The title of this blog gives a good clue to what is to come but hopefully it gives some useful pointers. At school, on time, present in class: people who are successful tend to be the ones who work hardest and practice with purpose. There is which speaks of needing 10,000 hours to master a […]
Author Archives: David Innes
19th – 23rd August 2019 – Starting out on a successful journey
Our staff: Staff really appreciated the chance to have two in-service days to start the term and I think this ensured we got off to a very productive start with the pupils from the Wednesday. When we had one day it tended to involve dumping a lot of information on staff at a whole staff […]
6th August 2019 – SQA results
Across Scotland young people received news of their SQA results today Tuesday 6th August. I want to use this blog for 3 purposes; to say thank you to those who helped prepare our pupils for today, to give families a broad indication of how the school got on. Other items on the website indicate who […]
1st – 5th July 2019: A true story of summer adventures
This week teachers and pupils have been maintaining a high pace of work before a well deserved break. At 3.05 on Friday there was great excitement as the youngsters left for their summer holidays. I hope there will be similar excitement when teachers return (on Monday 19th August) and when pupils start back (on Wednesday […]
24th – 28th June 2019: New faces and thanks
New S1: On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday we welcomed our new S1 pupils to their school. We were delighted with the very settled way they went about things and look forward to welcoming them back in August. Part of the reason for the visits going so well was the support our visitors received from their […]
17th – 24th June 2019 – Achievements and information
This week has been another where we have taken time to celebrate the achievements of the incredible youngsters we have here in Harlaw Academy. On Wednesday we had the school summer concert and art show On Thursday we held our wider achievement awards event On Friday it was our annual school sports day Over the […]
10th – 14th June: Sports Awards
On Friday of this week we held our annual sports awards. This was an opportunity to celebrate those who had taken part in sports activities this session. This slideshow gives you a flavour of some of the event and lets you see who won the various awards Sports Awards June 2019 The event finished with […]
3rd-7th June 2019 – Leadership opportunities
At the end of the week applications went live for a number of key pupil leadership opportunities; Head Prefect – Head Prefect Application ’19 House Captain Prefect – Prefect Application ’19 Class representative – Class reps application 2019 The links above takes you to the application for these opportunities and applications are due to be […]
27th – 31st May: Parents, pupils and participation
Over this session we have done a great deal to increase participation of pupils and parents. Not only is this the right thing to do but it is also part of what we are required to do. Indeed over the years ahead there will be increased expectations around how we ’empower’ our staff, pupils and […]
20th-24th May 2019 – Seeking your views
In Spring 2016 we held meetings with staff, pupils, parents and others in the community to set out priorities to guide school improvement over a 3-year period. This exercise produced 9 priorities for transformational change; Relationships and ethos Personal support and inclusion Participation and involvement Opportunities Learning Attainment Achievement Citizenship School leadership and school improvement […]