What’s happening next week?
| Date | Year Group | Event |
| Tuesday 25th March | All Parents | Parent Council Meeting 7pm (in person) |
| Wednesday 26th March | S3 | S3 into S4 S6 Subject Choice Day |
| Thursday 27th March | S1 | HPV Vaccinations |
| Thursday 27th March | P7 | P7 Parents Information Session 6.30pm |
Our website has all the dates for the school year (as currently planned), click here to see them – https://www.kelsohighschool.org.uk/calendar/
S3 into S4 Course of Choice
All our learners have received their Choice of Course form as we prepare for their transition into S4. We kindly ask for your support in ensuring that your child brings the completed form, signed by you, to their meeting on Wednesday 26th March. Further details on meeting times and next steps will be shared in due course.
KHS Seniors… SQA exams are just 5 WEEKS AWAY!
⏳ That’s 35 days, 840 hours, or 50,400 minutes to get your head down and smash it! 🌟
Want some insider tips? 🤫 Are you a parent/carer keen to help support?
Take a look at our KHS Exam Readiness Hub 2025 – from today until exams end, it will be updated with info and opportunities from a range of sources to help you do your best this year! https://tinyurl.com/8cphc87w
SQA have also pulled together lots of resources to support you through your exams. These can be found here Learner support for National Qualifications – SQA
S4-S6 Information and SQA Exams Key Dates
- S4-S6 Year Team Briefings – Wednesday 2nd April
- Final Tracking Report – Prior to the Easter Holidays
- Easter Revision Sessions – Monday 7th – Friday 18th April (more info to follow)
- Summer Term begins – Monday 21st April
- S4, 5 & 6 Exam Leave begins – Friday 25th April
e-Sgoil’s 2025 Senior Phase Easter Study Support
Registration for e-Sgoil’s 2025 Senior Phase Easter Study Support is now OPEN.
This webinar programme is a key element of Scotland’s National e-Learning Offer (NeLO) comprising of live, interactive webinars delivered by experienced, GTCS registered teachers.
A total of 57 webinars are on offer, covering 27 subjects at different levels. Each webinar group will meet for three sessions during 7th – 11th April 2025. This provision is free to all learners.
Last Easter, there were over 16,000 webinar registrations and almost all learners rated the overall quality of Easter Study Support as “excellent”.
The timetable, registration form, and a range of supporting documentation can all be accessed here.
Please note that our separate Evening Study Support webinar programme continues during term time until the start of the SQA exam diet.
If you have any questions or queries, please get in touch with e-Sgoil.
Parent Council Meeting – Tuesday 25th March 2025 at 7.00pm in person at KHS
We look forward to welcoming everyone to the next Parent Council meeting in school on Tuesday evening.
AGENDA
1. Welcome / Introductions / Apologies
2. Approval of previous meetings minutes – 22.01.25
3. Matters Arising / Action Tracker
4. Chairperson’s Report
5. Head Teacher’s Report
6. Support for Learning Overview – Transitions P7-S1, Targeted support within BGE and Assessment Arrangements for Senior Phase (Elaine Dyer PT SfL, Charlotte Ward SfL Teacher and Louise Burn SfL Teacher
7. Treasurers’ Report & Funding Requests
8. AOB
9. Date of next meeting
If you would like to raise any particular queries please do so at the meeting or if you are unable to attend please submit the details by email to pckelsohighschool@scottishborders.npfs.org.uk
Congratulations to Jack
Congratulations to Jack Utterson in S6 who represented Scotland in Sunday’s U18s international against Wales at Kingston Park.
Jack put in another great performance, carrying the ball well in attack and making some dominant tackles in defence. Best of luck for the rest of your games, Jack, from all at KHS! #pridekhs
Cross Country at KHS
March sees the Cross Country Season kick in with the National Championships and Borders Schools taking place in quick succession. A good number of runners attended the National Championships at Hopetoun House, five of them in S1! The course provides challenging, hilly terrain, but all KHS runners coped superbly well in large fields, in some cases with over 200 runners in an age group!
Well done to S1 girls Eva Burton, Izzy Mason and Zara Milburn and S1 boys, Rory Fleming and Archie Scott on their first time representing KHS at the event. All of them ran incredibly well with 227 athletes in the girls race and 201 in the boys. Running in such large race requires huge skill and determination!
Evie Leonard (S2) came 16th in the U15 Girls race in a field of over 100 athletes. Evie shows a lot of commitment to her training and this result is very well deserved. In the U15 race, Harry Fleming and Leo Tait (both S3) put in very good runs. Both boys have had injuries this year so having them back out running is great to see. In the U17 boys race, Oliver Hastie was 13th from 152 runners. This is a superb achievement and testament to the training Oliver puts in around Kelso and also with Gala Harriers. Finally, well done to Matty Fleming (S5) who stepped up to U20 boys and put in a big shift in a narrower field and against some much older lads.
Finally, huge thanks go to Matthew Fleming and all the parents/carers who support the Athletes for these events as without you, it simply would not happen. The runners and our school community are incredibly lucky to have you! Many thanks to Mr Brown for the report and for the photos! #pridekhs
More Cross Country Success
We are a very proud school! A huge well done to our KHS representatives at last Thursday’s Border Schools Cross Country Championships.
Each of our runners performed brilliantly, with several top 5 and top 10 finishes! Our school values were again on show in abundance.
Congratulations to medallists Evie Leonard (1st place – S3 Girls) and Oliver Hastie (2nd place – S4-S6 Boys Open). A special mention to Archie Scott and Matty Fleming who both finished 4th in their respective races.
Our thanks to Matthew Fleming and our dedicated team of parent helpers for their support on the day. Thanks also to Neil Renton for the photos and to Chris Fraser of Live Borders for supporting our young people to achieve of their very best. Photos from the event can be found on our KHS Facebook page. #pridekhs
Calling all S2 and S3 Spanish Learners
A fantastic opportunity for you all…
Neurodiversity Celebration Week at KHS
What a fantastic week at KHS with our Celebration of Neurodiversity Week. A huge thank you to everyone who has supported the Neurodivergent Community this week and for your ongoing support.
Special thanks to: our Neurodiversity Ambassadors for completing daily assemblies; to all who contributed to the many presentation boards around KHS; to all who supported ‘Wear a Hat Wednesday’; and to Ms Dyer and our SfL Department for their amazing organisation of this week’s many events. Please have a look at our KHS Facebook page over the next few days for some photos. #pridekhs
S2 in CDT
S2 learners in CDT have been really busy lately creating different bridge structures. Cody, Jake and Lewis have been making a suspension bridge; Jade has been working on a Truss bridge; Steven’s team have been working on Cantilever bridge. Mrs Poole has been impressed with Aiden, Niall and Jack who have persevered with their Cantilever design. Learners have worked really hard re-designing each part of their final designs. Working on models has allowed learners to experiment with techniques and re-design ideas as they go. It was great to see the end results. Well-done to everyone involved and a huge thank-you to Mrs Poole for the photos. #pridekhs
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