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Pupils

Jonathan is a Real Champion!

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?!

Supported Study – December

The supported study calendar for December is shown below. Supported study will run for the first two weeks of December only. These sessions are vital in supporting our young people prepare for assessment so please encourage your son/daughter to make full use of the sessions on offer.

S4 Nationals        
         
Mon 1st Tues 2nd Wed 3rd Thurs 4th Friday 5th
N5 Biology  N5 English  N5 Physics N5 Maths  
N5 Art and Design Nat 4/5 Geog  N4/5 Drama N5 Chem   
    N5 PE  N5 Computing   
         
Mon 8th Tues 9th Wed 10th Thurs 11th Friday 12th
N5 Hist  N5 English  N5 Physics TM R21 N5 Maths  
N4/5 French N5 Busman  N4/5 Drama N5 Chem LB  
  N5 Music N5 PE DG    
         
         
         
S5/6 Higher / Intermediates    
         
Mon 1st Tues 2nd Wed 3rd Thurs 4th Friday 5th
Higher Eng  Higher Maths Higher Geog NW/LA Ad Higher/Higher Geog  Higher Eng CR PB 1/2
Int 2 Eng  Higher Busman Higher French  Higher Art and Design  
H Physics    Higher Maths Higher PE  
         
Mon 8th Tues 9th Wed 10th Thurs 11th Friday 12th
Higher Eng  Higher Music Higher Geog  Higher Mod St Higher Eng CR PB 1/2
H Physics  Int 2 Eng  Higher French  Higher Computing   
  Higher Biology    Higher PE  
  Higher Maths      
         

Barrhead Young Folk Speak Out … and very well!

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.

fireworks safety

Thank you to the Fire Officers from the Fire safety Centre in Paisley who spoke to our S1 pupils and our cluster P7 pupils who were visiting (Friday, 31st Oct) for the first of their taster sessions.  Fire Safety Officer Steven Smith advised young people on the potential dangers of fireworks and how to keep safe on bonfire night.

Careers Fayre – Thurs, 6th Nov

The Barrhead High Careers Fayre will take place at the school on Thursday 6th of November, from 7-9pm in the school dining area.

Over fifty delegates will be attending, including the major colleges and universities near Glasgow and beyond to answer any queries pupils have about their future studies. In addition, there will be a number of people representing a number of jobs in the ‘real people, real jobs’ section, covering a wide spectrum of professions (details attached).

This is a unique opportunity for the young people of Barrhead High to ask people about a number of careers with the aim of helping them make the correct choices as they consider their futures.

Parents and carers are encouraged to attend the event along with young people, which is a ‘drop-in’ evening where pupils can arrive and leave when they choose.

Any questions or queries, or if you would like to attend as a part of the ‘real people, real jobs’ section, please contact the school on 0141 577 2100.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Check Schoolbags for Mail!

All pupils should have received an envelope today containing the summary October 2014 Newsletter and a copy of the summary Standards & Quality Report for last session 2013/14. Note that the full version of each of these will be added to the website tomorrow (we hope – there were IT issues today which did not allow us access).

Note that the summary Newsletter has a copy of the Important Dates for the rest of this session. The full Newsletter also contains next session’s holidays.

Also in the envelope is a warning that we may be affected by strike action by UNISON. This has not been confirmed yet and will probably not be until next week. We will let you know more on pupils’ return to school on Monday 20th Oct. However school will be on that day but some services may be affected.

For S4 pupils, you will also find information relating to the Spotlight exams, immediately after the October Week.