Please come along with your parent(s) to your last parent evening meeting . You should be ready to discuss your progress and targets for all your subjects and your contribution to the wider life of the school. Please collect your PSHE Wider Achievement booklet from your Pastoral teacher in PSHE tomorrow and complete the report reflection section. You should take your booklet to your parent meeting .
PREFECTS
Please remember to turn up for your prefect duty. Check rota if you are unsure of your allocated day.
College Application Day Friday 1st February
On Friday morning 1st February there will be a College Applications Programme in Technical Room 3, periods 1-2.
Any pupil looking to apply for a college course should attend for additional advice and support.
Year Group Photo catch up tomorrow
The photographer will be in the canteen area tomorrow at 10am to catch up with pupils who missed Year Group Photo.
National Holocaust Memorial Day
See the link below for media coverage of the Holocaust Memorial Day
School pupils take part in this year's Holocaust Memorial Day.
"We hear the stories but today it feels so real."Hundreds of school pupils have taken part in this year's Holocaust Memorial Day.
Posted by STV News on Monday, January 28, 2019
A group of 20 sixth year pupils attended a National Holocaust Memorial Day event yesterday at Eastwood theatre and the Head boy John Lynch and Head Girl Francesca Crilley attended a similar evening event.
The event included A “Gathering the Voices” exhibition https://www.gatheringthevoices.com/ and keynote speeches from ;
Cabinet Secretary Aileen Campbell; Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government,
Martin Stern – a Holocaust survivor,
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jan/27/holocaust-memorial-day-martin-stern)
‘Children of Survivors’ a Rwandan poem
Farida Abbas Khalaf – Farida is a Yazidi survivor of ISIS enslavement and genocide in Northern Iraq,
https://j4c2018.org/en/speaker/farida-abbas-khalaf/
The event included music provided by East Renfrewshire’s School’s String Octet and a performance by Paisley Grammar Celtic Ensemble
Catch up photo for Year Group Photo
The Photographer will come in on Wednesday 30th January at 10am in the small gym.
Please see Mrs McCrea if you require to have your photo taken and missed last session
S6 Reports Issued Friday 18th January
S6 Assembly
Blood Donation Service Monday 14th January
You will be able to donate blood on Monday 14th January during your study periods.
See Head Team for Sign up sheet
Staff from the Blood Donation service will be in the small gym where you will be able to donate blood all day
Presentation at Assembly on Thursday will outline age and health requirements to be eligible to give blood.