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P7 and Caroline’s soaking
At Shapinsay School we have a strange tradition of soaking our leavers when they don’t expect it. This year was no exception, and our P7s and Caroline were surprised by everyone at the end of the day. Well done for being such good sports!Local Secondary School has first School Inspection in over a decade
Stromness Academy has had its first HMIe School Inspection in 14 years. This secondary school takes all its 350 pupils from eight of the parishes in the west mainland of Orkney. During the week 24th March 2025, HMIe came to Stromness and did a whole school inspection, from the Home Economics department to Music, talking to not only to staff but also to the students. The staff – teachers and non-teaching – had mixed feelings about this, one teacher saying they were “Super Stressed” and others stating “It was a useful and positive experience” or they were “not worried”. OneContinue reading Local Secondary School has first School Inspection in over a decade
STEM day
Some of the older children went to the STEM challenge day in Kirkwall. They had to build a vehicle to lay a subsea cable, give a presentation about their learning in STEM subjects and take part in various challenged. The Shapinsay Science Squad were delighted to be awarded the runners up prize for the STEM challenges.Peedie schools Sports Day
We went to Kirkwall and met with the children from Rousay, North Walls, Eday, North Ronaldsay and Papay. We took part in rugby, various sports and met Ola the Orca who is the mascot for the 2025 Island Games.Latest updatesSA Players go to finals!
The Stromness Academy Players are going south to compete in the SCDA youth finals in St Andrews, to perform their play which has competed twice already in the Orkney Theatre in February and the second time in March on the Brechin City Hall stage, winning both times first place! Now they are going to St Andrews down south to compete for the Scottish drama competition and if they win, they will be going home as the champions of Scotland. This all takes place on the 21st June 2025. Their play is called ‘Everything you always wanted to knowNetball Festival
On Thursday, the 29th of May 2025, Stromness Academy hosted a fun Netball Festival for the S2 girls. It took place from period two till period seven (10:15 to 3:30). Miss Ewen who is a P.E teacher here at Stromness was completely in charge of the netball festival and made the choice that the netball games should be 10 minutes long. Miss Ewen originally wanted us to play outside although sadly the weather wasn’t on our side so she decided to hold the games inside. Wick, Thurso, KGS and Fortrose all travelled to Stromness to play in the festival andLatest News
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On 1 May 2025 we archived older Glow Blogs that haven’t been used for a number of years. Following this, commencing 28 August 2025, we will permanently delete these from the system to free up space and help improve overall performance. If your Glow Blog is archived but you want to continue using it you […]Glow Blogs Update May 2025
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On 1 May 2025 we archived older Glow Blogs that haven’t been used for a number of years. Following this, commencing 28 August 2025, we will permanently delete these from the system to free up space and help improve overall performance. If your Glow Blog is archived but you want to continue using it you […]
