LAST month, Tyrie School held an Eco-night/fundraiser evening.
The event started at 5.00pm with a general tidy up of our Eco-garden, weeding our newly planted hedge, planting fruit trees, rowan trees and plane trees. Pupils, staff, parents, friends and community members planted lots of wild flowers, strimmed overgrown areas in the garden and found an appropriate place for our composting bin.

A group of staff, pupils and parents retouched the faces, arms and legs of our brilliantly painted mural of which the pupils are very proud. Parents also planted new shrubs at the front of our school where we had a Bouncy Castle for all children to enjoy once the work was completed. At 6.45pm Paige, Rhiannon, Charlotte, Leah and Callum (our Eco-committee) told us how our Eco-garden began and all the hard work that had been done since it started in April 2006.
We took lots of advice from Mr Bob Davies of Forvie Tree Nursery who advised us to plant a double hawthorn mixed hedge, making an excellent habitat for wild life. The funding for the garden came from the Determined to Succeed Budget, the Fraserburgh Youth Bank and a donation from a Charity Shoot held by Mr and Mrs H Partridge.

This paid for woodchip pathways, picnic tables with tabletop games and a bird feeding station. A red ribbon was placed at the entrance of our Eco-garden and was officially cut by Hannah Gray who has been a pupil at Tyrie School for the longest time.
A Vibrant Community


By Murron Shepherd and Jack Lovie P6
If you ever wondered where you might see a community rallying together for a great cause, the Eco-fundraising night at Tyrie Primary School recently should have been your starting point.
From the idea being born back earlier in the year, the project grew momentum, enthusiasm and vigour drawing pupils, school staff, parents and the local community together enjoying a glorious summer's evening.


Everyone worked hard as informed by Murron and Jack tidying up the Eco-garden and the stalls consisted of items a good old-fashioned fundraiser should have: a flower and plant stall, a cake and candy stall, a bring and buy stall, a bottle stall and finally a book stall. Individuals related to the school in some way, from pupils, school staff, parents and the wider community, had kindly donated all these.
The school pupils themselves proved that their commitment would not falter and were at hand at all times to assist parents during the evening in their usual courteous and polite manner.
In conclusion the evening would not have been possible without the tireless enthusiasm and hard work of everyone involved both behind the scenes and on the night and proving that we are a Community Alive!
By Rhona Davidson (chairperson of the Parent Council)