What a great Day 1 for our S6 Young Driver experience. Almost half of our S6 pupils received a 15 minute driving lesson today from Raymond, Myra or Roberta from Young Driver. We’re looking forward to Day 2 tomorrow where the rest of S6 will get their chance to drive one of the cars on our pitches.
An amazing experience for our senior pupils and we’re so grateful to Young Driver for coming back to us for 2025.
We’re looking forward to our KPSS Celebration day on Friday 6th June. This is to celebrate our fantastic achievements of earning our Eco Green Flag, Gold SCQF award and our Gold Rights Respecting School status.
On Friday we will also officially launch our School Values of Kindness, Ambition, Respect and Equality (K.A.R.E.@KPSS) which we will refer to in lessons but also in all our work and interactions with each other across our school community.
We’re encouraring our young people and staff to wear gold, yellow or sparkles on Friday for our non-uniform day. We’d love to see lots of our young people and staff at our Gold Breakfast Club on Friday morning. We’re having quizzes and games throughout the day and bringing our whole school together for our final celebration during Period 6.
It should be a great day and a huge celebration and thank you to all of our young people, parents/carers, staff and partners – these achievements are only possible because of the amazing collective work you all do.
Thank you all and bring on the celebration!
May was a busy month for our S1 Project Based Learning (PBL) classes!
The S1 Protecting Wildlife class went to Troon to do a beach clean. This was organised by one of the teams who were committed to tackling pollution to help protect marine wildlife. This team reached out to the Marine Conservation Society for advice about the beach clean. As a result, Kirsty from the Marine Conservation Society came to KPSS to deliver an interactive workshop about Marine Pollution for an S1 Science class.
Another PBL team visited Refuweegee, a Glasgow based charity to support refugees in our city. They came back with lots of great ideas on how we can support this vulnerable group in our school and local community.
Our S1 PBL classes worked hard this term to develop their solutions to tackle their Big Question and all teams presented their solutions, along with outlining how they have developed their meta-skills, at our fab showcase in May.
Well done to all our S1 PBL teams and to our S1 PBL teachers for their hard work and commitment to this exciting new learning initiative at KPSS. We can’t wait to see how you get on with your PBL projects in S2!
Delighted to share this great video showcasing the brilliant work of our S5&S6 Powering Futures teams.
This fantastic course helps build an understanding of sustainability for our young people but also helps them develop meta-skills like communication, analysis and collaboration to help prepare them for the world of work.
Well done to Esma, Mark, Lara, Matej, Abdullah, Maya and Jack who all successfully gained the Level 6 award and delivered excellent presentations to the panel of industry judges!
We’re looking forward to welcoming our new Powering Futures class in June and excited to continue our partnership with this great organisation whose mantra is to support young people to be happy and successful in their futures 😀
Massive congratulations to Fergus Munro (S3, Lewis) and Navlyn Perika (S3, Lewis), who competed in the Crown Office public speaking competition on behalf of King’s Park Secondary this afternoon.
Both spoke so well and are now the Glasgow Schools champions. Fantastic news and we can’t wait to see how they get on in the national semi-finals!
Well done Navlyn and Fergus and a huge thank you to Mr Grimes for supporting both of them!
We had a fantastic S4-S6 Leavers Ceremony yesterday where we said goodbye and good luck to all of our S4-S6 Leavers. We are proud of you all! Best of luck in the SQA exams and for the next exciting chapter in your lives!
Scottish Space School 2025
University of Strathclyde
9 – 13 June 2025
Applications Open Monday 17 February 2025
The Faculty of Engineering at the University of Strathclyde is delighted to be offering the Scottish Space School programme again in 2025. The programme will run at the University from Monday 9 – Friday 13 June 2025.
This is a fantastic opportunity for S5 pupils who are keen to move into a STEM pathway and are studying maths and/or the physical sciences at Higher level.
There are 100 places available on the week-long programme this year at which attendees will hear from staff at the University of Strathclyde who will provide an insight into studying and working in the field of engineering, as well as hearing from some of the world’s leading figures in space travel, including NASA Astronauts and engineers. Participants will also take part in a group project which they will present to a selection panel made up of staff from the University and NASA on the final day.
At the end of the programme in June, 8 lucky pupils will be selected to travel to Houston, USA in October 2025 to complete the ‘Learning Journey to NASA’ trip.
There is no cost associated with attending the programme in June, or the trip to Houston in October.
Further information is available on the Space School website here:
https://www.strath.ac.uk/engineering/scottishspaceschool/.
All pupils who are interested in attending must apply using the online form which can be accessed using the link above. The deadline to apply Monday 17 March 2025 and decisions will be sent to all applicants by Tuesday 22 April 2025.
In the application form, pupils are asked to supply the name and contact details for a teacher who can provide a statement in support of their application. If you are interested, please speak to your Pastoral Care teacher or another teacher who knows you well. If you want to find out a bit more about Space School, please speak to Mrs Thyne.
An exciting opportunity for all S5 pupils – the chance to take part in a university Summer School experience.
This summer school will take place at The University of Edinburgh and it is fully funded.
Read the letter and flyer to find out more and, if interested, apply before 6th March.
Please click on the letter to enlarge.
