Tag Archives: Wider Achievement

Game On Scotland Award

Education Scotland have awarded Lourdes Secondary School with the Game On Scotland Plaque for the Commonwealth Walk Challenge.

We are the first school in Glasgow to receive this award.

Klaus Mayer of Education Scotalnd and Scotland hockey player Holly Cram will be giving a presentation and awarding the plaque on Friday morning.

For more details of the award click here

S1/S2 Cross Country Team

The school will be entering a first and second year team for the Glasgow Schools Cross Country Championships in February.

Teams will be entered for 1st and 2nd year boys and girls.

Any pupil wishing to be considered for the team should come to the PE Department on Mon 21st Jan at 3pm with kit and ready to run a time trial over the school cross country course.

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.

Calling all S1 & S2 Gamers and future Games Designers

If you are interested in finding out more about Games Design or maybe just playing computer games come along to a meeting in Room 225 on Thursday 1st November at 1pm to find out more.

Places limited so be early.

If any S5/6 pupils are interested in helping out, please contact Mrs Connelly in Room 231.

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.

Hint of Pink

Today Lourdes Secondary School turned pink in support of breast cancer research. Pupils were invited to wear something pink and volunteers from the Higher Leadership class teamed up with members of staff to raise awareness.

Amongst the festivities, there was a Teacher’s Blind Date, nail bar, bake sale and pink lemonade stall! 

Overall, the day was a huge success and a great time was had by all.  Thanks to the tremendous effort and hard work of staff and pupils, a total of £1,137.11 was raised.

For photographs from the day click here