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Highland Council is looking to appoint the Highlands’ next Youth Convener. Please see the advert and specification below. The salary is £22,133pa, and the closing date is 9th May 2024

We are delighted to announce that we are a Scottish Book Trust Reading School; joining only two other secondary schools in Highland to have gained certification so far! Last year, we began our journey to build a reading culture throughout the school. Pupils have taken part in a variety of book related activities in and out of lessons – the most memorable are definitely the whole school drop everything and read events – for us to be awarded our core level national accreditation. We are looking forward to developing more opportunities for pupils and staff to read for pleasure in the coming years and sustaining the culture of reading at Culloden Academy – well done pupils and staff!

The letter below has been emailed to all Parents & Carers this morning. It covers:

• Staffing Changes
• Start and End of Day Arrangements: Car Park
• Social Media Use
• Key Dates

Our weekly Crochet Club consists of many members who were complete beginners when they joined and are now crocheting independently.

They have been busy learning the basics, crocheting small projects and progressing on to a group effort making some beautiful bunting in each of the house colours all edged in purple, Culloden Academy’s school colour.

If you’re visiting the school, keep an eye out for it hanging in pride of place around the social area.

This year, a number of senior pupils have been working towards achieving their Level 4 Young STEM Leader award. The course encourages students to look at the impact of STEM locally, nationally and internationally, past, present and future, alongside leading STEM activities which they present to younger students in the school to get involved in. The Young STEM Leaders have done a fantastic job in encouraging and enthusing our young people in the world of STEM by running STEM club every Wednesday lunchtime. They planned and facilitated activities that have investigated concepts such as friction, projectile trajectory, Fibonacci sequencing in nature and DNA extraction.

This morning was our final instalment of My Future Friday before the Easter Holidays, and we had Morrison Construction in discussing the professional roles, pathways, and opportunities for work experience within the construction industry. Huge thank you to Ross, Gordon and Mai for coming along and sharing their professional journeys, and lots of advice on where to get started!

Congratulations to our Young Enterprise team Unravel who scooped three awards at the Young Enterprise Highland and Moray Area Finals last night.

⭐The first prize was for Innovation which was awarded for the development of their mental health game.

⭐The next was for Best Trade Stand at the Christmas Market in December.

⭐And finally, well done to Jessica Streeter-Smith who won an individual Impact award, for her commitment to the mental health cause.

We are very proud of all of their achievements.

There are still a few packs of the Unravel game left – get in touch with team through Facebook or Instagram to purchase a pack for £12.99.

Highland Council is increasing the cost of school meals from Monday 15th April. From then, meals will be priced at:

• Primary School Meals: Increase from £2:30 to £2:40 per 2 course meal. This will apply to pupils in P6 & P7 until the full roll out of universal free school meals is agreed by the Scottish Government.
• Secondary School Meals: Increase from £2:55 to £2:65 per 2 course meal
• Adult Meals: Increase from £4:00 to £4:20 per 2 course meal.