Pupils
The heating and dehumidifiers have been working all weekend, and by this afternoon, most of the areas affected last week, including the carpets, had dried out.
The school will, as expected, open at the usual time of 8.45 am tomorrow (Monday).
A Sinclair
Thanks to all parents and carers for their support today when we were forced to operate our emergency closure procedures. If you have any feedback from this that might be helpful for the future, please let us know.
While some renovation work was being carried out in the school this morning, a mains water pipe fractured and caused significant flooding in one area of the school. Although most areas were unaffected directly, we were initially unable to stop the flow and were conscious that water had come in contact with electrical items, including our alarm system. To avoid any risk to the health and safety of all pupils and staff, we decided, in consultation with the Education Department, to close the school for the rest of the day.
I am pleased to inform you that due to the superb efforts of both our own janitorial staff and the wider East Renfrewshire Council team, most of the mess has already been cleared up and we now have the heating working 24 hours over the weekend and dehumidifiers operating. We are confident that we will be fully operational for 8.45 am on Monday morning.
If there is any change to that, we will signal it on the website and text all parents as soon as possible, but please, in the meantime, assume it will be “service as usual”!.
A Sinclair, Head Teacher
On the Thursday, 7th March all of our S3 students will be involved in a Preparing for Examinations Workshop. The workshop will be presented by a company called Learning Performance and is aimed at increasing student confidence and preparedness for tests/assessments and examinations. The workshop will be attended by all S3 students and will assist them in techniques such as mind-mapping, condensing and retaining information and various types of note-taking.
In addition we have arranged a Parental Information Evening on Tuesday, 26th March at 7pm in Ralston. The evening will look to support parents with useful ideas and advice on how you can help your child prepare for assessments and examinations. If you would like to attend the Parental Evening, then please download the attached letter and complete the tear-off slip. This should then be returned to the the school office as soon as possible.
We hope all S3 students benefit from the workshop on the 7th March and look forward to meeting as many parents as possible on Tuesday, 26th March.
East Renfrewshire Council’s, Sports Services Spring Holiday activity programmes are now available for booking. To view all of our activities, please click here.
Congratulations to Ailish Douglas, who completed her sponsored swim for Alzheimer Scotland – 100 lengths in 65 minutes – and then went on to do an extra 30 for “fun” so she could complete 2 miles!
Both Barrhead News and PULSE FM will feature her efforts.
Ailish is 90% of the way towards her £600 target – if you wish to add support, please speak to Ailish or visit her justgiving webpage.
Ailish Douglas is planning a sponsored swim at the Lagoon centre on the 22nd February 2013 to raise money for Alzheimer Scotland.
Ailish has set herself an ambitious target of 100 lengths of the pool. If you would like to contribute to Ailish’s effort, then please do so through Ailish’s just-giving page.
There will be a new Duke of Edinburgh Group starting in the school on a Thursday night between 4pm and 6.30pm. This group is for those aged 14+ interested in achieving their bronze award. If you would like to join please pass your name to Miss Potter.
More information can be found at The Duke of Edinburgh Award website.
For more information on East Renfrewshire’s vocational options for next session, click here.
If you would like to find out more please speak to Miss Potter.
Rights Respecting School Steering Group will meet on a Wednesday lunchtime (12.30pm) in Room 41.
All year groups welcome.
Please bring your lunch with you.
Thank you to our Art department and pupils who helped to create a wonderful festive window display for the charity shop Mary’s Meals. The design was also used for our annual Christmas card.
