At assemblies on Tuesday, I raised concerns with the pupils about road safety. The vast majority of pupils are well-behaved and responsible when off campus. However, a few have been behaving in a silly and dangerous way (spilling out on to the road for example). I am sure all members of the school community will encourage the youngsters to behave in a considerate and responsible way at all times.

On Wednesday, the first of a series of visits by S1 pupils to the Seabird Centre took place. This week it was the turn of the Lammerlaw pupils and they had a great morning at the centre (and were very well behaved and polite). The visits have been organised by the Science Faculty as part of the school’s Comenius environment project.

Yesterday, I visited all the S1 classes during their Social Subjects time. The theme was attitude to work and all of the teachers were very complimentary about the classes (although a few pupils can be chatty). The S1 pupils are working hard and I’m looking forward to returning to the Modern Studies’ classes to see the finished models of a future Scottish Parliament building, designed by the pupils themselves; including one in the shape of a giant thistle. Well done to the pupils on their hard work and 100% adherence to the dress code.

Yesterday evening, a group of S3 pupils travelled to Glasgow to see ‘An Inspector Calls’. Mrs Maxwell, who organised the trip, reported that it was a great success and ‘the production was really powerful and engaging - the pupils got a lot from it and there was plenty of chat on the bus home! Conduct was excellent – the pupils were a real credit to the school’. Well done to all involved and thank you to Mrs Maxwell and the other staff who accompanied the pupils.

Today, it was a great pleasure to present J Dodson, 1T1, with January’s Purely Positive Pupil prize. Congratulations to Jonathan and all the Purely Positive Pupils.

Best wishes

JB Craig