RURAL SKILLS

Rural Skills Update

April and May have been busy months for the S3 and 4 Rural Skills pupils.

After sowing seeds early in March the S3 and 4 pupils have been busy planting up hanging baskets and pots to be sold at the Inverness Flower Show in August.

S3 have been brushing up on their Estate maintenance skills up at Abriachan Forest Trust, unblocking field drains and installing water butts. Many thanks to Suzann and her team for making the trips an enjoyable and rewarding experience.


S3 also had the once in a lifetime experience of leading a horse drawn plough. They became very friendly with Morgan and Tommy the 18 hand Clydesdales, through a grooming and taking session before taking it in turn to command ‘shoe over’ and ‘high over’ under the watchful eye of Nick Molnar. It was an amazing opportunity and the group was brimming with confidence and a real sense of achievement.


A sad farewell was bid to the S4 class who has really gelled as a team during this course and has shown that they can tackle many new skills. We wish them all the best.

Last but not least, the S3 class has begun to work with the Merkinch community partnership and the Corbett centre to maintain their community garden. Eilidh MacPhail represented the group; planting heathers and lavender in what is hoped to become a reading garden for the local children.

Partnership with Lifescan

Inverness High School are developing a relationship with Lifescan, one of the Highland's largest employers. We have recently started up a "REAL Food" stall in the Lifescan premises and recently a team of employees visited our school farm for a "team-building" day and apart from enjoying the fresh air they put in a power of work on the farm.

Nomad Cage Football

Nomad Cage football visited Inverness High School for the second time in April. The 2 on 2 football inside the cage was fast and furious and enjoyed by classes of all ages. Thanks to YFC for organising the events and Merkinch Partnership for their generous sponsorship of the Nomad visit.

S2 LEADERSHIP PHONE RECYCLING

Our S2 Leadership group have been trying to raise money towards their project – a school radio show! They have teamed up with the company ‘Envriostudents’, and have started a mobile phone recycling campaign which we want you all to get involved with! It is very simple – you sell your old mobile phone on the website - www.invernesshigh.envirostudents.com
and you receive the amount of money the phone is worth. Envirostudents then donates £3.00 per phone to the High School. Once you have registered (for FREE) on the website above, you will be sent a free post envelope so you can send your phone to Envirostudents for FREE. They will then give you your money, and the donation to the school, within 7 days! So if you have any old phones lying around now that you have a better one, why not see if you can make some money, for yourself and the school at the same time! And you’ll be being eco friendly too!

Visit from Botkyrka Friskola

For a third time students and teachers from Sweden have visited Inverness High School on their tour of Scotland. This year the group of 47 joined us on 5th May and the S2 Leadership Group welcomed the group with some warm-up activities and a tour of the school. The group departed after lunch in the canteen.