Pupils at Whalsay School and Nursery gathered for a special photo on Thursday 29th September to celebrate Wool Week and an anniversary for the school.
During the school’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June, one of the Primary pupils, William Leask, pointed out that another anniversary was being overlooked. He had noticed a plaque in the lobby of the Primary Department recording the official opening of the Nursery and Primary buildings by Councillor William Smith and Krystina Simpson on 8th May 1997. In an email to the Head Teacher, he suggested having a whole school photo to mark this anniversary.
Whalsay School normally takes a lot of photos for Wool Week when pupils participate in Fair Isle Friday so it was decided to combine these two celebrations. Ivan Reid kindly agreed to bring in his drone so that we could take an aerial photo of the pupils in “25” formation.
Wool Week coincides this term with the resumption of Peerie Makkers in the Primary Department after an enforced absence due the COVID pandemic. A group of dedicated volunteers led by Amanda Pottinger have been coming in on Tuesday afternoons to train up the enthusiastic group which includes Primary and Secondary pupils. One of the Science teachers, Caroline Simpson, is also running a Makkers group on Thursday lunchtimes for Secondary pupils.
