Category: Wider Achievement

Adorable Ducklings Hatch at Caledonia Centre

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.

Students Excel in Car Valeting Training

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.

Cheerleading Team Shines in First Competition!

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!

Sporting Success

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.

School Values Logo Competition

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!

 

A Huge Well Done to Our Talented Performers!

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:

  • Harry Grant (S5, Lewis)
  • Matthew Lanagan (S5, Arran)
  • Luisa Cleland (S4, Skye)
  • Andrew Perratt (S5, Mull)
  • Evan McMillan (S4, Arran)
  • Hannah McMillan (S1, Arran)

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.