{"id":120,"date":"2020-06-10T16:03:59","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T16:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/firth\/?page_id=120"},"modified":"2026-04-08T17:22:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:22:16","slug":"welcome-to-our-new-website","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/firth\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to our Website!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Feb 2026 – Author Workshop – David C Flannagan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Feedback<\/strong>:\u00a0 <\/span>Just a note to say thanks so much for having me along today.\u00a0 A real pleasure.\u00a0 What a fantastic group of kids and a truly remarkable library, too.\u00a0 <\/span>Look forward to a return visit sometime.\u00a0 Always be delighted to come back!<\/p>\n

Best wishes and thanks for the lovely welcome.<\/p>\n

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Jan 2026 – OIC Arts Officer – Junior Curators Project\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Feedback<\/strong>:\u00a0 <\/span>It was a very productive session and the children really concentrated well.\u00a0 It\u2019s clear they feel a commitment to the activity booklet and ownership in its making, which is exactly what we wanted.\u00a0 I think we will end up with something really lovely and valuable.<\/p>\n

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Jan 2026 – The Orcadian Bookshop<\/strong><\/p>\n

Feedback<\/strong>: Huge thanks to Firth Primary Reading Ambassadors for doing an amazing window display for us today!\u00a0 The theme is graphic novels, and why they think they are great.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dec 2025 – PropaGate Learning\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Feedback<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span>\u201cI love this- it is wonderful to hear you have a group of such enthusiastic pupils! I wonder if it would be possible to add your school as a case study on out Plant-Kind resource? This is a showcase of actions schools around the country are taking to help plants and biodiversity. I think this would fit perfectly in the ‘Get Hands On’ category.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A group of pupils from Firth Primary School in Orkney have been working with the RSPB to improve areas close to their school for pollinators.\u00a0 Wildflower seeds were collected in the autumn, and the children planted them in seed trays.\u00a0 When the plants grow in the spring, they plan to transplant them back into the wild to help strengthen the local wildflower populations.\u00a0 This will ensure that the local population of pollinating insects can thrive, and means that the school’s local area will remain biodiverse.<\/p>\n

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Dec 2025 – Vivian French – Author<\/strong><\/p>\n

Feedback<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span>Author Vivian French offered to buy books of our choice to celebrate our Reading Schools Gold award.\u00a0 The Reading Ambassadors made a list and sent it to her.\u00a0 She even popped in some extra books!<\/p>\n

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Dec 25 – Finstown Church – Christmas Service<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Dec 25 – Over 60’s Christmas Dinner<\/strong><\/p>\n

Feedback<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span>Just wanted to drop you a line to say we had some wonderful feedback from the senior citizens today regarding P5 coming along and singing.\u00a0 They really enjoyed it, their enthusiasm, smiles, and their beautiful singing.\u00a0 Hope the children enjoyed it too.<\/p>\n

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Nov 25 – RSPB Scotland Orkney Office<\/strong><\/p>\n

Feedback<\/strong>: That’s amazing! You’ve got such a great group of students.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Children in the Environmental Experts pupil group had a visitor from the RSPB to support them with processing seed pods and planting.<\/p>\n

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Dec 25 – P5 Curriculum Trip to Cursiter Quarry<\/strong><\/p>\n

Feedback<\/strong>: It was a pleasure to show such polite pupils on site – I thoroughly enjoyed it myself.<\/p>\n

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Dec 25 – P5 Curriculum Trip to the Orkney Museum<\/strong><\/p>\n

Feedback<\/strong>: Thank you for bringing your class to the Orkney Museum and for your kind words about the visit. It was a pleasure to welcome your pupils and share both the museum\u2019s collections and the current exhibition with them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Outreach and learning are at the heart of what we do, and visits like yours are invaluable. For a class of 10-year-olds, engaging directly with local history and heritage helps bring the past to life in a way that textbooks alone cannot. It encourages curiosity, critical thinking, and a sense of connection to their community.<\/p>\n

Your pupils were a credit to your school. They showed genuine interest in the displays, asked thoughtful questions, and engaged enthusiastically with the stories behind the objects. It was clear they were keen to learn and explore, which made the session even more rewarding.<\/p>\n

We hope this experience will inspire them to continue discovering Orkney\u2019s rich history.<\/p>\n

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Dec 25 – SSEN\/FREEDOM STEM Workshop<\/strong><\/p>\n

Feedback<\/strong>: Thank you again for welcoming us into your schools yesterday. 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’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

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\u00a0Sept 25 – Chris Jex – P6 Outdoor Education<\/strong><\/p>\n

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School Dinner Link:<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

https:\/\/www.ipayimpact.co.uk\/IPI\/Account\/LogOn<\/a><\/p>\n

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OUR SCHOOL LOTTERY…<\/strong><\/span>\"\"<\/strong><\/h1>\n

We have had lots of winners in the school so far!!!!<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

Each winning cash prizes…\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

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\u00a0There is still time to buy a ticket for the next draw – just click on the money!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Buy a lottery ticket for \u00a31 a week and be in with a chance of winning cash prizes and other cool stuff!<\/span><\/h2>\n
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The FoFS have done an excellent job of helping the school raise money by applying for easy fundraising.<\/h4>\n

Here is the link if you would also like to support our fundraising campaign:<\/span><\/h2>\n

https:\/\/www.easyfundraising.org.uk\/causes\/firthsch\/<\/a><\/h2>\n

How does it work?<\/h2>\n

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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PARTNERSHIPS Feb 2026 – Author Workshop – David C Flannagan Feedback:\u00a0 Just a note to say thanks so much for having me along today.\u00a0 A real pleasure.\u00a0 What a fantastic group of kids and a truly remarkable library, too.\u00a0 Look forward to a return visit sometime.\u00a0 Always be delighted to come back! Best wishes and … Continue reading Welcome to our Website!<\/span> →<\/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-120","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/firth\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/firth\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/firth\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/firth\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1734"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/firth\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=120"}],"version-history":[{"count":675,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/firth\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3865,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/firth\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120\/revisions\/3865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/firth\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}