June 8, 2023
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We are looing forward to a visit from Joy Duncan and her friend Sidiki on Wednesday 14th June for African Drumming workshops. In the afternoon (after 2:00 tbc) we would like to invite parents to the canteen to see and … 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
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
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 🙂
December 2, 2022
by Miss Irvine
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On Wednesday we had a Christmas Fair after dinner. We sold things we made at Friday Fun. It was really busy with mums and dads. It was good fun making the decorations. We made £280 and we will spend the … Continue reading
November 7, 2022
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On Thursday 3rd November, S1 pupils had the opportunity to take part in a ‘Design and Build a Wind Farm in Virtual Reality’ project at the Shetland UHI. The session was run in partnership with Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) … Continue reading
September 9, 2022
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Congratulations to all those involved in the “Once apo a Time” exhibition at Bonhoga. Pupils from Primary worked alongside Ann Marie Anderson and Fernlea residents on this project along with pupils, artists and care home residents in Yell and Sandwick. … Continue reading
September 8, 2022
by Miss Irvine
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Last year Ann-Marie Anderson lead a Folklore collaborative project with Primary 7 and Fernlea. Pupils worked in small groups to create Payt sculptures from wire, plastic bottles, newspaper and masking tape before plastering and painting them and finally decorated with … Continue reading
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