Our Rights Respecting School committee is running a food bank on w/c 7th June.
Donations can be dropped off at the main entrance before school and lunch, all donations will be given to the East Renfrewshire Larder.
Thank you for any generosity.
Category Archives: community
THE MEARNS TIMES
In order to maintain the schools strong links with Mearns House Care Home during the current situation, Mr McKee and pupils from Personal Development, led by Sam in S3, have created the ‘Mearns Times’.
This newspaper is distributed twice a week and contains stories, quizzes and puzzles to keep the residents entertained. Crucially, these are all good news stories and aim to stimulate discussion. Feedback has been great so far with the Activities Coordinator saying:
“Thanks so much for this once again and we are delighted you are able to keep it going. The Sudoku was a great idea and some of the residents love it!”
This Friday, 4th September, will see issue 22 distributed, a great effort by all.
FYE scheme
East Renfrewshire Culture and Leisure and HSCP Social Work jointly offer the FYE scheme to children and adults who are currently supported by Social Work in East Renfrewshire.
The aim of the scheme is to encourage participation in cultural and leisure opportunities.
Inclusion in the scheme is overseen by social work and free access is managed through use of the East Renfrewshire Culture and Leisure All Access card.
The FYE scheme offers free access to the full range of ERCL classes and activities.
This includes:
– Swimming and swimming lessons
– All sports classes e.g. football, gymnastics, rugby, athletics, hockey, tennis & lots more
– All local sports clubs affiliated to the community sports hubs
– Gyms and fitness classes (14+)
– All sports activities – eg. Badminton, squash, basketball
– All art and drama classes – e.g. crafts, digital art, photography, art school, drama classes
– All library activities – e.g. Code Club, Brick Fast, Bookbug
– All holiday activities, including day holiday camps with lunch
– All theatre productions
Education Department’s Local Improvement Plan – Draft
A draft copy of the Education Department’s Local Improvement Plan 2019-2022 can be found here.
If you have any comments or feedback on the draft plan please communicate them to the Head Teacher, via the school’s email address, by Friday 22 March 2019. Thereafter any comments or feedback will be forwarded to Mark Ratter, Head of Education Services.
Planning future engagement – Tackling the School Run East Renfrewshire
For the last few months East Renfrewshire Council Roads & Transportation Department have been collecting information on school travel in the area and how streets and spaces nearby schools are being used during ‘the school run’. This is to assist developing long term plans on how we invite more walking and cycling, while discouraging car use, to help create safer and healthier school streets.
A key part of this work is how we engage with schools, stakeholders and the community moving forward. We would therefore like to invite you to one of a series of workshops planned during February to help shape future engagement efforts.
Please register you interest via links below and please share within your networks. The more people (of all ages!) that can get involved the better.
Upcoming Workshops
Tuesday 19 February:
- 1:30 – 3pm; Auchenback Resource Centre, 64 Aurs Drive, Barrhead, G78 2LW
- 5:30 – 7pm; The Foundry (Heys Room), Main Street, Barrhead, G78 1SW
Thursday 21 February:
- 1:30 – 3pm; Eastwood House, Eastwood Park, Rouken Glen Road, G46 6UG
- 6 – 7:30pm; Eastwood House, Eastwood Park, Rouken Glen Road, G46 6UG
If you have any questions or would like any further information please get in touch with myself or my colleague Ross McDowall via Roads@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk
Mearns Care Home
5 of our S3 Personal Development class were involved in making seasonal crafts with residents from Mearns House Care Home. They all had a great afternoon interacting with each other. Pictured is everyone who took part – well done!
Official Opening of the new Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice
Official Opening of the new Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice
Senior pupils were delighted to be asked to perform at the opening of the new hospice this week.
S6 Saltire Awards
A number of S6 pupils have successfully achieved Saltire Awards for a number of volunteering activities undertaken over the course of the year, both inside MCHS and beyond. Individual Awards are now ready for collection within the school office.
“Saltire Awards is the Scottish Governments national youth volunteer awards. They celebrate, recognise and reward the commitment, contribution and achievements of young volunteers in Scotland, aged between 12 and 25.
Young people gain nationally recognised certificates, signed by Scottish Government Ministers, for the different amounts of volunteering they do.
Saltire Awards helps young volunteers to reflect on, capture and communicate their learning and development gained through their volunteering.”
Many thanks
Mr. Hale (DHT)
