My blog from last week was not the first to mention the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and I am sure it will not be the last to do so.\u00a0 Indeed in the blog this week I want to focus on 3 activities I have been working on this week – each which links back to ‘recognising and realising’ the rights of children and in particular article 29 which is about how we develop talents to the full.\u00a0 The 3 activities are:<\/p>\n
SQA Exams – these are a major undertaking and whilst the main focus has to be on the young people and the efforts they put in to complete coursework and prepare for their exams there are many others who are working hard behind the scenes.\u00a0 Parents for example can make a massive difference in ensuring ideas are reinforced and at times\u00a0ensuring their child has time to relax and rest properly so they are at their best physically and mentally.\u00a0 Teachers too have been offering an open door through the exam period and we have been encouraged by the numbers of pupils taking up these opportunities for additional help.\u00a0 There has also been a team of school administration staff and SQA employed invigilators who oversee all the arrangements for the exam period.\u00a0 They have done brilliantly in ensuring all of the arrangements\/special arrangements have been in place so that children could sit their exams in a calm environment.\u00a0 I hope the efforts of all are rewarded with pleasing results in August.<\/p>\n
Activities days\/work experience week – these are major undertakings again involving numerous people and complex logistics.\u00a0 We have 180 pupils in S3 and all will be going out on a work experience placement.\u00a0 We appreciate the support of so many local employees who offer time to support our pupils and we are grateful to all families who have ensured the paperwork is in place so that these placements could be confirmed.\u00a0 The same is true for the S1\/S2 activities days.\u00a0 We have pulled back from a full week of activities as we felt\u00a0it was not as well support over recent years.\u00a0 Early indications are that pupils have signed up for the two day activities in big numbers and we\u00a0hope the days will be a success.\u00a0 We also have a large group of pupils over in south of France on an activity week and I\u00a0know they will be learning new skills and making new friendships.<\/p>\n
Awards event – Our Head Boy and Head girl plan\u00a0our annual prize giving event and\u00a0they met with me on Friday to go over their final\u00a0plans.\u00a0\u00a0We will be sending out invitations next week\u00a0and I\u00a0am really looking\u00a0forward to their event.\u00a0\u00a0the event is mostly for the senior school but we will be looking to recognise the achievements of a wider group of pupils in\u00a0a second event which is being planned and through the assemblies soon after we change timetable.<\/p>\n
As the SQA exams, activities days and work experience\u00a0conclude we return to the new school timetable and also begin to plan for the arrival of our\u00a0current P7s.\u00a0\u00a0These are two other significant and very demanding pieces of work which require careful planning\u00a0over a long period of time.<\/p>\n
In closing this particular blog I want to pay tribute to, and thank, all the people who work so\u00a0hard in the background to ensure that\u00a0pupils are able to benefit from the activities and opportunities described above.<\/p>\n
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