Tag Archives: Pupils

Green Flag

Congratulations to Mearns Castle on achieving the Eco Schools Green Flag- a prestigious international award!

This would not have been possible without the whole school working together. A special thanks to all the pupils who helped on the day with the assessors visit especially the eco committee who guided the assessors through their visit.

 Look out for the Green Flag flying outside the school very soon!

Scottish Schools Track & Field

Congratulations to all the athletes who took part in the Scottish Schools Track and Field Championships last weekend. 

 As usual the standard was exceptionally high.  Several athletes gained personal bests in their events but special congratulations must go to the following athletes:

  • S2     Holly Still     3rd in the girls’ group D 1500m
  • S6    Laura McCracken    3rd in the Girls’ group A 100m
  • S6    Calum McWilliam    2nd in the boys’ group B 400m

Once again, well done to all the athletes!

S3 Interdisciplinary Industrial Awareness Day

S3 pupils took part in a newly developed Interdisciplinary Industrial Awareness day called ‘Headliner’.  The purpose the project was to promote a headliner act at a gig. Each group was given an artist at random including Usher, Lady Gaga, Foo Fighters and Justin Bieber and had to complete a series of activities throughout the event.  Each act was in the top 25 performing artists in the world for their tours in 2011.

Pupils were responsible for writing their own business plan including: marketing strategy; choosing a venue in Glasgow (including cost and capacity details); deciding on a ticket price based on worldwide averages and producing a final profit margin based on expected ticket sales.

Click here for more pictures and information about the day.