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Barrhead Rotary Youth Speaks competition

Well done to Daniel Cunningham, Richard Barr and Richard Halligan (S6 pupils) who took part in the Barrhead Rotary Youth Speaks competition against other East Renfrewshire schools. The pupils gave speeches on the influence of social media in society. The standard of presentation was very high and the boys received very positive feedback from all of the judges and assembled teaching staff and parents, not to mention our own MP Jim Murphy, on their outstanding performance. They were praised for working extremely well as a team and being very confident speakers. In truth, at least we thought so, they stole the show!

The Rotary Youth Speaks is just one of many inter school and inter authority debates that have taken place and are scheduled to take place involving Barrhead pupils this year. The boys who took part last night have also competed recently in the English Speaking Union debating competition, winning their section and progressing to the second round while two of our S6 pupils will also be taking part in the Donald Dewar Memorial Debate in the near future where they will be discussing the rights and wrongs of inheritance tax! We also have a group of confident third year pupils who have taken part in inter school debates with Mearns Castle High School recently to great acclaim.

If parents wish to find out more about debating at Barrhead High School they should get in touch with the school by email and direct their enquiry to A Laitano or A Beaton in the English Department. If you are out and about in Paisley on Saturday the 20th you may also wish to pop in to the sheriff court where twelve of our S5 and S6 pupils will be lawyers for a day, prosecuting and defending in a real court of law together with real QCs and real judges!

Senior Boys Basketball Win

Barrhead High School’s senior boys’ basketball team got the new season off to a flyer last night with a win against Renfrew High School.

The boys started the game well, taking a 15-19 lead in the first quarter.  In the second quarter Barrhead consolidated their lead with some excellent 3-pointers from Fraser Black and Stewart Booth.  Jon Faulds also contributed with four consecutive lay-ups without reply.

In to the third quarter and Barrhead came into their own, extending their lead to 15 points (43 – 58).  Stewart Booth produced some of the best basketball of the game scoring 14 of Barrhead’s 21 points this quarter alone. 

As the game entered the final quarter Renfrew High rallied; they found their purpose and drove at the tiring Barrhead defence bringing their score to within four points of Barrhead.  However, man-of-the-match S Booth, pounced on a defensive error and scored a lay-up; winning a foul throw in the process.  Barrhead High went on to win the game by 58 – 67.

Other star performers included Scott MacCuish and Max Curran for some excellent rebounding at both ends of the court.  Thomas McGaughey was forever making darting runs through the middle of the court stretching the opposition. 

Well done to all the boys involved.  Onward and upward!

Debating Winners

Congratulations to Daniel Cunningham and Richard Halligan (S6 boys)  who represented the school at the lst round of the English Speaking Unions Annual Schools Debate competition.  The boys performed outstandingly against a very strong and experienced team and were put through to the next round.  The judges were extremely pleased with the high level of debating that took place and we wish them all the best in the next round.

Exam success at Barrhead High

This year saw the largest number of S5 students achieving passes in all 5 of their Higher subjects.  Congratulations to the eighteen pupils (some of which are pictured below) who passed all five of their Higher exams:  Mark Addie, Righard Barr, Fraser Black, Conor Coogan-Horne, Daniel Cunningham, Holly, Cunningham, Max Curran, Liam Easson-Brausch, Richard Halligan, Jamie MacKenzie, Andrew McDougall, Craig Wallace, Ross McFarlane, Ross Paton, Cameron Ritchie, Kieran Scott, Nicholas Scott and  Michael Slater.

Education Convener Awards

Congratulations to Jon Faulds, Stuart Booth, Cheyenne Hodgson, Nikki Todd and Liam Jeffery who were nominated to receive an Education Convener Award. Pupils attended a special awards ceremony at the Carmichael Hall in Eastwood Park and were presented with their award by Heather Reid OBE.

Pupils were nominated under a range of categories:

Jon Faulds for Sports – playing basketball for Scotland under 15’s

Stuart Booth for Sports – playing basketball for Scotland under 14s

Cheyenne Hodgson for Community Service and her fund raising for a Scout trip to build a school in Botswana.

Nikki Todd for Advocacy and her work as a young carer

Liam Jeffrey for Advocacy and his work as a young carer

Well done to them all, we are all very proud of their achievements.

Ocean Youth Trust

Congratulations to Amy Toal, Shannon Peacock and Chelsea Gallagher who recently completed a 5 day sailing trip from Oban to Jura with the Ocean Youth Trust. The girls had a fantastic time learning new skills and meeting new people from other schools in East Renfrewshire. We are all very proud of their achievement.

Pulse FM

Pulse Fm our community radio station is this week celebrating the work of East Renfrewshire Schools.  As part of the celebrations a lunch time concert was held in Barrhead High.

Thank you to all who played but a special mention to ex pupil Gregor Coleman who along with his band Supernova prove to be a huge hit – we wish them every success in the future.

Green Flag

Barrhead High is delighted to announce it is now officially a Green Flag school. The themes chosen for our application were Health & Well Being, Biodiversity and Litter. Feedback from our application was extremely positive and already we are working towards our second Green Flag. Thank you and well done to everyone who has contribute towards this outstanding achievement.

Duke of Edinburgh Award

Congratulations to Ross Bernard, Ross McLardy, Noah Telerman, Ally Campbell, Kirsty McDonald, Alan Watson (all S3), Olivia Ross, Lorna Cairns, Nicola Hopewell, Ciara Morton (all S4) and Richard Barr (S5) on completing a 2 day, 1 night Bronze Duke of Edinburgh’s award practice expedition. The pupils enjoyed themselves and were a credit to the school. Good luck for the final expedition in June!