Week 1
15 August / In-Service
16 August / Pupils Begin Term 1
17 August
18 August
19 August
Week 2
22 August
23 August
24 August
25 August
26 August
Week 3
29 August
30 August / AH English Trip Dundee University
Young Enterprise Master Class
31 August
1 September
2 September
Week 4
5 September
6 September
7 September
8 September
9 September / Sponsored Walk
Week 5
12 September / Library Crime Week / S2 Tracking 1 Open
13 September / Library Cluedo Games evening
14 September
15 September / Library Crime Author Visit
S4 Tree of Knowledge in School
6pm Parent Study Skills Evening TOK
16 September / S5/6 Tree of Knowledge / S2 Tracking 1 Close
Week 6
19 September / S2 HPV Immunisation / S2 Tracking 1 Home W/B
20 September / S3 Tracking 1 & Report Open
21 September / Higher RMPS Samye Ling Trip TBC
22 September
23 September
Week 7
26 September / Business Partnership Breakfast
27 September / S3 Tracking 1 & Report Close
28 September / S1 Parents In School AM
29 September / S3 Tracking & Report QA by PT Curriculum
30 September / S1 Photos
MacMillan Coffee Morning
Week 8
3 October
4 October / S1-S3 Achievement Ceremony
5 October / S3 RMPS Trip to Glasgow / S3 Tracking & Report QA by PTG
6 October / S1 Parent Evening
7 October / Term 1 Ends 3.30pm / S3 Tracking 1 Home
October Holiday
Week 9
24 October / Term 2 Begins
25 October / P7 Parents’ Information Evening
26 October
27 October
28 October
Week 10
31 October / KAFKAH Shoebox Collection Begins / S456 Tracking 1 & Report Open
1 November / Skills Scotland AECC AM, S4 Pupils only
Safe Drive
2 November / S2 ALEC Visit all day TBC
3 November / S2 ALEC Visit all day TBC
4 November / S456 Tracking 1 & Report Close
Week 11
7 November / Remembrance Week
8 November / Remembrance Week
9 November / Remembrance Week / S456 Tracking 1 & Report QA by PT Curriculum
10 November / Remembrance Week
Primary Science Experience
11 November / Remembrance Week
Week 12
14 November / In-Service
15 November / In-Service
16 November
17 November
18 November / Children In Need / S456 Tracking 1 & Report QA by PTG
Week 13
21 November / Study Skills Week / S456 Tracking 1 & Report Home W/B
22 November / Study Skills Week
Parent Event 6pm – ELT Invited / S1 Tracking 1 Open
23 November / Study Skills Week
24 November / Study Skills Week
25 November / Study Skills Week
KAFKAH Shoebox Collection Ends
26th Nov - Young Enterprise Christmas Fair (Westhill)
Week 14
28 November / S1 Tracking 1 Close
29 November / S5/6 Parent Evening
30 November / S1 Tracking Home
1 December / Senior Citizens Christmas Parcel Collection Begins / S2 Tracking 2 & Report Open
2 December / 3rd Dec - Young Enterprise Christmas Fair (Aberdeen)
Week 15
5 December / Customer Service Excellence Inspection
6 December
7 December / S2 Tracking 2 & Report Close
8 December
9 December / S2 Tracking 2 & Report QA PT Curriculum
Week 16
12 December
13 December / Computing Pupils RGU
14 December
15 December / S1/2 Dance
16 December / S2 Tracking 2 & Report QA PTG
Week 17
19 December / S3/4 Dance / S2 Tracking 2 & Report Home W/B
20 December / S5/6 Dance
21 December / Term 2 ends 3.30pm
Christmas Holiday
5 January / Term 3 begins
6 January
Week 18
9 January
10 January / S3 into S4 Information Evening
11 January / S456 Exam Practice Begins / S456 Tracking 2 Open
12 January / S456 Exam Practice
13 January / S456 Exam Practice
Week 19
16 January / S456 Exam Practice
17 January / S456 Exam Practice
S4/5 into S5/6 information evening
18 January / S456 Exam Practice
19 January / S456 Exam Practice
20 January / S456 Exam Practice End
Week 20
23 January / S4 Work Experience
24 January / S4 Work Experience / S2 Parent Evening
S2-S3 Choices Talk 5.30pm – 6pm
25 January / S4 Work Experience
26 January / S4 Work Experience
27 January / S4 Work Experience / S456 Tracking 2 Close
Week 21
30 January / S456 Tracking 2 Home W/B
31 January
1 February
2 February
3 February / UNICEF Day for Change TBC / S2-into S3 Choices Returned
Week 22 / Ski Trip
6 February
7 February
8 February
9 February / Occasional Day
10 February / Occasional Day
Week 23
13 February / Mid Term Holiday
14 February / In-Service
15 February / In-Service
16 February / S4 Parents’ Evening
17 February
Week 24
20 February / Post 16+ Forms to be completed W/B / S3 Tracking 2 Open
21 February / S4 into S5 & S5 into S6 Choices Returned
22 February
23 February
24 February / Careers Fair In School / S3 Tracking 2 Close
Week 25
27 February / Fair Trade TBC / S3 Tracking 2 Home
28 February / Fair Trade TBC
1 March / Fair Trade TBC
2 March / Fair Trade TBC
3 March / Fair Trade TBC
Week 26
6 March
7 March / S3 Parent Evening
8 March
9 March / S3-S4 Choices Returned
10 March
Week 27
13 March
14 March / N5 French Speaking Exam
15 March / Higher French Speaking Exam
16 March
17 March
Week 28
20 March
21 March / Higher Spanish Speaking Exam
22 March
23 March
24 March / Comic Relief – Red Nose Day
25th March Rock Challenge all day
Week 29
27 March
28 March / N4 AVU French Speaking
29 March / Young Musician of the Year 7pm
30 March
31 March / Archie In Africa TBC
Term 3 ends 3.30pm
Easter Holiday
Week 30
17 April / Holiday
18 April / Term 4 begins
19 April
20 April
21 April
Week 31
24 April
25 April
26 April / Book Fair
27 April / Book Fair
28 April / Book Fair
Week 32
1 May / May Day Holiday
2 May / Book Fair
SQA Exam Diet
PTG Primary Visits begin / S1 Tracking 2 & Report Open
3 May / Book Fair
4 May / Book Fair
5 May / Book Fair
Week 33
8 May / Book Fair / S1 Tracking 2 & Report Close
9 May
10 May
11 May
12 May
Week 34
15 May / S1 Tracking 2 & Report QA PTG
S1 Tracking 2 & Report Home W/B
16 May
17 May
18 May
19 May
Week 35
22 May
23 May
24 May / Thematic Day
25 May / Activity Days
26 May / Activity Days
Week 36
29 May / Changing Faces Charity S2 English TBC
30 May
31 May / S1 John Muir Trust
1 June / S1 John Muir Trust
2 June / S1 John Muir Trust
SQA Exams Conclude
Week 37
5 June / New Timetable S234 and National Pupils
6 June / S5/6 Timetable
7 June
8 June
9 June
Week 38
12 June / Sports Heats
13 June / Sports Heats
14 June / Sports Heats
15 June
16 June
Week 39
19 June / P7 Visit
P7 Parents’ Evening
20 June / P7 Visit
21 June / P7 Visit
22 June / Sports Day
23 June
Week 40
26 June
27 June
28 June
29 June / Prize Giving
30 June / Term 4 ends 3.30pm
Mearns Academy School Calendar 2016-17