We have made it!!!
Can we all wish everyone in the CSS a wonderful holiday. Whether you are celebrating Christmas, New Year or simply having a relaxing couple of weeks, have a brilliant time.
The term has ended on a high. Well done to the seniors who tried really hard with prelims. Often this was their first time in a formal exam situation. Whatever the result, the experience of attempting the papers is very important.
Congratulations to Mark, who has completed and passed National 1 Communication.

Unbelievably, we raised over £550 at the Christmas Fair last week! Well done to everyone and thank you again to all who supported us. The money will go a long way towards supporting our trips and activities next year.

The S1 Science class took part in some fun activities this week. Evan tried to beat the world record for goggle wearing with 13 pairs. We are not sure if he made it, but his attempt was quite impressive!

We had three birthdays in the department this week!

Happy birthday to Miss Cristo who celebrated on Sunday.

Happy birthday to Jacob who turned 13 on Wednesday.

Finally, happy birthday to Sharon who turned 18 on Wednesday! Here are some photos of her celebrating with her class and friends.

Once again, enjoy the fun of the last day and we will see you all again in 2023.

Today was one of our favourite days of the year (especially Miss Macdonald’s!) Christmas Fair. Here are some photos – there will be more next week!

Thank you so much to everyone who came along, bought things, played music, bought tombola tickets, knitted, donated gifts and baking, supported us, danced on the bridge or in the Street, gave us donations or just said hi! We have raised so much for a CSS trip – an update with the full amount will follow.

Mark and Ruth helped do the shopping for us this week – here they are after careful budgetting.

That was not the only Christmas spirit we felt this week. On Thursday a group went to Aladdin at the Pavilion Theatre in Glasgow.

And finally, Mr Guthrie and Miss Norman got in on some festive action this week too!

Next week is the last week of term. There will be more fair photos and hopefully lots more fun to come before the end of term. Have a brilliant weekend everyone.

Today is Christmas jumper today – we are definitely starting to feel festive across the school. There are lots of activities taking place over the next fortnight, as we count down to the end of term on Friday 23rd.
Some of the S1 pupils kicked off the festivities with a visit to CCC this week, supporting their Christmas fair. They said it was lovely to see some old friends and staff.
Next Thursday is the pantomime trip to Aladdin at the Pavilion Theatre in Glasgow. It is the first time we have been able to take a group since the pandemic, so everyone is very excited and looking forward to it. I can now give pupils more information about organisation on the day:
Everyone should wear full school uniform on the trip.
We will leave school during period 2 and return during period 6.
All pupils must bring snacks and lunch on the day. This should also include enough water/drinks. The show is sold out and so it will be very warm in the auditorium.
Due to the limited space in the theatre stalls, pupils will only be able to bring one school bag with them to the theatre. This should include their lunch box etc. Any PE kits and so on will be stored safely in the CSS until the return to school.
If anyone has any questions, please contact Miss Macdonald at the Service. Those with consent forms still outstanding, please return on Monday.

We then have our Christmas Fair on the ‘bridge’ on Friday lunchtime. Some senior pupils have kindly agreed to give up their lunchtime to support this very popular event. All profits from the fair go towards the cost of future trips. Pupils and staff are hard at work making goodies and crafts to sell at the fair, plus there will also be prizes to win. There will be reminders during the week to bring some spare change and pocket money if you would like to buy any juice, sweets, crafts etc.

And finally, Finlay (S3) celebrated his birthday over the weekend last week. Happy birthday. Finlay. We hope you had a lovely day.

And just like that it was December!

Here we are in the last few weeks of this term; they will certainly be busy ones.
Casper got into the festive mood at college, with a visit to the Christmas lights in the city centre.

Over the next few weeks we will get even more into the festive, Christmas and holiday mood with the panto trip, Christmas fair and other celebrations and treats along the way.

Today is the BounceStation EK trip, which most pupils are attending. I really look forward to adding some pictures from the day to the website as soon as I have any!