December 18, 2024
by Mrs Irvine
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Peerie Makkers Over the past couple of weeks we have had three groups visit Fernlea Care Centre. The first group to visit was some of our Peerie Makkers. They took their knitting and spent time makkin alongside the day care … Continue reading
December 7, 2024
by Miss Irvine
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The Christmas card postbox has been in the repair shop and will be ready for Primary pupil Christmas cards from Monday. Classes will take turns sorting and delivering cards in the next 2 weeks.
October 1, 2024
by gw19patersonelizabet@glow
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Today the children took part in the DigiLearn live lesson. The Data Education in Schools team, from Edinburgh University, set us an escape room challenge. We had to interpret information given to us in tables, graphs and spreadsheet. This lead … Continue reading
September 30, 2024
by Mr Healy
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Sumdog is a games-based adaptive-learning app that tailors curriculum-aligned questions to each child’s unique level and is widely used by learners in different phases of Whalsay School. Students from P4 through to S2 have been taking on their counterparts across … Continue reading
September 20, 2024
by Miss Irvine
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We are delighted that Joy is coming back to us in Term 4 for African Drumming. She was in school yesterday and is planning to come up once a term until Term 4. There are a number of benefits to … Continue reading
September 20, 2024
by Miss Irvine
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We had a very productive afternoon at Eco Group today. The bairns swept up leaves, picked up litter and planted some plants Miss Irvine got for free. All the bairns worked so well together and did a super job. We … Continue reading
September 6, 2024
by Mrs Irvine
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This week in the construction group, the children were challenged to build a bridge spanning 30cm that could hold at least 8 toy cars. Everyone tried their best and worked together to solve the problem. Here are their results:
September 6, 2024
by Mrs Irvine
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Pupil Council New Pupil Council representatives were voted on from each Primary class for this school session. The group met for the first time last week. The group reflected on some of the positives from school followed by a think … Continue reading
