Last Friday, the pupils of Raasay Primary School put on their annual Christmas School Show production and this year it was based on the story of the famous Calum’s Road. The idea to base it this year on Calum’s Road came from the school’s P6 pupil and he was delighted to see his idea brought to life.
‘Christmas on Calum’s Road’ was attended by over 100 people and the feedback from the community was that it was an amazing production – and all the more incredible that there are only three boys in the primary school – and two in the nursery who also took part. As the story was based on Calum’s Road, pupils were delighted to be joined by their special guest, Calum’s daughter Julia MacLeod Allan, who travelled from Dunfermline to be with them on the night.
Julia said: “This was a brilliant production. The boys are so talented, and the work involved so many people. Mrs Duncan and her team are to be applauded and thanked for giving us all a night to remember. What a community – I am proud to be associated with you.”
Wilma Duncan, head teacher, said: “All the boys superseded the levels expected for their age and, year on year, they build on and develop their skills across a range of genres. They have a ‘can-do’ attitude and their positivity and enthusiasm means that nothing is too much of a challenge for them.
“The production included: Gaelic, singing, dancing and choreography, poetry, monologues, comedic timing and ad libbing! All of which they more than excelled at. In our school rationale, the four capacities include being responsible, confident, successful and effective and that was evident on the stage. Central also to the rationale are the four contexts of learning – having the opportunity of personal achievement, inter-disciplinary learning, ethos and life of the school and curriculum areas and subjects – and, again the boys demonstrated this very well.
“In our school it is our role to challenge our pupils, to give them opportunities for enjoyment, to develop progression, depth of learning and support personalisation and choice. It was wonderful to welcome so many of our community to the hall to share in our take of the story and support our event. A huge thank you to staff and the wider community and everybody involved in contributing to making the night such a huge success – we have had some lovely feedback. A special thanks to David Carslaw who captured the evening wonderfully in his photographs and provided a super record of the evening for sharing.”