The minutes fro the meeting of the Parent Council held on 11th June 2012 are now available.
Click here to read them.
Andrew Swims Superbly in Paralympic Final
Andrew Mullan broke his personal best twice today in London and finished fourth in the men’s 50 butterfly S5.
First he finished second in his heat in a time of 39.69 and then he finished fourth in the final with an even better time of 39.54.
As you can see above Andrew narrowly missed out on the bronze medal.
Andrew has another chance of getting a medal in the 50 butterfly which takes place tomorrow.
GO Andrew!!!!!
Instrumental Lessons
There are a few spaces for any S1/2 pupils who would be interested in getting lessons on Percussion or Woodwind.
If you are interested you must give your name to Miss Borland in the music department this Friday at interval.
This is a great opportunity so make sure you don’t miss out.
Jewish Lunch Club
The Jewish Lunch Club will meet for the first time this year on Wednesday 12 September in room D3 at 12.20pm.
Rabbi Gross will come for a chat in advance of the Rosh Hashanah celebrations and will provide a delicious lunch.
Make sure you don’t miss this friendly event, whatever year group you are in!
For more information, ask Madame Naddell in D2.
S1 Maths Club
We would like to welcome new members to the S1 maths club, which meets every Tuesday lunchtime in room F15.
The competition for this term is to design and make a maths game. Prizes to be won! Bring a packed lunch along with you. We look forward to seeing you there.
Miss Clark and Miss Drummond
School Magazine
Mr McGarry and Mr Phillips are going to start a Science and Technology school magazine.
This will be a great opportunity to write articles on areas of Science and Technology that you are interested in. You can decide on how it looks and on the articles you wish to add. You could carry out interviews, use questionnaires and make the magazine a really rewarding experience.
The magazine will be published three times a year and will hopefully be entered into the Bill Bryson Award for Science and Technology.
If you are interested speak with Mr McGarry or Mr Phillips.
New National Qualifications
Members of our parent Council felt that it would be helpful for parents if we made information on the new National Qualifications available
The first year group in Mearns Castle to be involved in the new National Qualifications is the current S2 who will sit SQA exams in these subjects in May 2015. More information on the new National Qualifications will be shared with parents of S2 pupils later in the session as part of our S2 Options Choice programme.
For the latest information on the new National Qualifications please click here.
Dean Smith
Head Teacher
Great Swim
Andrew had just finished his 50 freestyle Paralympic final in a time of 38.08. Well done Andrew great swimming and what an experience. Remember Andrew is just 15 and is competing in the men’s events.
Next week Andrew competes in his main events the 50m butterfly where he is ranked number 4 in the world and 50m backstroke where Andrew is ranked number 2 in the world.
