All senior students are reminded that they can join as many of the following Scholar Tutor Sessions as they like.   All you need to do is join the session at the appropriate time.

Further Scholar Tutor Sessions can be found here.

Logging in: To login to Scholar, first login to Glow and then select the Scholar (Blue) tile. You should then be logged automatically into Scholar.

This week’s Scholar sessions:

The colder weather is arriving and with it the possibilty of a school closure during a school day due to severe weather. It has only happened twice in my 10 years here so it is a small possibility, but we need to have procedures in place in case.

We are following the same procedures as in previous years. All pupils have been spoken to and issued with a letter at assemblies this week (S4 next week). In summary, in the event of a closure:

• The health & safety of all pupils will be our first concern.
• Parents will be notified by a text to the main contact’s mobile number if the school is closing
• no pupil can leave school without being accounted for first
• S1/2 pupils will be kept in school until we have a contact from a parent/carer on the day
• S3/4 pupils can be given permission in advance by parents to leave school school on the day without further contact; otherwise they will be kept until parental contact is made
• S5/6 pupils can leave on the day without parental contact unless you tell us otherwise

On the day, parents can make contact by

• phoning direct to the school (although lines will be busy!)
• text  to their son/daughter’s mobile giving permission to leave, which can be shown to a teacher
• phoning their son/daughter’s mobile and speaking to a teacher
• coming into school to collect their son/daughter

Any action required NOW

• parents only require to return the tear-off slip if they think the school may not have the correct mobile number for the main contact (other than S3&4 – see below)
• parents of pupils in S1&2 do not need to do anything else
• parents of pupils in S3&4 should sign the return slip if they wish to give permission to leave in advance
• parents of pupils in S5&6  do not need to do anything else unless they do not want their son/daughter to leave on the day without them being notified first

Copies of the letter are in the quick links on the left of the website.

Mr Sinclair

Our Parent Council meeting will take place on Monday, 11th November from 7pm.

All parents and guardians are welcome to attend.

A reminder to all S5/6 Parents/Carers:

The S5/6 Parents/Carers Evening will take place on Thursday, 7th November 2018 from 4pm – 6.30pm.

Students are currently making appointments with their teachers, and can do so up until 4pm on Thursday.

We look forward to welcoming you on the evening.

The S6 Graduation & Prom have now been confirmed for Thurs 4th June 2020 and not the 11th as originally proposed.

The Important Dates sheet has been updated and a new version posted on the website.

On Friday, we had a major emphasis on fundraising for Breast Cancer research through a “Wear It Pink” day.

Pupils and staff really took this on board, adding something pink to their uniform and taking part in bake-sales, leg-waxing and much more.

Final amount to be confirmed following a raffle for a TV today (kindly donated by a parent) but we were already over £1100 bt the end of the day on Friday.

Get a flavour of the day from Matthew’s latest excellent video.

Barrhead High at its best!!

A reminder to all S2 girls:

If you are interested in the following STEM event, then see Mr Boag ASAP – the deadline for applications is Wednesday, 30th Oct.

Strathclyde University and The Weir Group have created the ‘Discovering Engineering with S2 Girls’ programme. This is a two-day STEM programme where S2 girls across the west of Scotland come together and work on STEM related challenges.

The course takes place in January 2020 in Strathclyde University.  Any S2 girls that are interested in this fantastic STEM opportunity should speak to Mr Boag (Maths) ASAP.

DEADLINE for applications is the 30th October 2019.

For more information, download the flyer, or explore Strathclyde University’s website here:

All senior students are reminded that they can join as many of the following Scholar Tutor Sessions as they like.   All you need to do is join the session at the appropriate time.

Further Scholar Tutor Sessions can be found here.

Logging in: To login to Scholar, first login to Glow and then select the Scholar (Blue) tile. You should then be logged automatically into Scholar.

This week’s Scholar sessions:

The Dance of Scotland are holding an Open Day on Saturday, 2nd November. For more info, click here. 

The supported study timetable for S4/5/6 is attached below.

The supported study sessions are not mandatory but we strongly advise that the pupils consider going to as many of the sessions as they can.

These sessions are specifically focused on preparing the pupils for their prelims and may focus on key parts of the course or on exam technique, or both.

We are also offering supervised Silent Study sessions every Monday – Thursday for S4-6 pupils who want a quiet place to study for an hour after school. This would not be teacher led but again we would recommend that pupils make use of this opportunity and parents can encourage this.

Mr Sinclair

Supported Study Timetable Oct 2019 – Jan 2020