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This year at Baltasound School one of our key improvement priorities is to develop our use of play as a way for young people to learn and develop

On Wednesday (8th Feb) our Early Years and Primary pupils had a fun filled day of play when they took part in Global School Play Day 2023.They learned

Lower Primary have chosen to learn about the RMS Titanic so they took part in a Titanic Day. Each pupil received their boarding pass and were divided into

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

We were given this poster yesterday and we are delighted to have Unst highlighted. Baltasound JHS uses our local bakery for the bread and rolls served at lunch

Lower Primary have been learning about the Winter Olympics in PE. After finding out about the Biathlon and watching some footage from previous Olympics, we gave it a

Congratulations to Baltasound pupils Finn and Matheus for progressing to the finals of the Shetland U15 Badminton Championships. A well fought battle in the final saw Matheus come

Our S2 pupils organised our first ever Virtual Careers Event – with companies and organisations from all over Shetland represented. A great experience for our P7 to S4

At the end of summer covid restrictions eased enough to resume singing in music class. Here are the lower primary pupils singing “I am the only I” by

Our most recent Whole School and Early Years Newsletters are now on our school website. Click here to read over what we’ve been up to.

Our Primary packs are coming together (with some paper based Secondary activities coming out too). We will get these out to families today and over the weekend. As

Lower Primary have been learning about and celebrating St Andrew. We made Scottish flags and designed our own tartans. St Andrew’s relics were brought to Scotland by boat

On Friday our primary classes worked together to create a cartoon depicting their character (that they created on Tuesday) ‘finding their brave’ for children’s mental health week. They

On Wednesday Nursery and Primary departments have been taking part in Global School Play Day to promote the benefit of unstructured play. This also ties in perfectly with

All the pupils have been enjoying getting out and playing in the snow.  Here are a few photos of primary pupils having a great time!