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.  

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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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

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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.

Ice Bucket Challenge

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/RlzSqHbVbbA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> On the 5th of September 2014, we raised £509.60 by selling off tickets to watch and take part in our Head Teacher’s ice bucket challenge

New Depute Head Teacher

[Image:DFarr0.jpg]After interview on Tuesday 23rd September we appointed Dominic Farr to the post of Depute Head Teacher at Coltness High School. He will take up post later in the year after negotiations with Dalziel and will be the Head of Skye House as

A message from the Head Teacher

I would like to welcome you virtually to Coltness High School, I hope you enjoy your surroundings and find all the information you require. August 2014 sees the start of my first academic year in post as Head Teacher having moved to the school in mid-Ap