School Open – Friday 10th January 2025
Culloden Academy is OPEN today. Buses are running, but subject to delay. Do NOT wait more than 20 minutes past the scheduled time if your bus has not turned up – but phone the school to let us know.
Footpaths around the school in the community have not yet been cleared so allow extra time and be cautious.
UHI Inverness is closed. Pupils who attend there on a Friday should report to school instead.
In light of the continued weather warnings for tonight & tomorrow UHI Inverness will be closed on Friday 10th January for in-person courses. Pupils who attend UHI on Fridays should attend school instead. Online training will continue as normal. A decision about whether the school is open on Friday will be taken in the morning.
Culloden Academy is closed to all staff and pupils today. Stagecoach and D&E have cancelled all school transport and roads around the school are as yet untreated.
Today’s English prelim will be rescheduled.
UNICEF is the world’s leading organisation working for children and their rights. The Rights Respecting Schools Award is granted to schools that show commitment to promoting and realising children’s rights and encouraging adults, children, and young people to respect the rights of others in school. Silver is given to schools that make excellent progress towards embedding the principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into its ethos and curriculum. There are over 1,300 schools across England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales that have achieved Silver and over 600 schools that have been awarded Gold, the next step up and highest accolade granted by UNICEF UK.
We are now beginning our journey to Gold and look forward to working with the whole community to ensure that children and their rights are at the centre of all we do at Culloden Academy.
The S6 Young Enterprise team won the Environmental Award at the YE Christmas Fair on Saturday, which was held at the Eastgate Centre. Their draught excluders made from recycled materials were a great success. Well done!
The Library and English department hosted the Wellbeing Café on Monday for their final gathering of the year. The festivities and relaxing atmosphere was enjoyed by all! Merry Christmas.
Our National 5 Chemists have been using their acid and base knowledge to create colourful droplet Christmas Trees at the end of term. A lot of focus and concentration went into these (along with some ‘Van Gogh inspiration’ – we’ll let you guess which ones were the prize winners!
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who contributed to making our first Christmas Fayre such a tremendous success! Not only did we create a fantastic festive atmosphere, but we also raised over £600 for the school and supported numerous local businesses and community groups. We’re already looking forward to next year, aiming to make it even bigger and better!
Our Early Learning and Childcare class had another great session this morning with the Fire Brigade who came to talk to them about home safety as part of the pupils Caring for Children unit. They learnt about how to reduce risks at home and extra hazards to be aware of when there are babies and young children in the house. Great seeing the young people have the opportunity to put their theory into practice.
A massive well done to all of our pupils who participated in our Children in Need week a couple of weeks ago. We had numerous events on with a bake sale, a dress down day, lunchtime karaoke and sponge the staff. It was fantastic to see such a great atmosphere around the school all week. These type of events where everyone “buys in” to the idea of a school community were sorely missed during the pandemic and it was great to see things like this being front and centre of the school.
A particular note of thanks goes to the S6 Leadership Team who organised the events all week and weren’t afraid to throw themselves into a bit of karaoke!
All told we managed to raise £1450 for Children in Need. A fantastic week for the school.
