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Congratulations to Kyle O’Neill (S1) who recently attended The Brits – a week-long ski & snowboarding event held in Tignes, France.
In preparation for the event Kyle attended the Scottish Ski and Boardercross Championships at Glenshee, winning a silver medal.
Well done Kyle and keep up the hard work!
46 S1 pupils and 5 members of staff are having an ‘adventurous’ time on the Adventure Weekend trip to Kingswood Centre near Hexham. They have been kept busy on a variety of activities and are having a great time. Follow their progress on twitter ‘Barrhead Adv Trip’.
S4 Barrhead High School pupil Brooke Robinson chatting with Paul Wheelhouse MSP, Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs.
Brooke is part of the ‘Looking Forward, Not Back’ project, which is a joint initiative between Barrhead High, St. Luke’s High and East Renfrewshire Council’s Young Persons Services department.
The pupils have been learning about the historical background to sectarianism and about how it has impacted on Scottish life. Some of them attended a national conference in Stirling last Thursday as representatives of the group. They had to make a presentation about the work they have been doing over the last nine months and had the opportunity of meeting the minister.
Our pupils represented both themselves and the school very well and made a great impression.
Barrhead High pupil, Kirsty McGinley (S4) made the long journey north on Saturday to compete in the Scottish Schools Swimming Finals held in Aberdeen.
Kirsty finished in third place, earning herself a bronze medal in the 400m Individual Medley. She also made sixth place in the 200m Individual Medley.
Not wanting to rest on her laurels, Kirsty then headed on Sunday to North Ayrshire where she achieved a bronze in the 800m freestyle , a gold in the 200m breaststroke and a gold in the 200m backstroke.
Fantastic performances yet again – well done Kirsty – we are all really proud of you.
Congratulations to Kirsty McGinley (S4) who recently competed in the Scottish Schools Draft.
In both the 200m and 400m Individual Medley, Kirsty managed to finish in 4th place; a fabulous achievement.
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Johnathan Gilmour competed in the Scottish National Championships last month.
He won gold in his own Category, securing the title of Junior 16-17 National Champion 2014.
He also fought up in seniors (over 18) teams and won Gold with his team, securing the Senior Team National Champions 2014.
Another fantasic achievement from Jonathan – it is exciting to watch his progress over the years … and who knows what the future will bring?!
By the end of today, all S4 and S5 students will have taken part in a Mindset for Achievement workshop, which encourages students to question their response to an opportunity or challenge in their life.
The course has been delivered by Live-n-Learn, a local company that specialises in motivating secondary school students.
Parents of S4 and S5 students are welcome to attend our workshop, tonight at 6.30pm in Ralston, where you can experience the motivational techniques first hand.
I look forward to our meeting later this evening.
Thursday 13th November saw Barrhead back at St Luke’s for another speaking competition. We were taking part in the Rotary Youth Speaks Competition.
For the first time we entered the Intermediate competition as well as the Senior competition. For our Intermediate team this was the first time they had ever taken part in a speaking competition. Jonathan Gibson (S2) was our chairperson, Tom MacKay (S3) our speaker and Lee McTernan (S2) was our proposer of the vote of thanks. The boys put on a brilliant performance, discussing whether or not we should bring back the death penalty, and thoroughly impressed the judges. So much so that they won and will now go on to the next round on the 1st February 2015.
Our Senior team was made up of Alexandra Campbell (S6) our chairperson, Fraser Lundie (S5) our speaker and Euan Stevenston (S5) our proposer of the vote of thanks. Again the team put on an impressive performance discussing the risk of remembering the past through rose tinted glasses and not seeing the merits of today. Jim Murphy M.P. referred to Fraser’s speech several times during his feedback to all the teams in the award ceremony. Unfortunately the team were pipped at the post. Several members of the Rotary and teachers from other ERC schools commented on the calibre of the speeches this year. We are very proud of both teams.
A big thank you goes to Mr Maybury for all his hard work getting the pupils ready for the competition.
Pupils interested in joining the Barrhead Speaking Club should meet in Mr Maybury’s room on Mondays at lunchtime.
All S4 & S5 students will be issued with a letter in the next few days detailing a Mindset for Achievement workshop that will be held on Monday & Tuesday, 1st & 2nd December. This fast-paced workshop will challenge student’s attitudes and beliefs; do they have a fixed or growth mindset, how to deal with challenges in their lives and how to motivate themselves.
In addition, we are offering a parents’ mindset workshop on Tuesday, 2nd December at 6.30pm.
If you would like to attend the parents’ mindset workshop, then please return the tear-off slip (see the student letter) to the school office.
We look forward to welcoming you on Tuesday, 2nd December at 6.30pm.
Well done to BHS Senior Boys Basketball Team who managed a slim victory against St Ninians HS, winning 24-26.
Barrhead started the game brilliantly with some excellent inter-play between D Mundemba and A Watson. Into the second quarter with Barrhead leading 7-11, St Ninians stormed into the lead, finishing the half 17-13 ahead.
In the second half both teams tired a little, which allowed J Beatt to demonstrate some excellent individual skill by driving to the basket on numerous occasions. The final few minutes of the game were frantic, with Barrhead ahead by two points both teams used time-outs to tweak their offences. Further good work from D Mundemba in defense ensured victory for Barrhead.
Well done to all of the boys involved, including those that debuted for the team – E. Stevenson, A Innes, R Cooper, A Gilmour, S Ahmed, N Telerman and K McCormack.
