Book your Easter activities now – download the leaflet below for details.
Pickaquoy Easter Holiday Activities
Book your Easter activities now – download the leaflet below for details.
Pickaquoy Easter Holiday Activities
We have been working with pupils from other local schools to create additional opportunities to extend our learning in Maths.
The first of these for 2015 was our ‘Code Breaking’ afternoon. Cut and paste the link below to see what we did.
http://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/or/extramaths/
There was an opening event at the Loft Gallery on Friday evening which was very well attended indeed – the building was crammed with folk from both Burray and the Hope who had come to see the exhibition entitled “Through The Eyes O’ Wur Bairns,” which showcases the work of the children of both the Hope and Burray School, centred on their WW1 project.
Its open until the 2nd week of December and entry is free.
Please find below the most recent HMI report for the Hope School, published on 26th August 2014.
Also attached is the summary of grades given to the school by HMI . The Care Inspectorate grades for the Nursery are listed separately at the end of the report.
Welcome back for the first term of a new year!
Hopefully everyone has had a proper holiday and will come back rested and ready to learn. Donald and Michelle have done a terrific job of giving the school a deep clean and putting everything back in time for the children’s arrival.
The end of term recruitment process has also now been completed and has resulted in some changes…
So, with some new staff arriving and additional time at school from some of those we already have – it should be a great year for learning at the Hope!
All sorts of Eco Action is already under way this term including
Visit the Eco Committee page and click on the link to the blog for more information.
A big welcome to Fiona Lawtie who has joined us this week. The Government is keen that all primary schools in Scotland should offer children the chance to experience two languages before moving on to secondary school. While the Hope has offered French for some time, we have been looking for another language for children to experience.
Now Fiona will be in school, working alongside the teachers and giving everyone from P1 upwards a chance to experience the Spanish language every Friday. Keep an eye on the Twitter feed for Spanish related work and activities!
The Nursery is now open all day!
For the duration of this term, the Hope Nursery will be open for two sessions daily. This step was necessary to meet the increasing demand on space due to the school’s rising roll and has already been well received by children, parents and staff who report that the smaller groups are working well. With the temperatures rising and the wind dropping as we come into spring, it looks like the prospect of a wonderful summer for our younger pupils!
“Making a plane” in the Nursery today – a group learning journey involving construction, cooperation and maths skills (and all outside in the sun.)