October 3, 2023
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Earlier on in the term, S2 went out on the first of their John Muir Days! This time it was Coasteering. They had a great day – despite the weather looking like it might not play nicely! Here are some … Continue reading
June 3, 2023
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Whalsay School held its annual YPI final on Friday 2nd June. YPI stands for Youth and Philanthropy Initiative. The Initiative, which was started in Canada by the Toskan Casele Foundation in 2011, encourages pupils in a whole year group to … Continue reading
May 31, 2023
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As part of their YPI project Aaron, Carla, Poppy and Summer organised a collection of food for the Shetland Food Bank. Last week, they sent their stuff down to the collection centre in Lerwick. On Friday they will be presenting … Continue reading
May 17, 2023
by Miss Irvine
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Last week Primary 6 hosted a Spring Concert in the canteen. Primary 6 started to plan the event in January when we were split into the following groups, Posters, Raffles, Tickets and Refreshments. One group wrote an email to the … Continue reading
May 16, 2023
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For our YPI project, our group has decided to collect donations for the foodbank. We have provided a box in the Whalsay secondary school for any donations towards the foodbank. The box will be in the porch of the secondary … Continue reading
April 28, 2023
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In wider achievement this term we have been making a washing machine into a firepit. The process we went through was: 1 we watched a video on you tube to see how to get the drum out. 2 we had … Continue reading
April 27, 2023
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Congratulations to Evie Williamson who was named Shetland’s Young Fiddler of the Year on Saturday night, winning the Frank Jamieson Memorial Trophy as well as the Open and Traditional competitions. Evie was playing a fiddle made by dad, Gilbert and … Continue reading
March 25, 2023
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During Wider Achievement on Fridays, a group of pupils in S1/2 have opted to do sessions of African Drumming with Joy Duncan. On Wednesday they travelled down to the Shetland Schools’ Music Festival to perform the piece they had been … Continue reading
March 24, 2023
by Miss Irvine
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Earlier this term, Ann-Marie volunteered to teach a group of pupils how to needle felt for Friday Fun. We discussed about creating a piece with the Haa in the middle as a nod to the New Haa being 200 years … Continue reading
January 27, 2023
by Miss Irvine
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Mr Spence thought the Primary had a good buzz this afternoon for Friday Fun. Here are a few photos from today, we’ll take photos of the other groups another week 🙂
