Always Kind, Always Positive, Always Flourishing 

Welcome To Fordyce Primary School

Fordyce Primary, built in 1924, is set amongst a picturesque historical village, 2 miles south-west of Portsoy and 11 miles south west of Banff.

Surrounding the school are extensive grounds and playing field which are used for many curricular areas, particularly physical education and Forest School and Eco Schools activities. There is also a willow structure, raised flower and vegetable beds, orchard, adventure play trail area, recycled plastic bottle greenhouse, mini beast and wildlife area and a variety of mature and young trees.

Fordyce village dates back to the 13th Century and is a conservation village. Within the village there is a Bistro, a Joiner’s Workshop Museum and a village hall, where the bowling club, WRVS, badminton club and dancing lessons are held as well as monthly car boot and craft stalls. A picturesque old churchyard, a castle dating from 1592 and play park completes the picture. Every July there is a Villlage Open Garden Day, which was previously featured in the BBC’s Beechgrove Garden programme.

News

Term 3 

This term is super exciting... 

P1-4 are learning about 'Toys through Time' in their context. They have already started looking at the origins of some toys and are so enthusiastic!

P5-7 are learning about Antarctica and are about to embark on an adventure to see the real RRS Discovery which carried Captain Scott and Ernest Shackleton!

Forest School/Outdoor learning brings our science learning on Space this term. Hagrid's Hut has become a hive of busyness, transforming into the hub for our learning.