The school community are delighted with the fantastic new ‘Developing the Young Workforce’ wall display which was recently unveiled in the school foyer. Thank-you to our partners at MIYOFit for their help in designing and erecting the display which functions as a visual walk-through of the skills for life, learning, and work that pupils will learn throughout their journey in S1-6.
First Years enjoyed a mini Burns’ Celebration in English.  After listening to renditions of the poems ‘Tam O’Shanter’ and ‘To a Haggis’ they learned the ‘Selkirk Grace’ before tucking into some traditional Scottish shortbread and Irn Bru.
On Thursday 24th January three fourth-year pupils, Alex Lowry, Matthew Connelly and Max Johnstone, were invited to represent their country in U16 football match, Scotland versus Australia, at the Toryglen Regional Football Centre in Glasgow. This was a fantastic achievement for each of the boys, as not only did Scotland win the match 3-2, but Max scored his first international goal as, whilst Alex was honoured to captain the side during the second half of the game. Congratulations to the three boys.
Art and Design pupils were very successful in the recent North Lanarkshire Road Safety Calendar design competition. They put a lot of effort into their designs and came top in their age group. This is a great achievement, considering there were over 2000 entries from schools all over North Lanarkshire. Ethen Smith gained 1st place and was awarded a certificate and a £30 gift voucher. Iona Eldhose gained 2nd place and was awarded a £20 gift voucher. Whilst Ellie Anderson, Laiba Khan and Lennon Newell all were awarded Highly Commended certificates. Well done all!
On Wednesday 19th December the school hosted its annual inter-house line dancing competition in the assembly hall. The event was fiercely contested, with pupils from each house group having practised their moves in the weeks leading up to the dance-off. However, on the day it was Rannoch house who impressed the judges, Mr Paterson, Mr Campbell, Miss Galloway, and Ms O’Donovan, the most with their line dancing prowess. Morven house were awarded second place, Lorne third place, and Atholl fourth place. Well done to all pupils who took part in the very successful event.
The school Christmas dance took place on Tuesday 18th December with pupils from S1-6 thoroughly enjoying themselves as they danced the night away and got into the Christmas spirit.
Fundraising for Malawi was recently combined with helping out the local community as pupils and staff were asked to donate tins and non-perishable goods which were to be used in Christmas hampers gifted to local residents. Pupils and staff were also invited to wear their Christmas jumper on Friday 14th December with all money donated going towards the Malawi project fund.
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