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Congratulations to Alexa Wilson, Abbi Lawless, Dunya Volynkina, Olly Forsyth (just joined the team), Lacey MacLennan, and Hannah Thain.

The team has been selected to represent Scotland at the prestigious Allstar World Championship (AIA) in Montreal, Canada this July 2026. This is a remarkable accomplishment, as the event is a global, invitation-only competition, bringing together elite teams from across the world.

Earning a bid to compete at this level requires athletes to perform at an exceptional standard in national competitions, competing against some of the very best teams in the UK. Their qualification reflects an extraordinary level of skill, commitment, and teamwork, developed through years of dedicated training.

These athletes train multiple times per week alongside their school commitments, demonstrating impressive discipline, resilience, and determination.

Representing their country on an international stage is a rare and exciting opportunity, and these pupils will be acting as ambassadors for Inverness as well as their school.

On the 10^th of June, two of our pupils were invited to Aberdeen University to receive certificates for winning gold and silver awards in the Scottish Mathematical Council maths challenges.  

The theme of this year’s presentation and activities was ‘On really big numbers’ and pupils and their families were entertained and educated at the same time!

Congratulations to Charlotte Thompson S2 for her Gold award and Roni Brady S3 for achieving Silver, both in the Junior competition.

A big congratulations also to our Bronze winners who will be receiving their certificates shortly.  These pupils were:

Junior:  Lewis Russell S2, Sulafah Ahmed S2, Charlene Yeung S3

Intermediate:  Micah Macdonald S4

On Wednesday, our S3 Geography students welcomed Rachel from the Marine Conservation Society, who delivered a fascinating session on the importance of our marine ecosystems, with a particular focus on Scotland’s coastlines.

Did you know that leatherback turtles regularly visit Scottish waters after swimming up to 10,000 miles from the Caribbean?

A huge thank you to Rachel for sharing her knowledge and inspiring our young people to think about the vital role our oceans play in supporting wildlife and protecting our planet.

A huge well done to our four talented S2 pupils whose artwork has been selected for a community mural board that will soon be on display near SCRAN in the Eastgate Shopping Centre as part of the 2025 DYW P7 Transition Project. Congratulations to:

• Yulia Fularski
• Lucy Cousins
• Elena Macpherson
• Emma Perkins

This project saw our DYW school coordinator, Soraya, visit feeder primary schools meeting with P7s ahead of their move to Culloden Academy last year. The project aimed to inspire creativity and support their transition to secondary school. The visits were such good fun, and it quickly became clear that this is an incredibly creative year group with some fantastic artistic talent on display!

We can’t wait to see the finished mural showcased in the centre! Well done to everyone who took part!

We’re proud to share that Culloden Academy has been awarded the Sport Scotland Gold School Sport Award for 2026–2028. This prestigious recognition highlights our commitment to putting sport at the heart of our school ethos, planning and practice. The Gold Award celebrates the excellent work across physical education, school sport and leadership, as well as our ongoing dedication to increase opportunities and engagement for all young people.

We’re especially proud that this reflects our efforts to create clear pathways for lifelong participation in sport and physical activity for our young people.

A huge thank you goes to PE staff, our Active Schools Coordinator and Young Ambassadors for completing an in-depth award application to achieve this!

Well done to all athletes that took part – the whole day was a massive success! All Sport champions & Interhouse winners will be announced at our Sport Achievement awards on Friday 26^th June. 

A special mention goes to our athletes that broke school records:

• S1 Girls Javelin – Mary Black set a new record of 27.24m

• S2 Boys High Jump – Isaac Mackenzie set a new record of 1.62m 

• S3 Girls 200m – Freya Lonnen set a new record of 27.15s

• S3 Boys 1500m – Harvey Francis set a new record of 5.15 minutes 

Absolutely incredible – well done!! 

Yesterday, we were delighted to welcome Rhona Morrison  from Glasgow Caledonian University to Culloden Academy for two engaging and thought-provoking workshops on Risk Management.

Our Higher Business Studies students explored how businesses identify and manage risk, with discussions ranging from the impact of social media and celebrity endorsements to the consequences of getting things wrong in the public eye.

It was fantastic to see the students sharing their ideas, asking insightful questions, and applying their learning to real-world business scenarios.

A huge thank you to Rhona for delivering such an interactive and relevant session and helping our young people gain a deeper understanding of the challenges facing businesses today.

To accompany our unit on the First World War, our S3 historians visited Poppy Scotland’s travelling ‘Bud’ museum which discusses the work of Poppy Scotland and the importance of remembrance after the First World War. Pupils ‘clocked into’ the travelling poppy factory, and made their own poppies, as a souvenir of the bus’s visit.

With the World Cup starting today, we have decided to create an interdisciplinary learning experience for the pupils to encourage them to celebrate the cultures from all of the countries taking part and, of course, to cheer on Scotland. The S2 – S5 tutor groups have been each been allocated a country and on the day their team plays matches, can wear the colours of their countries flag. We are also asking them to learn a few words of their country’s language, for example hello, goodbye, please and thank you. This will be easier for some tutor groups than others! There will be prizes after the group stages for the team which scored the most goals, the team which had the most goals scored against them and also the team with the most red/yellow cards. Next term, there will be a prize for the tutor group with the winning team. On Scotland match days, the whole school can dress in Scottish colours to support our National team.

The list of dates below shows the tutor classes involved for all the different matches. We’re hoping that this way our pupils can learn from as well as enjoy what is sure to be a great sporting competition. We’re also hoping that it won’t be 28 years until we can celebrate Scotland being in the world cup again.

Grangemouth Stadium, 3 June 2026

Seven pupils from Culloden Academy represented Highland to compete in throwing, jumping and running events.   Medals are awarded to the top scoring athletes in each group.  The Culloden Academy athletes gave it their all against tough competition.  Special mention to the medal winners: Alexander Robertson – silver, Kenzie Bolt – bronze, Amy Kennedy – bronze and congratulations to all for their effort, sportsmanship and conduct.