Our thanks to everyone who has contributed to our annual Christmas Can Appeal. All donations are being passed to the Barrhead Foodbank to be distributed to those in need in our local community at what can be a particularly difficult time for many families.
The Rights Respecting School Group.
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.
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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.
A reminder to all S4, S5 and S6 parents that a seminar on Mindsets will take place tonight (Wednesday, 6th Nov) commencing at 6.30pm in Ralston.
The evening will consist of a presentation from Live-N-Learn – a company that specialises in mindsets training for all school-age students.
We hope that the information provided will be both useful and practical, allowing you to support your son/daughter as they work towards their SQA Examinations.
Barrhead High School, along with ‘Still Game’, a local retired people’s club and East Renfrewshire Council are through to the final voting stage in the Grow Wild competition with a chance to win £100,000 of Big Lottery Funding.
The Water Works project aims to transform the abandoned sewage works into an industrial wildlife area, using the derelict sewage tanks as giant experimental planters where wild flower habitats can be carefully created. If successful the project will play an important role in our pupils achieving their John Muir Trust Discovery Level Award and in the school renewing its Green Flag status.
There are only 3 projects shortlisted for the whole of Scotland … and there will only be one winner. The result now depends on the public vote … so we need your help!
Voting is now open and will close on the 3rd November. Please vote now at www.vote.growwilduk.com
If you would like to find out more about this exciting project please click here.
Barrhead High School, along with ‘Still Game’, a local retired people’s club and East Renfrewshire Council has been shortlisted for a chance to win £100,000 of Big Lottery Funding. The Water Works project aims to transform the abandoned sewage works into an industrial wildlife area, using the derelict sewage tanks as giant experimental planters where wild flower habitats can be carefully created. If successful the project will play an important role in our pupils achieving their John Muir Trust Discovery Level Award and in the school renewing its Green Flag status.
There are 4 projects which have been shortlisted so to win we need your vote. Voting opens to the public on the 14th October through to the 4th November – we will post details as soon as we receive them. If you would like to find out more about this exciting project please click here.
Our Youth Achievement Award Group are organising a charity event to raise money for the charity, Mary’s Meals. The group are planning an event around ‘World Porridge Day‘ (Thursday, 10th October), which seeks to raise awareness of the hardships experienced by children in developing countries.
On Thursday, both students and staff will have a bowl of porridge to highlight the fact that for some children in developing countries that one bowl of porridge is the only meal they will get that day. All pupils who turn up on Thursday, before the start of the school day, to have a bowl of porridge will get a Merit.
In addition, several staff and students have agreed to take part in a sponsored activity – the ‘One Bowl Only’ Challenge. Those taking part have committed themselves to eating only one bowl of porridge on World Porridge Day.
If you would like to participate in the ‘One Bowl Only’ Challenge please see Miss Hunter for a sponsor sheet as soon as possible – the more people who participate the more money we can raise for Mary’s Meals! If you’re not up for fasting, you can still come along to the canteen, before school starts, on Thursday morning to get a bowl of porridge.
On Wednesday S3 Geography pupils visited the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome and Emirates Arena to look at regeneration in Glasgow’s East End. They also took a tour around the area with a representative from Clyde Gateway who pointed out lots of examples of how the area is changing.
In the afternoon we visited Silverburn to look at out of town shopping centres and undertake some fieldwork tasks.
Sports for all ages is back.
If you wish to get involved with a club or just take your first step towards a healthier lifestyle, then have a look at what is on offer here.
