September 21, 2026
by Mrs Polson
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We are learning about focusing with ‘Focusing Fergus’. P1/2 say “Focusing means concentrating, listening really carefully to the teacher, thinking, not getting distracted, looking at what you are doing and paying attention.”
May 28, 2026
by Miss Irvine
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A few weeks ago, Whalsay Primary warmly welcomed local author, Jane Cockayne, with her first story Wilder An Da Nyuggel and Bruce Eunson from education Scotland and Shetland Forwirds. The story follows the adventures of a Scalloway boy called Wilder … Continue reading
November 27, 2025
by Mrs Irvine
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P3/4 would like to thank everyone that donated, helped and visited our jumble sale on Wednesday 26th November. We are delighted to announce that we raised £515.00 to buy new literacy and numeracy resources for our classroom! The class have … Continue reading
March 6, 2025
by gw19patersonelizabet@glow
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With World Book day on Thursday the 6th March, Primary 6/7 have been exploring the world of books. We have been inspired to by MC Grammar and created our own raps based on a novel by Julia Donaldson. We have … Continue reading
March 6, 2025
by Mrs Irvine
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P3/4 have had a busy couple of days celebrating World Book Day. Yesterday Ann Marie Anderson came to visit us to read her new book Hirda the Oorick. The children enjoyed hearing the story and learning new dialect words. P3/4 … Continue reading
February 5, 2025
by gw19patersonelizabet@glow
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It has been a great week for writing in P6/7. On Tuesday we made it into the 100% club. All of the children met the success criteria for writing on Tuesday and as a result we have reached 100% on … Continue reading
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
August 28, 2024
by Miss Hutchison
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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 … Continue reading
