This week we are delighted to have Iain Pretswell, Orkney MSYP (Member of Scottish Youth Parliament), come and give a presentation to pupils during their house assemblies about the options they have to voice their opinions about key issues in the local community!

The latest Parent/Carer update is now available to view on the KGS website! kgsorkney.com/parental-commu…

In July, History classes were given the opportunity to attend the Ness of Brodgar as part of Historic Environment Scotland schools’ week. Pupils got a tour of the archaeological dig and took part in hands-on workshops. A fantastic chance for young people from KGS to engage with local history!

It has been great to see a good turn out for after school basketball on Wednesdays! Thank you to Mr Memmott for running these sessions!

Today our S1 pupils took part in Safe Islander, an educational programme where participants learn life skills that will help to keep themselves and others safe in the future.  Small groups of pupils rotate around a number of workshops hosted by various agencies and businesses.

The latest Parent/Carer Update is available to view on the KGS website at kgsorkney.com/parental-commu…

On Monday, MSP for Orkney, Liam McArthur accepted an invite from National 5 Modern Studies pupils to speak to them about the work that he does in the constituency and in Parliament. He spoke about his role as an MSP and the work the parliamentary committees do.

The latest Parent/Carer update is now available to view at kgsorkney.com/parental-commu…

To mark #ChallengePoverty Week 'Adequate Incomes' day, we are delighted to publish two #CostoftheSchoolDay resources: Public Health Scotland briefing on referral pathways to advice in schools👇 tinyurl.com/3u4v7ypj Talking about costs and money at school👇 tinyurl.com/59hduwua

Thank you to everyone who has supported us during term 1 - we've had a busy but hugely successful few months! We hope all our families have a relaxing October break and we're looking forward to seeing pupils again on Wednesday 30th October.

Here's Kirkwall Grammar School, in which all our #Orkney events this week are being delivered. It has a hostel for yng ppl coming frm far islands. I had interstng convrsatns today abt t impact on stress systm & attachmnt styles and how that experience relates to boarding school.

A course which gives pupils an insight into early childhood development, helping them to gain the skills and knowledge they will need in their future career, has been running at two of our secondary schools: dyworkney.co.uk/latest_news/pu…

Pupils at kgsorkney have been given an insight into medical careers by local GPs, to encourage them to consider applying to Medical School in the future: dyworkney.co.uk/latest_news/se… NHS Orkney