Depute Head News

Depute Head News Firstly congratulations to Miss Higgins who has been successful in a secondment with North Lanarkshire Council which will focus on GTCS Leadership and consortia/standardised timetable arrangements within all secondary schools in the authority. The secondment will run till the summer of 2017. To fill in for Miss Higgins It is with great pleasure that I would like to announce the appointment of Mrs Anderson to the post of Acting Depute Head (Lewis) for the duration of the above secondment after successful interview on Thursday. Further to this we are also being joined by Mrs Anne Macdonald as Acting Depute Head Teacher from January 6th to supplement the team.  

Careers Adviser – New Twitter Account

Kirsty Byrne the school Careers Adviser has set up a twitter account to share information on opportunities for school leavers. Some companies have already started recruitment for summer 2016. Please follow the account to make sure you don’t miss out on anything. @chs_careers

British National Para Swimming Championships

Congratulations! At the weekend Kyle Hughes managed to obtain a Bronze Medal in the 14 to 17 age group at the British National Para Swimming Championships in Manchester. This is an incredible feat given that he is in the lower end of this age bracket and we are very proud of him! He also managed a 5th and 7th place in two of the other races. His full results were as follows: 5th in the 100m Freestyle 7th in the 100m Breaststroke 3rd in the 50m Freestyle   Written by Mr McGilp.

PUPIL BULLETIN – WEEK COMMENCING – 14-12-15

GOOD LEARNING ALERTS We take pride in our work and our new school building. CHARITIES Christmas Theme – Friday 18th December Come as you please with a Christmas theme e.g. Christmas jumpers, pay £1 to charity. Charities are – Shoebox Appeal and British Heart Foundation Church Service will be donated to the British Heart Foundation SHOEBOX APPEAL Well done to Arran House for their exceptional contribution of 106 Shoeboxes to this year’s appeal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Articulate Language Camps

   On Thursday and Friday of last week the school welcomed the staff of Articulate Language camps, on a mission to promote Modern Languages among pupils at Coltness High. S3 pupils thoroughly enjoyed taking part in day-long workshops in either Enterprise or Film-making with Modern Languages staff. They developed a whole range of creative, linguistic and social skills while at the same time seeing French in a new light! Well done – the finished videos you all created are fantastique! Written by Miss Hastie.  

Pray for Paris Graffiti Board

After the tragedy in Paris on Friday 13th of November, the Modern Language Department wanted to ensure the pupils & staff of Coltness High School could share their support & condolences for the people of Paris & citizens around the world, with our Pray for Paris graffiti board.    

Barratt Homes on Coltness Road/Rowan Street

Barratt Homes have just started to commence work on the above site and are temporarily using access from Rowan St to enter this. The main access however will be from Coltness Road and they are awaiting approval from North Lanarkshire Council to allow a 4 way traffic signalisation junction. They are refusing entry to delivery trucks to their site before the start of the school day, at lunch time and then again at the end of the school day. They have the safety of members of the public, in particular our school children, at the top of their list of priorities. They apologise for any inconvenience caused so far and they will monitor the situation on a daily basis as the site progresses.

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