Welcome to Harlaw Academy
Pride in your school - Your badge
Shield – protection and safety
Book – the importance of learning
Towers – strong, safe, secure
Lily of the garden – modesty, humility
White background – peace, calmness
Blue background – loyalty, truth
Gold edging and sash – generosity, success
Motto – learning and courtesy.
Burgundy - determination, perseverance.
Our vision
Heightened
expectations
that through
Learning and
courtesy
we can all be
Happy and
successful in
an inclusive
school
Welcome to Harlaw Academy
January
Thursday 22
Friday 23
Friday 23
Tuesday 27
Thursday 29
Thursday 29
Friday 30
S2 curriculum evening (7.00-8.00)
S4-S6 prelim exams end
PTA Ceilidh (7.00-10.00)
S3-S5 course choice evening (7.00-8.00)
S2 parents’ meetings (4.00-6.30)
Validated self-evaluation day 1
Validated self-evaluation day 2
Fairness
Perseverance
Honesty
Tolerance
February
Thursday 5
Wednesday 11
Monday 16
Tuesday 17
Wednesday 18
Thursday 19
Our values
Parent Council meeting (7.00-8.30)
S4 parents’ meetings (4.00-6.30)
Mid-term holiday
Staff in-service day
Staff in-service day
S5/6 parents’ meetings (4.00-6.30)
Trust
Resilience
Ambition
Participation
Welcome to Harlaw Academy
Harlaw Academy Uniform – From August 2014
Shirt or polo - white or pale blue
Crew or jumper – black or burgundy
Black blazer or fleece (Tesco only)
Black trousers or skirt
Black shoes/trainers
School Tie (not Tesco)
Available from:
Tesco embroidery service, on-line only
Aitken and Niven, Bridge Street and on-line
John Lewis, George Street and on-line
Our
behaviours
We will show:
Respect for
people
Respect for
learning
Respect for
community
Welcome to Harlaw Academy
Our performance in SQA exams – August 2014
42% achieved 5 or more level 5 awards by end of S4
83% achieved 5 or more level 4 awards by end of S4
90% achieved 5 or more level 3 awards by end of S4
30% achieved 3 or more level 6 awards by end of S5
12% achieved 5 or more level 6 awards by end of S5
19% achieved 1 or more level 7 awards by end of S6
Our vision
Heightened
expectations
that through
Learning and
courtesy
we can all be
Happy and
successful in
an inclusive
school
Welcome to Harlaw Academy
Some wider achievements in 2014/15
Scottish road race champions (senior boys) - Callum Symmons, Matthew
Kilner and Mark Quinn
Aberdeen City Sports Awards – highly commended
Sewery Tarczynski - logo design chosen for Energy Futures North East
Junior band - silver plus award
Senior band - gold award
Duke of Edinburgh Awards - 38 Gold, 43 Silver and 85 Bronze
Keir Lynch - runner up in the Scottish First Aid Awards.
Our values
Fairness
Perseverance
Honesty
Tolerance
Trust
Resilience
Natasha Cuthbert - runner up in Young Ambassador of the year awards.
Matthew Read - performed at the Royal Albert Hall.
Ambition
Participation
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Pupil voice and support:
Head girl (Katie Howard)
Head boy (Jack Lodge)
Prefects and house captains
Form captains
Sports leaders
Rights ambassadors
Harlaw defenders
Our
behaviours
We will show:
Respect for
people
Respect for
learning
Respect for
community
Welcome to Harlaw Academy
Our vision
Current school roll = 944 pupils
Associate Primary Schools:
Broomhill, Ferryhill,
Hanover Street, Kaimhill
Around 40% of pupils join us
from other schools
Heightened
expectations
that through
Learning and
courtesy
we can all be
Happy and
successful in
an inclusive
school
Welcome to Harlaw Academy
Some activities/opportunities:
4 senior pupils travelled to Rwanda as
part of their Gold Duke of Edinburgh
Award. Over the two week visit they
worked with local people in their fields
and helped at our partner school
The group produced a blog of their trip
which is well worth visiting
www.harlawteamrwanda2014.wordpress.com
Our values
Fairness
Perseverance
Honesty
Tolerance
Trust
Resilience
Ambition
Participation
Welcome to Harlaw Academy
Auschwitz/Birkenau: 20 pupils and 3 staff travelled to Poland
to find out more about the holocaust as part of their History
and RME courses.
Our
behaviours
We will show:
Respect for
people
Respect for
learning
Respect for
community
Welcome to Harlaw Academy
Referendum debate: A few days before the referendum a group
of 11 senior pupils travelled to the SECC Hydro to take part in
‘the big, big debate’. This was a televised debate in front of
8,000 school children. Although our pupils did not get any of
their questions broadcast they had a fantastic experience and
played an active part in event.
Our vision
Heightened
expectations
that through
Art Projects: The Art department always have lots of
activities and projects on-going. Pupils recently designed to be
part of an installation at the new GDF Suez offices on Riverside
Drive.
Learning and
courtesy
we can all be
Food bank: Every month our pupils and staff fill a supermarket
trolley with donations for the foodbank at Inchgarth community
centre. These small donations can make a massive difference to
people in our community
Happy and
successful in
an inclusive
school
Welcome to Harlaw Academy
Go4Set:Over 100 4th year pupils were working with ConocoPhillips
through the STEM Go4Set project.
This has been a superb opportunity to experience working with young
ConocoPhillips engineers on STEM projects
Pupils developed employability skills; problem solving, presentation
skills, time keeping and meeting deadlines as well as getting a first
class taste of life in the Oil industry.
Our vision
Heightened
expectations
that through
Learning and
courtesy
we can all be
Happy and
successful in
an inclusive
school
Welcome to Harlaw Academy
Our values
UN convention on the Rights of the Child
Article of the month (January 2015)
Fairness
Perseverance
Honesty
Article 24 – health and environment
Children have the right to the best possible health.
This includes good quality health care, clean water,
nutritious food and a clean environment
Tolerance
Trust
Resilience
Ambition
Participation
Welcome to Harlaw Academy
Parent Council :
Chair – Carol Eddie (Parent)
Next meeting -
Thursday 5 February
PTA:
Our
behaviours
We will show:
Respect for
people
Chair – Various
Contact – Gill Redman (parent) – via school
office
Respect for
learning
Next meeting - to be confirmed
Respect for
community
Welcome to Harlaw Academy
Visit our new look website
Our vision
Heightened
expectations
that through
Learning and
courtesy
we can all be
Happy and
successful in
an inclusive
school
Welcome to Harlaw Academy
Find homework on-line at …..
Our values
Fairness
Perseverance
Honesty
Tolerance
Trust
Resilience
Accessed via the school web site
Ambition
Participation
Welcome to Harlaw Academy
Visit our twitter feed – Harlaw Academy PE
Our
behaviours
We will show:
Respect for
people
Respect for
learning
Respect for
community
Welcome to Harlaw Academy
Our vision
School improvement plans 2014/15
Plan 1 – Getting it right for every child
Plan 2 – Learning and teaching
Plan 3 – Ethos and leadership
Heightened
expectations
that through
Learning and
courtesy
we can all be
Happy and
successful in
an inclusive
school
Welcome to Harlaw Academy
PEDAGOGY Learning will …
CHALLENGE AND ENJOYMENT
Learners will…
 Experience open ended tasks that challenge thinking
 Be motivated by their learning and successes in a wide range of
learning environments and enjoy the associated recognition
 Experience differentiation according to ability and preferences
 Benefit from the creative use of resources available
 Believe in themselves, develop resilience and a ‘can do’ attitude
 Be active, engaging and flexible
 Be driven by clear LI and, where
possible, SC negotiated with
learners
 Be designed to provide opportunities
for achievement
 Be collaborative and interactive
 Be based upon effective AifL
strategies
 Be creative and adapted to meet the
needs of all learners
 Be designed to provide opportunities
for children and young people to
understand themselves as learners
 Be planned/assessed in line with
CFE
BREADTH
Learners will…
Learn in a wide range of contexts and environments
Undertake interdisciplinary learning to enable them to make
meaningful connections across learning
 Participate and engage in the life and ethos of the school and
wider community
 Experience a broad and general education
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Learning
and
teaching
PROGRESSION
Learners will…
Set aspirational targets and receive quality feedback on how
to improve
 Build on prior learning from 3 – 18 and into the world of work
 Be supported to define success criteria to measure success
 Progress at an appropriately challenging pace
 Receive timely support/enrichment when appropriate
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DEPTH Learners will…
 Routinely develop and practise higher
order thinking skills
 Apply learning in different and
unfamiliar contexts
 Interact with, justify and collaborate
with others during learning tasks
COHERENCE Learners will…
 Experience discrete and
interdisciplinary learning that they can
transfer to other contexts
 Identify and master transferable skills
 Collaborate with others to enhance
depth of learning
PERSONALISATION AND CHOICE
Learners will…
 Influence the direction of and next steps in learning
 Influence how learning is assessed
 Benefit from some specialisation
 Experience a curriculum that meets and supports their
individual learning needs and promotes growth
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RELEVANCE
Learners will…
 Understand what they are learning and why it is important
 Experience a curriculum that connects with their
experiences within and outwith the classroom
 Develop up-to-date ICT skills
 Develop skills and learning that will support them reach
positive post-school destinations
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EVALUATING Leaders of
learning will…
Share practice with colleagues in
school, across TLCs and across the
authority
Engage in self and peer reflection
Use data to measure impact
effectively to support evolving
practice
Collaborate to build a culture of selfreflection and improved standards
Work with staff, pupils, parents and
community to agree improvement
priorities
Evaluate practice against the GTCS
standards and identify the impact of
CLPL
SKILLS FOR LEARNING, LIFE
AND WORK Learners will…
Engage in enterprising tasks
Apply literacy, numeracy and HWB
across the curriculum
Be challenged to develop higher
order thinking skills
Manage time, plan and organise,
communicate, solve problems
Undertake tasks at short notice, work
with others, think critically and
creatively
Learn and continue to learn, take
responsibility for their own
development and manage and be
managed
Our values
Fairness
Perseverance
Honesty
Tolerance
Trust
Resilience
Ambition
Participation
Welcome to Harlaw Academy
House points – January 2015
Albyn:
258
Carden:
375
Holburn: 197
Victoria: 445
Waverley: 585
Our
behaviours
We will show:
Respect for
people
Respect for
learning
Respect for
community
Welcome to Harlaw Academy
Senior Management:
David Innes – Head Teacher
Stephen O’Neill – Depute Head (S1 and S5)
Anne Douglas – Depute Head (S2 and S6)
Jennifer Rennie – Depute Head (S3)
Fiona Lawrence – Depute Head (S4)
Laura Murray – School support co-ordinator
Our vision
Heightened
expectations
that through
Learning and
courtesy
we can all be
Happy and
successful in
an inclusive
school
Welcome to Harlaw Academy
Guidance:
Chris Duncan – Albyn
Gillian Strudwick – Carden
Dan Price-Davies – Holburn
Fiona Freeland – Victoria
Fiona Alexander – Waverley
Our values
Fairness
Perseverance
Honesty
Tolerance
Trust
Pupil support:
Anne Adams – Support for learning
Resilience
Ambition
Participation
Welcome to Harlaw Academy
Notices for the day/week:
Our
behaviours
School access – this week due to building work the
door at B block is a fire exit only
We will show:
Careers appointments – see guidance staff
Respect for
people
Assemblies – Year Head this week
Respect for
learning
Rock Challenge – meetings on Tuesday and Thursday
Welcome visitors from Aberdeen City Council –
Thursday and Friday
Respect for
community