October 1, 2024
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P6/7 Anderson Shelters

This term the children have been exploring WW2.

As part of our learning the children were set a home challenge to build a model Anderson Shelter.

The shelter had to meet the following requirements:

support a 1 kg weight for 1 minute,
be big enough for a Lego man to fit inside,
keep the Lego man dry after a 1 litre of water was poured over the shelter.

Whilst we still have a couple of models to test, most of the models met the requirements and we only ended up with a couple of soggy Lego men.

A huge well done to all the children and thank you for all the support from home.

September 30, 2024
by Mr Healy
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Sumdog Success!

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 different schools in Scotland and have achieved some very impressive feats. Of the 4,279 classes who took part, our classes finished in the following positions:

P4/5/6 – 285th place (278 points)

P6/7 – 58th place (468 points)

S1 – 51st place (493 points)

S2 – 48th place (500 points)

My thanks to the supporting teachers and congratulations to the students for working so hard to develop their mental mathematics skills.

September 20, 2024
by Miss Irvine
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African Drumming

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 African drumming including exercising the brain and body as well as being great fun, you can read more here

Doing a warm up

Hands up if you’re glad to see Joy

September 20, 2024
by Miss Irvine
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Eco Group

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 are hoping to go to the beach next week to get stones to paint for the garden.

September 13, 2024
by Miss Nairn
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P3/4 RNLI Topic

As the RNLI are celebrating their 200 year anniversary this year, P3/4 decided to explore how the RNLI works.

We have been investigating the different types of lifeboats and their life saving features.

RNLI lifeboat crews protect hundreds of communities around the UK and here in Shetland we know how important they are. They have a 24-hour search and rescue service! We have been finding out about how the RNLI was founded and listened to some stories of daring rescues they have been called to.

We know that Lerwick life boat crew have received lots of awards and medals for their bravery. We decided to make our own bravery medals which we would award for acts of heroism.

On Tuesday we had to design and then make our own medals. Here are some photos of us in action and then proudly displaying our finished work!

September 6, 2024
by Mrs Irvine
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Friday Fun

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 Voice

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 about areas that could be improved. Miss Irvine then explained to the children that this is the 200th anniversary of the RNLI and how, along with the Parent Council, we plan to have a fish and chips fundraiser for this special charity. The pupils helped write letters to the fishing boats seeking donations to support us and we look forward to receiving their replies.

JRSOs

Last year’s Junior Road Safety Officers had the difficult job of recruiting this year’s JRSO’s. They had a number of applicants from Primary 6 who would like to take on this role in the school and promote road safety. After a lot of discussion, the Primary 7 pupils selected the new officers for this school session and announced the successful candidates to the P6 class. We hope the lasses enjoy this leadership role and using their creativity to plan and organise activities across the school, good luck to them!

August 30, 2024
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Primary House Captains

Over the last couple of weeks the Primary 7 pupils have been preparing their speeches for representing their house as House Captain. They have thought about the use of persuasive language, the qualities and skills needed for the role and what they can offer as House Captain.

Yesterday all of our Primary 7 pupils delivered their speeches to the children and staff within the Primary. The children demonstrated confidence and resilience when delivering their speeches, despite some nerves. I am sure all the staff will agree with me when I say that we were very impressed by all the speeches.

The votes have been counted and Mr Healy came along to class today to reveal the results.

I am proud to say that the pupils representing their house as captain are….

Shalder

House Captains – Lauryn Irvine and Zak Irvine

Reserve – Libby Sandison

Maalie

House Captains – Ellyn Reid and Ally Watt

Reserve – Danny Anderson

Tirrick

House Captains – Hunter Eunson and Rhona Leask

Reserve – Iona Laurenson

A huge congratulations to all our House Captains and a well done to all of Primary 7 for their hard work during this process.

August 28, 2024
by Miss Hutchison
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P4/5/6 National Writing Programme

P4/5/6 have started the National Writing Programme. We are aiming to do a piece of writing each day this term to meet our writing targets. Our current target is to vary our sentence openers in our writing.

Today the class got a score of 100% meaning everyone in class met their writing targets! We have recorded our scores on a Run Chart which will help us track our progress. Well done P4/5/6! 🙂

Miss Hutchison

August 22, 2024
by Miss Hutchison
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P4/5/6

P4/5/6 have all had a very busy start to the term!

This term our class topic is on Europe. We have already begun investigating some famous landmarks across Europe and making some lovely artwork for our display outside the classroom. The P6s will have the chance later in the year to take part in the Euro Quiz, which will test them on their knowledge of capital cities, flags and more!

We have also begun our topic on place value for maths and have been practicing our times tables. For literacy, we have started the National Writing Programme, which is new for P4 and P5! This means we will be aiming to do a piece of writing each day to improve our core writing skills.

What a busy first full week back! Well done P4/5/6 for their hard work.