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1st year

Showcase Event – Wed 22nd Nov

Parents of pupils in S1 & S2, as well as parents of pupils in P6 & P7 in our associated primary schools, have been invited to come in to school to see what school life is like for their young people in the new school.

The evening will commence at 7 pm in the Games Hall. From there parents will go in groups to 3 different areas of the school to get a taste of school life and find out what pupils are doing in the classroom. Everybody will then return to the Games Hall and some of our ‘PE’ pupils will entertain us.

During the evening, there will also be musical contributions and displays showing other aspects of school life.

I look forward to meeting you on the evening.

Mr Sinclair

S1 Parent/Carer Workshop

The S1 Parent/Carer Information Evening is on Thursday, 12th October commencing at  6.30pm.

On the evening our Faculty Heads from English, Maths, Science and Social Subjects will share practical tips and advice on how to support your child’s learmning.

 

We look forward to welcoming you on Thursday at 6.30pm.

S1 – Geography Creativity

S1 pupils have been creating fabulous models as part of their first piece of homework.  They were given the brief to create a model of anything with a link to geography and with their name in it.  The imagination and hard work by all the pupils – and helpful mums, dads, carers, grans and papas was outstanding. We are looking forward to another set arriving in the second term when the pupils have rotated to their other social subject.

 s1-geo-2  s1-geo  s1-geo-3

 

Trampoline Club

The Trampoline club runs every Tuesday with the following year groups:

  1. S1 students attend every fortnight from Tuesday 4th Oct.
  2. S2-6 students attend every fortnight from Tuesday 11th Oct.

If you are unsure which week to attend, please see Miss Irvine in PE.

 

Now the Work is Really Underway!

photo-73 of our S1 pupils – Sophie, Jamie and Kyle – accompanied Mr Sinclair to the official “turf-cutting” event for the new school last week. They were joined by ERC councillors and officials celebrating the start of the process.

It was exciting to see the difficulty they had in finding a bit of turf to cut. Work has already started and things are moving quickly. The noisy pile-driving stage has been completed ahead of schedule with no disruption to the SQA exams. You can now see the shape the building will take from the piles that have been sunk into the ground to support the foundations and the whole area has now been dug up ready.

Sophie wielded a mean spade and the boys could only doff their hats in respect! Well done to all 3.

Mr Sinclair

S1 Boys Basketball

Well done to the S1 Boys basketball team, who took to the court last night for their very first games in a Barrhead High strip.

The boys were playing away at Williamwood High School against St Ninians and Williamwood.  In the first game, the boys imposed themselves early on, but squandered a number of chances under the basket.  In defence, Jordan and Jac were keeping the St Ninians side quiet.

Into the second half, the boys continued to play well with Sean and Connor converting a few baskets.  St Ninians finished the stronger, winning the game 12-4.

In the second game against Williamwood, the boys started well and by the half-way point the game was tied at 10-10.  In the second half, Connor made a number of lay-ups to keep us in the game, but again Williamwood had too much.  The final score was 21-18 to Williamwood.  All of the boys played a part in both games and have a new found confidence, which they will carry into their next games on the 2nd Feb.  

Team Captain: Connor

Man of the Match: Jordan