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.

Higher Business Management pupils visited West Fraser Ltd to see Operations Management theory being applied in industry.

They received a tour of the site including the famous ‘Cloud Factory’ then heard about the variety of career pathways and opportunities available right on our doorstep.

Thanks to Callum, George and Steve for an interesting and inspirational visit.

The Scottish Government guidance on School Uniform and clothing (released in September) included the following observation that we are keen to develop here: Schools should promote, and support access to pre-loved uniform and clothing.

To make this happen, we are kindly requesting donations of any old Culloden Academy school uniform that your child has outgrown. Anything that has the Culloden Academy logo, plain trousers shirts/ blouses or jumpers or one of our school ties.

A donations box will be available at the front office during the school day and also during Parents’ Evenings.

Culloden Academy is open to all pupils and staff today, Friday 22 November.

Stagecoach and D&E are running all school buses but these may be subject to delays due to road conditions. Remember if your bus has not turned up 20 minutes after the scheduled time you can return home.

Inverness College UHI campus is closed. All Friday college pupils should attend timetabled school classes today.

Culloden Academy is closed to all pupils and staff today, due to the weather. Prelims arranged for today will be re-scheduled.