26th February -3rd March 2018: Pride and shame
Pride: On Monday night I attended an Aberdeen City Council event to recognise the achievements of pupils from the City […]
19th-23rd February 2018: Speaking up for rights
It was really frustrating to have to deal with a couple of instances this week where pupil deliberately set off […]
Recognising and Realising Rights at Harlaw Academy
Recognising and realising Childrens Rights at Harlaw Academy
5th – 9th February 2018: Refreshing our vision
In spring 2015 we undertook a fairly significant review of our vision, values and behaviour statements. Prior to this there […]
22nd – 26th January: Note for our parents
This week we had a really good meeting of our Parent Council and I want to thank the senior pupils, […]
15th-19th January 2018: No short cuts to success
This week saw the senior school involved in the first week of their prelim exams. For pupils in S5 and […]
8th – 12th January 2018: Recognising and realising the rights of all young people
Firstly welcome back and best wishes for 2018. I want to start with a curious thing about 2018 as a year […]
20th – 26th November 2017: There is a lot going on @ Harlaw_Academy
I am going to say very little by way of introduction to this blog – other than to note it […]
6th – 9th November 2017: Empowering pupils and parents
This week we have tried to improve two very important aspects of the school – our work with pupils and […]
25th – 29th September 2017 – Respect for community
Last week I published the second of 3 blogs looking at the day to day work of Harlaw Academy which […]