The final New York Information meeting of parents/carers and pupils will be held on Tuesday 25th September at 7pm in the street.  This purpose of this meeting will be to provide further information about the trip, clarify travel arrangements and complete relevant paperwork.  All pupils must bring their passports which we shall retain for safe keeping.  The Visa Waiver must be completed prior to this date and handed in to Mrs Selbie.

Congratulations to S4 rock band Vertigo who were performing last night, 16 September, at the GFT Youth Festival in Blythswood Hall at Renfield St Stephen’s in Glasgow city centre.  The band put on a fantastic performance and they all thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

Congratulations to Alex in S3 who was invited to perform with Neilston and District Pipe Band at the International Bagpipe Festival in Strakonice,  Czech Republic.  The band were the only Scottish band performing at the event which took place 23-26 August.  Alex was asked to perform with the band by Pipe Major Iain MacDonald who also is Alex’s teacher at the Saturday Music Centre at Williamwood.

On Tuesday 25th August the band ‘The Tailormade’ worked with the S4 music students on songwriting workshops throughout the whole day.  The session gave an introduction to song writing, where students took part in three workshops focussing on lyric writing, hooks, melody and structure.  The pupils were engaged and got a real insight on how to plan and structure a song.  A number of National 5 students have decided to work on songwriting for their composing assignment after this exciting opportunity.  The feedback from pupils and parents was very encouraging ‘my daughter loved the song writing day and came home enthused about what the groups had achieved with the band.  What a great experience!’