Friday marked the final handover of our building to the contractors. Everyone has worked incredibly hard to pack up and move to our new temporary site at Walker Road. We made sure to take lots of photographs of the empty building for our memories and to help us keep alive the building that means so much to so many people. Here are just a few we took on our final day. We found some amazing surprises left behind whiteboards including a 20 year old handwriting lesson!

Keep a look out for photographs of our new home towards the end of the summer holidays. 

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On Friday, we had our first site visit to see the inside of our new nursery. Although it is not quite finished yet, we were absolutely blown away by what we saw. The new setting is incredible! We can't wait to open the doors to learners in August. 

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This was our last week at Ferryhill whilst our builidng is improved. 

You can still contact us as usual at Ferryhill@aberdeencity.gov.uk or via Xpressions App (Now called Eduspot). 

If you need to phone Miss Hay in the office, call 01224 879720

On Tuesday this week, all P1-P7 pupils and staff headed up to Devana Parish Church for our end of term church service. 

We all enjoyed performances from the P2 choir, P3 choir, P4 Big Sing pupils and the senior choir. We were also treated to a final performance of a 'Star Warts Mega Mix' from our Primary 7 leaders. 

Peter and David from Devana Parish Church spoke about the importance of friendship and the Primary 7 pupils took part in a lovely final activity together to show what friendship really meant to them, important lessons and reflections for all. 

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The children of P5 having been working very hard this Summer term to design and develop a fair to help promote road safety to our Ferryhill pupils.  This week all that hard work came to a head as they invited each class to visit the P5 classrooms to partake in a very successful and educational fair. Everything that featured in the fair was developed entirely by P5 and they took the lead on how the day itself was run.  The children created road safety storybooks, wrote and filmed movies, used their technology skills to create Lego animations, designed board games and put on two mini drama performances, all to promote being safe on and around our roads. 

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This week we had our end of year picnic with the nursery families. The children shared some of their favourite songs and got special gifts to celebrate a fabulous year. 

We then had a lovely picnic altogether, sharing stories from our fun year at nursery! 

Thank you to all our nursery families for coming along to join us. 

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The nursery children went for a visit to check on the progress on our new build. We were excited to see the windows and doors have been installed, and could even see inside the building that other work was taking place including our new kitchen. The builder was busy on the roof and gave us a wave! 

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As part of our upcoming 150th anniversary and exciting building work, we have been holding special intergenerational events. This week, Primary 6 pupils interviewed some former pupils who attended Ferryhill. They had the opportunity to ask questions about their time in school. 

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Primary 4C wanted to share their photographs from their most recent visit to Albury Sports Centre. This visit involved a few games of bowls, supported by Agnes. Their skills are really improving and games are becoming increasingly competitive and close!

A big thank you to Agnes for all of her continued support this year, the bowls sessions are a firm favourite with our pupils. 

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Phillipa Mason from the UK Parliament Outreach Team visited P5 - P7 pupils this week. 

They learned about democracy, voting, parliament and how laws are made. 

It was really helpful to learn about this from an expert in the field. All pupils and staff enjoyed the visit. 

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This week marks the second part of the Aberdeen Football Club Community Trust football festival. The team from P4 & P5, and the team from P6 & P7 attended Cormack Park on Thursday.  There were around 160 pupils taking part in the festival. 

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Primary 1 had a fantastic visit to Aberdeen Science Centre on Friday. 

They took part in lots of fun and interesting workshops where they learned about night and day. 

Take a look at our photo gallery to see what we got up to!

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On Tuesday we welcomed our friends from other nurseries who will be joining us in Primary 1. We met at Albury Park for a play. This was our second session at Albury Park and we were happy to be joined by so many of our new families. 

The P6 buddies joined in on the fun too as they will be P7 buddies for the P1s next year. 

Our next meet will happen in our infant hall. 

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Primary 1 have been enjoying using their Kapla to recreate Ferryhill's assigned tall ship, The Kapitan Borchardt. 

Each primary school will adopt one of the magnificent vessels dropping anchor for the Tall Ships Race Aberdeen 2025, including the chance to interact with their captains and crews online and follow their ships as they race towards the North-East shores.  

Harris from Primary 1C said "Kapla is the best! I made the tall ship out of Kapla, some friends were also working with me."

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Primary 4 attended the annual Big Sing extravaganza at Duthie Park on Wednesday. They have been working so hard all term to rehearse and perfect their songs and performance, and wow did all of that hard work pay off. They were incredible! They represented Ferryhill beautifully. 

The rest of the school were treated to a special performance of the songs prior to the big show. It was amazing to hear the school filled with song, it really helped set a positive mood in school for the rest of the day. 

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Thank you to Fiona from Sustrans for donating 5 new Frog bikes to Ferryhill School. These bikes will support our Bikeability programme to ensure all learners have the opportunity to learn how to cycle. 

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P7MW enjoyed a trip out to Holburn Gospel Hall this week to take part in a Bible Exhibition. The pupils had the opportunity to investigate interactive stalls, all linked to their learning in class. They were able to ask lots of questions and hear stories and information about the Bible.  

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This week we welcomed the Scottish Culture and Traditions Music Project to school. They have worked with upper stages children every morning for the whole week. The pupils received tuition on either the guitar, clarsach, scots song or the penny whistle. The children were then given the opportunity to perform in front of an audience on Friday to shared their progress and learning. The progress the children made within the week was really quite incredible, it was so lovely to have the school filled with music. 

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A huge thank you to Ferryhill Fundraising Committee who bought Kapla kits for every class. Each class received their very own set during the House Team organised construction week. 

Kapla is a construction game in which the components are all exactly the same. The planks, made of natural pine from 100% renewable forests, require no fixing system: they are simply piled one on top of the other and hold each other in place. 

We have been so impressed by the creations the children have built together! Lots of learning, collaboration and future engineers and architects!

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A photo gallery filled with brilliant feats of engineering from Primary 7. Kapla is very popular in P7.

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Some pupils from P4, 5, 6 and 7 were selected to take part in the AFCCT football competition this week. 

Mrs Duffus and Mrs MacDonald happily accepted the roles of manager and assistant coach. 

As always, our pupils respresented the school well and made us all proud of their efforts. The P4 and P5 won the Team Spirit award and the P6 and P7 team won the best celebration! 

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A huge congratulations to the pupils of P5K and Barnaby from P3GR for taking part in the Magic Map Story Writing Competition. All stories have been selected to be published. It is very unusual for a whole class to be chosen to be published which speaks to the quality of the pieces. 

We are very proud of all of the learners and can't wait to see the published stories. 

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A huge thank you to Sport Aberdeen their amazing donation of sports equipment. We received badminton nets and sets and Boccia sets. We have already had so much fun using these resources and look forward to all classes having the opportunity to use them in the future. 

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P2D had an action packed morning outside exploring the wonderful world of weather! They stepped into their very own rainforest, using umbrellas and spray bottles to create gentle canopy drizzle- then turned up the excitement with a hose powered downpour! They even collected and measured rain like real scientists.  Using wind socks and home made wind vines they explored the power of the wind and made their own gusts by fanning clipboards.  WIth compasses in hand, they tracked which direction the wind was blowing, and used thermometers to find the hottest and coolest spots in our playground.  Through all the fun, they discovered how weather shapes the rainforest and how the amazing animals and plants have adapted to survive.  What a great day of learning through play and discovery!  

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The nursery children who will be transitioning to school after the summer break have been working on a project with P1PM and P1C. This week we read the second chapter of the NHS Grow Well Choices story about the farm animals going to the Highland Games.

We were learning all about how to keep our bodies healthy by eating a balanced diet with different types of foods. 

We went outside in the sunshine to move our bodies, keeping ourselves fit and healthy, and having lots of fun together too!  

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It was certainly fun in the sun for Primary 7 this week as they attended Harlaw Academy's Health and Wellbeing transition event. 

The Harlaw Academy PE department and some Harlaw pupils ran the event at the Harlaw Pitches up at Hazlehead. 

Our learners had an amazing time! Another fantastic transition event, which helps build up to our upcoming link week.

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The nursery children took part in a sponsored obstacle on Friday 25th April to raise funds for a special end of year trip. We saw great stamina as the children completed the obstacle course as many times as they could, with the highest achiever coming in at 30 rounds!

With generous sponsorships from our nursery families we made an incredible £350. This will be used to plan a special outing with the children to celebrate the end of the school year later in the term. 

A huge thank you to everyone who contributed, we really appreciate the support and generosity. 

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Each week, every class takes part in pupil voice groups at Ferryhill. Our groups are Feedback, Eco, Junior Road Safety Officers, Health, Rights Respecting  Reading, Digital and Visible Learning. The pupils decide what they would like to learn about and lead improvements in these areas. 

The pupils then share their learning and improvements they have made at assembly. 

This week P6R presented what they have achieved in their 'Feedback' group. 

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P7L went to Albury this week to take part in bowling. They worked together in teams as they learnt the rules for the game, and how scoring works. The children  were engaged as they took part in a new learning experience while out and about in the Ferryhill community.  

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Primary 1 - 4 pupils were treated to a fabulous magic show on Wednesday. Magic Alan amazed us with his mind blowing tricks, all while teaching us all about road safety.

"I learned that before you cross the road, you must stop and look both ways. I like when he pretended that I touched his hand with the magic wand and it hurt him but I didn't even touch him!"

Kennedy (The Magician's Assistant) P1PM  

"The four words you need to think about when crossing the road are stop, look, listen and think. Our favourite part of the show was when the lollipop man was speaking."

Maya and Lucia - P2G

"I learned that you stop, look, listen and think when crossing the road. Green means go, red means stop."

Jamin P3M

"I liked to talking picture, it was a bit scary! I liked the invisible floating ball."

Daniyal and Jia-Yune P3M

"I didn't know that you shouldn't cross the road when the green light is flashing. Magic Alan taught me that. My favourite part was when he ate the light then it came out of his bottom!"

Yusuf A P4C

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P6S had a fantastic time learning some new rugby skills with Liam from Aberdeen Grammar Rugby who is working with Sport Aberdeen to deliver outdoor sessions to Primary 5, 6 and 7 pupils.

P6S enjoyed the session despite the rainy North East weather! 

The sessions will run for 5 weeks, hopefully with more photos to follow!

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Some of the children in P4C are currently fasting for Ramadan and this sparked a lot of discussion in the class. The children showed lots of interest and had lots of questions so Miss Cunningham invited Anna Mirza-Khan into school to answer some of their questions. Thank you Anna, we really appreciate your help. 

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It's P7 hoodie day! One of the most exciting days of the year for P7. They all look very smart and are wearing them with pride. 

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Miss Smith will be running a comic club for Primary 6 pupils on a Monday after school from 3pm - 3.45pm in term 4. 

We look forward to seeing all the fun they have next term!

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Some of the nursery children had a wonder down to check on the progress of our new build, and what a surprise we got! We were very excited to see the steel works completed and the timber walls being built. The children spotted the spaces in the timber where the new windows will be placed. After talking to one of the builders on the site, we discovered that they are putting up scaffolding around the building to start adding the roof over the next few weeks! 

'There are real walls' - Rosie 

'The holes for the windows are big and small' - Brian 

'The builders are covering the walls in red to protect it' - Patrick 

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Look at our fantastic new puppets that have been introduced into the Primary 1 classrooms to support story telling. As you can see, the children are having an amazing time playing with the puppets in a variety of ways. 

Blanka, Karo and Vitalina had a great day participating in the Enterprising Maths Challenge 2025, run by the University of Aberdeen. 

They took part in lots of team challenges and presented their poster all about codes and ciphers. The poster was made collaboratively after lots of research and preparation. 

We are very proud of their efforts and how well they represented Ferryhill School. 

We almost have a 'blink and you miss it' level of progress on our new nursery build and the development of our outdoor learning spaces. Next week, we will see the steel works beginning, Morrison have advised that the steel work will take around 3 days then they will begin work on timber framing.

If you look on the concrete floor you can see blue lines painted, demonstrating where different rooms will be. 

The digger (some children will correct me to say excavator) in the picture is working on our new multi-use games area. 

A huge thank you to everyone who visited the Book Fayre at School last week, and purchased some goodies. The sales from the event were £2,095 and from this we were able to buy books worth £1,257. Amazing contribution to our reading libraries across school.  

We are very proud of the children who took part in the Cross Country event on  Friday 14th March. Some of the children from P5-7 represented Ferryhill as they took part with other schools from across Aberdeen. The children showed enthusiasm as they raced, demonstrating their resilience and stamina.  Look at all those happy faces proud of their achievements. Well done! 

Some of the nursery children joined P1PM to continue our learning from last weeks Tradition Tale, Jack and the Beanstalk. This week we made our very own beanstalks using marshmallows and spaghetti. We had to work together in our teams to share ideas and make sure our beanstalk could stand tall.  It was challenging work and tricky to resist eating the marshmallows! 

In P6S we have been learning all about area during numeracy. The children took part in practical experiences as they developed their understanding of area, showing creativity through the use of lego and digital technology.   

The P7 children hosted a very successful toy and book sale on Wednesday 10th March. The classes throughout the school were excited as they visited the sale and the P7's were great negotiators as they managed to sell all the donations they had received! They made an incredible £400 that will be put towards their activities week planned for next term. Well done P7! 

Ferryhill School celebrated World Book Day on Thursday. Classes took part in reading activities in their classrooms, we had a 'Drop Everything and Read' session and all of our learners (and parents) enjoyed exploring the Book Fair. We chose to dress in our comfy and cosy pyjamas and take a teddy to school so that we could really relax and curl up with a book!

Some of the children from nursery joined P1C and P1PM as part of our Bygone World learning.  We listened to the story of Jack and the Beanstalk, before taking part in experiments in small teams.  The children worked together to create a design for their golden egg to help protect it when it fell from the beanstalk.  All of our creations were successful in keeping the egg whole! 

P5M have been learning how to work with video editing software to capture, create and edit films with text, sound and video. This week we focused on stop motion, where we created people and objects out of clay and captured images to turn into a stop motion video. We learned about frames in movies and the importance of having an unchanging field of view for the effect to work. 

Primary 6 took the chance to escape the classroom and learn in a different environment. They took to the playground to enjoy the sun and learn about circles. As you can see from our photo gallery, they were learning how to draw, measure and calculate the radius and diameter of circles. 

Primary 7 had a an amazing experience at the recent 'ForSEA Your Future' event as part of the Subsea Expo at P&J Live. ForSEA Your Future is run to educate and inspire school pupils about innovations and technology in the blue economy. They also bring to life careers in the underwater industry. ForSEA Your Future aim to provide insights into the opportunities offered by the underwater industry and wider energy sector.