Author: Mrs Thomson

S1 Overnight Trip

Our S1 planned an overnight trip to Lerwick.

Plan

  • Service bus to town
  • Isleburgh Youth Hostel – drop off bags
  • Clickimin Swimming Pool
  • Tesco for breakfast, packed lunch and snacks
  • Magnos for tea
  • Islesburgh for film night and some sleep!
  • Next day
  • Coasteering with Outdoor Education (changed to Rock Scrambling at Tingon, due to high swells)
  • Return to school

Fun had by all!

Working Together – Problem Solving – Challenging – Resilience – Healthy & Active – Independent – Supportive

Swan Trip Overnight

Our S3 pupils were given the opportunity of taking part in an overnight sail on the Swan.

They departed from the Uyeasound Pier on Tuesday 12 September and arrived at Mid Yell Pier on the Wednesday 13 Sept morning.

Lucky for them the weather couldn’t of been better.  Good enough even for a morning swim!

 

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!

 

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:
  • staying on at school;
  • staying on in home education;
  • 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