{"id":4,"date":"2021-07-02T20:13:58","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T19:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/evie\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2026-03-31T10:03:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:03:41","slug":"welcome-to-our-website","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/evie\/","title":{"rendered":"WELCOME TO OUR WEBSITE!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row px-3 px-lg-0\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vectorstock.com\/i\/preview-1x\/54\/46\/welcome-april-month-vector-41405446.jpg\" alt=\"Welcome April Vector Images (over 300)\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\n<hr \/>\n<h1 class=\"container\" style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #33cccc\">PARTNERSHIPS<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><strong>March 2026 &#8211; Malcolm Thomson and Sandy Kerr<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Feedback<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-888 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2026\/03\/14155235\/image0-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2026\/03\/14155235\/image0-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2026\/03\/14155235\/image0-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2026\/03\/14155235\/image0-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2026\/03\/14155235\/image0-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2026\/03\/14155235\/image0.jpeg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6>\u00a0We had a very exciting experience of releasing our school trout today.\u00a0 P567 have raised the trout fry from eggs and now have released them back into the Harray Loch.\u00a0 We had lots of families join us for the big moment, which was really lovely.<\/h6>\n<h1 class=\"container\" style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #33cccc\">PARTNERSHIPS<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Jan 2026 &#8211; Liam McArthur MSP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Feedback<\/strong>: I know it&#8217;s wrong to have a &#8216;favourite school&#8217; but Evie Primary are not making it easy to hold the line.\u00a0 Having previously been elected to their Potato and Pasta Parliaments, I&#8217;m blown away by their Andy Warhol portraits of me, which now have pride of place in my Holyrood office.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-746 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2026\/01\/19105303\/eac8303f-361f-428b-b73e-a10766136448-300x192.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2026\/01\/19105303\/eac8303f-361f-428b-b73e-a10766136448-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2026\/01\/19105303\/eac8303f-361f-428b-b73e-a10766136448-1024x657.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2026\/01\/19105303\/eac8303f-361f-428b-b73e-a10766136448-768x492.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2026\/01\/19105303\/eac8303f-361f-428b-b73e-a10766136448.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"container\" style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #33cccc\">PARTNERSHIPS<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Nov 2025 &#8211; Norwegian Musicians<\/strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-854 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2026\/02\/27152902\/norwegian-musicians-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2026\/02\/27152902\/norwegian-musicians-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2026\/02\/27152902\/norwegian-musicians-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2026\/02\/27152902\/norwegian-musicians.png 842w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"container\" style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #33cccc\">PARTNERSHIPS<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Dec 2025 &#8211; Over 60&#8217;s Christmas Dinner<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"container\" style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #33cccc\">PARTNERSHIPS<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Dec 25 &#8211; SSEN\/FREEDOM STEM Workshop<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Feedback<\/strong>: Thank you again for welcoming us into your schools yesterday.\u00a0 We were very impressed with the behaviour of the students, both in cooperating with each other and politeness. When we discovered a piece was missing from one of the kits, I borrowed one from another team and one of the boys asked me which team so that he could go over and thank them personally. If one of the team members was struggling the other students would boost their morale and assist them without taking over their task. I haven&#8217;t experienced this at other schools before and there were many anecdotes like this from both Firth and Evie School when talking to my colleagues. The p7s at both schools engaged well with our careers chat, asking lots of questions. We had staff that had never visited Orkney before and overall this left such a warm positive impression of Orcadians!<\/p>\n<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-850 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2026\/02\/27152837\/SSEN-4-300x232.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2026\/02\/27152837\/SSEN-4-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2026\/02\/27152837\/SSEN-4-768x595.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2026\/02\/27152837\/SSEN-4.png 816w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-851 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2026\/02\/27152843\/SSEN-3-300x224.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2026\/02\/27152843\/SSEN-3-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2026\/02\/27152843\/SSEN-3-768x573.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2026\/02\/27152843\/SSEN-3.png 833w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-852 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2026\/02\/27152849\/SENN-2-300x223.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2026\/02\/27152849\/SENN-2-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2026\/02\/27152849\/SENN-2-768x571.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2026\/02\/27152849\/SENN-2.png 843w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-853 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2026\/02\/27152856\/SSEN-300x222.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2026\/02\/27152856\/SSEN-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2026\/02\/27152856\/SSEN-768x569.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2026\/02\/27152856\/SSEN.png 841w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h1 class=\"container\" style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #33cccc\">PARTNERSHIPS<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Nov 25 &#8211; Liam McArthur MSP visitor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Feedback<\/strong>: What a fabulous visit. Please thank the pupils again for making me feel so welcome. I had a blast and was so impressed by the work and thought that they\u2019ve put into studying parliament, elections and wider political engagement. And apologies for potentially landing you with a banana parliament.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-803 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2026\/01\/21104156\/LM2-7.11.25-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2026\/01\/21104156\/LM2-7.11.25-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2026\/01\/21104156\/LM2-7.11.25-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2026\/01\/21104156\/LM2-7.11.25-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2026\/01\/21104156\/LM2-7.11.25.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h1 class=\"container\" style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #33cccc\">PARTNERSHIPS<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><strong>2025\/26 &#8211; Keith Johnson \/ Steve Bond Met Office<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Feedback<\/strong>: <span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">All went well and Evie School is now an official Met Office rain site.\u00a0 One of very few schools in country which participate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Thank you all for your help and enthusiasm.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row px-3 px-lg-0\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-703 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2025\/11\/28140146\/Screenshot-2025-11-28-140115-300x236.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2025\/11\/28140146\/Screenshot-2025-11-28-140115-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2025\/11\/28140146\/Screenshot-2025-11-28-140115-1024x804.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2025\/11\/28140146\/Screenshot-2025-11-28-140115-768x603.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2025\/11\/28140146\/Screenshot-2025-11-28-140115.png 1038w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Steve Bond, who is an officer for the Met-Office, with our Weather Watchers and Keith Johnson.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/evie\/uploads\/sites\/842\/2025\/12\/13110851\/2025-Observer-Newsletter.pdf\">2025 Observer Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Have a read of the Met-Office observer newsletter.\u00a0 Evie School is part of the Orkney section.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row px-3 px-lg-0\">\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>School Dinner Link:<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipayimpact.co.uk\/IPI\/Account\/LogOn\">https:\/\/www.ipayimpact.co.uk\/IPI\/Account\/LogOn<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kalakokua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/support-our-school.png\" alt=\"The Value of School Fundraisers - Kala Kokua\" \/>Just a reminder that you can raise money for the school without even noticing!<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Have a look at the easyfundraising site by following the link below:<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.easyfundraising.org.uk\/ComponentServer\/component_assets\/EfrHeader\/img\/easyfundraising-logo.e8b445bd.png\" alt=\"easyfundraising\" width=\"440\" height=\"105\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Here is the link if you would like to support our fundraising campaign:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.easyfundraising.org.uk\/causes\/eviecommunityschool\/\">https:\/\/www.easyfundraising.org.uk\/causes\/eviecommunityschool\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"section-title\" style=\"text-align: center\">How does it work?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"x-large\" style=\"text-align: center\">Easyfundraising turns your everyday online shopping into free donations for your favourite cause. How? Just start your online shopping first at easyfundraising, then shop as normal. Our retailers will then make a small donation to say \u201cthank you\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PARTNERSHIPS March 2026 &#8211; Malcolm Thomson and Sandy Kerr Feedback: \u00a0We had a very exciting experience of releasing our school trout today.\u00a0 P567 have raised the trout fry from eggs and now have released them back into the Harray Loch.\u00a0 We had lots of families join us for the big moment, which was really lovely. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/evie\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">WELCOME TO OUR WEBSITE!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1734,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/evie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/evie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/evie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/evie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1734"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/evie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":258,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/evie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":898,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/evie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions\/898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/evie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}