New School Year August 2021 Dear Parent/Carer, I know that August and the new school year seems a long way off. However, it will soon come around – the summer holiday never lasts as long as it seemed to when we were young! There are a number of important pieces of information in this update
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End of Term Update 24.06.21 Dear Parent/Carer, I write to you with just a day of this unusual and testing school year to go. The long summer break beckons, the weather has been pretty good so far this summer and we have the prospect of something much closer to normality when we return to school
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Alternative Certification Model Dear S4-6 Parent/Carer, It seems appropriate that today is the longest day of the year – the summer solstice. Appropriate because the long days and shorts nights are a reminder that the summer holidays beckon and also appropriate because for our senior pupils (and their parents too) this will feel like a
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Assessments for S4-6 pupils run from 26th April to 11th June 2021. Please see the attached guidelines. All the best!
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A wide range of fun, engaging, and feel good screen free activities have been pulled to encourage our pupils to have some time away from a screen during our screen free time - and other free time they have. Check them out here for inspiration. Recent Posts Parental Update – Return in August FirrhillAdmin /
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Throughout online learning, we have been encouraging pupils to stay active and offering a range of screen free activities. One of these is our fantastic HIIT workout from the PE department. To have a go yourself, click here. Recent Posts Parental Update – Return in August FirrhillAdmin / June 25, 2021 End of Term Update
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The month of February is LGBTQI+ History Month, celebrating the history of LGBT+ rights and related civil rights movements across the world, promoting insight in to the issues of the LGBT+ Community, and to promote an inclusive, open society. By highlighting this in Firrhill we hope to encourage honesty and openness about being LGBT+ To
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Dear Parent/Carer, This is the last message I will be sending this week. Thank goodness I hear you say! As had become the norm things have moved on apace from the announcements over the last couple of days. We are digesting the information from both the Deputy First Minister and the SQA about
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Dear Parent/Carer, The Deputy First Minister, John Swinney, provided additional detail regarding school closures earlier today. In that statement he made it clear that examinations will not take place this year. The arrangements for how grades will be awarded to examination candidates are still to be finalised. You can find the latest statement from
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Dear Parent/Carer, The past few days have seen rapid changes in the international, national and local situation in the coronavirus outbreak. Consequently, it seems like an appropriate time to write to you to update you on a number of matters as they are affecting schools and in particular Firrhill. There is much to
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