Author: P. Thomson

Sports Day is always an exciting day and this year we were lucky enough to have terrific weather – allowing all of our events to be outdoors (which

The last of our Bring Your Parent To School Days saw our P6 and P7 students bring in a Mum, Dad, Granny, Grandad, Uncle or Auntie. Well received

We were very lucky today to have Lewis Hou, from Science Ceilidh, in school. The Science Ceilidh is an award-winning educational project bringing people together through science and traditional arts.

Today we were lucky enough to have a visit from Katie and Garry from Generation Science. The challenge was to build robots to complete different tasks using Cubelets

Our S2 class had the opportunity this week to take part in a workshop with Doug Johnstone, well known Scottish crime author. Doug’s bio from Wikipedia states: Doug

Pete’s Posse, who are performing at the Shetland Folk Festival this year, visited us in school this week and gave the whole school a demonstration of their unique,

On Wednesday this week, we had Dr Chris Leigh from the Astrophysics Research Institute at Liverpool John Moores University. He facilittated a series of workshops with our P4 to

Our S2 students took part in the YPI final, in Mid Yell on 28th March. Our 2 teams were fantastic – showcasing the work done by their chosen

Today, the BJHS Careers Day is in full swing with over 20 businesses and organisations represented. Our S2 class have organised the event – from start to finish;

What makes our school unique is the people who work in our school and our community. Amongst our staff we have 2 members of the Scottish Fire and

This year, we welcomed and entertained the Uyeasound Up Helly A’ Jarl squad and the wider community. Up Helly A’ is celebrated in February every year, where a

In conjunction with the RAF and the Never Such Innocence programme, our Secondary students took part in a workshop with RAF 100 artist in residence, Marty Longstaff. This

As part of our Developing the Young Workforce priority, we have been partnering with Cooke Aquaculture. Last year, the school had asked if there was funding available for

This year, our Nursery and Primary students performed It’s Chriiiiistmas!, the nativity story that puts the beat into Bethlehem, whereas the Upper Primary and Secondary students performed Peter

On Friday we celebrated Christmas Jumper Day, raising money for Save The Children. As you can see from our photos, we all had a brilliant day and to