A group of our S3 (new S4) diversity ambassadors presented today at a Conference for all Head Teachers in Glasgow – All Learners, All Achieving. Along with Miss Anderson Aziz they did a great job of sharing their brilliant work including:
Well Done 
Our S3 Bronze Duke of Edinburgh group is currently out on their qualifying expedition in the scenic Pentland Hills.
Over the course of two days, the students are putting their navigation, teamwork, and resilience to the test as they hike through varied terrain, carry full expedition kits, and camp overnight. This challenge marks a significant milestone in their Duke of Edinburgh journey, showcasing their dedication and adventurous spirit.
We’re incredibly proud of their efforts and look forward to welcoming them back with plenty of stories and accomplishments to share.
We have had more sporting success recently with Grace McDermott (S2, Lewis) becoming Scottish Champion in her category in Acro Gymnastics. Well done and good luck to Grace and her partner Summer at the British in May.
It was also sporting success for Eva Bremner (S2, Lewis) who won several awards in Dance at the Scottish Freestyle championships. Eva took silver for solo, bronze for rock n’ roll, bronze for “boogey wooogey” and her team took overall 1st too. Congratulations to Eva!
Since Wednesday we have been excitedly welcoming new ducklings in to the Ness Room. We have them for the next 7 days before they go back to the big wide world.
They have been named Cole, Sonny, Dwayne and Custard. We are eagerly awaiting the last duckling. It was great fun putting them in the water for their first swim.
Keep an eye out for more updates.
These are so cute. The Caledonia Centre received duck eggs from Incredible Eggs; they have now hatched!
The project lasts 10 weeks in total and their S1&S2 pupils will be watching the ducklings growing all the way. At the end of the ten weeks the ducklings go back to Incredible Eggs where they “provide a local service by supplying poultry enthusiasts, hobbyists and smallholders with quality livestock.”
The students will have a variety of learning experiences from the project including the science of living things growing, animal welfare, safeguarding biodiversity & wildlife conservation.
The Caledonia Centre will post updates on this article as the ducklings grow.
For the past few weeks and over the next few the Caledonia Centre has been training students from S3 to S6 on Car Valeting. A professional car valeting training team has come to the school on Tuesday mornings and the students have been trained by the team with 2 or 3 staff members having their cars cleaned.
The S6 Class has been running it as an enterprise scheme as part of Personal Development and Car Valeting National Course with invoices given to staff to contribute to part of the cost. One of the S3 students has been described by James (the Car Valeting Instructor) as one of the best pupils he has ever seen. The student’s ability to take leadership and their attention to deal has been outstanding. James has taught over 7000 pupils and he is very impressed.
The students have very much enjoyed the car valeting and have looked forward to every session. Mr Anderson from the Caledonia Centre said that a wonderful job had been done on his car, it was beautifully clean and shiny, inside and out.
The King’s Park Cheerleading Team is an exciting new addition to our school, led by the dedicated Miss McKay. Since September, our young athletes have been training hard, learning the skills and discipline required for this dynamic sport.
For many of our team members, cheerleading was completely new. The first few weeks were all about mastering the fundamentals, building strength, and developing teamwork. However, their passion and dedication quickly became evident, inspiring us to enter them into the prestigious Scottish Schools Cheerleading Competition—the largest event of its kind in Scotland!
With months of rigorous training and determination, our team put together an incredible routine. Competing against 11 other schools in their division, they delivered a fantastic performance and secured an impressive 3rd place finish—bringing home a well-earned trophy!
The girls were incredibly proud of their achievement, especially after witnessing the high standard of competition throughout the day. We couldn’t be prouder of their hard work, team spirit, and commitment.
A huge congratulations to our Kings Park Cheerleaders—this is just the beginning of an exciting journey!
A big well done to Grace McDermott in 2L1 who achieved a bronze medal in Acro Gymnastics at the Spelthorne Acro Cup at the weekend.
Well done to Grace and her partner Summer from East Kilbride Acro Gymasntics Club and good luck for the Scottish Championships in 2 weeks time.
Remember, the deadline to enter our School Values Logo Competition is the end of the school day tomorrow!
The logo must feature each of our school values – Kindness, Ambition, Respect and Equality. It should be bright, bold and easy to understand as it will represent our School Community.
Entries can be digital or hand rendered (drawn or painted).
Entries should be put into the Big Blue Box in Miss Joice’s room – (Rm 312, pictured below). Digital entries should be emailed to Miss Joice at gw24joicekatie@glow.sch.uk with your full name and class. The top entries will be selected by a committee following the February Weekend.
Thank you for your ideas!
Well Done to our KPSS Cheer-leading team! They performed at the City of dance heats this week. They were brilliant, making coach McKay proud. There will be more to come from this group who are only just at the start of their dance journey!
Congratulations to all of our incredibly talented young people who took part in the Glasgow CREATE Christmas Concerts this week. Your outstanding skill and hard work were truly inspiring, and we are so proud of everything you’ve achieved.
The concerts took place at the City Halls on Monday and Tuesday evenings, featuring amazing performances by:
Well done to all involved for representing our school so brilliantly! 
Below is a copy of the programme from the event.
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For more information on Glasgow CREATE and what they do please visit their website.
Taylor Gow, S3 Lewis House, has been working hard in his own time to create a Text to Binary converter in the Scratch programming environment. The concepts of binary and ASCII were covered in the S3 curriculum, but Taylor took it upon himself to develop this amazing project.
Well done to Taylor on this excellent project, we’re excited to see what you produce next.
