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Monthly Archives: January 2016
French Immersion Day
On Friday 22nd January over a hundred S5 and S6 pupils from Mearns Castle, Williamwood, Woodfarm, Barrhead, St Luke’s and St Ninian’s High Schools gathered at Mearns Castle to take part in a French Immersion Day with visiting teachers from the Alliance Française de Glasgow.
Pupils took part in four different workshop activities and developed their oral skills on a range of topics. The pupils heard and spoke only French in all of the workshops all day, and we were really impressed with their level of comprehension.
Some comments from the pupils:
‘It was fun to meet French people!’
‘I understood more French than I thought I could.’
‘I improved my French accent.’
‘I liked that it was mixed with other schools – allowed us to meet new people and learn French at the same time.’
We now look forward to the Spanish Immersion day coming up on 26th February.
East Renfrewshire Volunteer Programme
East Renfrewshire Culture and Leisure Limited are looking to recruit an enthusiastic group of sports volunteers, aged 16 or over, to assist in the delivery of their sport and physical activity programmes including multi-sport coaching (daytime, after school, evenings or weekends) and school holiday activities. Our next recruitment evening will be held as follows:
Wednesday 3rd February 2016
St Ninian’s High School, Giffnock
6.00 – 7.00pm
If you think you have what it takes and can make a difference to the local sports community, we’d love to hear from you! For more information or to book a place, please contact Barry Cook, Active Schools Team Leader on 0141 570 7330 or email activeschools@ea.e-renfrew.sch.uk
National Parent Forum of Scotland
The National Parent Forum of Scotland has been working with Skills Development Scotland as part of the programme of work underway in Developing the Young Workforce. They have produced some tailored information for parents, as part of the successful “in a nutshell” series, which covers the new Careers Education Standard.
The link to the nutshell on the NPFS website is here.
S4/S5 Options Evening
Please click here to read letter regarding Option Evening.
Dyslexia Scotland Open Meeting
There is a meeting of the East Renfrewshire Dyslexia Scotland group on Wednesday 3rd February at 7.15pm at Mearns Castle High School. The focus of the meeting is ‘Transitions’ and a number of our pupils will be sharing their own experiences of Dyslexia. It is open to all pupils and parents.
More information can be accessed by clicking here.
Vocational Programme 2016/17
S4/5 pupils have been given information about vocational courses on offer next session during their assemblies. Further information will be given at the Options Information Evening for parents.
The course guide for the Vocational Programme 2016/17 can be found by clicking here.
A copy of the ERC Vocational Programme presentation can be found here.
SQA exam timetable 2016
Please click here to view the SQA exam timetable.
