{"id":460,"date":"2025-09-24T11:10:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T10:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/secondary2425\/?p=460"},"modified":"2025-09-24T11:13:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T10:13:48","slug":"launch-of-whalsay-school-sports-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/secondary2425\/2025\/09\/24\/launch-of-whalsay-school-sports-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Launch of Whalsay School Sports Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-444\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/secondary2425\/uploads\/sites\/3581\/2025\/09\/09082717\/School-Logo-New-Whalsay-300x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/secondary2425\/uploads\/sites\/3581\/2025\/09\/09082717\/School-Logo-New-Whalsay-300x270.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/secondary2425\/uploads\/sites\/3581\/2025\/09\/09082717\/School-Logo-New-Whalsay-1024x921.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/secondary2425\/uploads\/sites\/3581\/2025\/09\/09082717\/School-Logo-New-Whalsay-768x690.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/secondary2425\/uploads\/sites\/3581\/2025\/09\/09082717\/School-Logo-New-Whalsay.png 1199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Whalsay School &#8211; A Connected Community of Learners\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Delighted to share that yesterday (23\/9\/25!) was the launch of our new Sports Committee for Whalsay School which will aim to play a leading roles in the promotion of two of our School values: <strong>Health<\/strong> and <strong>Responsibility.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ms. Cheyne will be working with pupils to develop a number of initiatives that will promote healthy living and the benefits of an active lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Role and Responsibilities for each member: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Be a Good Role Model<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Show good sportsmanship and help others enjoy PE and sports. Promote lifelong learning around the school.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> Help with Inter-House Competitions<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Support staff with planning and running fun house competitions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> Promote Sports Events<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Make posters or help spread the word about sports activities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> Join in School Sports Events<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Take part in things like Parent vs Pupil matches or charity games.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> Support Clubs and Activities<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Help with lunchtime or after-school clubs (e.g. setting up or encouraging others to join).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> Share Ideas<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Give feedback or suggest new sports or activities for the school.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> Celebrate Success<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Help with things like sports awards, noticeboards or giving shout-outs for achievements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We look forward to seeing our pupils develop their leadership skills in a creative and engaging way!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whalsay School &#8211; A Connected Community of Learners\u00a0 Delighted to share that yesterday (23\/9\/25!) was the launch of our new Sports Committee for Whalsay School which will aim to play a leading roles in the promotion of two of our School values: Health and Responsibility.\u00a0 Ms. Cheyne will be working with pupils to develop a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/secondary2425\/2025\/09\/24\/launch-of-whalsay-school-sports-committee\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Launch of Whalsay School Sports Committee<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5549,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/secondary2425\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/secondary2425\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/secondary2425\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/secondary2425\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5549"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/secondary2425\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/secondary2425\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":463,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/secondary2425\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460\/revisions\/463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/secondary2425\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/secondary2425\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/secondary2425\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}