Author: P. Thomson

Shetland Nature May 23 at 5:47 PM  ·  Today we enjoyed a lovely morning leading a field trip onto the Keen o Hamar National Nature Reserve on Unst, for 16 P4 & 5

Unst Vs Yell 2025 BJHS hosted the annual football and netball matches for both primary and secondary pupils this year. An excellent display of perseverance, teamwork and sportsmanship

“With all this play, when do they learn to write?” This is a question we are often asked. Today in our Lower Primary class we have an example

Our Early Years pupils had a great time celebrating Norway Day with Mrs Strachan yesterday. She wore her beautiful national dress, showed the children her jewellery and bag

This week, Upper Primary have been working on a project with Jamie from A Place in Childhood – a national organisation that helps children and young people share

A lovely day to try out some new outdoor play equipment. Hopefully more beautiful weather, and more new equipment coming soon!

Qui c’est?! Our S3 French pupils prepared presentations, with clues about different celebrities, for our judging panel to ‘Guess Who.’ A fun way to consolidate their learning of

Here’s a fantastic video showing what we learned as part of Space Week – back in Term 3. The National Space Academy May 12 at 11:02 AM  ·  This week we’re celebrating our

Upper Primary’s VE Day Celebration! After learning all about World War II last term, our Upper Primary pupils took on the challenge of planning and organising their very

Baltasound and Mid Yell JHS YPI Finals. Last week Baltasound hosted this year’s North Isles Youth Philanthropy Initiative (YPI) finals, sponsored by the Wood Foundation and Arven. The

As part of our topic on Shetland in middle primary, we looked at traditional Shetland foods, and had a go at making bannocks! We even made our own

Primary 7 did an excellent job organising this years primary Christmas party this afternoon. Lots of fun games and some sweet treats. We even had a special visitor!!

Thanks to our S4 class for organising tonight’s school dance. A brilliant night of food, dancing and laughter. With some unexpected visitors too! It’s beginning to feel a

A fantastic Baltasound JHS Christmas Concert where the Wriggly Nativity had us enchanted, Peter Pan had us enthralled and the musicians had us all entertained. Thanks to all

It’s hard to beat a Baltasound JHS Christmas Dinner! Some full bellies this afternoon and some terrific Christmas Jumpers too.