Whalsay School

September 26, 2023
by Mrs Hughson
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Visit from the Environmental Health Officer

Dawn Manson, Environmental Health Officer with Shetland Islands Council, came to visit our Home Economics class, to tell us a little bit about food hygiene so we can run the tuck shop and to tell us a little about her job.

The first thing we did was to put special gel on our hands that would reflect under a UV light and then we would wash our hands well and see what bits we missed, if any. This will help us to have good hand hygiene when we are working on the Tuck Shop, in Home Economics lessons and at home.

Then Dawn showed us pictures of situations the Environmental Health Team have dealt with in their daily jobs in Shetland, such as pollution from bonfires, needles from drug use, food hygiene problems and bugs.

She talked about qualifications needed to become an Environmental Health Officer and we researched the career on myworldofwork.co.uk.

Dawn and Emily also had a little speak with us about what we would like to do in the future.

Thank you to our DYW School Coordinator, Emily van Tonder, for organising this visit for us.

Alice S2

Environmental Health Officer – What it’s like and working conditions

Environmental Health Officer – Skills and Salary

Environmental Health Officer – Qualifications and useful school subjects

: Looking at photos of environmental health incidents in Shetland

September 22, 2023
by Miss Irvine
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Looking for Volunteers

Just a reminder that the Primary are looking for volunteers for Friday fun and for planning a Literacy afterschool event. Thank you to those who have completed the forms so far.

Please take 5 minutes to complete the forms below

Literacy event

The Primary department is planning to hold a parent Literacy event after school on Thursday 2^nd November. It is an opportunity for an informal get together between parents, teachers and our Library Assistant over tea, coffee and homebakes to look at resources used for spelling and reading in school and for you to get ideas to support you with homework.

https://forms.office.com/e/ULe76hyAQq

Friday Fun

We are looking for volunteers: mums and dads, aunties/uncles, grandparents to come into school on Friday afternoons to be involved with Friday Fun. Friday Fun has been in place for a few years at Whalsay Primary. It is a good opportunity for pupils to mix with all ages and develop new skills.

If you are interested in being involved with Friday Fun, please complete the form below.

https://forms.office.com/e/TY2azxHqBa

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 6^th OCTOBER 2023

We look forward to seeing lots of creative Christmas designs!

September 14, 2023
by Mrs Kerr
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Secondary and Primary Paired Reading

During their library periods, some secondary 2 pupils have been going down to do some paired and shared reading with primary pupils. This has been a great opportunity for pupils to develop their skills in reading and they have all really enjoyed it!

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!

August 15, 2023
by Miss Irvine
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Back to School

We have had some issues with email this afternoon, please see the links below to a Primary letter and leaflets from the Shetland Oral Health Team as well as a link to the Childsmile website

Start of term August 2023

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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.