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information, Pupils, Raising Attainment

Careers Appointments

The Careers Advisor, Mrs Dunlop will be in school on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Careers appointments will now be displayed on the UCAS notice board outside the Head Teacher’s office and on the notice board outside the Careers Library. Pupils should check these noticeboards on Monday for appointments. Please note Mrs Dunlop may have arranged an appointment for you even if you have not requested one so it is essential you consult these noticeboards regularly.
Mr Urquhart

extra-curricular, information, Parents, Pupils, Wider Achievement

Eco-School Adopt an Animal

Thanks to all who voted in the WWF’s Endangered Animal Scheme recently in Tutor time and thank you to Staff Tutors for their support.

The results are :
S1    TIGER
S2    JAGUAR
S3    SNOW LEOPARD
S4    POLAR BEAR
S5    TURTLE
S6    AMUR LEOPARD

We will now fund the conservation of these animals for one year.

Regular updates will be given on their progress.

Higher Education, information, Pupils, UCAS

UCAS – Presentation by Glasgow Caledonian University on Tuesday 30 October

On Tuesday, 30 October, a visiting speaker from Glasgow Caledonian University will visit Lourdes to deliver a presentation to UCAS applicants. The presentation will concentrate on various aspects of the University experience, with a particular focus on studying at Glasgow Caledonian. All UCAS candidates should report promptly to the Concert Hall at the beginning of Period 2.

Mr Urquhart

extra-curricular, information, Pupils, Raising Attainment, Wider Achievement

Power Rap Competition

Pupils from Lourdes Secondary School in Glasgow were treated to a masterclass from professional rap artist, Darren McGarvey, aka Rapper MC Loki.

The children were the winners of ScottishPower’s Power Rap competition, which aimed to encourage a greater use of music and language to explore important themes and aspects of today’s society.

It was launched by the energy provider in association with the National Theatre of Scotland to support their latest production, Glasgow Girls, which is running at the Citizen’s Theatre from 31 October – 17 November.
To enter the competition, schools and community groups were asked to compose a poem or a rap on a topic which they were passionate about, such as friendship or multiculturalism.

The winning school, Lourdes Secondary School composed raps on a variety of subjects inlcuding violence, love, music, sport, life and death. Continue reading Power Rap Competition →

information, Parents, Pupils, School Trips, Wider Achievement

Celebrating Wider Achievement – Edinburgh Book Festival

Some of our S2 pupils had the opportunity to interview author Matt Dickinson at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in August. They did really well. So well in fact the Matt Dickincon has offered to come to our school on Tuesday 5th November to give two explosive workshops to more of our young people. A creative wrinting workshop to help some of our older pupils with their imaginative wrinting skills and another talk to our first year pupils about his experiences climbing Mount Everest and his “Mortal Chaos” series.

Listen to the interview here.