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. […]
Category Archives: Parents
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 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 […]
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, parents and local councillors who attend these meetings. It really does help to share ideas and shape the thinking of how we keep the school moving forward. This is a fairly brief blog sharing some […]
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 S6 this should now be familiar ground but for our S4s it is the first time they have really faced this intensity of challenge. I really felt for them because they are facing a new […]
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 – it marks a point when all adults in the world were born last century and all children were born this century. 2018 is also identified as being the year of the young person. It therefore […]
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 is share information about some of the activities taking place in the school. Beyond that I will let the actions (extracts from our weekly bulletin) speak for themselves: BIOLOGY DROP IN – Tuesday’s session is open […]
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 parents. I want us to go well beyond just consulting pupils and informing parents – I want to empower both groups to make a meaningful contribution to school improvement and to play an active role […]
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 is based around 3 simple behaviour statements: – Respect for People – Respect for Learning – Respect for Community This week my blog will look in more depth at “respect for community’ Under the statement […]
18th – 22nd September 2017 – Respect for Learning
Last week I published the first of 3 blogs looking at the day to day work of Harlaw Academy which is based around 3 simple behaviour statements: – Respect for People – Respect for Learning – Respect for Community This week my blog will look in more depth at “respect for learning’ Under the statement […]