Author: P. Thomson

This has been a term like no other – with heavy snow affecting schools across Shetland. Unst seemed to be affected the most and we ended up missing

Up Helly Aa is special time of year for all of us in BJHS and in Unst. We are lucky to have 2 fire festivals (Uyeasound and Norik)

A huge thanks to everyone who helped make the BJHS Christmas Concert such a success. The pupils were all fantastic and helped get us into the Christmas spirit.

Christmas Jumper + Christmas Dinner = Lots of excited and stuffed bairns!

Tuesday was P4 bring your parent to school day. We learned about Saint Andrews day, budgeting and had fun with a STEM (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) activity.

They have only gone and done it again! The North Isles lasses representing BJHS and MYJHS have won the S3 Netball Tournament today for the 2nd year in

As part of St Andrew’s Day, we have been learning about the computer and video game industry in Scotland. Do you know the range of careers available in

Our S1 RE pupils recently shared their learning with Upper Primary, as it coincided with their topic. To do this, they told the story of Hannukah before leading

Today we raised £343 for Children In Need. We had a wear pyjamas or spots day, went on a ‘whole school, whatever the weather, walk and talk’ and

This week we have been celebrating Book Week Scotland and have been doing lots of fun things to promote reading for enjoyment. Here are some pictures of the

Last term Upper Primary were learning about the human body so what better way to show your learning than create your own operation board! (Videos to follow) We

We are proud of our Young Sports Ambassadors for taking part in the Badminton Basics course. They will now have the opportunity to deliver sessions to our primary

Great to see so many of our pupils on the water, learning to sail with the Unst Boating Club. They absolutely loved it!

What does a year look like at the UK’s most northerly school? Have a look at our end of year video to find out.

The inter disciplinary learning (IDL) challenge we have set ourselves is can we create a quiz show style buzzer system for end of year events. This could be