Today I had the lovely opportunity to go and visit some classes and I must take this opportunity (I'm sure that I'll say it again though) to say a huge thanks to staff for really 'going for it' and to the pupils who are finishing the school year as they started it - enthusiastic, whole-hearted and committed. All qualities that bode well for the future.

I'll try to give a summary of the lessons I visited today:

Period 1: Mr Doig's "Spy School"  were looking at Morse code as an example of sending a coded message. They built a simple telegraph machine and tried sending messages through wires. They then moved onto sending the coded messages from classroom to classroom using radio waves (aka walkie talkies!). I was so impressed with how the class took on this challenge. Believe me, it's one thing to read a bunch of dots and dashes on paper, but it's much harder to decipher the sounds. All credit to the pupils.

Period 3: Our young recruits were put through their paces with the P.E. Departments "Spy Camp". With the help of our aspiring Sports Leaders (S5 and S6 pupils) the pupils had to complete 5 drills, designed to not only assess their fitness and agility but also their stealth and imagination. A number of the routines on some of the apparatus would make it to Glasgow 2014 that's for sure! One of my favourite bits of the lesson was Miss Duff and her loudspeaker - every time the siren sounded the recruits had to 'hit the deck'. Saluting Mr MacKinnon when he spoke somehow reminded of Police Academy!

Period 5: Exhausted after being put through my paces I was very happy to visit Ms Machen's English class. Before introducing the tasks, we had a great conversation about what the best Secret Agent might have to do if they were on a mission. They had two assignments to complete:-

(i) complete a Spy Profile - an imaginative piece of writing describing (and drawing) their Secret Agent

(ii) create a Spy suitcase. The question: what would you have in your suitcase if you were a Secret Agent? 007's Q would definitely get some brilliant ideas!

Thank you to everyone to everyone who invited me to their classrooms. I can't wait for tomorrow!

C. Blair