S3 Graphic Communication pupils have been learning about, using and comparing: 2D computer aided drawing, 2D manual drawing and 3D computer aided drawing techniques.
The pictures show some of the 3D CAD models they have created and rendered. CAD features used include: line, circle, extrude, revolve, fillet, decal, mate, align, centre axis, material, lighting, shadows and reflections.
S1 have used thinking and sketching skills to create keytabs that are designed to be easy to recognise and suitable for their chosen user. They have learned about safety in the workshop and tools for working with plastic, and have used this knowledge and practical skills to make their keytabs. We have also been working on listening and decision making skills alongside working with determination and paying attention to detail. 
The Whalsay Secondary School maakers joined in with the Wool Week Celebrations in the Symbister Hall last Friday. Knitters from all over the world attended the hall to see the beautiful display of local knitwear and quite a few stopped for a chat with the girls. We were treated to cups of tea with brilliant homebakes and a great time was had by all.
European Day of Languages
To celebrate European Day of Languages last week, S2 and S3 spent some time in class to research a few of the more than 225 languages that are spoken on our continent. Some of these languages are spoken by millions of people, others are used only by a handful and are sadly close to dying out.
Everybody in Secondary 2 and 3 got to choose a language and then found out facts about it, for example how many native speakers there are, in what countries the language is spoken and they also learnt how to say a few things like “Hello/How are you?/Thank you” in their language. The pupils created a poster about their language to display and share what they had found out with the rest of the school. Some pupils chose languages like Georgian and Greek and were shocked when they realised that those languages don’t use our Latin alphabet, so making their poster was surprisingly hard. Others noticed that some languages like Spanish and Italian are closely related to French, which we learn in class, so they could understand a lot more than they thought.
Here are a few photos and a video of a few S2 pupils saying “Hello. How are you?” in the languages they researched. Can you guess the languages they’re using? Thank you to Brooke in S3 for putting the video together.
Last week to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the lifeboat, pupils in S3 and S4 went to needlefelt RNLI themed gifts at Peerie Oorick with the talented Ann Marie Anderson.
They needle felted 2 designs, which were presented at the Fish and chip fundraiser to Linda and Hazel who came up to represent the lifeboat with items from the shop.
To continue celebrating the sea, S2, S3 and S4 all cooked fish pies this week.
On Wednesday 18th September S1 visited the Croft House and Shetland Museums. This gave them a brilliant opportunity to see what Shetland life would have been like in the Nineteenth Century.
We started our day by visiting the croft house museum; where the bairns got a chance to see inside the house, hear about the history of the building, find out more about Shetland history in general and to ask the curator their questions. Due to the super weather, we also got a chance to walk down to the mill.
Following our visit to Dunrossness we then travelled up to Lerwick to visit the Shetland Museum. Ailsih Goodlad gave a very interesting talk to the class and the bairns got the chance to handle the items from the resource boxes. This proved very popular, as they were able to try out a kishie, try on a Skekler’s hat etc.
We then had a look at the Croft House reconstruction, the crofting and fishing displays and the sixareen in the boat hall. On the way back out to the bus we also had a quick look at the sixareens in Hays dock.
We all had a fantastic day and the bairns were a credit to the school. Well done S1 J
