On Thursday 10th June we interviewed John MacKellar. He was invited by one of our P7 students who is called Owen.   He told us a lot of good information. Did you know that when John was younger there was … Continue reading →

On Monday the 14th of June 2021 we interviewed Neil McEachern. He used to be a pupil at Keills Primary School.   In the old school building in Keills they had no running water, so they had to go to … Continue reading →

On Monday the 7th of June P4-7 interview the family at Persabus they came to school here in the 90`s.   When Donald came to school here there wasn`t that much students there was about 16-18 pupils when Donald was … Continue reading →

We interviewed Paul Graham on Thursday 3.6.21. He came to this Primary School when he was little. He works at a distillery.   Paul Graham helped us figure out that Keills School opened in 1965. Over 10 primary schools were … Continue reading →

On the eighth of June 2021 we interviewed Mr & Mrs Stitchell for the history of Keills and the surrounding area.   We learnt that the school was built in the late 1950’s. There was no Pre-5 unit, they had … Continue reading →

On Thursday 27.5.21 P4-7 interviewed Mrs Carmichael. She taught here in Keills Primary School from August 1971 – April 1978.   There was only two teachers and twenty to thirty students in the school. There was no Nursery (Pre 5) … Continue reading →

This week, we have written to former students and staff, as well as important members of our local community, including our new MSP for Argyll and Bute – Jenni Minto. Here is an example letter. We wrote them on school … Continue reading →

We emailed the Editor of the Ileach to request space for an article in the next edition. Here is a copy of what we made together as a class.   Greetings fellow islanders and Jura community. We are Keills Primary … Continue reading →