July 5, 2019
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On Tuesday 25th June, we held our Community Café at Fernlea. Pupils had prepared a range of baked goods in Home Economics lessons, including sausage rolls, teabread and chocolate chip traybake. Laura Whittal, from Alzheimers Shetland, came to help S3 … Continue reading
June 24, 2019
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We were fortunate to be awarded 2 training sessions for our pupils, funded by Gail Bray from Developing the Young Workforce (DYW). Today, a group of pupils from S3 and S4 have completed Customer Care training, presented by Celia Smith … Continue reading
June 17, 2019
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The June 2019 issue of Shetland Life Magazine features an article about our Community Café. The article is part of a series of features in the magazine, on projects which bridge the generation gap. Laura Whittal, from Alzheimer’s Shetland, submitted a report … Continue reading
March 29, 2019
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My Wider achievement group have been using their knitting skills to make teddies for a Police Scotland Appeal. Everyone says that they’ve had a great time this term, and that the lesson passes very quickly. It’s been splendid to see … Continue reading
January 19, 2019
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All of the Secondary Wider Achievement groups had their last day on Friday and move on to new groups next week. The Science group have been doing work on Solar Cells and took the opportunity to display their posters for … Continue reading
January 14, 2019
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Pupils in S1 and S2 recently completed Dementia Friends Scotland, led by Laura Whittal and Ann Williamson from the Shetland Dementia Resource Centre. This is part of a social action movement to increase awareness of dementia and to address the … Continue reading
December 19, 2018
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The Christmas Card delivery organised by Whalsay School has again been very well used. We have sorted 8133 cards and raised over £2500, which is earmarked for funding trips within Shetland for Secondary Pupils in May. We would like to … Continue reading
December 12, 2018
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In October, we held our Community Café at Fernlea. Thanks to very generous donations from our customers, we were able to raise £275.00 for the Fernlea Hansel Fund. Yesterday, S2 pupils Magnus Williamson and Cara Montgomery went along to Fernlea with … Continue reading
November 28, 2018
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Our annual Christmas Card Delivery Service will start on Saturday 1st December. If you’d like to help at the big sort, on Tuesday 18th December, at 3.45pm in the Canteen, please let a member of the Office Staff know.
