Incident on Thursday: At lunchtime on Thursday one of our pupils let an intruder into the school and this resulted in a potentially serious event taking place. I am unable to comment on what took place as it is part of an on-going police investigation. What I will say is that our staff and pupils […]
Monthly Archives: December 2018
Prelim timetable
The Harlaw Academy prelims run from Monday 14th January to Friday 29th January and S4-6 pupils are on study leave for the duration of the prelims. Pupils can use the timetable below to plan their study over the Christmas break. Some faculties are running class sessions for pupils(highlighted in blue in the timetable) over the […]
10th-14th December 2018 – Christmas Kindness
As we head towards the Christmas holidays we will try to strike a balance between keeping the focus on the work and acknowledging some of the key ideas around this time of year. On the work front we are very aware of the need to prepare senior pupils for prelim exams in January. Therefore pupils […]
Aberdeen pupils rewarded for volunteer work
Well done to all our many volunteers @HarlawWider and community partners. Thank you for your great efforts.
Wider Achievement
Working with NESCOL to develop opportunities for Harlaw pupils
Winter Weather Arrangements
Parents and pupils are asked to note the arrangements in place for spells of severe weather:- School Closure/Delayed start Where heavy early morning snow is forecast the start of the school day may be delayed until 9.30am to allow pupils and staff time to travel to school safely. You can find up to date information […]
3rd – 10th December 2018: Success and reassurance
National success: The highlght of the week was being able to tell people of our success at a National level. We use a system called accelerated reader to promote reading for our pupils. The company behind this Renaissance Learning keep an eye on how well it is being used and as a result we were […]
26-30th November 2018: Focus on S2 other updates
Focus on S2: Learning and teaching: Over this week senior staff have been popping into S2 classes to look at the quality of the learning and teaching. We have been very impressed by both the quality of the teaching we have seen and the attitude shown by pupils towards the work. As well as visiting […]