School, Nursery and NOOSC will be open as normal unless weather changes drastically over night.  The school site is very icy so please take care to stick to areas where grit has been put down and tread carefully.

Schools and early learning settings in Shetland will remain closed tomorrow, Thursday 15 December, with the continued wintry weather conditions and power supply problems.

With temperatures forecast to fall below freezing tonight, uncertainty over access to side roads for school transport across Shetland and the ongoing disruption of power supply across the islands, the decision has been taken for schools and early learning settings to stay closed tomorrow, for the safety of pupils and staff.  Fair Isle Primary School will, however, remain open.

The Eric Gray Centre at Seafield will also close tomorrow.

Fuel Vouchers flyer final

Schools and early learning settings in Shetland will remain closed tomorrow, Wednesday 14^th December, with the continued wintry weather conditions.

With temperatures forecast to fall below freezing tonight again and uncertainty over school travel and power supplies across the islands, the decision has been taken for schools and early learning settings to stay closed tomorrow, for the safety of pupils and staff.  Fair Isle Primary School will however remain open.

The Eric Gray Centre at Seafield will also close tomorrow.

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I can now confirm that  our school , nursery and after school club will be closed on  19th September- to enable our organisation to pay  our respects to Her Majesty and commemorate Her reign, while marking the final day of the period of national mourning.  School, Nursery and NOOSC will be open again as normal on Tuesday 20th September.

I am sure you will join me in voicing our sadness on hearing news of the passing of Her Majesty The Queen.  Our heartfelt condolences go out to the Royal Family. So soon after our wonderful Platinum Jubilee celebrations earlier in the year,  and because  Dunrossness Primary has a special connection with the Queen  as she officially opened the school on her Royal visit in 1969, there is an added poignancy with the announcement   What ever individual views we might hold about the monarchy, the Queen was an  inspiration by her example of humility, respect,  kindness,  loyalty and devotion to  serving the British people.  A remarkable person whose legacy will be marked in history.

Like all public services, the school will be very respectful of the period of national mourning and as such the Union flag will be flown at half mast outside of the school except on the morning of 10th Sept when His Majesty the King is formally proclaimed in the Accession Council.   All other school activities will continue as normal during the period of mourning and all staff will sensitively support children who may be upset  by what they see and hear in the media,  or by any other bereavement they may have experienced recently.  I will update you with any special  arrangements that may be put in place for the day of the state funeral  as we are informed of them.

Our JRSOs have been very busy over this year, helping the school community to learn about road safety. They have planned competitions and events for everyone to join in and last Thursday they shared all they had done with JRSOs from other school. They presented their PowerPoint very clearly and with a lot of confidence. We are all very proud of them.  Well done JRSOs.

Well done to all children for joining in, trying your best and having fun and  to Yellow Team  who came out on top with the most points closely follow by the other teams- Red, Blue and Green.  It was a lovely  fun morning with fabulous weather. Thanks too, to all parents whom came to organize refreshments,  help out and to watch.

Also in the Blue team but missed main photo! 

We had really hoped to be able to  do sports morning this morning and although it looks like it might not rain, the field is just too wet  and would not be safe for children to run around  or sit down on.  So sorry for any convenience-  let’s  hope it dries out a bit for next week and that you can all join us then.  Thank you for your support.