Dalziel Rugby Club invite all S1 and S2 pupils to attend Barbarians squad training sessions on a Wednesday night starting on the 7th September. A free bus shall leave the school at 3.30pm taking pupils to Dalziel Park where they will train with pupils from 8 local secondary schools. The bus shall return players back to the school for 5.45pm. No previous experience of rugby is necessary as the club coaches will train your on all aspects of the game. For further information or to get a consent form please see Joanne Cuthbertson, Active Schools Coordinator or Daniel Bartlett, S5 Rugby Ambassador.

S3 to S6 pupils are invited to apply to be Young Ambassadors and Sports Specific Ambassadors. Presentations took place at assemblies this week and all interested pupils received application forms, can these please be returned to Joanne Cuthbertson in the sports barn by Wednesday 7th September. Successful applicants shall attend conferences later this term and shall start work promoting and developing sporting opportunities in their chosen sport within the school and wider community.

Allison Foubister, 1L2, created a new comic book character called Gary the Super Dog and won the 2016 P7 transition competition. The school librarian sets a competition each year for the P7 transition pupils and this year it was to create a comic book character and also provide a brief description or story to go with it. It was difficult to choose a winner as the entries were of a high standard, however Allison produced a great character and storyline to go with her very detailed drawing. The runner-up was Sophie Anderson, 1S1, with her character Alisa the Merif’wa. All entries can be seen in the library. Well done Allison! Written by Mrs Leckie.    

The Annual Voter Registration Canvass is underway, and residents in Lanarkshire are asked to ensure that they complete the Household Enquiry Forms (HEF) sent to each household. Residents will need to complete the form issued to them and return it as soon as possible to ensure that they will remain on the electoral register and are able to vote in any future elections. The return of the form will also save on local authority money as the Electoral Registration Officer is required in law to send a canvasser to households who do not return the form. When households receive the form, it is essential residents check that their details are correct, amend these details where necessary and send the form back Households are

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In the past we have arranged a re-coursing day based around the SQA results coming into pupils’ households. This has allowed pupils to make changes to their options that they picked in March based on the actual outcome of their exams and tying this in with their career aspirations. Given that as an authority we are working more closely with the Motherwell, Wishaw and Shotts consortia schools group we feel that doing this re-coursing before the school restarts is not a viable option from this year onwards. This really needs to be done once other establishments have staff available to discuss potential movement of pupils in columns across schools to make sure we fully facilitate pupils wishes/aspirations. Arrangements will be made the first

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Morbheinn Hendry, Mandy Tsang and Eve Gardiner took part in the Sewing Bee ‘Make a Dress in a Day’ Challenge at Dumfries House. The pupils were asked to design a dress in response to the brief ‘Engineered Geometric’. The pupils had to make the dress using white linen with accents of black. Pupils were also challenged with incorporating a surprise trimming into their design on the day. The design was judged by the sewing bee judges and the award was presented by HRH Prince Charles and Camilla. Not surprisingly, the girls achieved first place with their outstanding design! It was a fantastic achievement and we are all very proud of our excellent fashionistas! Well done girls! A special thanks to Miss Finlayson and

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Following the approval of the Council’s 2016/17 Budget Savings, transactions charges for payments by credit card will now be passed direct to the customer/service user. If a parent/carer chooses to pay by credit card the transaction charges will be applied at the ‘checkout’ stage of the online transaction. For example, a parent making a credit card payment of £10 towards a school trip would be required to pay a total of £10.16. The approved 2016/17 Budget Savings applied only to credit card transactions. As a result, the Council cannot pass transaction charges for payments by debit card onto parents/carers.