Well done staff and pupils’ for raising over £300 in aid of Guide Dogs Scotland. A big thank you to Kiki the Guide Dog puppy for visiting with puppy walkers Margaret, Ann and Bobby.
Careers
Keep up to date on opportunities for school leavers by checking the careers section of the school website. Details of apprenticeships suitable for leavers are updated regularly. Make sure you don’t miss out. Employers are recruiting NOW for Summer 2018. https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/nl/coltnesshscareers/
Library Christmas Stall
Christmas Stall
Book Week Scotland
You’re Nicked Mrs Scoular! To celebrate Book Week Scotland the pupils’ of Coltness High School turned detective to solve a murder of one of their teachers. They had to solve three sets of clues to find out who was murdered, how they were murdered and who the murderer was. One of our first year sleuths from 1S2 solved the mystery and Mrs Scoular, Science teacher at Coltness High School, has been apprehended and charged with the murder of Mr Pettigrew, PE teacher at the same school. It is alleged she murdered him by putting poison in his coffee at interval. Apparently Mrs Scoular wanted a change of career to P.E. teacher but was told there were no vacancies. This prompted her to make
Violence Reduction Unit
Violence Reduction Unit
Senior Christmas Dance
The Senior Christmas Dance will now be held on Tuesday 19th December 2017.
S5/6 Social Subjects Trip 24th November 2017
Pupils should meet in George Square at 9.45am. Any outstanding payments and consent slips should be returned to Miss Robertson or Miss Hillen by the end of the school day on 23rd November.
Crazy Hair Day!
Anti-bullying week finished with some fun and ‘uplifting’ hair styles as pupils and teachers celebrated their unique, individual personalities. Two of our S1 pupils, Rachel and Abbie, were delighted to win a voucher for local hairdressers ‘Mosko’ and ‘The Hair Company’ who very kindly donated in support of Anti-Bullying week. Pupils also managed to raise money which will help improve the social area for pupils.
ASDAN Pupils’ Choose Name For Guide Dog Puppy
Coltness High School’s ASDAN pupils’ were given the honour of putting forward a name for a new Guide dog puppy that was born in June 2017. The Guide Dogs for the Blind Chatelherault Cohort of puppy walkers chose the name the group put forward. The new puppy was named ‘Barra’ and she paid the school a visit yesterday with puppy walkers Ann and Margaret who accepted a beautiful blanket on Barra’s behalf. In the past year, school technician Joan Creelman has knitted countless blankets for Guide dog puppies, as have other school staff an pupils over the years. Due to the ASDAN pupils fundraising efforts over the last 5 years, the group has raised over £2500 for Guide Dogs for the Blind. Well
Positive About Dyslexia
Please see below a blue ribbon, this symbolises Dyslexia Awareness Week. We have asked all staff to support us with this venture by wearing a ribbon all week. Pupils will receive a Dyslexia Awareness lesson this week during PHSE. Further to this we have encouraged staff to participate in a pen free lesson (see Miss Tullis in action!). We have given staff some information to help raise awareness, if pupils ask what the ribbon symbolises. Dyslexia • Dyslexia is a difficulty in processing language – based information. • Dyslexia can affect anyone and is different for everyone. • It is not a disability, it is a difference in the way you learn. • It is estimated that 1 in 10 people has dyslexia.
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