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March 9, 2023
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Snow Closure – Thursday 9th March

Due to the prevailing weather  and road conditions, Whalsay School will be shut again today.  However, we would like to invite S4 pupils with coursework due to be sent to the SQA next week (Health & Food, Admin, a few pupils still re-drafting English folio) to come in this afternoon if it is safe for them to do so.  All other pupils should check Teams (or the school blog for younger pupils) if they are needing work to keep them occupied.

The S2 Parents’ Evening scheduled for this evening is cancelled and will now take place on Thursday 16th March.

March 8, 2023
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Wintery Wednesday

Here are a few ideas in addition to what’s already on the Home Learning Blog for this lovely wintery Wednesday.

 

Music

Ms Simpson would normally be in today so she has suggested the following activities for Primary, also suitable for nursery and secondary ages.

Watch these 2 clips of Vivaldi’s from ‘Winter, Four seasons’

Allegro

Largo

– speak about which clip you prefer with your family

– listen to your favourite piece and draw a picture, what do you imagine when listening to the music

– put it on again and play outside!

 

STEM Activities

  • Have a look at this site about De Vinci’s Vitruvian Man for indoor activites, then go outside and see if you can make a Vitruvian Man snow angel. Take a photo and share it on the school facebook post.
  • Build a snow sculpture and measure height/width – share a photo on the Facebook post
  • Build an igloo or snow cave – post us a photo of you inside
  • Measure the depth of the deepest fan outside your house – you can use a tape measure, stick, yourself. Again feel free to post a photo on the facebook page.
  • Make a few small snowmen in different bowls/tubs and take them inside. Put them in different parts of the house and see which melts quickest.
  • Make a bird cake for the hungry birds outside

Health and Wellbeing

  • Go sledging – how many miles have you walked?
  • Help your parents clear the pavement or drive, use the snow for your sculpture or igloo
  • Go for a walk and take photos, you could make a movie memory video using one of the Vivaldi pieces as a backing track

Literacy

  • Make up a snow story or cartoon – it could include a snow disaster or a funny situation
  • Write a diary about your snow days to look back on in years to come, print off some photos or draw pictures too

 

Remember to read and do a little sumdog every day to keep these skills fresh.

 

 

 

 

March 7, 2023
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Secondary Home Learning

Just a reminder to S4 pupils to check Teams for any posts from your teachers – especially those who have English coursework to complete for next week.  Some teachers will have been able to post suggestions for S1-3 pupils if they are looking for something to do.

March 7, 2023
by Mrs Irvine
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Home Learning

A reminder for anyone looking for work to do at home (Primary), there are a range of activities to choose from in the home learning tab above.  You can also work through the home learning grid from World Book Day that was e-mailed out last week.  We hope you are also getting the chance to play outside in the snow as that will cover lots of areas of the curriculum!

March 3, 2023
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World Book Day

All three departments celebrated World Book Day these past two days following our days off school.  Well done to the Nursery and Primary pupils and staff for their fantastic efforts in dressing up as a character from their favourite book.

During their recent English lessons, Secondary 2 pupils have been planning and preparing activities to lead with each of the Primary classes.  They had to consider the pupil’s age and stage and plan suitable, engaging activities to present in their groups.  This was a challenging task for the Secondary 2 pupils but they did well and the activities were enjoyed by each of the Primary classes.

Secondary 1 and Secondary 3 pupils were also involved in paired reading activities with the early year’s classes and it was lovely to see the different ages mix and enjoy reading together.  Thank you to Marina Holzheimer and the Secondary pupils for their time and efforts.

The lower Primary classes were also treated to a workshop with Ann-Marie Anderson.  She read her Peerie Oorick book to them and then they each had the opportunity to create their own Peerie Oorick.  Thank you to Ann-Marie for her engaging story and activity as well as going above and beyond by dressing up as Snow White.

In addition to all of the above, the Primary teachers planned various World Book Day activities including live lessons, draw-a-longs and book reviews.  Well done to everyone for their contributions!

February 20, 2023
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S2 UHI trip

Due to the ferry disruption this morning, the S2 trip to UHI has been cancelled.  S2 pupils should attend school as normal today.

February 2, 2023
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S1 and S2 Home Economics – cooking with Scottish pork

We were able to secure funding from the Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) School Meat Voucher Scheme, which is an industry initiative to help combat the obesity epidemic sweeping Scotland by helping teach secondary age children how to cook quality, nutritious meals by providing home economics departments of secondary schools in Scotland with a voucher to spend on Scotch Beef UK GI, Scotch Lamb UK GI and Specially Selected Pork from a local butcher shop.

Pupils in S1 and S2 Home economics classes used pork loin steaks sourced from Scalloway Meat Company to make sweet ginger pork chow mein with plum sauce.

They were able to develop their practical cooking skills, and also learn more about the importance of sustainability and using locally sourced ingredients.

It also gave us an opportunity to find out more about the traditions associated with Chinese New Year, which took place on 22nd January this year.

Here are some photos of pupils preparing their chow mein, and a link to the recipe so that you can try it at home:

Sweet ginger pork chow mein with plum sauce

Kung Hei Fat Choy – Happy New Year!

#MakeitScotch

 

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