Cum ageen dus Welcome

Nesting Primary School

Living in NestingLiving in Nesting

The more rooted I am in my location, the more I extend myself to other places so as to become a citizen of the world. No one becomes local from a universal location.

(Paulo Freire) Page 21 Place Names

Where are we ?Where are we ?Half way between Scotland and Norway liesShetland a group of 100 islands. We are on the Mainland of Shetland.

Nesting is an area to the North East of themain town Lerwick. It is a rural area . The School has 22 pupils aged 5 – 11 years.

Diamond Jubilee VisitsDiamond Jubilee Visits

It started when we used a public holiday to open the schoolAnd visit the old folk in the sheltered housing.

Whole communityWhole communityTaking them flowers for their garden

Grown in a bottle greenhousethe men put up.

After taking flowers to her dad thelocal shopkeeper invited us to sellour flowers in the shop.

Through a meeting of the IGW group in Lerwick we established a partnership with local care centre . They now refer their daycare patients to us for visits.

Lots of visitsLots of visits

Then they started teaching us. They also sent their families to help.

Tammie’s tattiesTammie’s tatties

92 year old Tammie told us about tatties.

Local gardener Karen showed the lasses how to dig the yard

Success for Morgan.

My grandad brought the MSPMy grandad brought the MSP

Skald – Storyteller & law maker

Fitting we should have a visit from MSP Tavish Scott.

A new place for council meetings.

My Granny told us about Shackleton.My Granny told us about Shackleton.

His GaansieMade in Nesting -Jumpers for all his party. Our cook’s grandfather was one of the Shetlanders at his funeral. Panels of fair isle made with bottle tops.

Read your way to next post.

Fair Isle Fair Isle

Now at the Bod of Gremista

My granny showed us the jumper she is knitting.

Margaret one of our regular clients used to run her own knitwear firm. She went to Paris and Japan with her goods.

StenglinStenglin..

This ancient craft This ancient craft uses recycled uses recycled rope or twine to rope or twine to mend fencesmend fences.. Crofter’s Crochet

Wullie does our fencing.

StenglinStenglin.. Pupils and members Pupils and members

of the community of the community are weaving or are weaving or stenglin our fence to stenglin our fence to create a wind break.create a wind break.

This represents the weaving of Shetlandcloth or tweed.

Makin and Yakin Yarn Makin and Yakin Yarn nichtsnichts.. Our board as a back Our board as a back drop for an international drop for an international textile event .textile event .

Our own Yarn nicht for local women

The men made the “Fancies” & Tea

I learned to knit.

Tunes & TalesTunes & Tales

Dr Frances Wilkins and Debbie Scott workshop on Whaling & Shetland Tunes.

David Cooper came in and told us Trowie tales.

We learned the tunes and played them at the OAP’s Christmas Party.

They taught us how to set the tables.

Trowie KnoweTrowie Knowe By digging in to a mound we have By digging in to a mound we have

created a trowie doorway.created a trowie doorway.

A local joiner came and made our door. His family are involved in the visits.

The sides will be planted in Spring with wild flowers. This will soften the appearance and make it look more ancient.

Garden GeocachesGarden GeocachesTo attract people to our Schooland to Nesting we have also plantedGeocaches.

We have made a trail from the main road to the garden, and round all the other side roads in Nesting. It is very popular. It is called the TROWIE TRAIL.

We have had 322visits to our caches since June. Each cache tells the story of the location. People of all ages and nationalities visit.

What Next?

Some of the women are going to run traditional cooking classes funded by the school. These are for pupils & community. This builds on another Shetland Project. Produce from the class will be distributed to elderly.

Supper Dance

Sponsored Walk for benches around our community. Special guest Socks the dancing pony.We now have a very strong partnership with the local hall.

Learning to dance together. Profits to go to the hall.

Funding

• Heritage Lottery Fund• Celebrate – Lottery Fund•Total Green School prize Money•Education Scotland – Food for Thought• School Enterprise Fund.

All of our project can be done in any rural area of Scotland no matter how remote. All of the resources are in the communityand there is external funding available.

An as lang as we ir Welcome

We will keep cumin alang.