Barrhead High School’s Rights Respecting Campaign Group would like to say a huge thank to staff and pupils for the foodbank donations received this morning. We have had a terrific response to our appeal. We are very proud of the contribution our school is making to support those in our community who find themselves facing difficult circumstances this Christmas.

Children’s Rights Charter Article 27
Young people have the right to food, clothing, a safe place to live and to have their basic needs met.

To all our parents: Please note the change in the law as of the 5th Dec 2016.

A wonderful evening was had on Wednesday, 23rd Nov when students, parents and teachers took part in Barrhead High School’s Showcase Event.

Parents were given a welcoming presentation from Mr Sinclair before having the opportunity to visit each dept. The night was made complete with a number of students demonstrating their acrobatic abilities in the games hall.

Well done to all involved.

We hope that all the parents and students who attended had a thoroughly enjoyable experience.

On Monday 21^st November, some of our S6 pupils were delighted to be invited to the Kaye Adams radio show on BBC Scotland.

They took part in an informative programme on UCAS and applying to University.

You can hear the programme on BBC iplayer at the following link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b055jkys/episodes/player

Well done everyone!

East Renfrewshire Council’s Young Person Services are organising a Diamond Challenge Event to celebrate the 60th-anniversary of The Duke of Edinburgh Award.

The event will be held at Eastwood High School on Friday, 25th Nov from 3pm to 7pm.

All money raised will help to transform the lives of disadvantaged young people.

People of all ages and abilities can get involved and complete a challenge, either in a team or individually. Participants can take part in a relay involving cycling, running, swimming or walking 60 miles.

Those who don’t want to take part in a physical activity can bake, learn an instrument, hula-hoop, sing or do yoga.

If you would like to take part in the Diamond Challenge, please contact Stuart Boag (DofE Coordinator) through the school office. All participants will receive an allocated time to arrive at Eastwood High School  and complete their challenge.

The senior pupils enjoyed a fabulous night of dancing and dressing up at this year’s Halloween disco. The Halloween disco is a tradition at Barrhead High school that this year’s senior leadership team were keen to continue.

The costumes, as you can see, were fun, inventive and creative and the night was attended by over seventy S5 and S6 students. While there were no prizes for the best costume the pictures included in this post will give you an idea of the work that went in to making the costumes, and the night itself, a success.

The Halloween disco is the first event hosted by the senior leadership in support of their own prom, with profits from the evening going towards the funding of the final event of the year. The disco was such a success that there is an appetite for a future Christmas dance! Watch this space!

Mr Beaton DHT

Well done to our S2 students who recently attended a STEM (Science, Technologies, Engineering & Maths) event at the BBC Production Facilities, Pacific Quay Glasgow.

The students were given a tour of the Reporting Scotland studio before trying their hand at presenting the weather.  In addition, the students were shown how a team of technical employees work together to produce a TV programme.

Well done to our Computing dept. and to all of the S2 students involved.

Our careers fair takes place from 6.30-8.30pm on Thursday 17^th November.

We have nearly 50 different exhibitors attending from colleges and universities; national and local companies and real people doing real jobs covering accountancy, healthcare, IT, teaching, construction trades, hairdressing, hospitality and many more.

This is a fantastic opportunity for our pupils (and their parents/carers) to gather the information they need to plan their future career pathways.

As we anticipate this will be a very busy evening, we would like to recommend that pupils and their parents/carers attend at the following times:

• S3-S6 – 6.30pm onwards
• S1-S2 – 7.15pm onwards

Please note, due to the number of exhibitors attending, there will be no parking available in the school grounds.

Please note:  S4 – National 5 – prelim exams start on Monday, 28th November.

A copy of the timetable can be found here:  S4 Prelim Exam Timetable 2015

We would encourage all of our students to be familiar with the day and time of your exams.  If you would like extra advice on studying and dealing with exam stress then visit the SQA study guides website.

Next week’s SCHOLAR online sessions will be:

Higher Physics                   Monday, 14 November 6:00pm

National 5 English             Tuesday, 15 November 6:00pm

Full details can be found on the SCHOLAR website:

http://scholar.hw.ac.uk/Resources/Live_Online_Sessions/

** Students can obtain their Scholar login details from any of their teachers. **