Reay pupils enjoy picnic capers
REAY Primary School has been busy with its eco projects.
Even though pupils’ Rag Bag clothes were stolen, as reported in the Caithness Courier, the youngsters still managed to collect enough items to receive a £109.20 cheque.
Parents and teachers were horrified to discover that the school’s recycling container had clothes stolen from it on a regular basis between January and July. The container, which was given by clothing initiative Rag Bag, is used to collect unwanted items to help raise money for the school.
Undaunted, however, the children still managed to collect some cash and the container now has a padlock.
The eco committee also organised an Eco Picnic Day with local producer Danny Miller, of Mey Selections, visiting the school to talk to the children at assembly.

He spoke about local produce, food miles and fair trade, and brought along some locally made biscuits.
The pupils took part in a lunch box competition to promote local, seasonal and ethically produced foods.
The winners were Liam Dunnett P2, Karla Mackay P3 and Erin McDonald P7.
Some of ingredients in the winners’ tasty lunches included home-made jam, home-made pasta using local eggs and sausages.
Liam Flavell won the zero-waste prize, by succeeding in the feat of having no disposable packaging at all in his lunch box.
Pupils enjoyed an extra Friday lunch-time treat courtesy of Bews the butchers when they all got to try its sausage rolls.