We had a little celebration in school this week to say goodbye to Harris and Heidi.  They were gifted a photo album of their time at FIPS and a card full of lovely messages – both beautifully put together by … Continue reading →

On Thursday, Harris and Luca, helped the isle folk to ‘caa’ the sheep off the hill.  It was Luca’s second hill caa and Harris’ first. They started at Buness to help drive the sheep north and eventually up Vaasetter.  Heidi … Continue reading →

The children had a lovely week with their new supply teacher, Lucy.  They especially enjoyed learning about Lucy’s other job as a mountaineering guide on the Isle of Skye – it sounds very exciting! On Tuesday after school, Lucy kindly … Continue reading →

Last Friday, at Fair Isle Primary School, we had a lovely visit from Heike, a German fashion designer staying on the island. We learned about OXO patterns, colours and Shetland Wool Week. We designed our own jumpers:

Last Thursday we visited the museum.  Stewart answered all our questions!  Here are some of the things we found out: One of the oldest exhibits in the museum is the canon from the Spanish Armada boat called El Gran Grifon.      … Continue reading →

Last week, professors from the University of Nottingham visited the isle as part of their project called Ragna’s Islands. See their blog here : https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/ragnasislands/ They held a school and community event to explore Fair Isle’s Viking roots. Judith spoke about … Continue reading →

Monday Upon arrival, we had a quick lunch at the hostel flat then headed to Clickimin pool for our first swimming lesson. Afterwards (following a well-earned snack of course), we walked to Bolts to collect the minibus then had a … Continue reading →

We have been learning about soluble substances and dissolving this week by experimenting with different liquids and solids in water eg. oil, sugar, salt, chalk, sand, flour, soap, vinegar, etc. The children tried their hardest to mix the oil and … Continue reading →