Braemar School and Nursery

This afternoon P5-7 had a visit from Scotland’s Makar, Peter Mackay, as part of Braemar Literary Festival. We asked him about his role as Makar, about his poetry and also asked about Gaelic, as we have just started learning Gaelic in class. He shared some of his poems with us and we made up a funny story together about a spooky house in the woods. After he left, we wrote poems about biscoff biscuits!

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Imagine you arrive back to school after the holidays and there is a magical glowing backpack hanging in the cloakroom….

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Loch Insh 2025

After a twisty bus journey over the Lecht, Braemar, Ballater and Torphins P7s made it to Loch Insh. Peter, Seb and Braidan got stuck in with kayaking in the pouring rain as their first acti…

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Primary 4-7 went along to St Margaret’s this morning to take part in a weaving and cordage-making workshop with Chloe MacIntyre. We loved working with all the natural materials she had gathered for us to use. Looking forward to using our new skills again soon!

Last week pupils in P5 and P6 enjoyed learning how to tie knots. They are hoping to use their new skills to improve on their den building skills!

IMG_1394.mov  different kinds of knot. Here are some photos and a video of them demonstrating their skills.

On Monday P1-4 visited Braemar Castle as part of their IDL work on ‘olden days Braemar’.  They thoroughly enjoyed visiting the many rooms in the castle guided by castle manager Isla (and dog Morris!).  They particularly enjoyed seeing the old servant’s kitchen, the spooky dungeon pit, and seeing some armour and weapons dating back to the Jacobite rebellions.  We finished the trip by ringing the very old, and very loud bell outside the castle door!

Castle visit

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We had a lovely day today, visiting the transport museum and Haughton Park in Alford.

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Grampian Transport Museum 20.05.25

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P5-7 have had a fantastic day on the Estate Education Trip to Invercauld. Activities included:

Learn about Deer

Learn about Moorland species

Learn about Muirburn and Wildfire

Meet the working dogs

Learn about sheep

Countryside Learning Scotland

Flycasting

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Estate Education Trip P5-7 15.05.25

Group 2

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Pupils in p4-7 were delighted to welcome author Barbara Henderson on Wednesday 7th May to tell them all about her new book – ‘I don’t do mountains’. She told them about the process of becoming a writer and how it all works from seed of an idea to publisher.

Barbara read from her new book and also treated us by reading a chapter of the p5-7 class novel ‘Rivet Boy’, another of her books.

Thank you Barbara!