Well the holidays are here at last. What a term it has been, jam packed to say the least!

It feels like only last week I was sitting at home writing a post on here during the October break. Since then there has been S4 prelims, an EEBL placement, work experience week, S4 reports, S1 Parent’s Evening, S5/S6 Parents’ Evening, the Cadets Christmas night out, Christmas concerts, the infamous S6 Pantomine, Staff Christmas Lunch and so the list goes on.

There have been so many things going on that I would be here until the end of the holidays writing about it all. However, I thought I would briefly outline my personal highlights.

1. The EEBL placement was absoloutly fantastic, for more on that click here.
2. The Cadets Christmas night out to the Time Capsule in Coatbridge. Ice Skating was on the agenda and what fun we had. But I will never forgive the three NCO’s for pulling me round the rink at what felt like 200mph!!!!
3. The Christmas concert. This was the first performance to parents of the Knox Academy Pipe Band. We played Green Hills/Battle’s O’er and Highland Cathedral. The sound was amazing, thanks to our new piping instructor, Colin Pryde, from the East Lothian Pipes and Drums Trust. We really could have been playing in a competition. There have been many excellent comments about our performance which in encouraging for the future of the band.

After all that I am looking forward going back in January fully refreshed.

Merry Christmas!