The festive season is really well under way now as on Friday 16th December we had Christmas Jumper Day and our Christmas Dinner!  

Baltasound JHS recently attended the Shetland Youth Volunteering Awards having been nominated in the Organisation category. This was to recognise the hard work that staff at BJHS do

The students and staff were exceptionally lucky to have author and illustrator Debi Gliori in school last week. She worked with the Primary 1 to 5 students, discussing

Tonight saw a great turnout at Doors Open / Shopping Night. Parents and grandparents were able to look all around the school, looking at the displays and achievements

Last Friday in school we were all wearing spots or pyjamas to raise money for Children In  Need. A staff hamper was raffled, which also helped raise money.

A group of teachers from Nice in France have been at the school for the past two days.  They were visiting a variety of schools in Shetland to

Today is our Bring Your Parent To School Day where we have our whole secondary department going off timetable and working in groups, with their parent or guardian

We are into Year 2 of our project with Shetland Arts. Through an inspiring education programme delivered both in the gallery and the classroom we will work towards

As part of our School Improvement Plan 2016/2017, we have rebooted our Tuck Shop in school, where we no longer sell any crisps or flavoured milk. Although these

Last week the school welcomed the Northumbrian Ranters – musicians from schools all over Northumbria. We were extremely grateful that they all made it to the UK’s most

Halloween party time. There was a highly successful party at Saxa Vord organised by parents to raise funds for the P6/7 Edinburgh Trip next summer over the weekend.

Huge thanks to everyone involved in the Macmillan Coffee Morning last Friday – bakers, helpers, contributors, the boys on the ever-popular waffle table, drinkers, eaters and donors. We

On Friday 30th September, Upper Primary and Secondary spent the day participating in a basketweaving project run by St Andrews University in co-operation with the Shetland Museum and

The Upper Primary students were leading the way today, showing we can still be active and outdoors even on a poor day. Waterproofs and hi-vis on, we’re ready

List most of the country, we have been inspired by all the athletes competing in the Paralympics in Brazil. As a result, our P.E. lessons have been looking at