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
School Captains & Vice Captains
It is with much pleasure that the school would like to announce that Jonathan Richardson & Chloe McKinstry have been elected by their peers and staff as the School Captains for the session 2015/16. To ably assist them in their duties the Vice Captains for 2015/16 are Alix Reid & Emily Davie. This year saw eight people put themselves up as candidates and the quality of each of them was superb. Having used the STV system of voting it is very clear that all eight individuals were very highly thought of by the electorate. Written by Mr McGilp.
Polar Academy
Tomorrow heralds the start of the Polar Expedition which will be undertaken by five of our pupils and five pupils from St Aidans High School. We wish them and the Polar Explorer in Residence Craig Mathieson as they begin their hike across the rugged landscape of Greenland. They arrive at Glasgow airport tomorrow morning where they will travel to Greenland via a short stop in Reykjavik. If you watch the STV news at 6pm tomorrow night you will be able to see a bit about them as they are being filmed by a crew. Written by Mr McGilp.
SQA Exams
The SQA’s personal Timetable Builder app is available for download. This app allows you to Create your own personal timetable, add SQA exams and add non SQA custom exams. Add notes, display exam times as either a list or calendar and send timetables to your e-mail. Integrate into other calendars (eg. Google calendar, Outlook) and view help, guidance and study guides. If you would rather have a copy of the Exam Timetable for 2015, then just click the link.
The Polar Academy News – STV Interview
Our polar Academy explorers made it on to the news. We appear to be having problems with embedding videos, please use the link above.
New Food Allergen Rules
What you can expect from the school meals service From 13 December 2014, the EU Food Information for Consumers Regulations (EUFIC) comes into force. The European rules will be enforced in the UK by the Food Information Regulations 2014 (FIR). The EU legislation has listed 14 allergens that need to be identified if they are used as ingredients in a dish. As a food business serving non packaged foods, we have to supply information for every item on our menu that contains any of the 14 allergens as ingredients. Allergens include: cereals (containing gluten), peanuts, nuts, milk, soya, mustard, lupin, eggs, fish, crustaceans, molluscs, sesame seeds, celery and sulphur dioxide. What does this mean for school meals? We have signage in all serving
Pupils get fit for arctic expedition
This post was taken from NLL news page. NLL supports trip of a lifetime to Greenland A group of pupils from Wishaw are training hard for an expedition to arctic Greenland, with the help of North Lanarkshire Leisure. The adventurers, aged 14 to 18 years old, have been given free membership of local gyms to ensure they are in peak physique for the trip, which will see them trek up to 10km a day while pulling their own equipment along an ancient Inuit trail. During the October break, 19 pupils from the two schools spent a week at the sportscotland outdoor learning centre, Glenmore Lodge in Aviemore, beginning their training for the Polar Academy. The youngsters will be split into two groups, the
Polar Academy
19 pupils from St Aidan’s High School and Coltness High School travelled to Sportscotland Glenmore Lodge in Aviemore during the October week. These pupils are all part of the Polar Academy, which is an initiative founded by explorer Craig Mathieson. This group is split in to two teams, the Expedition Team who will be trekking to the Arctic circle next April to explore some of the most remote places in Greenland. Whereas the Leadership Team, as well as being reserves for the expedition, will be delivering outdoor activities to schools across North Lanarkshire.
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