Firstly apologies for a few weeks without a blog towards the end of term. Had I managed to keep it going I would have reported on a dozen remarkable successes and events including; S1 football team won the two cup competitions open to them, finished tied top of their league. They have a play off […]
Category Archives: Weekly blog
29th February – 4th March
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 […]
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 […]
11th – 15th January 2016
The week started with a Parent Teacher Association (PTA) meeting. The PTA are a really enthusiastic group who seek to arrange events to help parents to meet each other and meet staff. These events are also intended to raise funds which can be put towards activities which will benefit pupils. the group met in the learning […]
6th – 8th January 2016
2016 has started in a pretty grey and wet fashion. We will all know people who have been affected by flooding and will all be hoping things improve as the year unfolds. In this blog I am keen to highlight a couple of themes, the first being ‘improvements’. Many people start the year with an […]
14th – 18th December 2015
I made reference to the fire in the blog last week and in this one I can provide a little more detail of what has taken place this week. There are things I cannot say as the matter is subject to an on-going police investigation. In terms of the investigation I can confirm that the […]
7 – 11 December 2015
I had planned to develop on the theme of last week by speaking about meetings our pupils had with Angela Scott, Chief Executive of Aberdeen City Council, this week. I was then going to speak a little about how much we had enjoyed welcoming S2 parents to meet their teachers during the week. I was […]