Bea Ferguson, a storyteller from Edinburgh entertained many of our 1st and 2nd year pupils’ with several stories on Tuesday 28th Feb as part of our World Book Day celebrations. This is the 20th anniversary of World Book Day in the UK and is a celebration of authors, storytellers, illustrators, books and most importantly it’s a celebration of reading! We also had a few other W.B.D activities for our pupils’ including: World Book Day Quiz Who am I? (Name staff using their autobiography title) Design a WBD Book Token                   Written by Mrs Leckie.

To celebrate Coltness High School’s 50th Anniversary the PTA are organising a ‘Curry & Ceilidh’ with details as follows: Friday 24th March Coltness High School Theatre 7pm for 7.30pm, finishing at 12 midnight BYOB £10 Tickets available from the school office.      

Environmentally Friendly                                                                                                                               The Support for Learning Department in conjunction with Science have been driving an Eco-Friendly Project. The aim of the group is to raise awareness across the school and in time gain an ECO-FLAG. The project will be led by a committee of pupils who have all volunteered their time and support. All information including committee names and minutes of recent meetings can be found on the board at the entrance to the school.             Written by Mrs McQuaid.

Tonight is the 3rd Annual Sports Persons’ Night in the Cambusnethan Miners’ Club, 7 for 7.30pm start. The speakers are Murdo MacLeod (ex Celtic, Hibs, Dortmund and Scotland) & Jimmy Nicholl (ex Rangers, Man Utd and Northern Ireland). Tickets cost £10 and can be bought on the door. There is no food as part of the entry price but the kitchen at the club sells food during the night. There are various items for auction, as is shown in the following pictures. If you can’t make it along tonight contact the school and we’ll only be too happy to bid on your behalf. Items include: Boxing gloves signed by Carl Froch A ball signed by the current Celtic squad An exclusive 1/16 signed photograph

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Congratulations to our pupil who was awarded the Gold Medal for U15 Indoor National Shotput at the Emirates Arena recently. She also gained a Bronze Medal for the same event in the Scottish Schools.

Further sad news I am sorry to say that we heard of the sad passing of former PT Art, Ian Kay. His funeral arrangements are as follows: Thursday 2nd March 12.45pm at Holytown Crem followed by the Kirkton Inn, Carluke.