{"id":6,"date":"2019-09-18T11:47:17","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T11:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/skeldprimary\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2024-01-23T11:38:34","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T11:38:34","slug":"our-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/skeldprimary\/our-school\/our-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Our School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Skeld Primary School.<\/p>\n<p>Skeld Primary School is a one-teacher primary school that is situated in a small rural crofting community in the West Mainland of Shetland.<br \/>\nThe school is a non-denominational school catering for pupils from nursery to P7 \u2013 ages 3 to 12.<\/p>\n<p>Are we unique, well we like to think so.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We value outdoor learning and play experiences.<\/li>\n<li>We supply wet weather clothing to all our pupils<\/li>\n<li>We embed a Nurturing ethos \u2013 understanding that ALL behaviour is communication<\/li>\n<li>We offer lunchtime and after school activities to our pupils during the year<\/li>\n<li>We know all of our parents on a first name basis<\/li>\n<li>The children have a say in their education and are very good negotiators.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All of the above make the children successful learners, responsible citizens, confident individuals and effective contributors<\/p>\n<p>The original school was built in 1877 along with an attached schoolhouse which was used as the school until 1997.<\/p>\n<p>This old building has been retained and is now the hall used for P.E., assemblies, concerts and school gatherings.<\/p>\n<p>The old schoolhouse now houses the office, staffroom and storage rooms.<\/p>\n<p>In 1997 the old building was modernised and a bright and welcoming extension was built.<\/p>\n<p>The school now has a purpose-built nursery, two classrooms, a multipurpose room used for art and music, a dining room, a library, cloakrooms, and wet area facilities. The school has a walled tarmac playground with a stunning view across the sea to Fitful Head, a sheltered area and a separate area for nursery outdoor learning.<\/p>\n<p>There is a large grass pitch,\u00a0 a plantation of young trees and an outdoor adventure playground.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Skeld Primary School. Skeld Primary School is a one-teacher primary school that is situated in a small rural crofting community in the West Mainland of Shetland. The school is a non-denominational school catering for pupils from nursery to P7 \u2013 ages 3 to 12. Are we unique, well we like to think so. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/skeldprimary\/our-school\/our-school\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Our School<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3921,"featured_media":0,"parent":4,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/skeldprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/skeldprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/skeldprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/skeldprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3921"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/skeldprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/skeldprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1028,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/skeldprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/1028"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/skeldprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/skeldprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}