We have been a very busy school this week.

Senior pupils wanting to take on leadership responsibilities in the school have been interviewed, given speeches and generally campaigned to prove that they were the best for the jobs.  So, after a hard-fought contest Annabel Jackson and Calum Paul are our new Head Boy and Head Girl and they will be ably supported by their deputies: Eilidh McClure and Hamish Moodley.  As ever, I was exceptionally proud of all the seniors who threw their hats in the ring and look forward to working with them all next session.  We also announced the School Council Representatives and House Heads at assemblies this morning.  Congratulations to them all.

I received a couple of letter this week congratulating our pupils for their demeanour and attitude.  It’s always lovely to receive positive reports of the youngsters – sometimes we get fixated by them getting things wrong that we forget to catch them getting things right.  Our pupils are a credit to the school: be it when they are helping at Sports’ Days at our Cluster Primary Schools, doing Geography fieldwork surveys or in public speaking.

I want to take this opportunity to wish the staff and pupils who are off to China on Sunday all the very best.  They have been preparing for this trip of a lifetime for nearly two years now.  The group have raised all their own funds and will be spending a month trekking, sightseeing and volunteering in China.  I hope that they travel safely and savour every moment of the trip.  I look forward to seeing many holiday snaps and hearing about their adventures when they return.

Next week sees us having our annual Sports’ Morning (if the weather holds) on Tuesday.  Please can you remind your child to dress appropriately (layers might be in order to cope with the Scottish weather) and remind them to bring water, a snack and sun cream (just in case).  We will have all of these available on the field but having their own will cut down on queues. 

Next Thursday is the Awards’ Ceremony.  It starts at 7pm and invitations went out a couple of weeks ago.  If you haven’t responded to your invitation yet, there is still time.  It’s an evening of celebration and smiles, and is a lovely way to round off the session.
Next week is business as usual (apart from Sports’ Morning) and we will finish at 12.05pm on Friday.

Have a very good weekend.
S Ingham