Quality Plan

Dunedin’s Standards, Quality Assurance and Improvement Plan (SQAIP) is published every November

Standards, Quality Assurance and Improvement Plan (SQAIP) 2017-18

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Making music with Drake
10 May 2019

Each year a number of our pupils get the opportunity to be involved with making music through our relationship with Drake Music Scotland. Drake’s innovative approach means that no matter someone’s previous experience or ability they can contribute in a meaningful way to the creation and playing of music. This year our pupils have gone […]
Matilda
26 Apr 2019

The highlight of our return to school this week (apart from actually returning to school) was an evening school trip to see the stage musical Matilda at the Edinburgh Playhouse. Pupils and staff enjoyed a raucous evening of song and laughter in Dennis Kelly and Tim Minchin’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s book. The […]
Pachyderm(atology)
26 Apr 2019

Pachydermatology (we know it is not a real word but we like it) is the art of designing and making elephant themed handbags. Our pupil, Ciara Louise, is a fine exponent of the pachydermatologist’s art, learning and applying new skills whilst working on this project, including designing her pattern, dyeing and cutting material, using a […]
Slow down, you’re going too fast
1 Apr 2019

Recently our pupils in computing have been enjoying playing with Scalextric in class. It was playing with a purpose though, utilising a number of BBC Micro:bits and infrared beam detectors to simulate roadside speed detectors. Pupils developed code using Microsoft’s MakeCode blocks editor to run all aspects of the detection system including speed detection and […]
Sky Academy Studios
28 Feb 2019

The highlight of this school week was a visit to the Sky Academy Studios in Livingston. This was an opportunity for our pupils to experience the end to end process required to create content for television, and to find out about the different job roles involved in making this happen. Our visit was preceded by […]