Dear Parents/Carers

As part of the upcoming roll out of Chrome book devices for pupils in P6-S6, we would like to invite all parents to an online safety awareness workshop at Kinlochbervie High School on Thursday the 27th of June at 2.30pm.

We recognise both the benefits and the difficult challenges young people can face, and we aim to provide them and yourselves with as much key information as possible to empower them to become safe users of the internet and mobile devices.

The main purpose of the workshop will be to learn about specific online concerns and dangers which your child may face, and to find out how to work as a family and in partnership with school to minimise the risks.

We hope that by the end of the session, you will have a greater understanding of the dangers to be aware of, and know where to go for help and advice if you have concerns.

We look forward to welcoming as many of you as possible to what I’m sure will be a valuable and informative event.

Yours sincerely

Mrs Katie MacFarlane & Mr Neil Galbraith

North West Sutherland Schools Digital Leaders

The S1 & S2 Art classes took on the challenge of painting a Sutherland style landscape mural in Kinlochbervie Village Hall as part of the hall’s refurbishment. The mural includes our 3 iconic mountains: Fionaven, Arkle and Stack, as well as some native species above and below the sea.
‘Wally the walrus’ also features – an idea from Amy McCaul who remembers going to see the walrus on the Mallen (near Loch Clash) this time last year. Kinlochbervie Nursery contributed by adding in their sea urchin and crab stencils.

Well done to everyone who worked on it – it looks fantastic!

The Screen Machine will be visiting Durness on Monday June 3 and Kinlochbervie on Tuesday June 4.

Full information is available on the Screen Machine web site.

https://www.screenmachine.co.uk/listings/

Here is the new logo for North West Sutherland Schools.  It was designed by Mia Walker of Durness Primary School.

The logo is a result of a design competition that was launched in November 2018.  Entries were received from all four schools as well as from community members.  A judging panel met at KLB High School in December.

The two finalists were Mia Walker from Durness Primary School and Reuben Breckenridge from Kinlochbervie Primary School. Their designs were  very different.  Mia’s design featured a mythical bird flying off into a starry sky while Reuben’s design incorporated the 4 logos of the existing schools.  Former pupil Alison MacPherson refined them graphically and they were put to a vote in all 4 schools.  Mia Walker’s bird logo won chosen as the new logo.

Congratulations to Mia and runner-up Reuben as well as Alison.  Thank you too to everyone who submitted a design for the competition.

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