intergenerational learning - working across the generations

1. Cum ageen dus Welcome
Nesting Primary School

2. 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

3. Where are we ?Where are we ?
Half way between Scotland and Norway lies
Shetland a group of 100 islands. We are on the
Mainland of Shetland.
Nesting is an area to the North East of the
main town Lerwick. It is a rural area . The
School has 22 pupils aged 5 – 11 years.

4. Diamond Jubilee VisitsDiamond Jubilee Visits
It started when we used a public holiday to open the school
And visit the old folk in the sheltered housing.

5. Whole communityWhole community
Taking them flowers for their garden
Grown in a bottle greenhouse
the men put up.
After taking flowers to her dad the
local shopkeeper invited us to sell
our flowers in the shop.

6. 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.

7. Lots of visitsLots of visits
Then they started teaching us. They also sent their
families to help.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. My Granny told us about Shackleton.My Granny told us about Shackleton.
His Gaansie
Made 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.

11. Fair IsleFair Isle
Now at the Bod of Gremista
My granny showed us the jumper she is knitting.

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

13. StenglinStenglin..
 This ancient craftThis ancient craft
uses recycled ropeuses recycled rope
or twine to mendor twine to mend
fencesfences.. Crofter’s Crochet
Wullie does our fencing.

14. StenglinStenglin..
 Pupils and members ofPupils and members of
the community arethe community are
weaving or stenglin ourweaving or stenglin our
fence to create a windfence to create a wind
break.break.
This represents the
weaving of Shetland
cloth or tweed.

15. Makin and Yakin Yarn nichtsMakin and Yakin Yarn nichts..
 Our board as a back dropOur board as a back drop
for an international textilefor an international textile
event .event .
Our own Yarn nicht for local women
The men made the “Fancies” & Tea
I learned to knit.

16. Tunes & TalesTunes & Tales
Dr Frances Wilkins and Debbie
Scott workshop on
Whaling & Shetland Tunes.
David Cooper came in and
told us Trowie tales.

17. We learned the tunes and played them at the
OAP’s Christmas Party.
They taught us how to set the tables.

18. Trowie KnoweTrowie Knowe
 By digging in to a mound we have created aBy digging in to a mound we have created a
trowie doorway.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.

19. Garden GeocachesGarden Geocaches
To attract people to our School
and to Nesting we have also planted
Geocaches.
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.

20. 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.

21. 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.

22. 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.

23. An as lang as we ir Welcome
We will keep cumin alang.