{"id":5686,"date":"2023-03-23T08:23:19","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T08:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/?p=5686"},"modified":"2023-03-23T08:33:58","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T08:33:58","slug":"126-blue-bulletin-thursday-23-3-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/2023\/03\/23\/126-blue-bulletin-thursday-23-3-23\/","title":{"rendered":"126. Blue Bulletin &#8211; Thursday 23.3.23"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>THURSDAY 23 MARCH<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Hot Meal:<\/strong> Soup of the day, Steak mince and potatoes or vegetable curry.<br \/>\n<strong>Assembly:<\/strong> Oswald<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ramadan (Mrs Whyte)<\/strong><br \/>\nThe new moon on Wednesday 22 March marked the beginning of Ramadan, a month long fast for some Muslim staff and pupils. We are aware there may be pupils who are taking part and may need a space to use during this time. C12 and C13 will be available. If you wish to use these rooms can you let Mrs Whyte or Mr Plumridge know in advance.<\/p>\n<p>Ramadan Mubarak!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Red Nose Day 2023 (Miss Lipton)<\/strong><br \/>\nMassive thanks to everyone who contributed to our Dress Down Day on Friday. We managed to raise \u00a3387.54 for Comic Relief. Well done.<\/p>\n<p><strong>National 5 Dance Exam (Miss Kirkwood)<\/strong><br \/>\nThe National 5 Dance Exam will be taking place in the Assembly Hall tomorrow, please make sure you are quiet when passing the hall.<\/p>\n<p><strong>S2 Netball (Mrs Steedman)<\/strong><br \/>\nCan you please attend a meeting at break today outside the PE classroom to get the details of our final next week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>S4 Lift Off Pupils (Miss Nessel)<\/strong><br \/>\nThere will be input from Abertay Uni on Friday of this week (24 March). You will be out of class P2. Please go to D9 (Miss Lipton&#8217;s classroom). Each pupil will then have a 10-minute appointment during Period 3. The times for these will be issued on Friday. See Miss Nessel for more information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>S6 Hoodies (Mrs Rae)<\/strong><br \/>\nThe deadline for ordering and filling in the order forms is this Friday, this is to ensure that I can get the order away before the holidays and get your hoodies to you as quickly as possible. Please also ensure you come and check the spelling of your name on the list in the PSO base. If there are any issues around that please come and see me straight away. Thank You!<\/p>\n<p><strong>New House System (Mr Spink)<\/strong><br \/>\nIf you would like to join a small group to discuss your thoughts on the new house system, can you please fill in the <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/e\/QnJFVa13d5\">Form to register<\/a> your interest.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5676\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2023\/03\/20144739\/House-Point-Focus-Group-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"114\" height=\"114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2023\/03\/20144739\/House-Point-Focus-Group-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2023\/03\/20144739\/House-Point-Focus-Group-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2023\/03\/20144739\/House-Point-Focus-Group-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2023\/03\/20144739\/House-Point-Focus-Group-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2023\/03\/20144739\/House-Point-Focus-Group.png 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 114px) 100vw, 114px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Change to &#8216;Out of Class&#8217; Procedure (Mr McKay)<\/strong><br \/>\nFrom Monday 20 March 2023 we are changing our procedure for young people leaving \/ returning to class during the school day.<\/p>\n<p>We are asking any young person who is leaving class for whatever reason to sign out of class \/ sign back into class. Young people should get permission from the class teacher before leaving class, sign out and take a pass. On return to class, young people should sign back in and return the pass.<\/p>\n<p>For those young people who have an Out of Class pass, they are not required to sign out but should complete the sign out \/ in sheet on return to class &#8211; if appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>This system is to support fairness and consistency across the school whilst ensuring that we can monitor and support young people appropriately.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DYW Padlet (Mrs Whyte)<\/strong><br \/>\nFollowing this week&#8217;s assemblies all pupils have been shown how to access the DYW Padlet on the school website, which is updated regularly with opportunities including work experience, in school opportunities as well as apprenticeships and job opportunities. <strong>REMEMBER<\/strong> &#8211; It is good to gain experience as well as qualifications in school to make your CV and applications stand out. If you are looking for something that is not advertised on the <a href=\"https:\/\/padlet.com\/gw17whytestephanie\/developing-the-young-workforce-khs-m3e9woqble1sl5oh\">Padlet<\/a> &#8211; please see Mrs Whyte who will help out.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5342\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2023\/02\/01130115\/S-Whte-Padlet-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"79\" height=\"79\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2023\/02\/01130115\/S-Whte-Padlet-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2023\/02\/01130115\/S-Whte-Padlet-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2023\/02\/01130115\/S-Whte-Padlet-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2023\/02\/01130115\/S-Whte-Padlet-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2023\/02\/01130115\/S-Whte-Padlet.png 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 79px) 100vw, 79px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Speak to Mrs Whyte if you require any help with applications, finding jobs or want some work experience.<\/p>\n<h1><strong>TODAYS STANDING NOTICES<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Piano and Upper Strings Lessons (Mrs Simpson)<\/strong><br \/>\nLessons are on today in the Music department. You can find your time on Teams or on the department timetable board.<\/p>\n<p><strong>S2-S4 Music Lunch Club (Mrs Duckett)<\/strong><br \/>\nThis now takes place in E10 every day of the week, except Wednesdays.<\/p>\n<p><strong>String Group (Mrs Simpson)<\/strong><br \/>\nThe String Group will take place on Thursday lunchtime in E13.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Calm Colouring Lunch Club (Ms Geddes\/Miss Millar)<\/strong><br \/>\nIf you would like a calm space to have lunch and do a bit of colouring, with the option to chat through any questions with our Mental Health Ambassadors, then this is the club for you! Head along to A3 (Science) where Miss Millar and Ms Geddes will have all the resources you need to chill out and recharge for the afternoon ahead. Today from 1:10pm.<\/p>\n<p><strong>S1 &amp; S2 Netball (Mrs Steedman)<\/strong><br \/>\nTraining will be afterschool every Thursday starting this week from 3:30-4:15pm.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Film &amp; Media Study Support (Mr McPherson)<\/strong><br \/>\nFilm and Media study support for S3 is on today after school in Studio 1.<\/p>\n<h1>FRIDAY 24 MARCH<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Hot Meal:<\/strong> Soup of the day, Breaded fish or Salmon fish fingers and chips or Vegetable pasta bake.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Woodwind and Brass Lessons (Mrs Simpson)<\/strong><br \/>\nLessons are on today in the Music department. You can find your time on Teams or on the department timetable board.<\/p>\n<p><strong>S2-S4 Music Lunch Club (Mrs Duckett)<\/strong><br \/>\nThis now takes place in E10 every day of the week, except Wednesdays.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Card Club (Mrs Rae)<\/strong><br \/>\nCome along to the PSO base at lunchtime to play various card games and make new friends. Maybe your friends are off, and you have nowhere to go or you see yourself as a real &#8220;card shark&#8221; all are very welcome!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wind Band (Mrs Simpson)<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Wind Band will take place on Friday lunchtime in E13\/Dance Studio.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Health Zone Drop In (Mrs Davidson)<\/strong><br \/>\nEvery Friday lunchtime, the school nurse team run a confidential drop in session. They are situated behind the careers room opposite the main office.<\/p>\n<p><strong>S1 Reading Group (Miss Britton)<\/strong><br \/>\nS1 Reading Group during Friday lunchtimes in room B23. It&#8217;s a chance to practice reading out loud.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have Lunch with A Hero! (Mrs Brown)<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Release the KRAKEN!!&#8221; All are welcome to come and see the remake of the Clash of the Titans at Classics Film club, in C11. Bring your lunch and see the hero Perseus battle against Medusa and the Kraken!<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2747\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2021\/12\/01091329\/Clash-of-the-Titans-206x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"91\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2021\/12\/01091329\/Clash-of-the-Titans-206x300.png 206w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2021\/12\/01091329\/Clash-of-the-Titans.png 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 91px) 100vw, 91px\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THURSDAY 23 MARCH Hot Meal: Soup of the day, Steak mince and potatoes or vegetable curry. 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