Alison Dobbie & Jodie Barrett

The Wonderful World Club run by Miss Logan and Miss McGough, along with a group of s1 to s3 pupils, organised a book and bake sale to raise money for their ‘adopt a deer’ fund. They sold books and cakes to members of staff in the staff room. They also sold raffle tickets to win a variety of prizes; one was for white wine and a small cake which was won by Miss McConachie, one for red wine that was won by Miss Murray, the third one was JK Rowling’s ‘The Casual Vacancy’ won by Paula from the office and the fourth one was chocolates which were won by Mr Carrol.  A final special prize was a cake made by the Wonderful World’s very own Fraser Lindsay. This was won by a very lucky Miss Douglas who kindly donated it to Mr Lanagan for his birthday.

All in all they successfully raised over £130 for adopting a deer, but still haven’t  adopted one yet because they are still deciding what to do with  the rest of the money because they raised  over £130 but only needed £80 and deciding what to do with £50 to see what else they could help in this cold and frosty winter.

Three students from Clyde Valley High School have won the SkillForce Prince’s Award. Ryan Burrell, Jamie Semple and George Wilson, received their awards from HRH The Duke of Cambridge at a ceremony at St James’s Palace.

The Duke of Cambridge, in conjunction with SkillForce, launched the SkillForce Prince’s Award in recognition of the contribution that young people make to their communities.  In a message of support to the charity, the Duke of Cambridge said: “I am immensely proud to put my name to the SkillForce Prince’s Award.  It rewards young people who have made an outstanding contribution to their community, encouraging them to go further to nurture their personal, professional or educational development.”

Five students from Clyde Valley High School demonstrated their commitment to the local area by refurbishing a community centre for local people.  The local challenge was one of seven taking place across the country and took place at Craigneuk Community Centre in June. The young people agreed amongst themselves the theme for the challenge having noted that the community space available to residents was not fit for purpose and felt that this was something that could be improved through their collaboration and hard work. They then planned, budgeted and implemented the task themselves. The three lucky students were selected as winners of the award after being judged against strict criteria. 

One  of the winners, Ryan Burrell, said: “I feel overjoyed with our achievement.  It is great that we are being rewarded for our hard work.  The work we completed has helped to vastly improve a community and I feel so proud at how much we accomplished in only 24 hours.  We are all so happy about winning the award and being given this once in a lifetime opportunity makes it even better!”