Whalsay School

_Mootie’s Hoos poster

Check out the link above which outlines an opportunity for pupils and families to go along and see a mixed media exhibition that will be running in the Shetland museum from the 17th August – 12th October.

This afternoon saw the first of our planned Family learning afternoons where pupils and their parents got to learn and do fun activities alongside each other. There was pancake making, arts and crafts and archery all on the go.

So wonderful to see so many parents taking this opportunity to start the weekend off on such a positive note 🙂 Our thanks to Roselyn Fraser and team from Community Involvement and Development for putting on such a fun time for everyone to enjoy!

… and that’s a wrap for the 2024/25 Academic Year!

To all pupils, parents, staff and members of the local community,

A very sincere ‘Thank You’ for all your efforts and engagements with school this year. It has been an action packed year of adventure and learning for our pupils across the ELC, Primary and Secondary.

The school year drew to a close with our Achievement Assembly which celebrated pupil successes across different areas of the curriculum and through different initiatives that have been running over the course of the Academic Year. Reviewing and reflecting upon the pupils achievements filled us all with a great sense of pride and appreciation for the close knit, hard working school community that we have in Whalsay.

We also had our 60th anniversary of the school celebrations this week and it was a real pleasure to welcome so many parents, grandparents, former pupils and members of the community to look back on old school memories. Tales of the dining hall, sporting events, quizzes, lessons and many more were exchanged in what was a very special event in bringing our community together. My sincere thanks to all who attended and a special word of thanks to all of those who helped collate photos, organise the layout of the old school plans (which were a particularly intriguing talking point), present pupils current work and organised teas/coffees. A team effort and lots of great discussion made for a very fine afternoon.

Finally, I’d like to wish all our pupils, families and extended families a safe and happy summer break. We look forward to welcoming you back in August after a well earned rest.

Best wishes on behalf of the staff team,

Niall Healy

A group of 11 athletes travelled to Clickimin to represent the school at the County sports.  This was a welcome return to the sporting calendar after being absent since 2019.  The group of pupils were unsure of what to expect and knew they would be up against some tough competition from the other secondary schools.  Our pupils showed resilience, sportmanship and determination throughout the day coming home with an excellent haul of medals for our small school.

Particular mention goes to Aaron for his performances in the long jump and high jump where he won gold medals convincingly, breaking the Whalsay School record in the high jump with a clearance of 1.60 metres.  He also claimed bronze medal in the 100m.

William also showed off his speed, giving athletes who had performed in the junior inter-county last weekend some tough competition.  He won silver medals for the 100m and 200m as well as a bronze medal in the shot putt and relay.

Further medals were won in the girls high jump with Alice winning bronze and both boys and girls raced their hearts out in the relays to win bronze medals.

The pupils were a credit to the school and should be proud of their efforts, well done!

Our School Logo has had a bit of a refresh!

The old one was in a poor file format so we contacted Julie Williamson who has kindly redrawn it for us.  We’ve also made a few changes to the font, we hope you agree that its looking excellent!  A big thank you to Julie for her help.