DUKE OF EDINBURGH
Just a quick reminder, we will be having a Parent & Carer Information Evening on Monday 7 October 2024 from 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. in Barista for students in S3 who are considering starting the Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award. All welcome!
FAMILY LEARNING EVENT – HEALTHY LIVING
We are looking for as many young people and their parents and carers as possible to join us on Wednesday 9 October 2024 from 4.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. in the Assembly Hall and other locations around the school, for a family learning event focussed on Healthy Living, organised by staff and students.
There will be lots of different things to try and do, either fun filled, energetic or relaxing, which will promote good wellbeing and bring us together as a school community. Free food and drink too. We hope it will be a very successful and enjoyable event for all!
HELPING YOUR CHILD EVENINGS
We will have our Helping Your Child family learning evenings on Tuesday 22 October 2024 for S2/3 students and Wednesday 23 October 2024 for S4/5 students and their parents and carers between 4.30 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. These will start with a short presentation in the Assembly Hall, followed by activity within different departments to help parents and carers know more about how to support their child at each stage in their learning. Please use the following links to sign up:
S2/3 https://forms.office.com/e/E87ghtL49c
S4/5 https://forms.office.com/e/mEw2vu4jXC
SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHS
Have you ordered your school photos yet? A polite reminder that the closing date for free delivery back to school is Wednesday 9 October 2024. Order through the Tempest website using your unique link or visit www.tempest-orders.co.uk. If you need any assistance in ordering your photos, feel free to contact Tempest on 01736 751555 (option 3).
RECOGNITION & REWARD
A team of staff are very shortly about to launch ‘Pupil of the Month’ in each department, where individual students will be nominated for special recognition of their hard work and effort, being helpful and kind, or for any other worthy achievement.
In addition, this week we will have our very first termly Reward activity, which will focus on S1/2 students and will be a film experience taking place on Friday 11 October 2024 during Period 4-5. Linked to our new Positive Relationships Policy, this will involve only those students who have shown excellent conduct in school, without having any Demerits, Referrals or other concerns to date. Students will be told if they are eligible to take part in PSHE this week, with those students not eligible attending classes as normal.
This will be reset again after the October break, and other year groups and planned activity will follow throughout the year. For the next block of Reward activity prior to Christmas, we will look to include students’ with satisfactory attendance to date, which is 90% or above.
ADULT LEARNING SESSIONS
Please see attached information on adult learning sessions taking place at the new Irvine Valley Training Hub in Galston, focussed on literacy skills and digital learning.
MID-TERM BREAK & IN-SERVICE DAY 3
A reminder that the school will be closed from Monday 14 October 2024 through to Friday 18 October 2024 for the mid-term break and on Monday 21 October 2024 for In-Service Day 3. We will re-open for students on Tuesday 22 October 2024.
Kind regards
David Falconer
Head Teacher
