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Tuesday 28th January - S3 Immunisations.

W/C Monday 3rd February - S3 Full Report.

Tuesday 4th February - S3-4 Course Choice Pathways Evening.

Monday 10th February - S3 Course Choice Interview.

W/C Monday 10th February - S5/6 Full Report.

Wednesday 12th February - S4/5-5/6 Course Choice Pathways Evening.

Friday 14th February - Holiday.

Monday 17th February - Holiday.

Tuesday 18th February - Inset day 4 (closed to learners).

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Monday 6th January - Term 3 resumes.

Wednesday 8th January - S2-3&4 Course Choice Pathways Evening.

Monday 13th January to Friday 24th January - S5/6 Prelim diet.

W/C Monday 20th January - S4 Full Report.

Tuesday 21st January - S2 Course Choice Interviews.

Friday 24th January - S2 Course Choice due.

Tuesday 28th January - S3 Immunisations.

W/C Monday 3rd February - S3 Full Report.

Tuesday 4th February - S3-4 Course Choice Pathways Evening.

Monday 10th February - S3 Course Choice Interview.

W/C Monday 10th February - S5/6 Full Report.

Wednesday 12th February - S4/5-5/6 Course Choice Pathways Evening.

Friday 14th February - Holiday.

Monday 17th February - Holiday.

Tuesday 18th February - Inset day 4 (closed to learners).

Wednesday 19th February - S4 Course Choice Interview.

Friday 21st February - S4 Course Choice due.

Monday 24th February - Targeted S4-6 parent & carer's evening.

W/C Monday 3rd March - S1 Tracking Report.

Monday 3rd March - S5 Course Choice Interview.

Wednesday 5th March - S5 Course Choice due

Friday 28th March - End of Term 3.

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Welcome back to term 3 at Grove Academy!

It feels very late for this message as we have now completed 3 busy weeks of this term and move at speed towards the mid term break from the 14th to 18th February.

I personally welcomed all learners back to school and wished them well for a successful 2025 at assemblies throughout the first week of term. I also took the opportunity to remind all learners about our school values (Commitment, Ambition, Respect and Equity) whilst reinforcing some key expectations of all learners including themes of aiming high, uniform, mobile phones and toilets.

Assemblies then had to be put on hold for the last 2 weeks as we’ve worked through a busy diet of Higher and Advanced Higher prelim exams. From an organisation and engagement point of view these exams have gone well with all learners engaging particularly well and working hard. Teachers are now working there way through the task of marking this work and writing full reports for S5/6 which will be issued during the week of 10th February. Before this, S3 will receive full reports during the week of 3rd February with S4 being issued this week.

This term is also a busy time for our Guidance Team and learners as they begin planning for next session and choosing the subjects they wish to study next year. This process started for our S2 learners on 8th January as we welcomed a full house of parents/carers into school for our S2 into S3 Course Choice Information Evening. The highlight of the evening was the canteen being full with teachers from all subject areas answering questions and guiding learners through our extremely broad curriculum. This process continues for our S3, with an Information Evening on 4th February, and S4/5 who have an Information Evening on 12th February.

This week has seen us launch a new app related to school lunches. “Vericool” allows learners to pre-order their lunch on their phone (by 9am on the day lunch is required) and therefore join the speedy “pre-order” queue which is popular but clears within an average of 8 minutes. This app launch is a response to learners feedback that the lunch queues are long and it has proven successful in the first week and we encourage more learners to start using it too. This decision is linked to our now permanent move to single lunches which we trialled last term. This change has also proven successful with a positive atmosphere being present around the whole school as learners engage with the 76 lunch activities that are on offer or simply enjoy time in a quiet classroom or the Assembly Hall which now regularly seats an additional 200 learners.

We have finished this week in a very different way, with a school closure due to Storm Eowyn. Although the school building has been closed all staff have been working from home with online learning materials being available where possible and appropriate. We have also shared a wide range of additional resources including Achieve, Scholar and E-Sgoil. These online platforms are a fantastic resource which should be used even when the school is open. I hope all learners have been engaged in some productive activities today but we can’t wait to welcome everyone back into the building on Monday as normal – nothing can replace the relationships and high quality experience of face to face teaching.

Stay safe and take care!

Kind Regards

Tim Woodcock - Headteacher