WEDNESDAY 23 AUGUST
Hot Meal: Sweet potato and butternut squash soup, Roast chicken or roast quorn fillet in gravy with Yorkshire pudding and mash potato.
Assembly: Carlyle
Battlefields Trip 2024 (Mr Harrower)
A few spaces have become available for the 2024 Battlefields Trip to Belgium and France. Any S3 pupil interested should collect a letter from Mr Harrower in PE as soon as possible.
S1 – S6 Girls Football (Mrs Steedman)
All girls in any year interested in playing for the school team this year, please come to a meeting in the Girls’ Gym at break time today. If you forget or can’t attend just speak to Mrs Steedman! Encourage all your friends along, the team has been extremely successful over the last couple of years and we would love to continue this!
Calm Colouring Club (Ms Geddes & Miss Millar)
Colouring has been shown to have multiple positive effects on your mental health, including reducing anxiety and helping your brain and body to relax. If you are looking for a quiet space to enjoy your lunch and do a bit of colouring, then head along to A3 from 1:10pm every Thursday lunchtime. Ms Geddes, Miss Millar and the Mental Health Ambassadors will be there to welcome you.
KHS Radio Show on K107FM (Dr Murray)
Are you a known “chatterbox”? Do you love a bit of music? Are you interested in working in the media (TV, radio etc.)? If the answer to any of these questions is “yes” then presenting on the radio could be for you. We present a weekly show on Kirkcaldy’s radio station, K107FM every Saturday morning. You could be involved, even if you’re never available on a Saturday! We meet every Friday in A4 (Dr Murray’s room in Science) to plan the show. Come along and bring your lunch! See Dr M for a lunch/building pass.
KHS D&D (Dungeons and Dragons) Group (Dr Murray/Miss Collins)
The KHS D&D Group meets in D2 (Home Ec) every Friday after school. Take part in exciting adventures and storytelling. It’s all up to the fate of the dice!
Basketball & Badminton Clubs (Mr Harrower)
Basketball and Badminton clubs will start on Monday afterschool in the games hall from 3:15-4:15pm. All pupils in S1-S6 welcome.
S5/S6 EMA (Mrs Cook)
If you have applied and been approved for EMA, please bring your completed Learning Agreement form to the school office. We cannot proceed with any payments until this has been done. If you have still to apply, please do this as soon as you can. Any applications received by Fife Council after 30 September 2023 cannot be backdated and you will only be paid from the date the application is received. Please remember you also need to make a new application each academic year.
Fitzgerald Trust Award Scheme (Mrs McNab)
You must apply for this award before Friday 8 September 2023 and you must be a Kirkcaldy resident to apply. Here are the link and QR code. Either will take you to the application form.
S5 & S6’s Only – Mentor in Violence Protection (Miss Johnston)
Mentors in Violence protection is a programme in schools and is a peer education programme providing young people with the language and framework to explore and challenge the attitudes, beliefs and cultural norms that underpin gender-based violence, bullying and other forms of abuse.
We are looking for any S5 or S6’s who would be interested in being involved in this over the school year. Please fill out the form if you wish to be a part of it or speak to Miss Johnston, Mr Farquharson, Mrs Dempsey, Mrs Dalziel or Jayne.
S6 Hoodies (Miss Lipton)
Please remember to submit your S6 Leaver Hoodie order – £20 each – £5 deposit required to secure.
TODAYS STANDING NOTICES
National 5 Maths/Apps Study Support (Mr Jones)
Pop along to ask questions, get help with homework or just have a quiet space to study. Every Wednesday lunchtime in C3.
Rights Respecting Schools Group & Ambassadors (Ms Young)
Our award winning group will restart – Wednesday 23 August in B14 at 1:15 pm. It’s a really enthusiastic group who fight for and promote the rights of others, both across the school and in the wider world and community. Can all members attend as well as all pupils who put down their names to become Rights Ambassadors. You can collect a lunch pass from me any time before next Wednesday to give you permission to be in school during lunch. Any new staff who would like to come along and find out what the group is about are also welcome!
Equality Group (Dr Murray)
The KHS Equality Group meets every Wednesday lunchtime in A4. Anyone who is interested in any aspect of equality is welcome whether it be age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. See Dr Murray for a pass. Bring you lunch!
THURSDAY 24 AUGUST
Hot Meal: Tomato soup, Chilli con carne or vegetable chilli with rice.
Assembly: Oswald
Gardening Club (Mrs Brown)
Gardening club is back on at the Serenity Garden 🪴. New members welcome. Meet at the amphitheatre just after 1pm.
