Blairgowrie HS

ASPIRE ~ EMPOWER ~ ACHIEVE

[Blairgowrie HS @BlairgowrieHS]

A huge thanks to all the exhibitors who attended our Careers Fair. It was a fantastic opportunity for pupils to learn about a wide range of courses and careers. Thanks to Castle Water for sponsoring our prize draw and to staff and pupils who supported the event.  @DYWTayCities

[Blairgowrie HS @BlairgowrieHS]

Today was our Careers Fair with reps from many colleges, employers, universities and more! 🚒 🏥 💻 🥘 Photos to follow but a big thank you to Mrs Lawrence (DYW Co-ordinator), Mrs Napier (PT Business) and Mrs Whamond (@skillsdevscot Careers Coach) for all of their work ✅ [SO]

[Blairgowrie HS @BlairgowrieHS]

Our pupils had a fantastic time at the NHS Tayside Careers Fair this week where they learned about the wide range of career opportunities across the NHS. @NHSTayside @DYWTayCities

[Blairgowrie HS @BlairgowrieHS]

Some very sad news for those in our school community today. Rest easy, Mr J. 😢 [SO]

[Blairgowrie HS @BlairgowrieHS]

Thanks to @DYWTayCities and all our activity providers for supporting Hill to Grill. A fantastic experience for our S2 group learning about sustainable wildlife management and land based careers. @BHSHomeEc @LantraUK @growbizscotland @TCS_MG @CountrysideL https://t.co/db6hRfuxix

[Blairgowrie HS @BlairgowrieHS]

Lots of Halloween fun to be had today! Cracking costumes from our Art Department and we can’t forget Mr Robertson’s Scare Tours in Drama 👻 [SO]

[Blairgowrie HS Art @BlairgowrieART]

Happy Halloween everyone! 🎃. The Art staff had a great day dressing up as Pop Art characters and clowning around-with a lot of quality T&L too! 😍

[Blairgowrie HS @BlairgowrieHS]

Dissecting Day!
Miss Miller and Mrs Ritchie’s classes continued their work on the Respiratory system. Identifying and examining some lungs up close!

[Blairgowrie HS @BlairgowrieHS]

Check out this amazing bag design due to arrive any day. Our budding #entrepreneurs are hoping you can support our project by buying a bag, or three. Follow #BlairgowrieReuseableBagCompany to find sales information. @SocEntAcademy @PKCEducation @PKCDigSkills #ISP #Inclusion [MG

[Blairgowrie HS @BlairgowrieHS]

We received some fantastic news today! Thanks to all pupils and staff for the huge efforts that have gone into achieveing this award over a number of years. We have a great school and it is good to get some external recognition of the fantastic work going on!

[Blairgowrie HS @BlairgowrieHS]

An amazing night at our super spooky, fabulously frightful S1 and S2 Halloween Disco! Costumes were absolutely amazing. 👻 Thanks to Angus, Emily and Liam for organising as part of their Leadership Award 🎃 Photos to follow from Mr Cunningham! #ourcommunity [SO]

[Blairgowrie HS @BlairgowrieHS]

Thanks to our S4 families who made it along to our first Parent/Carer Evening of the year. ✅ A great buzz about our school this evening ⭐️ #ourcommunity [SO]

[Blairgowrie HS @BlairgowrieHS]

**IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT**

BLAIRGOWRIE HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE OPEN FOR MOST PUPILS ON MONDAY 21st OCTOBER.

DUE TO NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL ACTION BY UNISON OUR ISP WILL BE CLOSED. ISP YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD NOT ATTEND SCHOOL.

We will update parents/carers over the coming days.

[Perth and Kinross Council @PerthandKinross]

All primary schools, Early Learning and Childcare (ELC) settings, Intensive Support Provision (ISP) and Fairview School in Perth and Kinross will be closed October 21 because of industrial action taken by UNISON in a national dispute over pay.

Read more: https://t.co/Mrndfw2RZr

[Blairgowrie HS @BlairgowrieHS]

Wishing all our staff, pupils and families a restful October holiday! 🍂 🎃 It’s been a great start to the year and these are just some of the highlights!

[Blairgowrie HS @BlairgowrieHS]

Thanks very much to @AbertayUni graduate and award @baftagames winner Harry Petch for delivering an inspiring presentation to our pupils about pathways into the the games industry and insights into games design and development. @sourcepan #baftayg
@BlairgowrieComp @DYWTayCities

[Blairgowrie HS @BlairgowrieHS]

@ginaaalexander @SEA_Edu Thank you so much for coming in to talk to our #BlairgowrieReusableBagCompany Gina.🙏🏼 I was thrilled the young people were so keen to answer your questions and we appreciated your ideas regarding sales. Your enthusiasm was contagious. 😁Bring on the next stage!
[MG]
#Inclusion

[Blairgowrie HS @BlairgowrieHS]

Thanks very much to Matthew and Steven from https://t.co/TMdVLvEpO7 for delivering an excellent cable detection workshop to our S3 Graph Comm pupils. They also enjoyed trying out the excavation simulator. A great end to our STEM week activities. @BHSDesign_Tech @DYWTayCities

[Blairgowrie HS @BlairgowrieHS]

Mr Cunningham had the difficult decision of who to invest in today in Miss Mackie’s Maths class. A theme park on the moon was the pitch! Well done to Team Apocolipcia who secured the investment! Fantastic effort by all teams! #maths #ourlearning

[Blairgowrie HS @BlairgowrieHS]

Our S4 Nat 5 science pupils had the opportunity to take part in a very engaging forensic fingerprint workshop delivered by Josh Raybould, Forensic Chemist from Abertay University as part of our STEM week. @AbertayUni @BlairgowrieSci @DYWTaycities

[Blairgowrie HS @BlairgowrieHS]

Congratulations to Jamie and Abbey from the #BlairgowrieReusableBagCompany who met with the school's Business Manager, Mr Stanhope this week. The pair are part of a #businessenterprise team selling reusable hessian shopping bags. #Inclusion
@SocEntAcademy
@PKCEducation
[MG]

[Blairgowrie HS @BlairgowrieHS]

Today was our first Staff and S6 pupil mixer with hot drinks and snacks together at break time. 🍰 A chance for a blether and to hear the dreams and aspirations of our S6s. Watch out for more opportunities next term! ☕️ [SO]