Dounby Community School

Friday, 23 May 2025

Folk Festival Visit 23.5.2025

We had a wonderful visit from Frigg, from the Orkney Folk Festival, today, which was very apt as we learned from the grop that Frigg means Friday!

Our pupils just loved their performace and we know they will be a roaring success at festival events. Thanks to all at the Orkney Folk Festival for making this event happen.

Rotakids Fundraising Success 23.5.2025

Our amazing Rotakids have raised a huge £352.58 for their fundraising for the NSPCC and the Archie Foundation. THank you to all who saved their 20ps!

The Rotakids are now planning a community fundraiser event for both charities on Friday 27th June - watch this space for more information.

Tuesday, 6 May 2025

Air Ambulance Afternoon 6.5.2025

This afternoon saw us walk, run, wheelbarrow and forward roll our way to over 2,000 laps in our Air Ambulance fundraiser!

More details to follow once all the counting has finished and the sponsorship monies are collected!

It was such an amazing afternoon and we a re so proud of all our learners (and staff) for taking part and making this such a special event.

Thursday, 1 May 2025

Class Learning Pathways for Term 4 1.5.2025

We are delighted to share with you our new Learning Pathways for Term 4. They are uploading on to our website as we type! We will be emailing these home to families as well.

This document was designed in partnership with our Family Focus Group, who have been a brilliant support in adapting and changing this document to much improve it. We really do hope you find them useful.

Instead of asking for family questions for the class topics, we are asking for anyone with knowledge or skills to share for any of our topics - you can volunteer to help in any of our classes!

Please get involved if you can

Our Class Learning Pathways are:

Eday Class P1 Animals

Sanday Class P23 Island Games

Copinsay Class P34 Human Body

Swona Class P45 Electricity

Eynhallow Class P56 STEM

Egilsay Class P67 Orkney

PHONE LINE UPDATE 1.5.2025

Unfortunately, our phones lines are not working still, BT are currently trying to resolve the issue.

Please email - admin.dounby@glow.orkneyschools.org.uk if you need to get in touch with us.

Monday, 28 April 2025

Phone Line Disruption 30.4.2025

We are now entering the final phase of hopefully getting our new phone system installed as part of OIC's digital migration process. On Wednesday 30th Apriol 2025, there will be a temporary loss of phone service which can range from 5 minutes to 2 hours in duration. We do not have a timeframe for this loss of phone service and completely understand the inconvenience this could cause, so we appreciate your patience and understanding whilst this happens. Please contact us via email on that day if you are unable to reach us by phone - admin.dounby@glow.orkneyschools.org.uk

Friday, 28 March 2025

Young People's Group April 2025

Golf Taster Sessions

Help Us Keep Everyone Safe – Please Close the Gates 28.3.2025

Just a quick but important reminder to all families and visitors: please make sure the school gates are closed behind you when coming in or out of our school grounds.

Keeping the gates shut is a simple but really important step in making sure everyone on site is safe, especially our pupils. Even leaving them open for a short time can create unnecessary risk.

We really appreciate your support in helping us keep the school secure. Thank you!

Nicola Benedetti Foundation Workshop 27.8.2025

Our Primary One to Three pupils had a wonderful workshop with Callum and Lucy from the Nicola Benedetti Foundation yesterday. It was great to see such engagement and enjoyment of all things muscial!