Well done to our S2 pupils for organising a brilliant Children in Need day. We had a scavenger hunt across the whole school with pupils in teams of all ages as well as a bake sale. We raised a total of £378.84!

A huge congratulations to Max and Callum who represented Mid Yell Junior High School at the S2 Shetland Badminton Competition today. Callum was the overall winner of the competition and Max was 3rd! Well done boys.

Our S1 pupils were lucky to have Scottish Rugby coach pop along the school to develop their rugby skills.  All pupils were very enthused by the experience.

Our thanks go to Active Schools for organising the visit.

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

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!

 

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.

Our Secondary 1 and 2 pupils have timetabled 2 periods of Wider Achievement each week, for this term and next term we aim to have pupils working outside. At the beginning of this term, some pupils were working on their entries for the Yell Show, where pupils got a range of prizes at the Yell show at the weekend – well done to them for their Computer Art and all the other entries all our pupils had in, from pet dogs to knitting.

Other activities which have been happening this term are:- sanding and painting school benches; clearing out planters from around the school. What a great job the pupils have done today and each Wednesday building their skills and working around our school.

Our S1/2 Wider achievement Group 1 got the opportunity today to learn about Peat Restoration from the Shetland Amenity Trust Peatland ACTION project Officers Sue and Ash and Logan – Natural Heritage Officer.

We started by picking up Sphagnum Moss from next to the roadside and then we dropped the sphagnum moss in the sides of pools of water throughout the heathery hill nearby. We saw where dams had been constructed before to aid the moisture retention of the peat which had been left exposed.

Over the last few months there has been diggers converting the dried out peat hags into areas with less peat exposed. Therefore us being there to plant sphagnum moss so it can re-establish will improve the peat restoration process.

Ash, Sue and Logan spoke about the carbon emitted from exposed peat, the impact we can have on the planet and the demand for people to choose to work in the Peat Restoration industry which is still quite new for shetland (10 years). Group 1 will take part in dam building next week, with groups 2 and 3 getting the same opportunity later on this term.

Thanks to Ash, Sue and Logan for a very educational afternoon spend in the outdoors. To find out more about their work go to Peatland ACTION Project

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!

 

On Tuesday 27 June 2023 we held a sailing regatta.

Primary pupils came along to watch!

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