Parent / Carer Awards Evening Consultation – October 2022
As DHT with responsibility for Student engagement, I am passionate about celebrating the success of our amazing students. I therefore would like to explore the idea of introducing two Awards evenings instead of the current single event so that we can celebrate the success of more students across all year levels.
Penicuik High School is a values based school and we want to celebrate the success our students achieve throughout each academic session. We are hoping to introduce two separate awards evenings, a BGE Awards Evening and a Senior Phase Awards Evening. We would therefore like to consult with our wider school community and ask our parents / carers to share their opinion by answering the questions below.
The BGE Awards Evening would focus on the success our students have achieved throughout the year and this will include departmental awards, PRIDE awards based on our praise postcards and school values and wider achievement awards for achievements outside the classroom.
The Senior Phase Awards will celebrate the academic achievement of our students throughout the year and will continue to follow the outline of the current ceremony held each session in June. We would like to know your feelings about the timing of this event.
Please find below a link to complete the survey.
https://forms.gle/YkXZFqtYW56CRHKv9
Regards,
Craig Dewar
Depute Head Teacher (acting)
Penicuik High School
39a Carlops Road
Penicuik
EH26 9EP
Careers Breakfast
Each month we will be running a ‘Careers Breakfast’ , open to all S4, S5 and S6 students. This is a chance for students to find out more about jobs and careers in an area they may be interested in. This will typically take the format of a guest speaker from a specific career sector followed by the opportunity for students to ask questions.
Our first Careers Breakfast in September welcomes 2 employees from NHS Lothian and Midlothian Council who together represent the Midlothian Health & Social Care Partnership. They will be talking about all routes and pathways into health and social care, what it is like to work in this sector and where it can take you in the future. This will cover roles such as Health Care Assistant, Nursing and Community Health.
October’s ‘Careers Breakfast’ will focus on where a Language can take you for work and November will have a focus on Childcare. Details will be posted on Google Classroom nearer the time.
Hazel Jobson – DYW Co-ordinator
The Big Day – Thursday 15 September 2022
The Big Day is our Wellbeing and Sustainability day and has been a fixture in the Penicuik High School Calendar over the years.
It is the first time since lockdown and Covid restrictions that we have had the opportunity to come together as a whole school community to participate in an event. Pupils will take part in a range of indoor and outdoor activities as diverse as parkour, Cheerleading, Table Tennis, Petanque, First Aid, to name a few. They are also participating in workshops on themes of Physical and Mental Wellbeing, Global Citizenship, Rights of the Child, Sustainability, we also have a session on Equine Mindfulness. The Big Day also features our wellbeing walk round the John Clerk estate.
Penicuik High School – S6 Leadership Team 2022/23
I am delighted to introduce to you the S6 Leadership Team for 2022/23. This amazing group of students successfully came through the selection process and I am sure they will do a fantastic job in representing themselves and their fellow students this session. Please see below the roles they have been assigned. (Megan Webster is missing from the photo as a result of a family holiday)
School Captains
Alexander Moffat – Clerk Maxwell
Lara Moodie – Clerk Maxwell
Vice School Captains
Chiara Mann – Clerk Maxwell
Sarah Black – Clerk Maxwell
House Captains Liddle
Ethan Manson – Interhouse
Iona Ogilvie – Citizenship
Antonie Taylor – Promotion
House Captains Clerk Maxwell
Aimee Allan – Promotion
Maia Bulik – Citizenship
Megan Webster – Interhouse
Performing Arts specific House Captain role
Ailsa Blott
| Interhouse |
Citizenship |
Promotion |
- Provide leadership for the House
- Planning and delivery of House Assemblies
- Provide support and mentoring to House Students as needed
- Organisation of House events; sporting and non-sporting
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- Provide leadership for the House
- Planning and delivery of House Assemblies
- Provide support and mentoring to House Students as needed
- Organisation of Buddies and interval/lunch Prefect Duty Rota
- Administering wellbeing surveys and gathering student opinion/voice
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- Provide leadership for the House
- Planning and delivery of House Assemblies
- Provide support and mentoring to House Students as needed
- Launch, marketing and advertising of House system and points
- Social Media/website updates
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Parent update – SQA Exam Results 2021-2022
Please click on this link: Parent Update -SQA Exam results 2021-22