Unique Learning Community
We had an adventure getting into Baltasound Junior High School today for our weekly visit. Unexpected snow showers across the northern isles presented us with some challenges getting into Unst. However, we are here and thought we would share some pictures from our journey.
Fetlar have a partner school La Frayere in La Bocca district, Cannes on the Cote in France. This morning we shared some British songs with the nursery (maternelle) department and they sang some songs in French and English to us. One of our children said ‘I was a little confused about what to say to them at first but that will get easier’ another said ‘It was funny to see them having a group hug but that’s what nursery children do sometimes’. Our nursery child liked that they learned a song which we can sing in French and English as well.
We are going to meet up every few weeks to share Christmas preparations with them.
On Tuesday 29th May 2018 Fetlar Primary School visited the Mareel to view their work in the Unexpected Sites exhibition. The exhibition was part of a collaborative project to bring children to art and vice versa. We made large maps and used our sketch books to create viewing frames and pictures from our environment. Our pieces des resistance were the papier mache boulders which were based on the boulders slung over the wall at the big house in Houbie. Everyone asked what the boulders are for since they look really old and its unusual to see them hung over the wall but they are weights to keep the ivy on the other side of the wall from falling down!
We met the children from Skeld Primary School there and then went on a bus to Bressay lighthouse with them to meet the resident artist Amanda Welch who lives in London but loves Shetland so much she keeps on visiting and drawing. She has drawn and made sculptures of the Shetland Islands. One was made from dress material.
Aaron said the best thing he enjoyed was to see the rocks he had made at school with Amy. Darcy said the best thing she enjoyed was making new friends and going over to Bressay.
Egg Hunt at Fetlar Primary, Friday 14th April 9.30 am.
Pre-school to secondary, all welcome 😀
We plan to have a night to get the fences around the school completed. Please come along and join us, feel free to bring a brush or paint if you want!
Join us at the school from 3pm till we run out of paint, finish the fence, or get rained out.
If the weather is unsuitable on the day we will reschedule ASAP.
