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Pupils

Lost Property – going … going … gone!

We have a significant quantity of lost property and too much now to store or keep any longer. We are planning to highlight this over the next week and anything unclaimed by the end of the week will be passed on for charity / clothes bank.

The items will be put out on display in the Reprographics Room this week. Pupils can check it out  by calling at the School Office and they will be directed to it. Any parent who wishes to look for particular items  is welcome to come into school and report to the School Office.

Hopefully some lost items will be reunited with their owners but if not, at least they will go somewhere useful.

Mr S

Barrhead High School Remembrance Service 2018

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The video clips below will give you a better picture of our Remembrance Service.

 

The first, lasting 2 minutes, gives a sense of the service and its impact. It was put together by our talented multimedia technician, Matthew Mathieson, and he has captured the spirit of the day with a very atmospheric account.

The Remembrance Service

The second is a 7 minute video, put together by our RME teacher, Mr Maybury, and is the one we all watched during the service. It links Barrhead, old and new, to memories of the war.

Barrhead Remembers.

Barrhead Remembers

Remembrance was at the forefront of our activities this week.

Pupils took time out each day to consider different aspects of remembrance and what we can learn today, in their classes.

 

 

 

 

 

On Friday, the focus culminated in a very special assembly with the whole school together in the Big Steps area at the heart of the school.

We were led in our thinking by pupils, staff and chaplain Rev Jim Cowan with words, music, art work, video and drama.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We finished with the Last Post and the silence while pupils laid wreaths and poppies fell.

 

 

 

 

A remembrance none of us will forget soon – just as it should be!

 

S5/6 PRELIMS

The S5/6 Prelim Examinations start on Monday the 5th of February.

A copy of the timetable can be accessed using the link below.

All of our students need to be familiar with the day and time of their exams.

All pupils have been handed a paper copy of the timetable. Pupils with additional support requirements will be issued with a separate personalised timetable from the support department.

If you would like extra advice on studying and dealing with exam stress then visit the SQA study guides section of their website (link below).

Mr Beaton

S5,6 Prelim TT Feb 2018

BHS S56 prelim handout

SQA Study Guide

 

Barrhead High School Official Opening

Representatives of pupils, parents and staff joined with East Renfrewshire councillors and officials as well as some of the partners who were involved in building the new school, for the official opening earlier today.

Provost Jim Fletcher welcomed everyone to the new school before a very powerful video showing life in the new school, created by our multimedia technician Matthew Mathieson, was played. It can be seen at the link below and is already on the East Renfrewshire Facebook site with some photos and videos (check also the Parent Council Facebook page and Twitter for more).

Image may contain: 6 people, suitThe  pupil singing group then gave us 2 very appropriate songs – ‘We are the Children’ and ‘Follow Your Dreams’, beautifully sung, followed by Pachelbel’s Canon played superbly by the band.

Image may contain: 1 person, smiling, standingHead Teacher Andy Sinclair gave some thoughts around the new building from a school perspective before Councillor Paul O”Kane, Convenor for Education & Equalities, spoke and unveiled the Commemorative Plaque.

 

Councillor Tony Buchanan then made the closing remarks before the band played us out with ‘Best Years of Our Lives’ and our own catering staff provided an excellent buffet for the guests.

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It was an appropriate and meaningful way to ‘officially’ welcome in the new school and all present spoke very highly of the whole event.

Official Opening Video

IMPORTANT DATES 2017-18

I have attached below a link to the usual summary of our Important Dates for this session, which I hope will be of use to all parents. We will also add a quick link at the left side of the website that will take you straight to it.

I have also attached a link to another sheet which summarises some of the additional sessions we are offering to support parents in helping their young people. This includes our usual information sessions regarding pathways (options) at key stages. It also includes a number of other sessions which we hope parents will find to be useful.

This information will also be sent out as a paper copy via schoolbag-mail over the next few days.

Mr Sinclair

Important Dates 2017-18 FINAL

Parental events 2017-18

School Trips for Session 2017/18

All pupils should have received a letter (link below) on Friday with details of the school trips which staff have proposed running this session (and a couple of possible ones for next session).

It is unlikely we would be able to run all of these  but we are wanting to gauge the interest to identify the most popular choices. If your son / daughter would like to go on a trip, please complete the form and return it this week.

That will help us to  finalise which trips will be available.

Mr Sinclair

Trip Letter 1.9.2017pdf

S1 Rapid Response Challenge

Our S1 students are taking part in the Rapid Response Challenge today.

Rapid Response is ideally suited to Curriculum for Excellence as an interdisciplinary project which challenges pupils to consider the importance of STEM subjects – Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

Students compete in groups of 6 completing a variety of problem-solving tasks including purifying water, building shelters and transporting water.

Here’s hoping the weather holds!

     

 

 

 

S2 Geography – Model Volcanoes

S2 pupils have also been working hard to create DIY volcanoes.  This year saw some of our best ever entries; we had cakes, explosions and cross-sections!

All the volcanoes were of a very high standard and fitted the brief – to have the correct outer shape and colouring of a volcano, with some also showing the volcano’s inner structure. 

A big thanks to all the mums, dads, carers, grans and papas for all their support (and putting up with the mess!)

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S3 Geography – Model Towns

S3 pupils created model towns from Lego to show the growth and structure of cities – all demonstrated a very good understanding of the different land use zones within cities and how these are changing.

A reminder that all S1 and S2 pupils will rotate between History and Geography after the October break.

Can you help? If anyone is off on a break over the October week could you send us a postcard!

We use these to help decorate our large wall maps and with our Travel and Tourism classes.

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