By Erin Crombie, Grace Sutherland, Jessica Convery and Daniel
Ritchie
On
Wednesday 12 May we represented the schoo at the unveiling of a
cairn commemorating the first Canadian Prime Minister, Sir John A
MacDonald, who was originally from this area. Mrs Rennie took us
along to Kincraig where there was a short talk informing us about
John A MacDonald and his background. This was given by Scottish
Community Safety Minister, Fergus Ewing and Claude Boucher, the
Canadian Deputy High Commissioner to the UK and the former Professor
of Canadian Studies at Edinburgh University, Ged Martin.
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S3
LONDON CITIZENSHIP TRIP 2010
An interesting start to the week - the train was an hour late
leaving Inverness due to refuelling problems and losing the driver!
However, once we were on the train, the excitement began to build as
we got closer and closer to London. We arrived about 4pm and headed
across to Baden Powell House, checked-in and had dinner. In the
evening we had a trip on the London Eye. This was a highlight of
the trip for Charlie-Ann Burn, Rhona McIntyre and Siobhan Sellar who
all said “it was my favourite because you could see all of London”
whilst Maisy Thompson said “I loved it so much, I want to live there
when I am older”. After the trip on the London Eye we went on Mr
MacDonald’s mystery walk going past No 10, the Cenotaph, Trafalgar
Square and Piccadilly Circus before heading back to BP House for the
night.
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Nova Scotia
Welcome to the blog of the Learning
Teaching Scotland Nova Scotia trip. This blog has been set up to
keep a daily diary of the SCIPD study visit. Furthermore, it
provides weblinks to the Scottish and Canadian Education
Establishments involved as well as partner organisations, places of
cultural interest and more.
Link to
blog
BADAGUISH 2010!
We went to Badaguish to get to know the other S1’s that we hadn’t
become very friendly with yet. We also went to get to know the
teachers better and to have a good experience as a child. I was
aware that this trip was part of the first year curriculum, it was
to get to know your teachers out of school and to do many amazing
activities. I was a bit scared before I went because I didn’t know
any of the activities and I didn’t know any of the instructors
there.
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JUNIOR MATHS CHALLENGE
In this year’s Junior Maths Challenge run by the University of Leeds
and attracting more than 240,000 entries, KHS achieved 1 silver and
11 bronze awards. The silver award and best in school went to
Catriona Michie. The bronze awards went to Declan Cooper, Hamish
Crichton, Scott Fryatt, Jessica Harper, Sarah Holland, Alex Lake,
Robert Mabon, Lachlan Macgregor, Kirsty MacKintosh, Lauren Swinwood,
Bradley Willies. Congratulations to all prizewinners and well done
to those who took part
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Kingussie High School is one of 28 secondary schools in the Highland Council area. We have
a stable roll of around 400 pupils.
Our current building dates from 1970 but there has been a secondary school here since the
time of the Columban missionaries.
Our pupils come from a very wide area (see ‘Area’ section) and their parents
from all walks of life. We aim to create as happy a school as possible with as good
examination results as possible, educating pupils in the widest sense whatever their
ability. Our Gaelic motto " Gu Dichiollach" (see crest on
homepage) means "With Diligence". Our facilities include: two playing fields,
one floodlit; a new Technology block; and refurbished Home Economics and Science
facilities.Four computer suites and networked computers in all classrooms allow
ready internet access.
We have six associated primary schools - Aviemore, Alvie (at Kincraig), Dalwhinnie,
Gergask (at Laggan), Kingussie and Newtonmore.
We have a wide programme of extra-curricular activities (see specific page) covering many
sports and leisure activities.
Within our own curriculum which in essence is that common to most Scottish schools, we
have developed outdoor education to take particular advantage of our natural surroundings,
and strive constantly to keep to the forefront of new technology. With music being a major
interest in our area, members of staff have built very effectively on this to create a
wind band and folk-group which have achieved notable successes (see specific page on Pupil
Successes).
Having a particular interest in the European dimension, which colours our curriculum in
many ways, we enjoy an excellent link with the Erich Klausener Gymnasium in Adenau in the
Rheinlandpfalz area of Germany which has involved a variety of activities and pupil visits
in both directions.
Our pupils also sometimes exchange penpal letters with pupils in a school in Magdeburg,
enjoy intermittent shinty/hurling internationals with Irish teams, and take part in an
annual ski trip to the Alps. Other European ventures in the past decade have included our
Rugby team undertaking a competitive tour of Denmark, our Wind Band undertaking a concert
tour of the Veneto region of Italy, and a Home Economics food study tour to Italy.
To enquire about school
closure information please phone:
Highland Council number:
0870 054 6999
Enter the school's own
pin number when prompted:
04 1120
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weather and 3 for general information
UNSCHEDULED/EMERGENCY CLOSURE INFORMATION
Should it be necessary for the school to close at short notice
for any unforseenreason and pupils have to be
sent home, it is the policy of the school to only phone parents
of pupils living in outlying areas or off the main bus route or
with specific known circumstances. All other parents are asked
to ensure that their child knows what to do and where to go in
such circumstances. Please ask your child to contact the school
office if they are unsure about access to home should such an
event occur. If possible the Groupcall system will be used to
text/call parents to alert them to any unexpected closure.
