February 7, 2020
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Civic Soup are a Design Collective from Edinburgh who have been commissioned by Shetland Arts to create one of four art installations that will form a trail in Lerwick. The project is called LOCUS and is being organised by Living Lerwick in … Continue reading
January 20, 2020
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Since August, in Wider Achievement, a group of S3 pupils have had the opportunity to do Sea Skills. This was a suggestion that came from the Pupil Council last year. After consulting Andy Sandison and John Arthur Poleson about possible … Continue reading
October 1, 2019
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S1 visited the Croft House Museum on Wednesday 25th September as part of their Shetland History topic. They were accompanied by myself and Angelina Jamieson and the visit gave the pupils the chance to experience what life would have been … Continue reading
September 28, 2019
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A new venture for Wider Achievement in Secondary is our Sea Skills group which will be developing skills like knots, splicing and netmending between now and Christmas. John Arthur and Greg came in this Friday when the focus was on … Continue reading
September 19, 2019
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On 30th August Penny and Alan from Transition Turriefield visited to support the school to make the most of the polytunnel by growing crops during the winter months. This is a great project for two reasons: traditional growing results in … Continue reading
September 9, 2019
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Today we sent our Secondary Football and Netball teams to Clickimin for the annual Shetland Schools competition. The two Netball teams came fourth and fifth after a good day’s competition. The footballers enjoyed much better weather than in previous years. … Continue reading
June 27, 2019
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Well done to our Secondary County Sports who competed in the re-scheduled event yesterday. There were medals for Annie Mowat (Gold – High Jump; Bronze – 200m), Callum Polson (Silver – Javelin) and Cara Montgomery (Bronze -400m). Thanks to … Continue reading
April 26, 2019
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On Wednesday we held this year’s YPI Final. YPI stands for Youth and Philanthropy Initiative. Two groups of pupils pitched for two local charities: Dogs Against Drugs and the Whalsay Heritage Centre. The Final was attended by representatives of the charities; Janet … Continue reading
April 20, 2019
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Congratulations to the Senior Pupils who won the Staff v Pupil challenge last week with victories in the Tchoukball, Basketball and Football. The only crumb of comfort for the staff was the Netball. The trophy will be presented in the … Continue reading
April 20, 2019
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The Whalsay Community have recently raised £30 000 to re-lay the Hall floor – a project that has just been completed. Last term Whalsay School was approached by Donna Polson of the Hall Committee for help with putting together … Continue reading
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