Fab work completed by S1 English pupils - I’m honoured that my first solo teaching block will begin with this class next week as I lead them through their first ever critical essay on ‘Spit Nolan’ #StrathPGDE

Some S1 English pupils moved onto a new unit today on the short story ‘Silver Ghost’ by Michael Morpurgo. They thought closely about the title of the story and used exit passes to write down their assumptions of what it might be about … OLSP OLSP_TLC #StrathPGDE

An exciting way to spend my last weekend before placement 2 begins tomorrow 👯 #StrathPGDE Scottish Gymnastics

PE was the only secondary subject to hit its student teacher recruitment target this year for the most popular route into secondary teaching - the PGDE The 19 other secondary subjects failed to hit target - with some filling fewer than a third of places tes.com/magazine/news/…

Biggest achievement to date… receiving 100% on my Curriculum and Pedagogy assignment! Officially passed all PGDE assignments, only 3 weeks left of placement and 1 observation to go 🥹🥳 #StrathPGDE

Can’t believe this morning was our last ever seminar for #StrathPGDE! Crazy how quickly this year has went 🥲 And I’m delighted that I’ve been allocated East Dun Council for my probationary year! Roll on August 🥳

Officially completed my PGDE at Strathclyde Institute of Education 🥳 looking forward to joining the staff of St Ninian's HS in August for my NQT year 👩🏼‍🏫

After school gymnastics club working on some handstand flatback/handspring vault progressions today 🤸🏽‍♀️ we have some very talented gymnasts in our school! St Ninian's HS St Ninian's PE

After attending probationer CPD this morning, I’m so glad I made it back in time to watch the St. Ninian’s Day talent show! A fun end to a busy week 🥳

Organising my first school event? Done ✅ Was so lovely to see different departments come together to celebrate the learning of literacy! Well done to everyone involved for making it a fun afternoon for our pupils 🥳

Happy Halloween 🎃 S1 have been working hard to create some petrifying poetry for our new wall display! Read if you dare 👻 St Ninian's HS Mr Killin

What a brilliant first Committees week we have had. Nearly 200 pupils across 9 committees expressing their views on school improvement. Some exciting work to do now with our next meetings in the new year! St Ninian's HS Mr Killin UNICEF UK SNHS Rights Respecting Schools

Very successful first committee meeting for the Equalities and Inclusion Pupil Parliament today! Lots of positive input from pupils about how we promote E&I across our school and suggestions on what we can focus on in the New Year. St Ninian's HS St Ninian’s Pupil Parliament

Our very first ‘Head Teacher’s Question Time’ was a brilliant success today. Our HT Mr Killin answered many qu’s from pupils on topics such as sustainability, ICT and canteen queues. Very well done to all involved👏St Ninian's HS #article12 #uncrc First Minister - it’s a hard task!

Happy #worldbookday2025 🥳📚

We had a packed #WorldBookDay, celebrating all things books, reading & stories. Here's a photo collage of our celebrations, from the National Reading Champions Quiz and our trip to the Into Film screening of The Wild Robot, to the winners of our WBD competitions #ReadingSchools

Full house for National 5 Easter School today! Well done to everyone who came along, especially in the sunshine. Happy studying! St Ninian's HS

Productive first day of the Easter holidays! Well done to everyone for your hard work today 📚☀️

Huge thanks to Columba 1400 for organising an exciting and memorable week in Skye for Phase 2 of our YPLA. Extremely proud of all our young people who demonstrated resilience, kindness, and perseverance throughout the week. Now to begin Phase 3! St Ninian's HS Mr Killin

The young people from St Ninian's High School in Kirkintilloch spent five days with us in Skye last week for the residential element of their Young People's Leadership Academy. What an inspiring group!