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<\/a><\/p>\nStudent:\u00a0 On Friday I met with the pupil representatives from S1-S3.\u00a0 There are 6 form classes in each year group and each form class has 4 reps – class, rights, charity and sports.\u00a0 So that was so that was just over 70 of our S1-S3 pupils.\u00a0 The purpose of the meetings was to get the pupil views on what we were doing well and what we needed to improve.\u00a0 Class reps looked at learning, Rights reps looked at relationships, Charity reps looked at community and sports reps looked at Health and Wellbeing.\u00a0 Involving students in this type of activity offers them meaningful involvement in school improvement.\u00a0 It places their voice front and centre of things and should ensure they are fully committed to their school and their learning.<\/p>\n
Teacher:\u00a0 On Tuesday last week we had a staff meeting after school.\u00a0 Similar to the pupil meeting later in the week we used this to ask staff how we could improve the learning and teaching experience for pupils.\u00a0 Once again the idea is that the more involved staff are in agreeing how this is improved the more support and committment there is to moving it forward.<\/p>\n
Parents: Over recent weeks parents have been receiving reports about their children.\u00a0 These reports not only outline the progress a pupil has made they also highlight next steps for the pupil and how parents can help.\u00a0 We have also places a set of guides and information up on the website for parents to reference and I am regularly updating the school twitter feed with ideas for parents.\u00a0 \u00a0We also met with Catriona Allen who is chair of the Parent Council to plan the next Parent Council meeting which takes place next week.\u00a0 Strong links with parents is a key to pupil success and that is why we invest a lot of time listening to parents and building bridges between home and school.<\/p>\n
Community:\u00a0 Families have lives away from school and so we also seek to build bridges to our community.\u00a0 These sometimes take the form of links with businesses and 3rd sector organisations to find work placements for pupils.\u00a0 On Wednesday it took the form of a meeting with our 4 local Primary Schools.\u00a0 We have developed very positive relationships with our Associate Schools Group (ASG) and this is certainly helping support pupils as they move to Harlaw Academy and also in ensuring what they learn and how they learn is joined up.\u00a0 As well as this we have really good support from community and youth workers in the school and this helps pupils to build confidence to make a contribution beyond school.\u00a0 This was demonstrated on Friday eventing when the Youth Club re-opened at Inchgarth Community Centre.\u00a0 It was fantastic to see not only the younger children getting the opportunity but also to see the activity was supported by volunteers from Harlaw Academy.<\/p>\n