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

Our nursery students have been busy harvesting their fruit and vegetables from the polytunnel. They plan to make jam out of the fruit (not the totties!) and sell

S1-4 had a lock-in at the school overnight and then prepared breakfast for the school and anyone from the community who wanted to come along in the morning

Upper and middle primary classes spent the afternoon getting some badminton coaching from Jane Grant. The afternoon flew by as pupils were taught how to rally, serve and

Today saw our S3 and S4 students collaborate with the Unst Heritage Trust and the University of St Andrews; learning how to use technology to make 3D representations

Tuesday saw the celebration of Roald Dahl Day whereby our students and staff dressed up as Roald Dahl characters or dressed in yellow, Roald Dahl’s favourite colour. Everyone