On Monday, we had Lynn and Russell from Police Scotland cyber team visit our class. They gave us lots of useful and helpful information to do with digital technologies, how they can be helpful/harmful and also how digital evidence can be recovered. Thank you so much for visiting our school!

On Thursday, we went on our class trip to the Theatre Royal in Glasgow. This was a super trip where we were able to sit away up in the balcony to hear the acoustics of the venue, play some drama games and even make some props for our up-coming school show, Dare to Dream.

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On Tuesday this week, Uddingston Grammar (UGS) held the Newton Farm heats for the Numeracy Challenge transition event. Mrs Kennan (Head of Mathematics at UGS), along with some S6 helpers, led the challenge where each of the ten groups had to work as a team to answer seven clues. The first two teams to answer all the clues received a key that opened a treasure chest full of tasty treats to choose from! The winning teams will be attending the Numeracy Challenge final in December along with the finalists from each other UGS catchment school. More information on this event to come.

Here’s what some of our pupils had to say about the event:

“The teamwork part was very fun!” – Lennon

“I thought it was fun that we had to go in groups to discuss the answers and work out the challenges together.” – Jack

“It was fun getting to meet the S6 helpers and working with them.” – Emily

“It was really quite fun and I liked how the challenges were different. The decoding challenge was so much fun!” – Daisy

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This week we celebrated the whole class gaining a Star Citizen award for their respectful and inclusive attitudes towards others needing support around the school

We also had a rare old time celebrating Hallowe’en with a catwalk in the style of the game ‘Dress to Impress’ – check out our poses! We also played the ‘Mummies’ game, seeing which group could create the most effective looking Mummy that didn’t unravel when they were given tasks to do.

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