Congratulations to S2 pupil, Hannah who achieved second place in the Scottish Qualifiers. Hannah will now represent Scotland in Dublin at the 2020 Irish Dance World Championships. Good luck Hannah!

East Renfrewshire Council has published its Proposed Local Development Plan 2 (LDP2), Environmental Report, Action Programme and other accompanying documents for consultation.   Parents can have a say here:Have Your Say on the Future of East Renfrewshire  Details of ‘drop in’ events can also be found at this link.

Congratulations to our school badminton teams who participated in the East Renfrewshire Championships on Tuesday.  The junior team finished 2^nd place overall and the senior team finished 1^st place overall.  Well done!  Junior Team:  Andrew (S1), Chandresh (S1), Emma (S1), Iona (S1), Rhona (S1), Charlie (S2), Colin (S2), Lucy (S2).  Senior Team:  Emily (S2), Annie (S4), Heather (S4), Huzaifah (S4), Thomas (S4), Calum (S5), Yirong (S6), Mark (S6).

Two S3 pupils, Tieran and Ripley,  are fundraising for the charity Urban Uprising.  If you are interested in donating, you can do so here.

Today, S1 pupils received a presentation about safety surrounding fireworks.  More information can be found on their website here.

Parents/guardians who collect children from the school car park are reminded that engines should be turned off in order to reduce emissions and their effect on children in the school car park.

Congratulations to Alice (S1) who competed for the Osborne Dance Academy in the Great Britain Irish dancing championships on Friday, coming 36th overall and placing 18th in a hornpipe solo in a massive international competition. She started as a beginner 2 years ago and is now amongst the elite level.  Well done Alice!

Well done to Adam Scott ( S1) who became the West District Short Course Champion in the 100m fly and 200m fly events. Additionally, he placed silver in the 200m backstroke and  bronze in the 100m backstroke.

The biennial STEAM Fair was held on the Thursday 24^th October for pupils in P6 – S2.  As always at this event, there was a fantastic atmosphere as pupils enjoyed shows from the Glasgow Science Centre, Really Small Science and CGI.   In tTe Street area, there was a range of hands on activities with the animal man proving to be as popular as ever.  The Art and Design display and fashion show on eco-friendly, sustainably clothing was new in 2019 and certainly brought out the creativity in our pupils as did Music Technology.  A full programme from the evening can be viewed here.  We would like to thank all of our external partners who have supported this event over the years, you are certainly helping inspire our pupils:

 University of Glasgow

University of Strathclyde

Glasgow School of Art

City of Glasgow College

The One Lounge (Clarkston)

The Animal Man

Timstar

Institution of Civil Engineers

CGI

Congratulations to Michael (S4) who continues to receive well deserved recognition for all of his fantastic work and achievements.  Michael’s committment and achievements can be viewed in recent articles in the news.

Michael is also one of only two pupils who have been shortlisted for a National Award for his biological data recording.  Good luck Michael and well done!

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17981511.teenager-aiming-environmental-inspiration/

https://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/17981987.amp/?__twitter_impression=true

The Young Digital Leaders attended a Digital Explorer event in Edinburgh where they got an insight into the world of work in the digital industries.

Congratulations to the successful candidates who auditioned for this year’s Williamwood Music Festival. We have an exciting list of Williamwood High School musicians who will be performing at the event, which is taking place on Monday 4 November at 7pm in the conference suite. We are extremely pleased to announce that the Festival is being adjudicated by established composers and musicians; John Cavanagh and Gayle Brogan.   Tickets are free, although donations will be gratefully received on the night. Tickets are available now from the Performing Arts department.