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    Recently parents of all our girls received a letter regarding dress code. As a school we like to foster in our pupils a feeling of pride about the school  and one way of doing this is through pupils wearing appropriate dress code.  Over recent months an increasing number of girls have been challenging …
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      All pupils are encouraged to have calculators for specific topics in Mathematics at all levels.  As pupils are not allowed to use mobile phones as calculators in SQA examinations they are not allowed to use them in class.  It is therefore important that pupils are confident in using calculators from S1 onwards …
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    An S1 English class had the opportunity to hear an author speak about his writing this week. Ross MacKenzie, who has been short-listed for both the Scottish Children’s Book Award and the Blue Peter Award, talked to pupils about what inspired him to become a writer and read an extract from his book …
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      Our school is a busy campus but on most days there is always sufficient parking to accommodate all staff and visitors.  Occasionally we receive complaints from parents or visitors about people parking in the drop off zones so I have reminded staff that they should not park in these areas. A number of …
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    As well as several boys’ football teams we also have a girls’ football team which is overseen by Mrs Shearer of the PE Department.  This week the girls’ under 15s qualified for the next stage of the SFA Cashback 7s.  Well done girls!  Here’s hoping you get through to the next round and …
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    All S4 pupils are expected to do one week’s work experience this session.  The date for this session is week beginning 20th June.  Last Thursday S4 pupils had an assembly with Mrs Crean (Acting DHT) which focused on the procedures for work experience.  I would like to remind pupils of the following points …
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    Mr Duncan’s 4A9 RMPS class decided to organise a coffee morning to raise funds for SAMH (The Scottish Association for Mental Health). This was as part of the SQA awarded Religion Beliefs and Values course which is being piloted in the department.  It is an SQA awarded course recently developed for core RME. The class learned …
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      We had a field visit from Education Scotland today and a number of meetings took place.  Fiona Robertson from Education Scotland met with the Senior Management Team for two periods and we discussed aspects of information which I had submitted previously.  Ms Robertson later spent one period with staff from the English department to …
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It has been a really busy week in PMHS with a number of visitors coming in to work with pupils and also pupils out of school at events. On Tuesday we had two visitors from HP who met with S3 pupils.  In each session they spoke to our pupils about the value of being able …
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    This week the Depute Head Teachers are having assemblies with their year groups.  I have asked them to remind pupils of our expectations in a number of areas. Time keeping – Pupils are expected to be at all their classes on time.  If we see a pattern of a pupil arriving late to class on …
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