Pupils who take courses at Nescol are asked to note the following information from Nescol:- Wednesday 28 February 2018 Due to the weather conditions, the forecast for more snow, and Police Scotland ‘avoid travel’ advice in affected amber areas, the college (and therefore all campuses and centres) will close at lunchtime today. All College […]
Monthly Archives: February 2018
Bad Weather – getting to school safely
In spells of wintry weather, our janitors first priority is to make sure there are designated safe routes into Harlaw Academy for pupils at the front of the school. Once safe routes are cleared at the front, our janitors then prioritise access to the school from the rear car park and the clearing of emergency […]
Parent Council Survey
The Harlaw Academy Parent Council want to know what parents think about the current Parent Council meeting arrangements. We would be grateful if you could take a few minutes to complete the survey at the link below to let the Council know what you think:- https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/GDCZXQ8 This will help inform the arrangements the Parent Council […]
Keeping Our Children Safe
Police Scotland and other local professionals will be hosting a further live Facebook event on the North East Police Division page on Wednesday 21 March 2018 between 7 and 9 pm. The topic on this occasion will be Social Media: Thinking about buying a young person a mobile phone or computer but concerned how […]
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 our fire alarms. We had a spate of this earlier in the session and I hoped we had seen the back of it. It is an extremely dangerous thing to do and also extremely disruptive. […]
Recognising and Realising Rights at Harlaw Academy
Recognising and realising Childrens Rights at Harlaw Academy
12th-16th February 2018: Short week for our pupils
Pupils enjoyed the mid term break with having Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday off. Staff on the other hand were able to get a well deserved break on the Monday but were hard at work on Tuesday and Wednesday. Parents, and possibly pupils, may wonder what staff actually do during in-service days and the purpose of […]
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 had not been a review for many years and even then I think the statements had largely been undertaken by senior staff at the school and passed on to pupils to follow. Certainly none of […]
29th January – 2nd February: Technology, dignity and good manners
Two items caught my eye this week: An item by Gillian Martin (MSP) drawing attention to the issue of youngsters sending inappropriate images on social media. A feature on Sky News about youngsters becoming lazier, more demanding and more rude as a result of ‘Siri’ and ‘Alexa’ type applications They were particularly interesting because Tuesday […]