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Crofting Connections Schools 2009-10 – Postal Addresses
    Postal address
  Argyll schools  
1 Inveraray Primary The Avenue, Inveraray, Argyll PA32 8TW
2 Furnace Primary Furnace, Inveraray, Argyll PA32 8XN
3 Minard Primary Minard, Inveraray, Argyll PA32 8YB
  Highland schools  
4 Farr High Bettyhill, Thurso, Caithness, KW14 7SS
5 Farr Primary Bettyhill, Thurso, Caithness, KW14 7SS
6 Melvich Primary Melvich, Thurso, KW14 7YL
7 Tongue Primary Tongue, Lairg, Sutherland, IV27 4 XL
8 Lochcarron Primary Lochcarron, Strathcarron, Ross-shire, IV54 8YS
9 Kilchoan Primary Kilchoan, Acharacle, Inverness-shire PH36 4LH
10 Acharacle Primary Acharacle, Inverness-shire PH36 4JU
11 Ardgour Primary Ardgour, Fort William, Inverness-shire, PH33 7AB
  Cairngorm schools  
12 Gergask Primary Laggan, Newtonmore, Inverness-shire, PH20 1AH
13 Dalwhinnie Primary Dalwhinnie, Inverness-shire, PH19 1AB
  Western Isles schools  
14 Sgoil nan Loch Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, HS2 9BE
15 Pairc Primary Gravir, Isle of Lewis, HS2 9QX
16 Lionacleit High Linacleit, Benbecula, HS7 5PJ
  Orkney schools  
17 Shapinsay Primary Shapinsay, Orkney, KW17 2DY
18 Stronsay Junior High Stronsay, Orkney, KW17 2AE
19 Papa Westray Primary Papa Westray, Orkney, KW17 2BU
20 Westray Junior High Westray, Orkney, KW17 2DH
  Shetland schools  
21 Whalsay Junior High Symbister, Shetland, ZE2 9AQ
22 Baltasound Junior High Baltasound, Unst, Shetland, ZE2 9DY
23 Burravoe Primary Burravoe, Yell, Shetland ZE2 9BA
24 Dunrossness Primary Dunrossness, Shetland, ZE2 9JG
Latest News
Shetland Wool
Posted: 04/08/2010

There are lots of different colours of wool there’s moorit, black, white, katmoget, and gulmoget. Shetland wool is very soft so you get soft jumpers but most Shetland wool comes from Australia and it’s a denser fleece.  You can do lots of different things with wool like knit a jumper, scarves, make rugs, blankets, knit hats and felt.

Read full article: Shetland Wool

Dalwhinnie Primary, May 2010
Posted: 02/06/2010

The children here at Dalwhinnie Primary School had a very special experience in May when they went to the Highland Folk Park in Newtonmore to help with planting potatoes.  The children had previously planted 5 varieties of potatoes that had come as part of the crofting Connections project at school.  These they had planted in bags alongside the variety that they received as part of the RHET Grow and Count project.

Read full article: Dalwhinnie Primary, May 2010

Crofting Connections is a three-year project launched in August 2009 by Scottish Crofting Federation and Soil Association Scotland.