We are now about to start block three of our support groups. These support groups are designed to help build confidence, manage anxiety and improve resilience. There are also groups that would help with social and emotional interaction.

Our support groups promote our school values of Fairness, Ambition, Integrity, Respect and Responsibility.

If you think this is something that would be beneficial to your child, please find more information here as well as details on how your child can sign up  for the groups.  Information is also included in the year group GC pages.

Please make sure you have a discussion with your child before signing them up to any group, so that they are in agreement to signing up.

If you require any more information on this please contact the relevant Pupil Support teacher.

Please click here to view the first edition of our new Parent Newsletter, which we hope will provide you with a brief overview of key dates and events taking place each month.

Thank you to all parents/carers who participated in the 12 Days of Christmas Raffle.  The remaining raffle prizes were selected by Lucy, Isla, Josh and Caitlin (S2) from a social subjects class.  Congratulations to the winners:

Thursday 16^th December:  Parent/carer of Ewan MacPheat (S2)

Friday 17^th December:  Parent/carer of Catriona Rae (S2)

Monday 20^th December:  Parent/carer of  Ricardo Rouse (S4)

Tuesday 21^st December:  Parent/carer of Adam Crawford (S1)

Last chance to purchase your tickets for the 12 Days of Christmas PTA Raffle with a fantastic donated voucher from G R Brown Butchers in Netherlee and an amazing £100 cash prize this week. Congratulations to last week’s winners, enjoy your prizes which included vouchers for Catch, Dear Green Place, MJs, Maxwells and The Cartvale.   Tickets can still be purchased on ParentPay today, 20th December. Good Luck.

Congratulations to the parents/carers of the following pupils who have won prizes in the PTA Advent Raffle. Thanks to Miss Murray and Max (S3) for selecting yesterday and today’s winners.

Tuesday 14th December: winner  – Jonathan Berry (S4)

Wednesday 15th December: winner – Lewis McIntyre (S6)

We’re into the second week of the 12 Days of Christmas PTA Raffle and the fantastic prizes keep coming. Congratulations to last week’s winners, hope you enjoy your prizes. This week’s prizes include vouchers for Catch Netherlee, donated vouchers from Dear Green Place Busby, MJs Williamwood, Maxwells Greenbank and The Cartvale Busby. Tickets can still be purchased on ParentPay right through to 20th December. Good Luck.

Congratulations to the parents/carers of the following pupils who have won prizes in the PTA Advent Raffle.  Thanks to our Captains (Ben and Emily) for selecting the winners.

Monday 6th December:  Ticket number 7 – Finlay McKeown (S1) – £30 Clarkston Candle Co

Tuesday 7th December:  Ticket number 128 – Angus Stewart (S3) – voucher for Italian Bistro

Wednesday 8th December: Ticket number 64 – Mitchell Henderson (S2) – Voucher for Creature Comforts

Thursday 9th December:  Ticket number 32 – Jonathan Berry (S4) – Gifted Voucher

Friday 10th December:  Ticket number 88 – Laura Cramb (S5) – The Overlee Voucher

Monday 13th December:  Ticket number 201 – Angus Stewart (S3) – tbc

A reminder that Friday is wear your Christmas jumper day and pupils do not need to wear school uniform. Please remember to bring your £2 charity donation as well as all materials needed for your classes, including P.E. kit.

The BICT, CSS, art and design and F&TT departments have also organised a Christmas Fayre which will be taking place in the conference room and BICT corridor at lunchtime. Please remember to bring money if you would like to purchase any goods. 🎁

PTA 12 Days Of Christmas

Tension is building. The PTA’s 12 Days of Christmas raffle has started. Included in the first week’s prizes are vouchers for Clarkston Candle Company, Stamperland, Creature Comforts and Italian Bistro, Greenbank and Gifted, Clarkston.

Tickets still available on ParentPay right through to 20th December.

The communication support service, art and design, BICT and F&TT departments would like to welcome staff and pupils to the mini Christmas Fayre on Friday 10^th December during interval and lunchtime in the conference room and BICT corridor. Sweets and treats will be available on the day or just come along and join in the festive fun.  We look forward to seeing you all!

The S4 parents’ evening takes place on Thursday 9th December with teachers offering appointments between 4pm and 7pm. Based on feedback from parents we are pleased to share that appointments will take place as video calls via the SchoolCloud website.

Appointments can be made using the online booking system which will be ‘live’ between 9am on Monday 6th  December and 10.00am on Thursday 9th December. Please visit https://williamwoodhs.parentseveningsystem.co.uk to book your appointments.

A short guide on how to book appointments is can be found here:

Booking Appointments

Once you have made your appointments, you will be able to print out your schedule as a reference if you wish.

On the evening you will once again log in to SchoolCloud to begin your video calls. Each call will have a visible five minute countdown timer after which the call will automatically be ended.

Please click here for a short introduction video on the virtual parents’ evening system or if you would rather read through the guidance you can click here.

For each student there is the option to grant access to one other parent/guardian to join in with the video appointments. Guidance on this process can be found here.

If you have difficulty accessing the appointments system please contact the school office who will be happy to support you.

PTA 12 Days Of Christmas

Tension is building. The PTA’s 12 Days of Christmas raffle has started. Included in the first week’s prizes are vouchers for Clarkston Candle Company, Stamperland, Creature Comforts and Italian Bistro, Greenbank and Gifted, Clarkston.

Tickets still available on ParentPay right through to 20th December.

The next meeting of the Parent Council is taking place on Monday 29th November at 7pm online.  In order to facilitate the virtual meeting, it will be for existing members on this occasion.  However, the minutes of the meeting will be available at the end of next week.  In addition, the agenda for the meeting can be viewed here.  If any parent/carer would like to discuss any item on the agenda prior to the meeting, they should contact the chair of the Parent Council, Simon Cunningham, on simoncu13@gmail.com

15th November – Helping you save energy at home 45 mins
22nd November – Love food, Hate waste 1-1.5 hours
29th November – Discover Renewables-45 mins
6th December – Embracing Greener Travel-45
As we are all aware, the spotlight is currently on Glasgow as COP26 takes place in the hope of addressing the climate emergency.
This year according to the UN, there seems to be ‘a unique urgency’.
With COP26 being so prominent, perhaps it has made us all think about things we could be doing a bit differently to help alleviate our impact on the environment. It can feel overwhelming and a lot of us are at a loss at what to do and where to start.  Clarkston Community Council thought that if we could each try to do even one thing
a bit differently, any change may feel more effective if it can happen as part of a community wide climate pledge.  So to help get us started, we have arranged a series of 4 free workshops to help us all
understand what the issues are as they relate to us as individuals and how we can best  address them.  The workshops will be given by Home Energy Scotland, which is a Scottish Government Programme. They will take place at 7.30 p.m. on Monday evenings at Greenback Church Hall. You are welcome to attend one or all of the workshops.
We also hope to create an information and resource library, with general resources but also local initiatives, businesses and resources which are relevant to anyone living in Clarkston.
If you would like to attend any of the workshops, , please let us know by the Saturday before by commenting below, dropping us a message or e-mailing us at clarkstoncommunitycouncil@gmail.com
Please note, COVID -19 measures will be in place, including social distancing and wearing a mask.