As usual the week goes past in something of a blur, but not without its highlights.

On Tuesday, S3 parents came in to hear about how their youngsters are going to be helped to make their choices for S4.  I hope that it was informative and I’d like to thank Jennifer Jones from Skills Development Scotland for coming in and assisting myself, the Management Team and staff members in imparting information.

Wednesday saw the Parent School Partnership meeting for a “normal” meeting followed by their AGM.  Please keep an eye on their website for minutes, contact details and how you can get involved.

Some of our S2 pupils went to visit the Observatory as part of their participation in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).  Mr Blair accompanied them and wrote:
“I just wanted to let you know that the group were exceptionally well behaved, well- mannered and enthusiastic participants today during our visit to the Observatory. We had talks from a few people, tried out an infra-red camera (quite fun!) and had an access all areas tour of the facility which included seeing some equipment which will be part of the Hubble telescopes replacement. A particularly interesting room was the Crawford library which included a first edition copy of Newton's 'Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica'.  We'll take a lot from it for our research on the Importance of Engineering to Scotland.”

Unfortunately the Valentine’s Disco that was due to take place yesterday evening had to be postponed owing to lack of numbers.  Pupils should keep hold of their tickets as we will try and run it again after the holiday.

Today pupils are marking UNICEF’s Day for Change by dressing up as glamorously as possible.  It’s wonderful going round the building and seeing pupils suited-and-booted and staff looking fab-u-lous.  They raised over £460 to help alleviate world hunger and malnutrition.  Well done!

Tomorrow a group of pupils and staff head off for a week in the Big Apple.  I’m not sure that New York is going to know what has hit it, but I wish both America and our group all the best!

School closes for the February Week at 12.05 today and re-opens for all on the 18th. 

Have a very fine week.