Tag Archives: – Achievement

Christmas Can Collection

Barrhead High School’s Rights Respecting School group organised a Dress As You Please  day on Wednesday 19th December.  Instead of paying money to come in casual dress, the school had their annual Christmas Can Collection and pupils and staff brought in a fantastic collection of cans and other dried goods.  

These were then passed on to the Barrhead Social Work Department to be distributed to those in need in our local community during the festive period. This is our 8th annual collection and we are delighted by the kindness and generosity of our pupils.

Thank you and Merry Christmas to all.

Movember Appeal

A group of our senior pupils, including Richard Barr, Christopher Buntin, Connor Donaghy, Andrew McLennan, David Dunwoodie, Fraser Black, Saud Khalil, Scott McCuish, Callum Aird, Dylan Jenks, Finlay Wright and Scott Wright,  joined the Movember appeal and between them raised £732.02. Well done boys … and is is good to see your cleanshaven looks again!

St Andrew’s Day

St Andrew’s Day

Our Religious Education Department recently hosted a Scottish Quiz to celebrate St Andrew’s Day. Subjects across the school taught a Scottish themed lesson and the information from these was used to form the basis of a quiz.

Well done to all who took part but a special well done to our quiz winners, there were 3 from each class and Alex Fenn who had the highest score.

Duke of Edinburgh Awards

Congratulations to the following pupils who have gained their Bronze Level Duke of Edinburgh Award. This is a tremendous achievement and we are delighted with the commitment and hard work the young people have shown in pursuing this award.

Well done to them all.

A special mention to Richard Barr who achieved his Sliver Level Award.

The group are now working towards their Silver Level Award and have inspired others to get involved too. 

Back Row

Olivia Ross, Lorna Cairns, Ciara Morton, Nicola Hopewell, Ross McLardy, Richard Barr, 

Front Row

Kirsty MacDonald, Ally Campbell, Alan Watson, Ross Bernard, Noah Telerman.

S1 – Geography Models

Some of our S1 Geography classes were asked to make a model of a place or feature from anywhere in the world. 

Students were to incorporate their name it their model as well.

The results were excellent and a big thank you to all the Mums & Dads, grans & papas who helped the class with their work.

*Please note clicking the above image will download an .mpg4 file to your computer.

Mini Trials – Paisley Sheriff Court

Well done to the S5/6 pupils who took part in the Mini Trials at Paisley Sheriff Court on Saturday the 24th of November, along with all the other East Renfrewshire Council schools.

The pupils spent the day being advocates defending their clients with great skill, winning both of their cases! The students were a credit to the school and looked extremely smart in their school uniforms.

The attending lawyers and judges at the Paisley Sheriff Court were impressed by the very high standard of performance of the Barrhead team, commenting on the preparation that went in to the performance on the day. All of the Barrhead pupils have been invited back to the high court by the Procurator Fiscal in order to shadow the professionals conducting real cases!

We are certain that there are some budding lawyers in this group!

         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         

Senior boys basketball win

Barrhead’s senior boys basketball team recently travelled to Johnstone High school for their third away game of the season.

Johnstone High are competing in the league for the first time this year and this allowed a number of Barrhead’s fringe players to stake a claim for more court time.

Another good 1st quarter from Craig Campbell and Scott MacCuish got Barrhead into a commanding lead.  Fraser Black, Jon Faulds and Stewart Booth were used sparingly, but controlled possession for Barrhead High when on court.  Max Curran and Colin Redmond worked tirelessly at both ends of the court claiming rebounds.  Barrhead eventually ran out 28 – 69 winners.  Well done to all the boys involved.

Senior Boys Basketball win

Barrhead High’s senior boys basketball team managed their second win of the week by defeating Gleniffer High school 72 – 24.  The game was played in a good spirit with Gleniffer competing in their first ever basketball league game.

Barrhead’s quality shone through with an excellent first quarter from Craig Campbell and Scott McCuish.  Well done to all the boys who participated.