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January 2014 – Supported Study Dates!

Supported Study Dates for January 2014 are now available (here). 

These sessions are open to all senior students studying at the level indicated next to the session. 

We strongly recommend that you attend these sessions in order to improve your chances of achieving the best possible results in the exams in May 2014.

Please add as many sessions to your calendar as you can.  All sessions start immediately after school on the day indicated.

Mini Trials

 

 

On Saturday the 30th of November Barrhead High senior pupils took part in The East Renfrewshire Mini Trials held in the Paisley Sheriff court.
The pupils had prepared two cases thoroughly and were excited about the prospect of ‘competing’ against other East Renfrewshire schools in open court.
The day was split into two halves: the morning was spent in court dramatically reproducing an assault case, while the afternoon was spent re-enacting a civil case involving a snail and a ginger beer company! Needless to say, Barrhead High School’s top lawyers and witnesses achieved a positive result in both of the cases, persuading the jurors of the strength of their cases.

At the end of the day the pupils were awarded certificates of participation from The Dean of The Faculty of Advocates who expressed his delight at the quality of the arguments prepared by the teams involved. Barrhead’s own coach, lawyer Gordon Ritchie had this to say: “Please pass on my congratulations to your pupils who excelled at this years event. The lawyers were confident and assured and asked relevant and pertinent questions, and I was particularly impressed by the two speeches. The witnesses also gave great performances and all the pupils were a credit to their school.”
It is great to see the pupils at Barrhead High school excelling in public speaking, particularly when so many teachers promote this as a key skill in their classrooms as part of the curriculum for excellence.

Well done all of those who took part.

Supported Study Timetable

It’s that time of year again – and we don’t mean Christmas!
Supported Study is now running for all pupils sitting SQA exams this session. By clicking here you will find a list of supported study dates for December.

These dates are open to all students studying at the level indicated next to the session. We strongly recommend that you attend these sessions in order to improve your chances of achieving the best possible results in the exams in May.

The calendar will be updated on a monthly basis. Please enter all relevant dates into your diary. All sessions start immediately after school on the day indicated.

Litter Pick

 
Barrhead High School is the first school to take to the streets since the Implementation of the Clean up Scotland / East Renfrewshire launch 1 November 2013.  The litter pick took place in the surrounding areas of Barrhead.  Afterwards the pupils signed a pledge to help keep our local streets free of litter. 

 

 

We’ve Won the Kew Garden Project!!!!

     

Kew Garden Grow Wild Project – We Won!

This will bring £100,000 to see the old waterworks transformed into a wild flower garden area, which will be a tremendous boost to the local community and the town of Barrhead.

Thank you to everyone who voted for Barrhead Water Works Project. This is a fabulous achievement not only for the school but for our local community.

We hope work on creating the wild flower garden on the site will start soon and pupils from the school will be involved.  We will keep you posted on progress.

Ailish Douglas – Synchronised Swimming

   

 

 

Well done to Ailish Douglas who recently competed in her first national synchronised swimming event.  Ailish swam with the Clydebank Team to a Beatles medley.  The team won silver in the Scottish section.  Ailish joined the Clydebank Team this August and still continues with the Ren96 team – she trains 3-4 times a week.

You can keep up to date with Clydebank Synchronized Swimming Club’s events by liking their facebook page.