Congratulation to Jamie Rigg of S3 who represented the West of Scotland Boccia squad at the recent open championships held at The Peak Centre, Stirling and won gold in the disability junior section which is a great achievement as it was his first competition!. Well done Jamie!
Target Setting in S5/6
You may be aware from recent conversations with your daughter/son that we have decided, this session, to introduce a consistent approach, across all subjects in the school, to target-setting for S5 and S6 pupils in relation to SQA Examinations at Higher and Intermediate levels.
Click here to read the letter sent home to parents.
School Improvement Plan
The school Improvement Plan is now available on-line. Click here to read the plan.
S5 Curricular Evening
The presentations from the S5 Curricular Evening, which took place last night, have now been added to the website. Click here to go to the Curricular Information page.
Band Camp
A reminder to all members of the Senior Concert Band that the deposit of £40 for Gartmore needs to be paid by Monday 12th September.
Chamber Group
Chamber group will now run on a Monday at luchtime in C4. If you play a Woodwind, Brass or Stringed instrument then the group needs you.
Congratulations
Huge congratulations to Iain Dunlop, Matthew Hill, Ben Matthews (ex-pupil), Connor Howe, Craig Lambie, Johny Davis, Josh Gray, Stephen Cochrane (ex-pupil) and Kevin Archer (ex-pupil) who have been selected as part of the U19 Scotland training squad for the 2012 Junior World Championships in Finland.
The full U19 training squad of 29 players will be cut to 23 before the tournament so these young men have a lot of hard work ahead of them and will be competing for a national cap. Good luck!
Mary’s Meals Open Day
On Sunday 30th October Mary’s Meals are holding an open day with a series of events looking at the work that charity undertakes in the developing world including Malawi. There will also be a talk by the founder of Mary’s Meals along with music and stalls.
For the last three years Mearns Castle has helped support this charity so if you are keen to see where your money and backpacks go then this event is for you.
If you are in S4-S6 and are interested in attending then please see Mr Hutchison.
