Amanda, our Biology teacher, is renowned for getting straight to the point, the heart of the matter one might say. In her chosen chamber (the classroom) she delicately dissects, delves within and disseminates her wisdom among her pupils, an aortic conduit of knowledge… (enough already with your poor heart-based puns. Ed.)
Sorry about that Ed., thought I had my finger on the pulse of this blog piece but maybe not! However, it can’t be denied that our pupils have been in the business of dissecting, as well as extracting (the DNA of the strawberry), with a little bit of mitosis modelling on the side. Keep up the good work I say, as I punder what it all means (punder! – get it). (Right, that’s it, no more punderous puns from you for today. Ed.)
…or so they say! If that is the case then Christmas cake I am (and proud of it).
Christmas though? I know – it seems so long ago. Cast your eyes over these very tasty images of our pupils’ Christmas offerings and you will remember that, actually, it was only a matter of weeks ago. Of course the cakes and gingerbread, icing and penguins are long consumed, but still they stand as a testament to the remarkable skills (and teachery guidance) that are regularly on display in our school kitchen. Long may it be so says I.
What a pleasure it is to be back to school and what a pleasureable pleasure it is to see the pleasure of our pupils in being back to school. And what a pleasure it is for this Dunedin blogger to see the… (no, no more, that’s enough. Ed). Whoops, sorry about that! A massive welcome back to school to all our pupils and an even more massive well done to those who received exam results during the summer, you all did so well. We all know how challenging the last few Covid years have been and for all our pupils doing exams this was their first time actually sitting down to a timed paper.
The start of this new school year also sees a new Computing teacher, Anastasia, join Dunedin. Keep your eyes open for an upcoming blog post were we will find out a little bit more about Anastasia. Suffice to say just now – welcome Anastasia, it’s a pleasure to have you join us at Dunedin.
It seemed slightly surreal recently to be setting off with nearly the whole school for a summer residential camp in Glencoe. The last time we did this seems so long ago and much covid water has passed under the bridge since then. But our pupils were soon making up for lost time as they jumped, and plunged, slide and climbed, walked and tubed, chairlifted and skimmed stones around the very sunny, warm environs of Glencoe and Kinlochleven. Pupils did things they never thought they would do and some found that they were born to do these very things. Staff tried to keep up as best they could but sometimes our best just wasn’t good enough (or so our pupils kept telling us!). A massive thank you to Andy and Stevie at Hebridean Pursuits for again making it all happen, for all the fun and for keeping is all safe. Until next year…
