We are delighted to announce that Euan W is one of the representatives for the Eastwood constituency. Euan is committed to ensuring young people are heard by the decision makers of Scotland and he is determined to campaign on the issues which matter most to Scotland’s youth.

Over 90 S2 pupils received their Saltire Award for volunteering in their local community as part of an elective in Social Subjects.

Well done to Owain T, Kieran C and Jamie Mwho won both the local heat and the local final of the SAGT quiz. The team are now through to the National Finals to be held later this month.

Ross O, Emily C and Cameron W should also be congratulated for getting through the local heat to the local finals but were denied a place in the National Finals by Holyrood.

The Scottish Youth Parliament is the democratically elected voice of Scotland’s young people. Young people will be able to cast their vote to elect their local MSYP between Monday 2^nd March 2015 and Friday 13^th March 2015.

We are delighted to announce that Euan W will be standing as the candidate for the Eastwood election. Euan is committed to ensuring young people are heard by the decision makers of Scotland and he is determined to campaign on the issues which matter most to Scotland’s youth.

Please vote for Euan by going online to elections.youngscot.org

You will need your Young Scot card. Remember to select Eastwood as your constituency.

For the last eight weeks the S4 Personal Development class have worked with volunteers from SANA to prepare for a fishing trip. During this time we have learned how to set up fishing rods and how to fly tie. We also learned about water safety so we wold be safe on the day. On the day we went trip to Cowans Law to try and catch fish. We caught six fish, took five home and we let one go. We caught four fish on the bate rod and one fish on the fly rod, it was a good outcome. It was a good experience; we did very well and achieved a John Muir award.

By Grant C and Ross O

As part of their Personal Development course Cameron B and Megan B have launched an eco-project in the school. This has involved recycling used print cartridges across the school. The pupils have organised a company to collect the cartridges and funds will be donated to a children’s charity. The pupils will also support cluster primaries to launch the initiative as part of our rights respecting school agenda to promote sustainability.

As part of the Higher Personal Development course Alex B and Simrin K raised over £500 for Yorkhill hospital. Both pupils demonstrated their practical abilities by contacting the charity to organise Christmas merchandise for sale and working at various school events to promote the charity to raise funds.

Article 12: You have the right to an opinion and for it to be listened to and taken seriously.

On the 17^th of December, members of our S2 pupil council visited the residents of Whitecraigs Care Home to spread some festive cheer.  The pupils met with the residents and performed a variety of Christmas carols with musical accompaniments.

As part of out  journey towards achieving the Rights Respecting School Award Level 2 pupils became active citizens by co-ordinating the ‘Mary’s Meals Backpack Project’. The pupils asked teachers to sponsor the purchase of a backpack and pupils throughout the school were asked to donate items to be included in the bags. In addition, the pupils also held events to raise funds and managed to send away a fantastic 75 backpacks. The project will help children from countries like Malawi and Liberia attend school by providing them with educational materials.