We made Winter Vegetable Soup from the crop of vegetables from our school garden.
This year the garden has been very productive.
The peelings have been composted ready to help next years veggy supply.
Author: Mrs Thomson
Duke of Edinburgh Trip
On Wednesday 28 June 2023 our Duke of Edinburgh group set off on an adventure to Unst . This practice expedition, supported by Mrs Tulloch and Mr Nicolson, was designed to build groups skills – map reading skills, walking and camping – so they are able to complete their expedition in the summer holidays.
Cooking breakfast at 5 am, looking a bit tired, but still having fun!
MYJHS Regatta 2023
On Tuesday 27 June 2023 we held a sailing regatta.
Primary pupils came along to watch!
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Open Night 2023
Open Night 2023
Last night the school opened its doors to the community to showcase the work done by our pupils.
Lucky visitors were welcomed into the building with tunes played by Kaylan Brown and Peter Wood.
It was great to see so many members of the community wandering around the school – seeing classrooms, meeting teachers, viewing all the great work done by our pupils – from art, technical, science, French and much more.
A video capturing learning experiences during the year was shown.
S1/2 Glasgow Trip 2023
On our trip to Glasgow, everyone had a brilliant time. We joined with Baltasound pupils making new friends and memories.
We stayed at the Youth Hostel and we were are all happy with our rooms. The activities were amazing – from the Wallace Monument, Science Centre, Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Crazy Golf, Gravity, Laser Quest, Go Ape, Foxlake Adventure Part, Ice Skating – to name a few. Everyone enjoyed Go Ape because it the activities were up in trees because there are none big enough in Shetland, it was different for everyone.
All the teachers that came with us joined in too.
Lovely day for a sail!
It may not have been the nicest day of weather but didn’t stop the sailing!
Secondary 2-4 pupils again took to the water sailing around Mid Yell Voe.
A great improvement can be seen in all the pupils sailing skills – more control and direction!
Only two capsizes today!
Looking forward to a competitive mini regatta on Tuesday 27 June 2023.
Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) – Applications Open
Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) is part of the Scottish Government’s agenda of encouraging access to, and participation in, further education by young people from low-income families.
EMA provides financial support for 16 – 19 year olds who are:
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staying on at school;
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staying on in home education;
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following an Activity Agreement programme.
Apply for EMA
EMA Applications for 2023/24 are now open.
Please remember that if you were in receipt of EMA last year, you will need to re-apply this year.
For more information – use the ‘Anchor For Families’ Facebook page or you can access the post using the following link;
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=649826883844566&id=100064517811461
Nursery Surprise Bookbug Visit
Today we had a nice surprise – a visit from Bookbug!
We had a lovely story outside and some high 5’s.
YPI Final May 2023
On Wednesday 31 May 2023 S3 class travelled to Unst to take part in Youth Philanthropy Initiative (YPI) Final, hosted by Baltasound Junior High School.
The four teams confidently shared their presentations to a judging panel, including YPI representative from Wood Foundation. Presentations shared the great work done by the charities: British Heart Foundation, Unst Partnership, Compass Centre and Dogs Against Drugs.
A special well done to the winning team – Emer, Lena & Lizzie – who secured £3,000 for The Compass Centre.
BFG Dream Catching
In the library last week primary 1-7 Mid Yell, Burravoe and Culliove investigated Roald Dahl’s book, BFG. Mrs Fraser used her net to capture their dreams and is thrilled with the results!
