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12/1/2024
Time-travelling Heritage Adventure - Casting A Viking Spell; Ranger Paul Castle Takes Halkirk Primary School Back In Time
Heritage education comes in many forms, but our High Life Highland Ranger in Caithness, Paul Castle, has found an innovative way to teach young learners about their local history. At Halkirk Primary School, the P4-5 class recently had a unique and engaging experience as they delved into the Viking age through immersive role play.
13/10/2022
Countryside Rangers visit Wick school at Caithness Science festival 
High Life Highland Countryside Rangers took part in the recent Caithness International Science Festival 2022, with a visit to Newton Park Primary School in Wick where the theme was Scottish mammals. HLH Countryside Ranger Roz Summers said, "It was good to be back in person at this fantastic festival.
13/10/2022
Learning about how bats fly with Ranger Andy Summers
High Life Highland Countryside Rangers took part in the recent Caithness International Science Festival 2022, with a visit to Newton Park Primary School in Wick where the theme was Scottish mammals. .
13/10/2022
Learning About Our Scottish Mammals Through Looking At Skulls With Ranger Donald Mitchell
High Life Highland Countryside Rangers took part in the recent Caithness International Science Festival 2022, with a visit to Newton Park Primary School in Wick where the theme was Scottish mammals. .
13/10/2022
Pupils working out how climate change will change our mammal species
High Life Highland Countryside Rangers took part in the recent Caithness International Science Festival 2022, with a visit to Newton Park Primary School in Wick where the theme was Scottish mammals. .
6/2/2020
Interested in Learning More About Gaelic Medium Education?
Highland Council Gaelic Team organised a fun, open day session which was held in Mount Pleasant Primary School, Thurso, at the end of last week. The informal session was well attended and held to provide parents with information regarding Gaelic Medium Education and the benefits of bilingualism.
11/3/2019
World Book Day at Noss Primary School, Wick
The kids at Noss dressed up as characters from their favourite books on World Book Day. MORE PHOTOS.
29/9/2017
Noss Primary School Exhibition for Malawi Kids
Noss Primary school has been involved along with other schools in helping kids in Malawi and have an ongoing collection of pennies on a map of Africa. Recently the school in Wick donated the old sweat shirts from the old schools to a project sending items from lost property boxes in Highland schools to schools in Malawi where they could be put to use.
6/10/2016
Thurso litter busters
Thurso Beach in Caithness had virtually every little piece of litter removed yesterday (Wednesday 5 October 2016) thanks to the hard work of pupils from Mount Pleasant Primary School. The Keep Scotland Beautiful registered beach clean was undertaken by the Primary 4 and 5 classes and the P4 Gaelic medium class.
17/9/2016
Over 5000 Kids Seen By Highland Rangers So Far In 2016
Over 5000 North Highland pupils have undertaken a project with the Highland Council's Rangers so far this year. It has been a really busy year in the North Highlands for The Highland Council's Countryside Ranger team.
3/7/2016
Pennyland Litter Pickers
Recently Primary 2 and Primary 6 pupils of Pennyland Primary School in Thurso, buddied up to tackle a serious issue in their local environment - rubbish! Many of the children were shocked at the amount of litter they encountered. In just 45 minutes 14 black sacks were filled with not only litter but many other items such as a large fluorescent light bulb and a royal mail box.
26/6/2016
Pulteneytown Academy Open Day - A Final Look Round
Pulteneytown Academy will soon be no more when it joins with South School under its new name of Newton Park and moves to a brand new school. An open day was held to allow anyone including former pupils to have final look around the old school before it gets demolished later this year to make way for a new playing field for the new school.
29/5/2016
Inside New Noss Primary School, Wick
The new Noss primary school in Wick is bright and airy. The rooms are different colours and windows are full length with air condition to control temperatures.
20/3/2016
Latest Photos Of New Noss Primary School Construction
The latest photo in our gallery for the new Noss Primary school on the north side of the river show it is well on its way to completion. The new school will replace North and Hillhead primary schools.
12/10/2015
Local schools join forces during beach clean
Mount Pleasant Primary School P5 class (+ Eco committee) joined Miller Academy Primary School P6 class to undertake a clean-up at Thurso Beach in Caithness on Tuesday 6 October. Mr Harper from Mount Pleasant and Mrs Phares from Miller Academy brought fifty eight children in total to join forces with Paul Castle and Sam Watson the Highland Council Countryside Rangers and other helpers including Mrs Urquhart, Mr Boyter and Mrs Morris.
8/9/2015
Entry day for the 2016 Be Your Best Rock Challenge and J Rock tour fast approaches!
From 6am on Tuesday 22nd September 2015 Senior Schools, Academies and Sixth Form Colleges (6:30am for Junior and Primary Schools) registration will open to take part in one of the region's most dazzling, high energy performing arts competitions as the Rock Challenge® and J Rock™ tour returns for 2016! The 2016 Safer Highlands J Rock™ will take place on Wednesday 20th April before the Safer Highlands Rock Challenge® on Thursday 21st April. These events will provide the opportunity for local schools to showcase their creativity, talent and imagination on the stage of Eden Court Theatre.
18/4/2015
Thrumster Primary Easter egg hunt/Coffee morning eggxellent success!!
Thrumster primary opened its doors at 10am on Monday the 30th of March 2015 to allow parents, friends and family to attend a coffee morning to raise funds for a school trip to Orkney. Whilst the adults enjoyed a cup of tea or coffee and purchased from the many stalls set up, the children of all ages took part in an Easter egg hunt.
9/3/2015
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat
A musical production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat performed by the pupils of Lybster Primary School. 25th 26th 27th March 2015 Tickets £5 Concessions £3.21/2/2015
Pennyland Kids In Aldi Advert
Pennyland pupils star in a an Ad for Aldi supermarkets..
19/2/2015
Anyone For Tennis Say Thrumster Kids
Thrumster school is sure to be hitting aces with all new tennis equipment and nets. Children from Thrumster Primary are celebrating a successful application to the Bilbster wind farm fund for tennis equipment.
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