Top marks for Portree High School pupils
BY JACKIE MACKENZIE As the new school year gets under way Portree High School has been celebrating pupils’ exams success –including one student with a perfect 100 per cent mark…
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Inaugural Ross Cowie Shield winners
The lifesaving Lucky2BHere charity based in Portree have established a shield in memory of their founder, Ross Cowie, who passed away in October 2024. The shield will be awarded on…
‘Yes We Can’ collects over 3,000 products for foodbank
This year in Portree High School has been a year of new happenings and people. We have welcomed new S1s and quite a lot of new teachers and new faces.…
MOVIE NIGHT: Skye screening to support young filmmakers
LAS Portree is set to host a special screening of a trio of Skye films this month to raise money for local youngsters. Last year, a group of students from…
New Portree Youth Club set to launch
A new youth club is set to launch tonight (Friday 24th September) at the Skye Camanachd shinty clubhouse in the island capital. The Portree Youth Club had originally been earmarked…
Young Hibs player hopes to spur on next generation at Skye girls’ football day
A young Hibernian player from Skye has welcomed the news that two girls-only football days will be held on the island across the summer, with a view to a club…
Skye-based project nominated for Turner Prize
A project highlighting the climate emergency that has worked in partnership with school pupils and restaurants across Skye has been nominated for one of the world’s most prestigious art prizes.…
Skye friends complete marathon challenge
Two young friends from south Skye have successfully completed a marathon on local roads – a mere three weeks after setting themselves the gruelling 26-mile challenge. Last Sunday Donald Fraser…
Back to school plan: Government has listened, but teachers have a right to feel aggrieved
WHFP Editorial 26.06.20 Thanks to the onset of Covid-19 the past three months have been an education for us all, though for school children the world as they knew it…
Skye pupils impress in Cuillin FM and Free Press media day
High school pupils in Skye immersed themselves in the world of radio broadcasting and news reporting during a media training course held last month. The course, which was run by…