October 9, 2020
by Mr Spence
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In the past few weeks Primary & have been busy preparing their House Captain speeches. This year, their speeches were recorded on ipads and all classes watched the videos in their own classrooms. Pupils then went to cast their votes … Continue reading
October 2, 2020
by Mr Spence
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Well done To Ella S2, Faye S3, Lori Sutherland S3 and Simone Anderson who have each won a £50 voucher from the Shetland Community Bike Project for work they did during Lockdown. In May, SIC Transport sent out activities packs … Continue reading
June 22, 2020
by Mr Spence
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Welcome to Health and Wellbeing week for Early Years to P6 bairns! Following feedback from Little Lights Week, we decided to have Health and Wellbeing week which also includes a Sports Day seeing as we missed Sports Day last … Continue reading
April 20, 2020
by Mr Spence
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Our Community Cafe has been featured as an example of interesting practice for education practitioners, on Education Scotland National Improvement Hub. I filmed Cara, Nina and Lauren speaking about the skills they have developed through their work for our cafe, … Continue reading
March 10, 2020
by Mr Spence
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Over the winter some upper Primary pupils have been competing in Football and Netball leagues against teams from other Shetland schools. The Primary netball league has been running for a few years now and Whalsay entered 2 teams again this … Continue reading
February 26, 2020
by Mr Spence
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Well done to Kyran Wishart who has been promoted to the rank of Lance Bombardier in the Army Cadet Force. Kyran joined up about 18 months ago and has undergone physical training, weapons training and drills to work towards this … Continue reading
August 30, 2019
by Mr Spence
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Primary pupils have been voting this morning for their new house captains. Primary 7 pupils have been working hard all week preparing their persuasive speeches and delivered them this morning to their team members. Pupils from p1-6 cast their votes … Continue reading
July 5, 2019
by Mr Spence
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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 12, 2019
by Mr Spence
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Last month we celebrated Outdoor Classroom Day in the Early Years and Primary which is a global campaign to celebrate and inspire outdoor learning and play. The weather wasn’t too favourable first thing with a rainy forecast but the teachers … Continue reading
May 19, 2019
by Mr Spence
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Joy Duncan has been a popular visitor to the Whalsay School again this year working with all pupils from Nursery to Primary 7. Last Wednesday, parents and family members were invited to see what the pupils have been learning throughout … Continue reading
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