On Monday 28th October a group of S3 pupils attended the University of Strathclyde for the launch of their Brilliant Club Scholar programme. This event marked the pupils’ first ever day at university. Good luck to all of our third year scientists!
INTER-HOUSE POTTED SPORTS
The school’s annual inter-house potted sports competition took place on Friday 11th October. Pupils represented each of the four houses in their year groups and navigated their way around a potted sports course.
The final results were as follows:
- S1 winner – Morven
- S2 winner – Lorne
- S3 winner – Lorne
- S4 winner – Atholl.
GEOGRAPHY – LOCH LOMOND TRIP
On Friday 10th October, S4 Geography pupils enjoyed a trip to Loch Lomond as part of their course. Pupils had a guided tour around two locations and collected field research to help them complete an evaluation on the impacts of tourism on Scotland’s wild places and small villages. This trip makes up part of their National Geography course and develops research and analytical skills.
MUSIC SUCCESS
The schools’ saxophone ensemble rehearses weekly, in preparation for multiple performances throughout the year. The full range of the saxophone family, from Alto to Baritone, is used in the ensemble. Under the direction of woodwind instructor Mr Cruickshank and PT of Music Miss Donnelly, the ensemble performs both classical and contemporary repertoire. Members of the group also perform with the school concert band and various North Lanarkshire Council music group ensembles. Our budding musicians also recently auditioned for the SQA Star Awards and were successfully selected to perform at the event.
PUPIL EQUITY FUND – S1 PE KIT
Our entire S1 year group were recently involved in a major initiatives, funded by the school’s Pupil Equity Fund, where each pupils was given a free P.E kit. This not only reduces the cost of the school day, but also helps to get more pupils involved with Health and Wellbeing activities. The Pupil Equity Fund team are carrying out excellent work within the school to challenge poverty and remove any barriers to achievement.
SCIENTIST OF THE MONTH
Our Science department recently launched a ‘Scientist of the Month’ rewards programme which recognises the fantastic commitment and enthusiasm of our S1 and S2 scientists.
Our first S1 recipients were: Emy Brandt, Cody Grant, Bekki McMahon, Emily McCallum, Aurora Wilson, Milosz Sliwinski, and Chloe Williamson.
Our S2 recipients are: Danielle McCluskey, Amy McCoull, Jennifer Delpero, Emily Findlay, Dainis Sroms, Naomi Tong, and Kyla Helpburn. Well done to each of the pupils for this achievement.
EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES
The European Day of Languages took place on Thursday 26th September, and pupils took part in various educational, fun activities in the Modern Languages department. S1 pupils enjoyed putting their general knowledge to the test on countries, capital cities and flags. They also competed in an Inter-house competition of ‘Who wants to be a Millionaire’ on European culture with 1A and 1R winning the most points for their house group.
S2 pupils got competitive in the European quiz with questions relating to sports, music, and culture among many other things. 2M were the winning house group in this quiz. Pupils in S3 were given the task of choosing a word or phrase and translating it into as many European languages as possible. Well done to Shannon Crawford who won best poster with the phrase ‘never give up’.
Teachers around the school also celebrated the day wearing badges that said hello in various European languages. We had a Guess the Language competition where pupils had to find teachers wearing the badge and identify the language. Congratulations to Mary Onwubiko in S4 who won the competition! Well done to all pupils for taking part!
