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S3 Study Skills Event & Parent’s Information Evening

On the Thursday, 7th March all of our S3 students will be involved in a Preparing for Examinations Workshop.  The workshop will be presented by a company called Learning Performance and is aimed at increasing student confidence and preparedness for tests/assessments and examinations.  The workshop will be attended by all S3 students and will assist them in techniques such as mind-mapping, condensing and retaining information and various types of note-taking.

In addition we have arranged a Parental Information Evening on Tuesday, 26th March at 7pm in Ralston.  The evening will look to support parents with useful ideas and advice on how you can help your child prepare for assessments and examinations.  If you would like to attend the Parental Evening, then please download the attached letter and complete the tear-off slip.  This should then be returned to the the school office as soon as possible.

We hope all S3 students benefit from the workshop on the 7th March and look forward to meeting as many parents as possible on Tuesday, 26th March.

Ailish Douglas – 2 mile swim!

Congratulations to Ailish Douglas, who completed her sponsored swim for Alzheimer Scotland – 100 lengths in 65 minutes – and then went on to do an extra 30 for “fun” so she could complete 2 miles!

Both Barrhead News and PULSE FM will feature her efforts.

Ailish is 90% of the way towards her £600 target – if you wish to add support, please speak to Ailish or visit her justgiving webpage.

My World of Work

Subject choice help from My World of Work

Some great new content has just been launched on My World of Work to help school pupils and parents/carers get to grips with subject choice decisions.

Pupils can use the online Strengths tool to find out more about what they’re good at and what that might mean for a career. The content also includes some great tips from pupils, parents and careers advisers on subject choices such as:

 

  • Jobs of the future. While subject choices are important the world of work is changing. Find out what jobs you might end up doing that haven’t even been invented yet!

 

 

 

For more information, click here.

My World of Work is a Skills Development Scotland service that provides a unique mix of resources, features and job information to help people discover more about themselves and the future world of work.

Additional Support Needs – Parents’ Forum

The schools within the the Barrhead Cluster are keen to create a forum for parents on topics related to additional support needs. These events will be held each term within one of the Barrhead schools and would only be available to parents who attend one of the Barrhead schools (including Carlibar Family Centre). We would be grateful if you could take a couple of minutes to complete our survey so we can ensure we are creating forums which parents may find useful.

Senior Boys Basketball Win

Barrhead High’s senior boy’s basketball team have reached the semi-finals of the Renfrewshire and East Schools’ cup after defeating St Andrews Academy 52 – 69.

In a thrilling quarter-final match, away to St Andrew’s, Barrhead took an early lead in the 1st quarter (17 – 24) thanks in the main to Stewart Booth and Jon Faulds scoring 12 and 10 points respectively.  Barrhead extended their lead in the 2nd quarter with some excellent interplay.  Fraser Black also contributed with two, 3-pointers.  By the halfway point Barrhead lead 29-39.

Into the third quarter and the boys upped their game again scoring 19 points in total, and at the same time restricted the opposition to 9 points.  As Barrhead started the 4th quarter, they lead the game 38 – 58.  St Andrew’s then began to produce some of their best basketball scoring 14 points this quarter.  With a commanding lead, Barrhead were content to hold on to the ball when in offense, although Scott MacCuish scoring three consecutive baskets, ensured Barrhead maintained their lead.

Other unsung heroes included Max Curran who rebounded well at both ends of the court, Stuart Faulds who defended well against older and more experienced players and Colin Redmond for his rebounding and ridiculous looking headband.

Barrhead now meet Williamwood H.S. in the semi-final.  Well done boys!