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

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.

Maths supported study will be taking place every morning at 8am and after school on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Written by Mrs McKendrick

S5 & 6 prelims have been deferred for a week. They will now start on Monday 18th January 2016. Written by Mrs Higgins.

   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.  

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 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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The Library Murder Has Been Solved! Thank you to all the pupils who entered the Book Week Scotland Murder Mystery Quiz. All the winning entries were entered into a prize draw and Leigha Rigby, 1A1, was drawn as the winner of the £10 gift voucher and a selection of books. Leigha discovered that Miss Forrest, Home Economics teacher at Coltness High School has been apprehended and charged with the murder of Mr Rae, PE teacher at the same school. It is alleged she murdered him by putting poison in a batch of newly baked cakes. Apparently Mr Rae was a great lover of fancy cakes and could not resist eating them when he thought no one was watching! The theme of this year’s Book Week Scotland was

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