What's on in January

Thursday 5th - Start of Term

Monday 23rd-Friday 27th - S5/6 Prelims

House Points

Pupils, do you want to earn points for your house? If you don’t know about House Points click here for a quick explanation.

S5/6 Prelims

Prelims for S5 and S6 begin on Monday 23rd January. To view the exam timetable click here.

Easy Fundraising

Help raise money for Baldragon Academy whenever you shop online

It's very simple - just visit http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/ to register and shop with over 2000 well known retailers like Amazon, Argos, M&S, eBay and many more. Whenever you buy something, the retailer makes a donation to the school.  They've helped other causes raise over £2,000,000 so it really does work.

It won't cost you a penny extra to shop through easyfundraising and you can even save money with special offers and voucher codes.

Plus, if you register before 31st October 2011 you'll automatically receive one entry into a FREE PRIZE DRAW to win an £400 to spend with Homebase.

So please make a difference and take a look at easyfundraising today - http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk

 

Winter Weather Conditions

We aim to keep you as up to date as possible about weather conditions affecting the opening of the school.

You can keep up to date on the council website www.dundeecity.gov.uk and by listening to Tayfm

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Dress Code Policy

Click here to access the updated School Dress Code for the coming session.

Mobile phones and other Technologies

Dundee City Council have recently updated their guidelines on the misuse of mobile technologies in schools.

Click here for links to resources that have been highlighted in the report as useful for pupils and parents in promoting the safe use of mobile phones and other technologies in school and at home. You can also link to this from our child protection page.

 

Former Pupils

A new feature of the website is a section devoted to former pupils of Kirkton and Rockwell High Schools. More information here...

Have a look at the new link taking you to Achievers UK  which "aims to raise the aspirations of young people in schools by highlighting the success of former pupils."

S6 art pupils win £800 in design competition

We are incredibly pleased that two of our sixth pupils won £800 between them in a 'Reuse Recycle' design competition. Amy Copland won the overall competition with her retro record handbag design (click here for photo) She received £500 and won £150 for the art department. Catherine Paterson also won £150 in the secondary school category for her military inspired corset (click here for photo). The girls collected their prizes at an awards ceremony in Discovery Point on 14th December 2011.

Young Writers Ghost Writers Competition

Congratulations to 3 of our S2 pupils who were successful in the Young Writers Ghost Stories Competition. They were Robyn Webster, Lynsey Isles and Hayley Johnston. Well done to the three of them.