the children to educate them on the how to set-up the tank and how to care for the salmon from egg to fry. The…

Escape

Jon was strolling down the pathway happily. To his right the elephants were playing in the water and to his left the baby tigers were snoring loudly. He loved his job at the zoo. He shuffled over to the meerkats. They had their backs turned away…

Haddo House and Park July 2014

We had a great day out at Haddo House and Country Park on July 3rd 2014. A Lovely end to a busy year! We visited the house and experienced life above and below stairs in Victorian times. We had a picnic lunch, did a scavenger…

Toilet Twinning Success!

Many, many thanks to all who “Spent a Penny” for toilet twinning. With £177.72 collected from our awareness raising visit to Costcutters; £74.17 donated by Ellon Rotary Club members when our Rotakids presented a Powerpoint presentation of their firsty ear as Rotakids; our school family…

Summer Garden Party and BBQ

A fabulous day was had on Sun. June 29th at the Parent Council Garden Party and BBQ.  There were lots of stalls and activities including a fancy dress parade; pet show and Throw the Wellie competition. It was all started with a baton relay for…

Art Exhibition Taster

P5-7 are working hard on their forthcoming art exhibition. As well as creating the works of art themselves, they are also mounting them, labelling them and getting the whole show ready to share with parents and friends on June 29th at the Summer Fair. Here…

Visit To Tolquhon Art Gallery

On the 13th  of May the P5-7 class at Arnage Primary School went to Tolquhon art gallery to ask Joan Ross (owner/manager) questions about how to set up an art exhibition. The class saw different paintings but, unusually for the gallery,  they were all by…

Congratulations!!

Well done to all our children for winning the Aberdeen University Biodiversity Collage competition! Every child in the school contributed to the finished piece – with the younger children adding the final touches with their bees and butterflies! I’m sure you’ll all agree that the…

Costcutters Trip 8/5/14

On Thursday the 8th of May 2014, we went to Costcutters supermarket  in Ellon to raise awareness and money to try to” twin our toilet.”  To twin a toilet you have  to buy a toilet for a country in a  Third World, where people have no…

Toilet Twinning

Did you know that 40% of the world’s population don’t have clean water or toilets? Did you know that 3 children under the age of 5 die every minute as a result of disesases caused by poor sanitation? We are going to Coscutters in Ellon on…