Freshers' Week 2025
As part of Blairgowrie High School’s transition programme all S1 pupils will have the opportunity to take part in Freshers’ events. This year this will be a two-day event commencing Friday 5th September 2025. During these events we focus on team building activities where pupils will be given extra opportunities to work together in Houses and get to know each other. There will be a variety of activities offered throughout the event with staff and other partner organisations offering exciting outdoor and indoor opportunities.
As part of Freshers Event, pupils will be able to participate in four activities across the two days –
- Water Safety – Water safety event run by the emergency services at Blairgowrie Fire Station. Pupils will engage with emergency staff and learn to carry out CPR and learn about other key water safety information.
- Skills Development Scotland - all pupils will get a chance to take part two sessions using LEGO Robots whilst finding out about jobs of the future. Pupils will also get to meet their Careers Adviser, and find out about the support available and take part in some fun careers related activities
- PE Welcome Activities - the PE dept will have several activities offered for pupils to choose, participate, and enjoy. Activities may change if there is poor weather affecting us to access outdoors. The range of activities will vary between: pickleball, football, dodgeball, volleyball, and badminton.
- Team Building – pupils will be involved in various outdoor team building activities. There will be six stations where pupils will be able to participate in throughout the session.
School Uniform is not required to be worn on the Friday 5th and Monday 8th September 2025 for these events. Many of the activities will take place outdoors so we would ask pupils to dress appropriately with comfortable clothing and trainers (or other suitable shoes for these activities). A waterproof jacket is also recommended. In the event of adverse weather some activities may be cancelled.
Consent forms for the activities will be available on Parent Pay and these must be filled in for every pupil prior to the start of Freshers’ Events.
Please do not hesitate to contact the school at Blairgowrie@pkc.gov.uk if you have any questions.
Freshers Week - Ericht timetable
Freshers Week - Glenisla timetable
Freshers Week - Stormont timetable
