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SAFE ISLANDER 2019

Safe Islander is an educational programme that invites all S1 pupils in Orkney to learn life skills that may keep themselves and others safe in the future. This year’s event will take place during the school day on 19th September at Kirkwall Grammar School.
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SAFE DRIVE STAY ALIVE

​S5 pupils were today issued with letters to take home explaining the arrangements for this years Safe Drive Stay Alive which takes place in the school on September 17th.
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GUIDANCE INFORMATION

The Guidance Department sent a letter home welcoming everyone back to school at the beginning of this term The letter also included important information about their work in supporting pupils at KGS. The letter can be downloaded below.
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PARENT COUNCIL AGM​

The KGS Parent Council Annual General Meeting will be held in KGS on Monday 30th September 2019 at 6.00pm. All parents/carers of KGS pupils are invited to attend. Tea and Coffee will be available.
Anyone wishing further information can contact:
Charlotte Harrison (Chair): mcl.harrison@googlemail.com
Anna Whelan (Secretary): af.whelan@btinternet.com 
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ADDITIONAL IN SERVICE

All schools in Scotland have been allocated 2 extra In Service Days this year by the Scottish Government. The additional days for KGS are February 12th 2020 and June 2nd 2020.
KGS will therefore be closed to pupils for Staff In Service on the following dates for the rest of this academic year:
October 28th and 29th 2019
February 12th and 13th 2020
​June 1st and 2nd 2020

HPV VACCINATIONS

Since 2008 NHS Scotland have been running a successful HPV vaccination programme offering all S1 girls the vaccination. The success of this programme, and emerging new evidence, means that the programme will be extended to include S1 boys this year. Extending the routine vaccination programme to include boys has the potential to further reduce levels of cancer causing HPV and save lives in the future.
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Consent packs containing a letter, leaflet and consent forms will be sent home and NHS Scotland will be publishing an online information pack in early September.
http://www.healthscotland.scot/
CEOP helps any child or young person who is being pressured, forced or tricked into taking part in sexual activity of any kind. This can be either online or in ‘the real world’, or both. The CEOP Safety Centre has clear information and advice on what can be reported, the reporting process and what will happen if you make a report. You can visit the CEOP Safety Centre and make a report directly to CEOP by clicking the Click CEOP button.