Thinking of others: At the start of the week one of our first year classes discussed a plan they had to help refugee children in Calais and Dunkirk. They are collecting donations of clothing through to March 24th and then sending items south. It was very moving to hear the Harlaw youngsters not only speaking about the […]
Category Archives: Parents
22nd -26th February 2016
Participation: Every day the school day begins with form time and during this time pupils get the daily bulleting read out. It is full of so many opportunities for pupils to participate in the wider life of their school. This week for example we had notices about; a golf league, a weekend trip to watch […]
1st – 5th February
I am very aware that I spend myself in Education. Although I am a parent my view of the world is through the eyes of a teacher. I am very aware of the need to help find ways to help describe my world in a way that makes sense to parents and to learners. In […]
25th-29th January
This week we had the S2 course choice event. Leading into this event we had seen a lot of media coverage about job losses in the energy sector. It would have been easy to be pessimistic about future prospects for youngsters. However a phrase was in the back of my mind as I prepared for meeting […]
18th – 22 January 2016
This week saw senior pupils start their prelim exams. These exams serve several purposes; they give pupils practice for the main exams in May they give us all a clearer idea of how pupils are doing in their course they better inform decisions for levels of study for next session they provide us with evidence […]