Young Ambassadors

Congratulations to sixth year pupils Linsay McIloney and Callum Buttery who have been named as Coltness High Schools Young Ambassadors for 2015/16.  The standard of applicant was high again this year, with a record number of applications.  Linsay and Callum will now attend a Regional Young Ambassadors conference at Hampden Football Stadium on Wednesday 16th September accompanied by Active Schools Coordinator, Joanne Cuthbertson.  They will find out more about the role and look at ways they can promote and inspire their fellow pupils to take part in sport and follow an active lifestyle. Written by, J. Cuthbertson

Coltness High School Parent Council Vacancies

A Parent Council for Coltness High School was established in accordance with the Scottish Schools (Parental Involvement) Act 2006. There are presently vacancies on Coltness High School Parent Council. I would advise you that as a member of the school’s Parent Forum, you are entitled to put yourself forward for membership of the Parent Council. If you are interested in becoming a member of the Parent Council, please complete and return the attached reply slip by no later than Wednesday 23rd September at noon. Please note that if the number of interested parents exceeds the number of places available then members will be decided by formal ballot. If you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you for

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Basics Foodbank

      Coltness High School are collecting for Basics Foodbank. Your help would be greatly appreciated. If you would like to contribute please hand any donations into the school office. Mrs Mullen

Armed Forces Families – Parent/Carer Leaflet

Please use the following link to view an electronic copy of a recently produced leaflet showing help available to all Armed Forces families in Scotland. http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/education/documents/LeafletforParents.pdf  

Emergency Evacuation

I’d like to quash rumours about an Emergency Evacuation we had yesterday. This evacuation was due to a faulty heat sensor in the canteen kitchen which with no heat (or smoke for that matter) set off the fire panel and therefore the emergency evacuation alarm. The local fire crew were in attendance as due to the fact it wasn’t a planned practice they have to attend to make sure there is no issue being masked that we cannot see. With no issues and no damage they promptly left the school. The company who service the system were then called to replace this faulty sensor. Written by Mr McGilp.

Design a Super Librarian Competition

Congratulations to Rachel McGuire , 1L2 who won the Design a Super Librarian competition. Rachel designed a super librarian named Jimbob the Bookworm who has been sent to watch over Coltness High School library books. The runner up was Duncan Fleming, also 1L2. The standard of entries was very high and thanks to all the S1 pupils who entered. All the entries are displayed in the library. Written by A.Leckie

Welcome to Coltness!

The following staff have joined us this year (left to right) Mr R. Early (Maths), Mr G. Miller (Biology), Ms S. Rielly (Physics), Mr K. McGurk (P.E), Ms K. MacLeod (English), Ms K. Hastie (French), Mr F. Bel Abbes (French), Mr T. McInally (Geography), Mr D. Kunderan (Modern Studies), Ms L. Mackie (History)   Not in the photo is Ms S. Murray (Music).

School Uniform

I would like to clarify and reaffirm a few points in relation to the school uniform before the session in ends which means that parents are fully aware of facts whilst buying items for the start of term over the summer. In relation to this please find enclosed the School Uniform Policy. School shoes We ask for pupils to wear school shoes and not trainers as there is then a perplexity for pupils to wear the same shoes for PE as they do period by period. For health and hygiene reasons it is not good practice for pupils to be running about, getting sweaty feet and then sitting in class with the same shoes on. If pupils are then outside and get soaked

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