Head teacher's New Year message

Head Teacher John MacKenzie wishes everyone a very happy new year and his message for the new term is:
“This is a vitally important term for all our pupils but especially for our seniors who will be sitting their SQA exams in only 12 weeks time. These exams are the culmination of up to 13 years of full-time education.

Our focus this term will be on the completion of course work, study and revision and exam preparations. Teachers and mentors will be ensuring that pupils are fully prepared and on track to achieve their target grades in all subjects.

Our prelim exams at the end of this month are an important part of our preparations. They will give students experience of examination procedures and help all of us to identify areas of learning which need to be improved in the weeks before the ‘real’ exams.

In the next few weeks it is important that our pupils continue to focus on class work and study at home - and minimise any distractions which will break the flow of progress. Every year we have seen large numbers of pupils who have improved subject grades, even in the last weeks before exams, through a disciplined regime of study.

The school and parents are determined to make sure that our students have the best possible preparations which will be rewarded by success in the national exams”.