If your are looking to buy a new Barrhead High School blazer, the costs are as follows:

A new braided blazer costs £49.

To have an existing blazer braided costs £19.

The next parent council meeting will take place on Monday, 8th May 2017.

The agenda for this meeting is here.

A minute of the parent council meeting which took place on Monday, 6th March 2017 is now available.

Parent Council Minute – 6th March 2017

The last parent equalities forum of this session takes place on Thursday, 11th May in Mearns Primary School at 7pm.

There will be a small showcase event with 4 of our schools presenting on the good practice which takes place around the important area of equalities.

All parents and carers are welcome to attend this session.

Next week sees the start of the S3 exams. Over the next fortnight our S3 will get their first experience of examinations. They will sit a selection of single period assessments in their subject at the level they are currently studying.

The exams will give the S3 an opportunity to practise their exam technique under timed conditions. Some of the exams will take place in the exam hall in Ralston currently being used for the ‘real’ SQA exams.

S3 Exams Timetable

Here are some more achievements from our fabulous young people!

• Carla (s3) has qualified through to the Scottish Cup final for Womens rugby at u18. Carla was recently brought up to u18, as well as playing with the u15 squad, as a result of her excellent performances.

• Miriam was named pupil of the year for her Practical Cookery at West College.

• Kerry was an exhibitor last month at an Art Exhibition at Strathclyde Uni as part of her Art Therapy group at the Royal Childrens’ Hospital.

• Well done to Mrs Kirkpatrick’s S1 English class who performed the poems that they’d written using Scots language.  They read confidently and their poems were very much enjoyed by the class and two special guests.

Well done to S3 pupils who spoke to the Education Committee this morning in East Renfrewshire’s Council Offices about their Duke of Edinburgh Award experiences and new opportunities.

The student are: Carla, Callum, Robyn, Hassan and Taylor.

They were a credit to themselves and to the school.

Well done to Mrs Kirkpatrick’s S1 English class who performed the poems that they’d written using Scots language.  They read confidently and their poems were very much enjoyed by the class and two special guests.

This free practical training is designed to increase parents’ and carers’ awareness of bullying and the other risks and challenges children and young people face online. It includes a practical, hands-on session on social media, looking at how to set and manage profiles and privacy settings, to help ensure that children and young people are safe online.

For further information and to book a place at our next event on 15 JUNE 2017,  please contact enquiries@respectme.org.uk

We are delighted to announce that our Easter School Program will run again this year.

Over the last few weeks the senior students have been signing-up for revision classes in a variety of subjects.  Each full morning session costs £3.25 and we ask that this is paid, in advance, online, using the ParentPay.

We hope that students make the most of this opportunity, and make great strides in their learning as they prepare for their SQA examinations.

 Congratulations to our teams still competing in the final week of the Young Enterprise Tenner Challenge.

Eilidh, Euan, Joel and Lisa have created a limited edition CD featuring 3 raps written and performed by Euan Gilmour (S3).

Euan gave two spell-binding performances to our S3 during assembly and to the staff Teaching and Learning Group on Wednesday.

The CD – History Has Its Eyes on You – is available at the bargain price of £3 and comes with a free bag of tablet.

Maria and Erin (both S2) are producing personalised art canvases and have been hard at work fulfilling their huge number of pre-orders.

These have proven to be popular Mother’s Day gifts and are available for £5 each.

If you are interested in purchasing either product, please contact Suzanne Wallace in the Pupil Support department.