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.
Hall of Fame – Ian Browning
Ian Browning Born in 1951 in Newburgh, Fife. Brought up locally in Netherton, Wishaw. Educated in Netherton Primary School 1956 – 61 Knowetop Primary School 1961 – 63 Dalziel High School, Motherwell 1963 – 69 Scottish School of PE, Jordanhill College 1969 – 72 Teaching 1969–72: Attended the Scottish School of Physical Education as Jordanhill College in Glasgow. 1972-73: Taught in P.E in Holy Cross High School, Hamilton and St. Saviour’s Secondary School, Bellshill 1973-74: P.E Teacher in Holy Cross High School, Hamilton. 1974: Joined Coltness High School as A.P.T Guidance and P.E Teacher. Served as Acting P.T of P.E and of Guidance on a number of occasions. 2004: Appointed P.T of Pupil Support. 2012: Retired from teaching after 40 years, 38
Hall of Fame – Campbell Rae
Campbell started his rugby career at Stirling County RFC and played all the way through the age groups to the 1st XV. During this time he played for Midlands Schools U15, U18. Glasgow U18. Caledonian Reds U21. Scottish Schools U16. Scotland U18 and U21. In 1998 he signed a professional contract with Fylde RFC in England. In 2000 he started pre-season with Australian side Eastern Suburbs before a serious shoulder injury meant that he was out of Rugby for 2 years. One positive outcome of the injury was being in the right place at the right time to work at the 2000 Sydney Olympics where he worked as an assisstant manger at the Beach Volleyball in Bondi Beach. On returning to the UK
Hall of Fame – Hannah Stone
Academic Achievement Attended Coltness High from 1998 – 2002 and left with 1 general level and 7 credit level Standard Grades (Maths, English, French, German, Physics, Modern Studies, Music all credit and chemistry general) Studied A levels after moving to England- English Language (C), Music (D), French (E) Gained a 2:1 in International Relations from London Metropolitan University in 2007 MSc from Stirling University in Sport Management in 2013 Research Assistant for the Stirling Uni School of Sport in 2013 Employment Hannah worked for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games as a transport co-coordinator for Press & Media Hannah now works as a Community Coach for London based charity London Youth Rowing. She works with 10 schools in south west London introducing pupils to rowing, organising
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
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