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September 15, 2023
by Leona Sandison
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Cauliflower Cards – Christmas Project

Once again, we have decided to run another Christmas Design Project for this Autumn term!

The Christmas designs can be professionally printed and purchased on a range of products including Cards, Tags, Wrapping Paper and Gift Mugs.

Information has been emailed out to parents/carers of pupils in Nursery and Primary.  If any Secondary pupil wants to take part then please contact the school office.

For further inspiration please see links below or visit: https://www.cauliflowercards.co.uk/christmas-gallery

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All artwork where orders have been placed must be returned to school by:

FRIDAY 6th OCTOBER 2023

We look forward to seeing lots of creative Christmas designs!

September 14, 2023
by Miss Irvine
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Blythswood Shoebox Appeal

Yesterday afternoon, Whalsay Primary had a visit from Shetland Aid Trust and Mr Finlay Mackenzie from Blythswood Care to tell us about this year’s Shoebox Campaign. The school and community have supported the campaign for many years and we look forward to collecting boxes again this year.

Primary pupils will take the leaflet home on Monday with their homework and Secondary pupils may take one home sooner. Anybody wishing to take part in this years Shoebox campaign should drop off the boxes at the Primary School by Friday 3rd November

For more information about Blythswood Care and for ideas about what to include in your Shoebox parcels, please click here

 

 

September 7, 2023
by Mrs Kerr
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S3 Biologists at Work!

S3 pupils currently studying the circulatory system in Biology were getting to the heart of the matter this week when they dissected a sheep’s heart.    They were surprised to see how thin the heart valves were and how big some of the blood vessels from the heart were relative to the size of the heart.  Who knows, maybe there’s a future heart surgeon at work here…!

September 6, 2023
by Miss Irvine
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Primary House Captains

For the past few weeks Primary 7 pupils have been busy preparing their Team Captain speeches. This afternoon, they delivered their speeches to the younger primary classes before leaving them to cast their votes.

All the pupils should be proud of themselves, it’s not easy to write about yourself or speak to an audience but they all did a fantastic job.

Here are photos of our new Primary House Captains for Maalie, Shalder and Tirrick!

 

 

June 30, 2023
by Miss Irvine
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End of year post

The end of term has come round really quickly!

This week, we had a whole school Assembly to hand out prizes for YPI, Interhouse, Merits and General Knowledge. Mr Spence played the secondary boys penalty shootout at the assembly and reminded everybody the importance or supporting each other and having a positive mindset when facing challenges. We were also treated to fantastic musical performances from P56 and P67 before Ms Simpson was presented with a gift for her last day.

Yesterday afternoon primary pupils received certificates in their primary classes. And at the end of the day the P7’s marked their moving on to the secondary by the annual corridor run.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today was Miss Stewart, Dr MacInnes and Mr Spence’s last day at Whalsay School. Staff and pupils had a whole school break at the primary and it was lovely to see the mix of ages enjoying their break outside.

Mr Spence was also presented with a card and gift from pupils and parents as a thank you for leading the school for almost 7 years. P234 drew some wonderful pictures for Mr Spence and he was also gifted those in a book to keep.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We would like to say a huge thank you to Mr Spence, Dr MacInnes, Ms Simpson and Miss Stewart for being great educators and colleagues and wish them all the very best for the future.

Finally well done to pupils and staff for their hard work this year, thank you to parents for the support and we look forward to seeing you in August.

Have a lovely summer.

 

June 13, 2023
by User deactivated
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Parent Survey

Just a reminder that we are getting in touch again to get some feedback on:

– how you think your child has been managing in school this year
– what the improvement priorities for the school should be in the future
– when our school-chosen occasional holiday should be next session

Thanks to all who have completed a form already.  Please see link here if you would still like to participate.

June 9, 2023
by gw19patersonelizabet@glow
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Dogs Against Drugs

On Thursday, Whalsay School had a visit from Michael, Axel and Thor to talk to us about the work that they do.

We had to think with our feet and decide what would be the best action to take for different scenarios.

Michael also shared with us what we should do if we were ever to find a suspicious package and how we could help if we found someone lying unconscious.

We really appreciated our free rulers but more importantly they contained a useful QR Code.

Once the QR code is scanned it takes you to the Dogs against Drugs site where you can find out more information about the organisation and access useful links to help you.

Thank you Michael, Axel and Thor for coming to see us.

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