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Burns Supper

Burns SupperThe best–laid schemes o’ mice an ‘men gang aft agley– but not on this occasion!

Barrhead High celebrated the bards birthday in fine fashion with a senior students Burns Supper at lunchtime on Monday the 25th of January. The supper was hosted in the school canteen which was decorated for the event with the seniors wearing tartan to mark the occasion. The atmosphere was set by the school pipers led by Ms Walker who played the senior students into the canteen as the wind and rain buffeted the quadrangle. The seniors were treated to music played by S6 students: Robbie, Varun and Fraser before Mr Gillespie addressed the Haggis, piped in to the hall by Eilidh Grant in dramatic fashion!

The school canteen served traditional Burns’ fair and the students were joined by more than twenty staff who were guests for the occasion. All who attended thought that the food and entertainment were first rate. The traditional toast to the lassies and the more modern reply for the lassies were delivered by Euan and Olivia who made us all think and laugh. All in all it was a terrific event that showed the strength of our school community and once again demonstrated the depth and range of talent within the school.

I am quite certain that Burns himself would have approved!

 

S1 Boys Basketball

Well done to the S1 Boys basketball team, who took to the court last night for their very first games in a Barrhead High strip.

The boys were playing away at Williamwood High School against St Ninians and Williamwood.  In the first game, the boys imposed themselves early on, but squandered a number of chances under the basket.  In defence, Jordan and Jac were keeping the St Ninians side quiet.

Into the second half, the boys continued to play well with Sean and Connor converting a few baskets.  St Ninians finished the stronger, winning the game 12-4.

In the second game against Williamwood, the boys started well and by the half-way point the game was tied at 10-10.  In the second half, Connor made a number of lay-ups to keep us in the game, but again Williamwood had too much.  The final score was 21-18 to Williamwood.  All of the boys played a part in both games and have a new found confidence, which they will carry into their next games on the 2nd Feb.  

Team Captain: Connor

Man of the Match: Jordan 

 

East Renfrewshire Volunteer Programme

Active SchoolsEast Renfrewshire Culture and Leisure Limited are looking to recruit an enthusiastic group of sports volunteers, aged 16 or over, to assist in the delivery of their sport and physical activity programmes including multi-sport coaching (daytime, after school, evenings or weekends) and school holiday activities.  Our next recruitment evening will be held as follows:

 

Wednesday 3rd February 2016

St Ninian’s High School, Giffnock

6.00 – 7.00pm

 

If you think you have what it takes and can make a difference to the local sports community, we’d love to hear from you!  For more information or to book a place, please contact Barry Cook, Active Schools Team Leader on 0141 570 7330 or email activeschools@ea.e-renfrew.sch.uk

Scholar Online Sessions

Next week’s SCHOLAR online sessions will be:

Advanced Higher Modern Languages                                                Tuesday 26th January             7.30 pm

Advanced Higher Computing Science                                                 Wednesday 27th January      7.30pm

Full details can be found on the SCHOLAR website: http://scholar.hw.ac.uk/Resources/Live_Online_Sessions/

 

The Tutors will also be online to answer student questions on the discussion boards, details can be found: http://scholar.hw.ac.uk/Resources/Ask_a_Tutor.html

 

 

S4 & 5 Options Choices

doors-optionsOver the next few weeks all S4 and S5 students will be looking at the subjects they wish to continue studying in 5th or 6th year.

The following booklets explain what courses are available to students:

1.  National 5 courses

2.  Higher courses

3.  Advanced Higher courses (S6 only)

4.  Additional courses

Each student will have an interview with either their Pastoral Support Teacher or a member of the Senior Leadership Team, to help them with their decision.

If students are unclear about what a particular course involves, then they are welcome to ask for advice from a teacher or principal teacher of that subject.