MONDAY 26 SEPTEMBER
Hot Meal: Soup of the day, Chicken fried rice or Macaroni cheese and garlic bread.
Assembly: Oswald
U16 Football (Mr I’Anson)
The U16 football training is cancelled after school today.
Netball Umpiring Course (Miss Kirkwood)
If you signed up to the Fife Netball Umpiring course that was due to be on last Monday, this has been moved to today – Monday the 26th: 3:45-5:45pm. Please let Miss Kirkwood know if you can no longer attend.
Senior Girls’ Football (Mrs Steedman)
Can all those playing in todays game against Madras, please attend a meeting in the girls’ gym today at break.
Scotland Woman’s World Cup Qualifier v Austria (Mrs Steedman)
All pupils attending this trip please attend a meeting in the girls’ gym today at break.
Girls’ Football (Mrs Steedman)
There will be no training after school tomorrow as the senior team have a game in Madras.
S6 Prom (Miss Lipton)
Prom deposits can now be paid from today 26/9/22 via iPayimpact preferably or cash at the till. Min £10 to be paid before the end of term.
S3-S6 Future Asset Competition Teams (Miss Nessel)
If you signed up to the competition, please attend a one off welcome session on Tuesday in Miss Nessel’s room at lunch. The meeting starts at 1pm. So please make sure you bring your lunch with you for the event. If you need to have a school lunch, Miss Nessel know.
Maths Week Scotland (Miss Hay)
Maths is all around us. We use it in our daily lives when cooking tea, playing sport or deciding whether to go for that impulse purchase. It shapes our society in our voting systems and the way we use data. It underpins the art we view and the music we listen to. This week is Maths Week Scotland – a dedicated week of events and activities. In Tutor each day this week, there will be a video and/or challenge for you to think about. Here is your challenge for today – Come up with new calculations that equate to each of the numbers of a golf flag (i.e. 1-18). Each flag can have a maximum of eight characters (example below). Can each Tutor teacher please email your class entry to Miss Hay by end of the day Friday. The best entry will win house points!
S6 UCAS Sessions (Mrs Sim)
S6 applying to UCAS (and any S5 intending on applying early for next September), please scan the QR code below to register for the two events next week that you must attend if you plan on applying. Tuesday period 6 you will be attending a session from Lift Off to help you with your personal statements, and then Thursday period 1 you will be signing up for the UCAS website. See Mrs Sim if you have any questions.
S3 Parents’/Carers’ Evening In School – Wednesday 28 September – PEBS (Mrs Noone)
The parent/carer on-line booking system is open. Booking closes at 11:55pm on Tuesday 27 September.
S5-S6 EMA (Mrs Geddes)
If you have applied and been approved for EMA, please bring you completed Learning Agreement 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 2022 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.
DYW Padlet (Mrs Whyte)
This week’s Padlet has been updated, there are lots of local businesses looking for employees – Fife Ice Arena, Spiral Weave, Costa, Fife Leisure. Applications for apprenticeships have just opened at Babcock International – with a range of roles available. Other apprenticeships include administration, engineering and shipbuilding. A date for the diary is 29 November where there will be over 30 local employers attending our Careers Fair.
Paige’s Musical Butterflies (Mrs Wood)
Paige Dougall’s family have set up a charity called ‘Paige’s Musical Butterflies’ in her memory. You can purchase charity merchandise in the PSO base until the end of this term. At the end of term, we will be having a dress down day which will raise funds for the charity.
Hispanic Heritage Month (Alisha Ahmad – Equalities Group)
From the 15 September to 15 October, it is Hispanic Heritage Month. If you have time in tutor over the next month you might want to ask your teacher to watch the following video (or you could watch yourself) which explain Hispanic Heritage Month and the history behind it. You’ll want to watch from the start up to 3 minutes 30 seconds.
TODAY’S STANDING NOTICES
Percussion Lessons (Mrs Simpson)
Lessons are on today in the Music department. You can find your time on Teams or on the department timetable board.
S2-S4 Music Lunch Club (Mrs Duckett)
This now takes place in E10 every day of the week, except Wednesdays.
Percussion Ensemble (Mrs Simpson)
The Percussion Ensemble will take place on Monday lunchtime in E11.
TUESDAY 27 SEPTEMBER
Hot Meal: Soup of the day, Pork sausages in gravy with onions or Quorn Fajitas and chips.
Assembly: Adam Smith
Lower Strings and Bass Guitar Lessons (Mrs Simpson)
Lessons are on today in the Music department. You can find your time on Teams or on the department timetable board.
LGBT+ Group (LGBT+ Committee)
The legendary Kirkcaldy High LGBT+ Group meets at lunchtime TODAY! This group is for anyone of any identity including allies. Dr Murray’s classroom (A4) is the place to be and all are welcome. You can make badges, play with “fidget toys” and chat about any topic with like-minded people.
We are running a competition to re-decorate our LGBT+ noticeboards. You could contribute a picture, a poem, a short story, a poster, or any other creative medium you fancy. You can do these at the LGBT+ Tuesday group meeting or in your own time. Hand your contributions to Dr Murray in A4 – prizes to be won!
S2-S4 Music Lunch Club (Mrs Duckett)
This now takes place in E10 every day of the week, except Wednesdays.
S1-S6 Badminton Club (Mr Harrower)
Badminton Club will be on afterschool today in the Games Hall 3:30-4:15pm. All pupils are welcome.
S1-S6 Basketball Club (Mr Harrower)
Basketball Club will be on afterschool today in the gyms 3:30-4:15pm. All pupils are welcome.
Girls’ Football (Mrs Steedman)
All girls interested in playing for the girls’ school football team can attend training after school on Tuesday 3:30-4:15pm.
Biology Study Support (Miss Irvine)
Study support sessions are now on after school on Tuesdays from 3:15-4:15pm in A1. All levels welcome.
KHS Choir! (Mrs Duckett)
Open to everyone, no auditions! After school on Tuesdays with Mrs Duckett in E10.
