1. So, why bother then?
1.1. To say thank you
1.1.1. Staff for hard work & commitment
1.1.1.1. teaching & non
1.1.2. Parents for support
1.1.3. Parent Council
1.1.3.1. Moral & financial support
1.1.4. Pupils for doing their best & being just fab human beings
1.2. Recognise the hard work of many
1.3. Show these young people we VALUE their effort
1.4. That we're PROUD of them
1.5. That we BELIEVE in them
1.6. And to celebrate that we believe they couldn't go to a better school than ours
1.7. THAT'S why we're not watching Brazil v Mexico THAT'S why we're not having a BBQ THAT'S why we're sweltering in this church THAT'S why we bother - Young people: YOU are why we bother CONGRATULATIONS, each & every one of you for the awards you are about to receive. We're all here because of you.
1.8. Ladies & gentlemen: the FABULOUS pupils & staff of TCSoA
2. What's to look forward to?
2.1. Ryder Cup
2.1.1. Pupils & Staff attending
2.2. Wi-Fi devices
2.3. Changes to the Primary Playground
2.4. Intergenerational Work
2.5. Greater community involvement
2.5.1. Invitations for you
2.5.2. BBQ next Wed
2.5.3. Auchterselfie photo tomorrow
2.6. Auchterselfie
2.6.1. Take a pic
3. Cool stuff
3.1. Deep breath...
3.2. Secondary attainment results
3.2.1. Top 20% of schools in country for Highers
3.3. Ryder Cup capts visit - one year to go
3.3.1. And celebs - James Nesbitt in English
3.4. Musical successes at Perth Festival of the Arts & Perform in Perth
3.5. Started to better involve community
3.5.1. surveys
3.5.1.1. School reputation
3.5.1.2. What can we improve?
3.6. Visitors from Malawi
3.7. WiFi opened up
3.8. Countless opportunities for parents to share learning in Primary
3.8.1. The Egyptians
3.8.2. World War II
3.8.3. The Jacobites
3.9. Pupils presenting at national learning festival in SECC
3.10. Visit from Her Majesty's Inspectorate - very different to last time - left to share WAP as example of excellent practice
3.11. WAP on a Wednesday pm
3.11.1. P7 to S6 together
3.11.2. Canoeing
3.11.3. Digital photography
3.11.4. First-aid training
3.11.5. Lifeguarding
3.11.6. School Show
3.11.7. Fashion Show
3.11.8. Heartstart - DEFIB!
3.12. Primary pupil named street
3.13. Swishing party - not what you think!
3.14. Christmas Show at Gleneagles
3.15. Deal with Tesco - 30 free Hudls
3.15.1. Case study
3.16. Working closer with The Rotary Club
3.17. Scottish Cup toured school
3.17.1. nursery, primary, secondary
3.18. Talking of Nursery
3.18.1. Still called Mr Cloud
3.18.2. Nice to hear until someone pointed out
3.18.3. I rain on their parade
3.19. TCSoA smartphone app due to be launched in August
3.20. Did I mention our Primary 1s speak Mandarin Chinese?
3.20.1. Ne Hao
3.20.2. Tsi chen
3.21. Pipeband
3.21.1. uniforms
3.21.2. Thx Mr Brown & team of instructors
3.22. Janitorial Team - Gold Award for excellent service
3.23. Renewed Astroturf
3.24. Business Partnerships
3.24.1. Tesco
3.24.2. Gleneagles
3.24.3. Stewart Milne Homes
3.25. This is just the tip of the iceberg
3.26. Got everything right? No "I haven't failed, I've just found 10,000 ways that don't work." Thomas Edison
4. Changing the way we communicate with you
4.1. Move to email no more banana-soaked notes at the bottom of filthy school bags
4.2. Up to date state of the art website
4.3. Parent-friendly video tutorials; easy to understand, jargon-free
4.4. Twitter feed
4.4.1. Over 500 followers
4.4.2. Over 600 tweets in last year
4.4.2.1. Successes we've shared
4.4.2.2. Stories we've told
4.4.2.3. Visitors we've told you about
4.4.2.4. Trips we've documented
4.4.2.5. Daily window into our school
4.4.2.6. Join us on twitter
5. Changing our daily environment
5.1. Getting out into the world
5.2. We've been busy trotting the globe
5.3. China
5.4. South of France - Ardeche Adventure
5.5. Residential trip to outdoor centre at Nethy Bridge
5.6. Skiing in the Alpes
5.7. Every zoo & butterfly emporium, rugby stadium, theatre & football pitch in the land
5.8. New York
5.9. Battlefields of Ypres
5.10. Pupils & staff to Malawi next week
6. Changing our staff
6.1. Teaching staff Nurs, Prim & Sec
6.2. Admin
6.3. School support staff
6.3.1. Library
6.3.2. Classroom assistants
6.4. Entire SMT in Primary
6.4.1. DHT Mrs Nesbitt - HT Port Moak
6.4.2. Mrs Snedden
6.4.3. DHT Mrs Hislop on Adoption Leave
6.4.4. Mrs Darroch
7. Why do we even bother?
7.1. Why did we even turn up tonight?
7.2. Nice night - BBQ?
7.3. Football on TV, Eastenders has started, Mama Mia on ITV3
7.4. Why sit here using progs as fans, melting?
7.5. Take you on a tour & we'll find out together
8. Making some changes in and around the school
9. Changed our building
9.1. Moved reception
9.1.1. nearer pupils
9.1.2. nearer staff
9.1.3. nearer parents
9.1.4. more part of the everday life