Category Archives: School Events

W/C 25th February Getting prepared for the Coffee Morning

We have had such a busy week here in the school getting prepared for our coffee morning. Groups of us were making posters for Guess the birthday, Raffle the and cake stall. We have been making bookmarks and place mats to sell . Also we have been filling up our tin vases we made with Mrs Bremner with pansies and they are looking great. We also made a quiz to sell on the morning. On the Wednesday afternoon we make crispies and pancakes so we can sell them on the cake stall. The rest of the class started to get the hall ready for Thursday morning Coffee Morning.

Bring & Buy Sale

On the  Friday the 8th February we had a bring and buy sale .We brought in things that we didn’t want any more and we asked people for donations.

When we had all the stuff people brought in, we set them up on the tables to look nice and encourage people to buy them!

There was a tables with broochs , DVD’s and CD’s, clothing, books, games and one with ramdom things on.

Parents and people of the community  came and bought alot of our things.

We took all our floats back to the classroom and counted it all up.

Our  total was over £190

We would like to thank everyone for helping us and supporting us.

(written by Niamh P3 and Neil P7)

Obstacleathon For Micro-Tyco

We had £1 to spend. We decided on having an obstaclethon to raise money. Our school were able to raise £15 in this first challenge. The pupils had to pay £1 to take part.

P6 and P7 were the leaders and made an obstacle course for the whole school to take part in. They explained what to do. We had to run along benches, do skipping , shoot a basketball, hula-hooping and lastly do a quick shuttle run.

Next, P1 & P2 then  P3 & P4 and lastly P6 & P7 had a timed trial. We spent the £1 on buying bubbles as a prize for each group.Everybody had fun!

The winners were Aaron Rogers , James Smith & Alyce Farquharson. Well done!

Bring and Buy Sale!

Pupils of Inveravon Primary are hosting a Bring and Buy sale on Friday the 8th of February. The sale will begin at 10am and finish at 12 noon. All donations will be gratefully received before then. Books, games, jewellery….anything at all! There will also be a home baking stall for all the budding bakers amongst us. The money that is raised will go towards our Micro- Tyco challenge.

Tomintoul Small School Olympics

The whole school went to Tomintoul to do the Small School Olympics on the 11th of June and we had lots of fun. We were also joined by lots of other schools from the Moray area.

First, the whole school got on the bus and it took a long time to get there.

Next, we got to Tomintoul and we went in to the school, put our bags down and went into groups where we took part in differant activities. Each pupil took part in two activities: taekwon-do, kickboxing, football, rugby, archery and mountin biking.  We all received a medal for taking part.

Then, we had lunch in Tomintoul Square where we saw lots of buses and police motor bikes. They were there because the Olympic torch was about to arrive in Tomintoul. It was very exciting because there were lots of people there and lots of exciting things to see and hear, including a man that kept jumping on springs.

The main event was seeing the torch. The girl that carried the torch was called Ciara Ennis, she is 14 years old and she lives in Huntly. She carried the Olympic torch because she has has raised lots money for charity.

Finally, we had the sprints and the relay races back at Tomintoul Primary School. Inveravon came 3rd in the relay and then we had the medal ceremony.

We were all very tired from all the excitment of the day. Neil commented, “I thought it was amazing to see the torch live.”  Henry thought, “It was great that we got to take part in lots of different sports, but it was a bit of a shame that the torch ran past so fast as is was difficult to see.”

Leading Our Learning

On 12th June 2012, a camera crew came to record us leading our learning.  The crew consisted of Sally Fulton, the lady who came to inspect our school in Novemeber last year and a filming expert, Yvonne.  They came beacuse we got an ‘Excellent’ in our inspection report and they wanted to make a dcoumentary about our learning that will be made into a DVD and released to other schools in Scotland in September.

The crew were here the whole day and while they were here, they filmed us taking part in Eco Schools, weeding and planting lettuces with Mrs Lawson, as well as interviewing pupils about their Progress and Achievements booklets, members of staff including Mrs Smith and Mrs Ducrocq about us writing our own reports and two parents about our learning.

Being filmed was really exciting and we really enjoyed the day.  It’s amazing to think that soon, other children from around Scotland will be able to see us at our school in Inveravon.  Sam said, “It was very hard not to keep looking at the camera while we were being filmed, but I am very proud of our small school.”

Sports

All this term we have been practising a dance called a the mascot dance for the Tomintoul Olympics and we know all of the moves. There are paralympics, Olympics and partner moves and we will be doing it with 300 other pupils at the Tomintoul Mini Olympics on 11th June. Pamela Younie and Mrs Mitchell have been helping us learn the dance and we are all having a lot of fun!

Jubilee Garden Party

On  Thursday 31st May Inveravon hosted a Jubilee Garden Party to celabrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.  We all worked hard to make sure the day was a success, but the only thing we couldn’t plan for was the weather.  Unfortunately, it rained on the day and we held our Garden Party inside the school hall.  But we all still had a lot of fun!  We invited the whole community, some of us made speeches on the day, we planted a Time Capsule that we hope people will dig up in 60 years time, held a quiz on the Queen and her life over the last 60 years and served lots of yummy food and drinks.

By Bye P7s

We are the P7s of Inveravon Primay School. My name is Henry Gott and I am eleven years old and have lived in England before I came up to stay in Ballindalloch. I like playing with my Lego and my dogs. I live with my mum, my dad and my brother. Sometimes we play the Xbox together and have water fights.

But we are moving on and have to go to Speyside High School. We are a little scared about going and a little happy because we will see all of our old friends and get to go to a new school. I will never forget the good times I have had in Inveravon and will miss all my friends. I like lots of sports so I think I will like High School a lot. I also like building things so I think I will like wood work.

My big brother William is also a bit nervous about going into secondary school paticularly about bullying but hopefully older pupils will look after us. He will miss his friends and the teachers.

Finlay is moving on to another school, he is going to Aberlour House. He is a bit scared about going but he is looking forward to making new friends and having more challenging lessons.

BYE BYE INVERAVON