The first of its kind, this sector wide, Choose College Virtual event will see over 20 colleges from across Scotland come together to showcase all that college has to offer.

Designed to inspire and engage, the event will provide prospective students with an opportunity to hear from keynote speakers, visit college exhibition stands to learn more on: courses, levels of study, progression routes, careers, apprenticeships and college life including wellbeing and services to assist their learning.

With the current restrictions in place and all physical school career events on hold this is an excellent opportunity for students, parents, carers and teachers to find out everything they need to know about studying at college.

Click here to find out more about the colleges, organisations and keynote speakers participating.

Students, staff and parents can book a place – BOOK NOW!

Should you have any questions please contact :pamela.jones@wcs.ac.uk

We look forward to welcoming you!

A construction company in Thornliebank Industrial Estate, Lindmark Ltd are currently looking for two trainee labourers for the joinery side of their business. They are looking for school leavers, 16/17years old, the role would be full time and meets N.M.W.  Anyone interested in applying for the vacancy, should send their CV to: sales@lindmark.co.uk

Our team of innovative S2 scientists were challenged to investigate circular economy and suggest practical ways that it could be implemented in our school. They responded with a fantastic project which took Williamwood’s waste wipes and converted them into classroom show-me-boards. The team worked together to research and plan their investigation and experimented with different methods of producing a show-me-board. The result was an excellent prototype show-me-board which both benefits the school and exemplifies circular economy in action.  Well done!

Congratulations to Ben Dickinson (S4) who has won the Junior Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Gilbert Innes Competition for Brass.   Well done!

Congratulations to Flora (S3) and Roddy (S6) who perfomred well in their heats and entered the final of the British Council Manadarin competition. The final competition will be held on 5th and 6th of May. The winners for each category will be announced on 18th of May. Good luck!

Attached here is a summary from Rights Advice Scotland and MART of the range of benefit supports available to eligible families. MART are available to discuss benefits with any residents who may be eligible.

Scholar have released their latest support video for learners. This new resource, “Studying for SQA Qualifications Using SCHOLAR”, has been created to show learners how to use SCHOLAR in their studies as they work towards a National 5, Higher or Advanced Higher qualification. The video is suitable for learners with no prior experience of SCHOLAR, but may also be of benefit to students with summative assessments or exams approaching who may wish to use the interactive course materials and automatically marked, end of topic and end of unit assessments for consolidation and revision.

The new video is available at http://bit.ly/StudyWithSCHOLAR

East Renfrewshire’s Citizens’ Panel is seeking your opinion:

How have you found life during lockdown? Please tell us about your experience of life and services in East Renfrewshire at www.bit.ly/join-ercp or call 0800 433 7212

All parents/carers and pupils have been sent an email from the Headteacher which explains the return to school for pupils starting next week.  The email also includes a copy of timetables for the next three weeks.  Pupils have been sent this email to their Glow email account.

All parents/carers have been emailed this letter from the Director of Education.  A copy can also be found here.

Are you a budding photographer? Have you taken some interesting photos on your walks/exercise during lockdown?  Here is a link to a photography competition, the theme is Climate Change.

The competition is open until August so there is still plenty of time to think about an entry. One entry per person.

When ready, the entry must be emailed to Miss Clelland who will then upload to the competition site for you.

You don’t need to send an image yet, just your name and year group to note your interest, I can get images from you when you are ready to send them.  Details on how to contact Miss Clelland is on your S1-S3  year group GC pages.

Many thanks, get snapping! 😎

The NHS are re-running their “Meet the Medics” online at 19:00 on Wednesday 24th March.

This event is for anyone who intends to apply to medical school in October 2021 who has not had the opportunity to shadow doctors face-to-face or to speak directly to doctors about the career. Candidates will be placed in small groups and will have the opportunity to speak to several pairs of doctors from a number of specialties and also medical students from the Scottish medical schools throughout the evening. Feedback from previous Meet the Medics events has been excellent, giving a greater insight into the highs and lows of a life in medicine – which is vital for a successful medical school application.

To apply for the event – please visit:
Events – You Can Be A Doctor

or
Meet the medics

Details of Morgan Stanley Apprenticeships can be found here.

Please find a copy of week 3  S4-S6 practical timetable here. This is for week beginning Monday 8th March.