Happy Holidays!
Published 27/06/24
We hope everyone has a lovely summer break and we look forward to seeing pupils back in school on Tuesday 20th August! 
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Read MoreTraditional Compostion Workshop
Published 26/06/24Last week we welcomed Duncan Chisholm and Hamish Napier to Inverness Royal Academy where 55 pupils took part in their Traditional Composition Workshop.
The pupils were taught a range of compositional methods and worked collaboratively to create an original piece of music. They were asked to choose a stimulus for the music and after many different ideas were suggested they finally decided to base it on The Battle of Culloden.
The pupils were a credit to the school and we were blown away with all their creative ideas and suggestions.
Well done to all involved and a special thank you to Duncan and Hamish! We loved having you here.
Read MoreRionnagan Roinn na GÃ idhlig
Published 26/06/24Our Gaelic medium and Gaelic learner pupils have been very busy this term taking part in national writing competitions, creating podcasts, and competiting at the Inverness Local Mòd. Read more about their successes (and see a few more photos) on the Gaelic department blog -here
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Dress Down Day
Published 26/06/24Tomorrow will be a dress down day for the last day of term!
Read MoreTop Reader Commendations
Published 26/06/24Top Reader Commendations!
This morning we awarded 4 of our students a Top Reader commendation for their commitment to reading over the last year. As we work towards Reading Schools Accreditation, we would like to take every opportunity available to acknowledge the students who go above and beyond to encourage others to read, who maintain reading habits that we know will benefit them tremendously, and who continue to contribute positively to a culture of reading. Well done to this year's Top Readers!
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End of Term Letter
Published 26/06/24A letter has been issued to all Parents/Carers, Pupils and Staff from Mr Engstrand, Rector.
View letter here
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Rights Respecting Schools Gold Award!
Published 25/06/24We are delighted to share that we have officially achieved the Rights Respecting Schools Gold Award!
It is wonderful that the excellent work of the staff, pupils and our whole school community, to embed Children's Rights across the school and curriculum has been recognised. The assessor identified in their final report that we have “passionate and confident pupils who are clear on the importance of rights and are empowered to drive change within the school”. They also made comment on the “strategic approach by senior leaders and RRSA leads” and our “passionate teaching staff and parents, embedding a rights-based approach, putting it at the core of the school’s ethos”. We are the first secondary school in the North of Scotland to achieve this accolade. Thank you to all who supported us achieve this. What a way to end the term!
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Stagecoach Service 16 to Foyers via Dores & Scaniport
Published 25/06/24Message just in from Stagecoach regarding Service 16 to Foyers via Dores and Scaniport.
"For the early school finish on Thursday 27th June. Our service 16 due to leave Inverness town centre at 12.35 will divert via the Inverness Royal Academy. The bus will arrive at the school around 12.55".
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Reminder-Last Day of Term Arrangements
Published 25/06/24A reminder that school closes for the summer holidays at 12.25pm on Thursday 27th June.
Transport Arrangements for the last day of term (Thursday 27th June) will be as follows;
Highland Council School Buses - Depart school at 12.25
Culloden / Sneckie Taxis - Departing 12.30/12.35
All other transport providers will leave school at 12.25
Read MoreDrop Everything and Read session
Published 25/06/24This week, our S2 and S3 English classes have taken part in Drop Everything and Read sessions. The library arranged book boxes to be delivered to these classes to provide reading material. Students were encouraged to check out a book they had started if they wanted to finish reading it over the summer.
As part of the development of a Reading School Culture, we are working towards raising the profile and importance of reading. We have a few fun reading themed events planned for the next school year and we would love to hear from you about what you'd like to see us do to encourage reading. Please leave a comment below if you have any ideas you'd like to share 🙂
Research suggests that reading for 30 minutes a week increases health and wellbeing. Reading for pleasure has been found to improve our confidence and self-esteem, providing the grounding we need to pursue our goals and make life decisions. It can also aid our sleep and reduce feelings of loneliness. There are so many reasons why we should be encouraging our young people to develop reading habits.
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SQA Letter
Published 25/06/24Please see here for a letter from Mrs Reid, Depute Rector & SQA Coordinator regarding SQA Results Day and Appeals Process