Luing Primary School is based on the Atlantic island of Luing, off the west coast of Scotland. Formerly a traditional island school with desks and named places for each child, the children entered this world of education at Primary 1 (aged five) and stayed until the end of Primary 7.
When I became head teacher in 2008, I used the summer break to create the blank canvas that I wanted. Skips were sourced and out went the past – the tables, the chairs and the named trays – and in came Community Playthings unit and hollow blocks, as well as lots of paint, clay and material. I spent my summer in anticipation of the teachers’ faces at the start of term.
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