PUPIL BULLETIN – WEEK COMMENCING – 11-1-16

GOOD LEARNING ALERTS Everyone is on time and ready to learn together. YEAR ASSEMBLIES All year groups will have an assembly on Monday. This will take place as follows:- S1 – last 15 minutes of period 5 S2 – last 15 mins of period 4 S3 – last 15 mins of period 3 S4/5 – period 6 S6 – period 7 Please wait for tannoy before going to the theatre. NEW APPOINTMENTS Mrs Anderson and Mrs Macdonald join us as Depute Heads from  the start of last week, with Mrs Anderson Head of Lewis House. Mrs Johnson will join us in the English Department from the 1st of February S1 GIRLS All girls in S1 must return HPV form to office by Thursday 14th

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Senior Prelim Exam Timetable – January 2016

Exams begin on Monday 18th January 2016. Pupils must attend school as normal during the exams. There is NO study leave for pupils. Pupils will follow their normal timetable when they do not have exams. Pupils must attend exams promptly, with equipment etc and in full school uniform. Please Note Please arrive at least 10 minutes before exam starts. SQA exam rules will be applied by invigilators – please listen carefully to all instructions. Additional Notes: Hospitality Practical date for individual pupils will be advised by dept. Music Nat 5 and Adv H will be arranged by dept. French and Spanish Listening will be arranged by dept.

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.