30th January

All about us My name is Rachel Ross-Smith. I am 12 years old and my birthday is on January 4th. I 'm 5 foot tall, I have long dark blond hair, blue I grey eyes and I wear glasses. My hobbies are riding my bike and riding ponies or horses. I like football, running, playing rounders, badminton and roller blading. My pets are a pony called Zippy, 2 dogs called Teal and Fudge, a cat called Sophie, a lizard called Spike and my brother has fish. We have a croft at Lower Leogh. I have also got my own sheep called Polo. I would like to be a vet when I'm older. I have a brother called Lewis who is 10, a sister called Vivian who is 8 and a mum and dad called Clare and Patrick. My mum works as one of the school cooks and she is the school cleaner. Mum also does Fair Isle knitting and sometimes does drawings for other people to buy. My dad makes stained glass windows and repairs them. I like animals, reading, shopping, school, dancing and listening to music. I play the piano and the fiddle. I like pop, jazz, Shetland and that kind of music. I like the bands Five, Steps, All Saints, B witched, Garbage, The Corrs, Will Smith and Alanis Moriset. My favourite actor is Leonardo DiCaprio, I think he is really cute and he is a great actor. My favourite colour is Blue. My best subjects at school are P. E, music, art and German. I don't like cruelty to animals, pollution, fishing, shooting and days when there's nothing to do! I'm in primary 7 and after the summer I go to high school. When we reach high school we have to go out to a boarding school. We get to come home once a month and in the holidays. I moved to Fair Isle 6 years ago. Fair Isle is 3 miles long and 11/2 miles wide. There is I shop on the island and there is a Bird Observatory. There are 3 guest houses and 2 light houses but both are automated. The school has 12 children all together. I am the oldest child in the school. We have a`head teacher called Ruth Stout and a part time teacher called Mary Wilson. We also get taught German by Pat Wilson, music by Lise Sinclair and computer by Dave Wheeler. There are about 70 people on the Isle. Lots of sea birds here and rare birds come as well. Wild cats live here and there's lots of rabbits and sheep. We can get very nice weather in the summer here but in the winter it can get very stormy and the sea comes up and over the road. I like living in Fair Isle because there's not many cars and everybody knows each other. You can play anywhere and cycle about. Sometimes you can get a bit bored here because there's not many people my age living here. I don't think I will live here when I'm older.
My name is Cara. I am seven years old. I live in Stackhoul . My Mum and Dad run the shop and Post office . My brother is called Scott, he is 4 years old. My Mum is called Fiona and my Dad is called Robert. I have a pet cat called Greyclocks. Fair Isle is a nice place to live and I have lots of friends here. I am in primary 3. Hi! My name is Jenny Stout. My full name is Jennifer Margaret Stout. I am 10 years old and 11 on September 7th 1999. I was born in the Gilbert Bain Hospital in Shetland, in 1988. I lived on Fair Isle, which is three miles by one and a half, in a yellow house called Setter. In 1990 my brother Magnus was born. My mum is called Cathy and my dad is called Michael. When I was four and a half we moved to England. On the 7th March 1998 we moved back to Fair Isle. Our house is called Barkland. It is a croft. We have a cow called Bella, a hamster called Shaila, a dog called Jack, who is a whippet cross collie, and lots of sheep. I like school because there aren't very many children. Altogether there are 12 children in our school. We have a head teacher called Ruth and a part - time teacher called Mary. Pat Wilson teaches us German on Thursday, Dave Wheeler teaches computering on Thursday and Lise Best teaches Music on Friday. I play the flute . I have my own flute that my dad gave me for Christmas. I like reading, swimming, cycling, living on Fair Isle and going riding with my friend Rachel on her pony, Zippy. I'm not very good at it, but I really like it. After the summer holidays of the year 2000 I will go out to Shetland for High School. I love art. Margo will teach us that soon. Fair Isle is a great place to live. There are lots of rabbits, sea birds, rare birds, sheep and cows and cats. The only trees on the island are a small patch of trees called the plantation. It has netting over it and it is a bird trap. My best friend is Amy and Rachel and my family is Amy and Ruth and lain. My dad is called lain, my mum is called Ruth. I have 2 pet goldfish and I have 2 pet dogs. Daniel My name is Hannah. I am 5. My best friends are Rachel, Marin, Ruth, Vivian and my family. My mum is called Lise and my dad is called lan and my brother is called Tom, and my sister is called Alice. my cat is called Pedouc and my dog is called Naps.
Hi ! my name is Vivian Ross-Smith. I am 8 years old and I have a brother called Lewis and a sister called Rachel. My mum is called Clare and my dad is called Patrick. We also live with our cousins Calum and Duncan and my aunty Jude. I live at Burkle and at the chalet with my mum. My hobbies are swimming, running., horse riding, bike riding and rounders. There are 12 people in the school and about 70 people on Fair Isle. We are hoping to get an extension on the school this year. Our teacher is called Ruth Stout. My best friend is Cara. My favourite band is B*witched. Our pets are a pony called Zippy that we share, two Labrador called Teal and Fudge, Lewis has fish and we share a cat called Sophie. At the Chalet Rachel has a lizard called Spike. Fair isle is 3 miles long and 1 1/2miles wide. In my spare time I like to go for walks. My birthday is on 2nd April and i was born in 1990. My favourite subjects are art and p.e. My favourite book is the Hobbit. I like this book because it is adventurous. My name is Lewis Ross-Smith. I am 10 years old and I have a play station and my sister has a lizard and I have another sister and she has a scooter. My mum and dad have separate houses. Dad lives at Burkle and mum lives at the Chalet. There is one shop, two windmills and one school on the isle. I like fishing, cycling, running and shooting. The isle is three miles long and one and a half miles wide. My dad makes stain glass windows and mum knits hats, gloves, scarves and jumpers. My favourite food is chicken chow mein. My name is Tom and I am seven years old. My best friend is Cara. My cousins are called Cara, Scott and Marin. My hobbies are basketball and horse riding. I have two sisters, they are called Hannah and Alice and I wish I could go to Alaska. HI, my names Magnus, I am 8 and my favourite sports are hockey and badmington. my hobbies are swimming and cycling, I also like footie and rounders. My mum is called Cathy and my dad is called Michael. I have one sister called Jenny. Jenny is 9 and we all live on a croft. My best friend is Lewis and my favourite pastime is building with a hammer and nails. Once when Lewis came over we made a sword. My school is absolutely excellent. My favourite subjects are P.E and art. My favourite book is the Hobbit. I like this book because it is adventurous. At school we only have one classroom with 7 primary stages in it. There are only 12 children in the school but there has been as many as 40 or as few as 1. On the island we have the last manned lighthouse in Scotland. I have one dog called jack and one black cow called Bella jack is a black and white whippet cross collie and Bella is a friesan cow. My name is Charlotte Beattie. I am I0 years old and I am in primary 6. My house is called upper Leogh and my mum runs a guest house and a croft. I have lots of animals, 4 cats, 1 dog, 6 black hens and lots of sheep. My favourite film is Titanic and my favourite actor is Leonardo DeCaprio. My favourite bands are Ail Saints, B-Witched, Steps and the Corrs. I used to live in Haddington which is outside Edinburgh. I have a play station. My favourite football team is Scotland. I like Eastenders. Our school is going to get an extension on the building this year. in our school there are 12 pupils but after the Summer there will be 13