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Form 5 Trip to the Crannog Centre

(30.10.19) Today, Form 5 visited the Crannog Centre on Loch Tay. It was a field trip in connection with the topic they are currently working on of "The Celts and the Romans". It was an incredibly stunning day on Loch Tay, with a sprinkling of snow on the peaks. It was also an amazing learning - Read more...

Climbing Club

(16.10.19) Our climbing club activity on a Friday afternoon is one of our most popular after-school clubs and takes place at the great facilities at the Academy of Sport and Wellbeing, Perth College UHI. As you'll see from the pictures, the Headmaster sometimes joins in, and I'm assured that a - Read more...

Super Sewing Club Skills!

(15.10.19) Mrs Morrison is most impressed with the superwork the children in Forms 1 - 3 are producing in Sewing Club this - Read more...

Latin Lessons Come to Life!

(15.10.19) Our Form 7 Latinists have been hard at work, re-enacting the Judgement of - Read more...

Form 5 Trip to Hadrian's Wall

Here are some stunning photographs of the Form 5 Trip to Hadrian's Wall. Form 5 were lucky to experience beautiful autumn sunshine for their overnight trip to Hadrian's Wall. It was a wonderful way to bring their current history topic of the Romans to - Read more...

Harvest Festival 2019

Many thanks to everyone in our community for all the donations at our Harvest Festival service. Octavia, Molly and Frankie helped deliver the gifts to the Royal Voluntary Service for distribution to those who need them in our local - Read more...

Fettes Athletics 2019

55 athletes headed to Fettes for the annual IAPS athletics championships. The sun was shining and was a very successful day for Craigclowan. As a team we gained 9 golds, 17 Silver and 10 bronze medals. A huge thank you to all the parents who supported and helped organise the - Read more...

Leavers' Production 2019 - Mary Poppins

It was quite simply supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! What a fantastic couple of nights of singing, dancing and flying kites performed by the small, but perfectly formed cast of 2019 Form 8 pupils. With so little rehearsal time to get everything shipshape, they worked incredibly hard learning - Read more...

Form 8 Camp 2019 - Ford Castle, Northumberland

(13.06.19) Last weekend the Form 8s headed down to Port Edgar then to Ford Castle in Northumberland for what was another enjoyable camp. The aim of the weekend was to step out of one’s comfort zone, try something new and learn the responsibilities and rewards of working as part of a team. Most - Read more...

Glenalmond Inspiring and Innovation Day

Form 6 were treated to a very enjoyable day of excitement, investigation and design when the worlds of Science and Technology were brought alive at Glenalmond College. The children built, designed and launched air powered rockets, investigated different types of slime, extracted DNA from a - Read more...

Gordonstoun Challenge

(14-06-19) Five hardy and determined Form 6 pupils headed northon 14th June to defend the Craigclowan colours at the annual Gordonstoun Challenge. Over the three days, and across the vast and stunning school grounds, our children tackled a huge variety of physical and mental tasks, usually under - Read more...

Junior Sports Day 2019

(17.05.19) We seem to have the best weather of the year for Junior Sports Day every year and this year was no exception. Lots of fun in the sun was had with running races, fun races and parents races. Have a look at the photos and see for - Read more...

Form 8 French Weekend 3-4 May 2019

French week-end was another resounding success for Form 8 pupils, as they prepared for their looming Listening and Speaking Common Entrance Examination, away from their usual classroom but with familiar bi-lingual staff. A series of rôle plays, speaking exercises and listening comprehensions, - Read more...

Scottish Primary Schools’ Cross-Country Championships Kirkcaldy - Saturday 27 April 2019

Craigclowan took ten energetic and excited runners to the Scottish Primary Schools’ 32nd Cross-country Championships which event took place in the grounds of Kirkcaldy High School on Saturday. The Championship brought together no fewer than 1000 children representing 150 schools. To say that - Read more...

School Ski Trip 2019 - Les Menuires

The first week of the Easter Holidays saw an excited and energetic crowd of Craigclowan pupils, accompanied by Mrs G, Mrs Whitelaw and Mr Dibnah, head off to Les Menuires in France for the school ski trip. After a very disappointing year for snow and skiing at home, this trip was perhaps even - Read more...

Success at Perform in Perth 2019

Craigclowan pupils had another great year at Perform in Perth! Altogether, 31 children performed in 43 individual events in speech and music classes and 40 choristers performed in the Junior Choir. The Craigclowan children gained 3 Participation Certificate, 9 Merit Certificates, 28 First Class - Read more...