With the weather turning colder of late, we have recently issued all students with a Planned Emergency Closure letter.
We advise all parents to read the relevant letter below, and have your son/daughter return the tear-off slip to the school office as soon as possible.
Thank you.
We have recently started a Barrhead blogging club. We will be writing about different things going on in the school every month. Soon we are hoping to start vlogging as well so if you are interested in media or interviewing please join us. We meet every Monday lunch time at 12.40 in room 213. Everyone welcome!
Pupil council
We would like to tell you that the pupil council will be starting back up again. We need at least 1 person from each pastoral group and this applies to all year groups. The people who have been chosen will meet with Mrs Walker very soon.
Christmas fare
On Friday the 15th December we will be holding Christmas fare there will be lots of stalls to choose from like: sweets, crafts and much more! It will be hosted at interval and lunch, down in the canteen. This is also our Christmas jumper day. If you would like to wear your Christmas jumper remember to bring your foodbank donation.
Thank you,
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Can any S3 students wishing to undertake the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award over the next year see Mr Boag as soon as possible.
We currently have a number of S3 students who have completed their registration forms, paid their registration fee and are now completing each part of the award.
S3 students can still register for the award, but this would need to be completed by Friday, 1st December.
The next DOFE Meeting is on Wed, 29th Nov at 12.30pm in room 202.
1. Registration fee is £20. This would need to be paid by Friday, 1st Dec.
2. Walking boots – Approx £20 – £30 – walking boots are required for the expeditions that take place in June 2018 and Sept 2018. (All other kit for the expeditions can be borrowed from ERC. i.e. tents, rucksacks, trangia stoves, sleeping bags & roll mats)
3. Each expedition costs approximately £20. there are two expeditions lasting two days, and one night of camping. We endeavor to keep the costs of our expeditions to a minimum, by taking the students on expedition ourselves.
More information on the Duke of Edinburgh Award, can be found here: https://www.dofe.org/what-is-dofe
Parents of pupils in S1 & S2, as well as parents of pupils in P6 & P7 in our associated primary schools, have been invited to come in to school to see what school life is like for their young people in the new school.
The evening will commence at 7 pm in the Games Hall. From there parents will go in groups to 3 different areas of the school to get a taste of school life and find out what pupils are doing in the classroom. Everybody will then return to the Games Hall and some of our ‘PE’ pupils will entertain us.
During the evening, there will also be musical contributions and displays showing other aspects of school life.
I look forward to meeting you on the evening.
Mr Sinclair
The new facilities, with the bleacher seating in the Games Hall being used for the first time, allowed us to hold 2 remembrance services on Friday.
3 yeargroups joined together at each to remember the men and women of Barrhead, in particular, who gave their lives in the the wars of the last century.
In the week leading up to the event, pupils had engaged in a number of interdisciplinary actions including creative writing, art work and visits to the Cowan Park War Memorial.
On the day, our thinking was led by staff, pupils and our chaplain partner, Rev Jim Cowan, working together. Mr Maybury, with pupil help, had produced a moving video to focus our thoughts. 
Eilidh Weatherston and Holly Campbell once again led us into the minute’s silence, sounding out a powerful Last Post, and our singing group broke the silence with a moving rendition of the Christina Perri song, “1000 Years”.
I do not think anyone left the services unaffected by what they had seen, heard or ‘remembered’. The words of the ‘1000 Years’ song – “I will not let anything take away what’s standing in front of me” – were highly appropriate.
This week is Engineering Week 2017!
As part of Engineering Week we are highlighting to students the opportunities and career paths that are open to them.
As a starting point, students should read the ‘What is Engineering – Student Leaflet‘.
Parents/Carers can get involved to by reading ‘Parents Guide to Engineering careers‘.
For more information on how to progress from school, to university/modern apprenticeships and on to becoming an engineer, please view the Career Route Map.
For more information on Engineering Week or engineering careers in general, please view the Tomorrow’s Engineers website.
Achievements for this week:
On Wednesday 15th November, Barrhead High School are holding their first ever Senior Recruitment Fair.
All S4 leavers and S5 and S6 pupils will attend 3 sessions aimed at improving their knowledge of the skills required for the different stages of the recruitment process.
We have a huge variety of employers attending the event, including: J.P. Morgan, the RAF, Scotrail, Scottish Power, the Childcare Management Company, Complete Cleaning, The Salon, All Staff Recruitment, Topshop and many more.
Pupils will be selecting which sessions they would like to attend. Some of the sessions we have on offer include: Interview Skills, CV writing, Assessment Centres, Recruitment Agencies and Group Interview Skills amongst others.
We hope this innovative event will ensure our pupils are better informed and prepared for their chosen career pathway.
If you have any questions about the event, please contact Suzanne Wallace in the Pupil Support department.
A reminder to all S1 parents:
The S1 Parents’ Evening will take place on Thursday 9th November 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.
Most of the new facilities we have in the new school have been top class and we are enjoying making use of them.
Unfortunately we have had a couple of issues that are still to be resolved … and if you ask the pupils they will tell you the biggest frustration for them is … LOCKERS!
The winter is almost on us, outdoor jackets are a pain to carry around … and we have 900 lockers in the building. We also have 900 sets of keys. Unfortunately none of the lockers were numbered and we have been waiting for the numbers to arrive so we can direct pupils to the right locker.
The good news is there are enough lockers for everyone to get one, the numbers have been ordered and are expected anytime, we have started preparing the keys to give out to pupils and we hope you will have them in the next week or two.
We are taking a refundable deposit of £5 for the key (in case it gets lost) which should be paid on Parentpay.
Sorry for the delay – not long now!
Mr S
