Early Closure
Please note the school will be closing at 2.30pm tomorrow 29th March for the Easter Holidays.
UHI Perth
Great to see former pupil Lucy Brayson in the UHI Undergraduate Prospectus advertising her course!
Lunchtime Library Pupils
Today the last Cadbury’s Crème Egg knitted chick was sold by the ASDAN pupils’ who have been fundraising for Guide Dog’s Scotland. Their final total will be revealed soon. Thanks to everyone who bought them.
PUPIL BULLETIN – WEEK COMMENCING 26-03-18
GOOD TEACHING & LEARNING ALERTS We get the chance to discuss tasks with our neighbour as this helps our understanding and builds our confidence. LANGUAGE PUPIL OF THE MONTH Winners for January & February were Kai Dickson 1S2, Emma MacNicol 1A1, Leah Trainor 1L1 & Abby Clarke 1L2. The focus for March is Talking skills! Are you practising your talking skills in class by reading aloud, using target language to ask for things, actively participating in conversation tasks. If so, it could be you! Good Luck! SPANISH SUPPORTED STUDY For all S4 and S5/6. Thursdays 3:45pm-4:45pm ML2 with Mrs Taggart LANGUAGE LABS S1-S6. Wednesdays 3:00pm-4:00pm ML3 with Mrs Smith – help/support & advice on class work and homework.
Welcome
Everyone at the school would like to welcome PC Paul McWhinnie to the team. Paul will be based between here and St. Aidan’s over the course of the week. He is a part of a bigger roll out of “School Community Police Partnership Officers” across almost all secondary schools in North Lanarkshire. Paul will be involved in such things as delivering our PSHE programmes and will be a great asset to our team to continue to deliver high quality education to the young people of the Wishaw area. Written by Mr McGilp.
British Transplant Games – Youthlink Awards March 2018
At the recent Youthlink awards in Glasgow, two of our senior pupils, Evan Bridges and Jordan Marshall were recognised for their involvement in the #Transplant Stories Project (North Lanarkshire) team which came runners up in the The Digital Youth Work award (Sponsored by Sky Academy) “It was a truly eye-opening experience – one that I will never forget.” That’s what Evan had to say about the #TransplantStories digital team at the 2017 British Transplant Games. This unique partnership between the University of the West of Scotland and North Lanarkshire’s Community Learning and Development youth work team saw 11 young people from schools, employability hubs and Modern Apprenticeships come together to learn new digital skills. Over 12 weeks, the youth work team ran sessions on online
PUPIL BULLETIN – WEEK COMMENCING 19-03-18
GOOD TEACHING & LEARNING ALERTS We are encouraged to ask for help, do our best and not give up. S1 SPONSORED WALK A reminder for S1 pupils to collect their sponsor money for the S1 sponsored walk on the afternoon of Wednesday 28th March. All funds to go towards the PTA and the “WE walk for Water” charity. LANGUAGE PUPIL OF THE MONTH Winners for January & February were Kai Dickson 1S2, Emma MacNicol 1A1, Leah Trainor 1L1 & Abby Clarke 1L2. The focus for March is Talking skills! Are you practising your talking skills in class by reading aloud, using target language to ask for things, actively participating in conversation tasks. If so, it could be you! Good Luck! SPANISH SUPPORTED STUDY
World Book Day Winner
Well Done World Book Day Winner! Coltness High School held several book related activities to celebrate World Book Day. One of our first year pupil’s won Mrs Leckie’s library competition to match a set of book characters to a well-known author. World Book Day is a celebration of authors, illustrators, books and (most importantly) it’s a celebration of reading. Written by Mrs Leckie.
Willie Angus VC
Several pupils have been involved in creating a documentary about local hero, William Angus VC. This is part of WWI research and commemoration, in conjunction with other local schools and CLD. Some members of the team appeared on BBC Radio Scotland, here is the interview.
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