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Primary Netball League

Huge well done to the Tirricks netball team for getting in to the finals of the Primary Netball League.  They competed today against Dunrossness and then Scalloway to end in third place.

The league has been running over the winter with an impressive 16 teams taking part.

The netball players all showed great commitment, teamwork and sportsmanship.  Big thanks to Active Schools staff, the school coaches  – Leah Henry, Louise Birnie and Anne Wood and to all the parents/careers who kindly transported the players to locations throughout Shetland and who supported them during their games.

 

Safety Outside School Campaign

The Shetland Islands Council and Police Scotland are running a Shetland wide campaign this week to promote safety outside of schools.  As part of their campaign they have spoken to P4-7 pupils at assembly, handed out leaflets to families and erected banners outside of schools.

A number of schools have also had small characters outside encouraging parents/carers not to park on yellow or zig zag lines.

We are really grateful to all parents/carers for supporting this campaign and parking safely around the school. The photograph below was taken at 3pm on Monday 5 March.  The Crossing Patrol Attendant and pupils couldn’t believe the difference this made to their safety as they crossed the road.  They could easily see any vehicles coming.

Looking for litter

Four of our P5s pupils watched Newsround and were very interested in a report about litter.  They decided that they would try to make a difference and spent their lunchtime gathering up all the litter that had blown below the fences in our P5-7 playground.  They got a whole black bag full.

They have now asked if they can regularly look out for litter in both playgrounds.  It is great to have young people who are proactive and look after the environment.

Christmas Assembly

Our Christmas Assembly was held at the Methodist Church this morning. Thanks to Rev Fox for making us feel so welcome and to everyone for the beautiful musical items, which were so lovely that we want to share them with family and friends.

Away in a Manger

Fiddlers

Choir – Light of the Stable

Choir – Christmas Canon

Choir – Love came down

The Virgin Mary had a baby boy

Bell’s Brae Choir

The Bell’s Brae Choir members from P5-7 entertained family, friends and members of the community in a packed Boats Hall at the Shetland Museum and Archives on Saturday.

The young performers sang a number of Christmas songs – some old and some new.  The choir members, who have been practicing hard in school and after school, sang beautifully.

The audience were also entertained with some fiddle music from Amber Thomson and Cameron Johnston who were both finalists in the Young Fiddler Competition early this year.

Loot for Lerwick Success

Huge congratulations to the Pupil Council who have secured funding of £780  at the Lerwick Community Council’s Loot for Lerwick event this morning. They will use their funds to buy games and equipment for all the pupils to play with during wet playtimes.  All the pupils who attended today did an excellent job of telling members of the pupils about their bid.

Big thanks to Mrs Johnston and Ms Henry for supporting the Pupil Council with their bid and for giving up their Saturday morning to attend the event.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO VOTED FOR US! 🙂