I have been appointed as the HT in Firth Primary School, and I am absolutely delighted.

Mrs Emma Jane Rendall

I am looking forward to developing the school together with the pupils, parents and carers, staff and wider community.  There are so many great opportunities available and we want to make sure our children get every chance to have great learning experiences.

Lots of changes are happening at Firth Primary next session, and our new school year will prove to be a really exciting one, I am sure!

At the moment we do not have a new Headteacher appointed to Evie and Firth, so Mrs Emma Jane Rendall will step up in the interim to give some continuity whilst the recruitment of a new HT is organised.

We are delighted to welcome new members of staff to the Firth Staff Team, and wish them all the best in their new roles.

Miss Lucy Clements will be our new teacher in P4/5.

Miss Kayleigh Wick will be the new Lead Early Years Practitioner in Nursery.

Mrs Karen Clark will be our new class teacher in P1 covering for Miss Moodie.

Miss Tyra Kennedy will be our new class teacher in P6/7 covering for Mrs Rendall.

Mrs Katrina Gray will be our new Support for Learning Assistant.

P7 had a great day on Wednesday when they enjoyed their Taskmaster challenges.  To find out a little bit more you can have a look at the class blog.

P7 did a tremendous job of delivering a fantastic leavers service on the last day.

P6 also contributed with a super performance of their ‘P7 Rap’

Have a look at our TRANSITION menu if you would like to take a look.

We had a great Sports Day led by the P6/7 Sports Committee.

The class did a tremendous job and everyone really enjoyed what they organised.

Here they are doing the tug o war!

You can check out the class blog to see how P6/7 are getting on with Bikeabiliy training…

All pupils in P6/7 will have the opportunity to achieve Bikeability 1 and 2 this term.  Good luck to them.

We are delighted to welcome Miss Lucy Clements to the Firth Staff Team.  Miss Clements will be taking up a teaching post in P4/5 starting in August.

We are also delighted to welcome Miss Kayleigh Wick to the Firth Nursery Staff Team as our new Lead Early Years Practitioner, which will also be starting in August.

We are very sad to be losing members of staff at the end of the school year.

Miss Ritchie is heading off to work in England to be with her fiancé and begin a new chapter in her life.

Mrs MacIntosh is moving to The Willow Tree Nursery in Kirkwall to take up post in the new facility that is being built there.

We thank them very much for all their hard work and commitment to the school and nursery and  we wish them all the best with their new ventures.

Have a look at what we have been up to with our school Vision, Values and Aims!

P6/7 are working on their values to share with all the other children in the school, in a fun and memorable way.

Please contact the school if you can help, or just contribute in any way!

We need people to help with:

gardening – what to plant, where and when

digging – a mechanical approach with this would be good to dig out the area for a sunken fire pit and the sensory garden pond.

building – if anyone has skills in building a wall around the sunken area, that would be tremendous… or any better ideas would also be considered.

construction – we have asked the Men’s Shed to help with construction but they are out of business at the moment.  Would anyone have the time and skills to do raised beds, fences or the outdoor classroom building.   We also have a pond area with paths to create to the pupil’s design and a polygrub to erect.

We are graciously being provided with finance from the CO-OP and FoFS for this community project.  Materials would be provided for any groups of people willing to give us a hand.

THANK YOU, FROM THE PUPILS AND STAFF AT FIRTH SCHOOL!

We are delighted to have appointed another new member of staff to the vacant post of Support for Learning Teacher.

A warm welcome to Miss Wilson who will take up the post on Monday 17th of May.

All our pupils are back and thoroughly enjoying a return to some normality.

So much for getting back to school and feeling less confined!!!