The lunchtime Science Club is growing from strength to strength under the watchful eyes of Miss Anushi Pathmanathan and Mrs Cristina Smith. Pupils have thoroughly enjoyed putting scientific theory into practice and have had great fun in the process. In the last few weeks pupils have been testing the strength of eggs combined with the science of engineering through the ‘drop an egg from a window’ test, as well as making their very own ‘Bath Bombs’! The Science Club is rapidly becoming one of the most popular of our lunchtime clubs –  especially with pupils in first year.

Pupils above can be seen making their ‘Bath Bombs’ and constructing their designs for the egg-drop challenge.

Members of the school’s junior badminton club were thrilled to take part in the recent badminton festival held at the new Emirates Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in the East End of Glasgow. The pupils were completely awe-struck by the stunning facilities and thoroughly enjoyed playing round-robin matches as well as a number of fun routines, all designed to test fitness and agility. Paul Codona, Stuart Murphy and Jamie Brownlie all won individual prizes for winning their fitness challenge, an ‘around the world’ shot accuracy challenge and badminton ‘keepie-uppie’. They also enjoyed meeting top international badminton players, including Scotland’s world badminton silver medallist, Imogen Bankier. The pupils were delighted to listen to the coaching tips these top players offered them and to receive their enthusiastic encouragement.

Clyde Valley’s first year budding badminton stars with Imogen Bankier, the Scottish internationalist.

Congratulations to Home Economics staff and pupils from the S4 Hospitality class for running what was a highly successful staff coffee morning on behalf of MacMillan Cancer Care. Thanks to the generosity of staff the coffee morning raised just over £310 which the class will formally donate to the MacMillan nurses in the very near future. Mrs Heather Murray, and her Hospitality team, provided a feast for the staff and must be commended so highly for their efforts.

Staff enjoy the home baking produced by the S4 Hospitality Class for the recent MacMillan Coffee Morning.

Miss Claire Douglas of the English Department has just returned with a group of fourth year pupils from this year’s first outing to the Outward Bound Outdoor Centre at Loch Eil. Miss Douglas was delighted to report how well each and every pupils had done as they faced their own personal and team challenges, including in the icy waters of the loch during the raft-building exercise. The group tackled a mountain trek and a series of climbing challenges with every ‘clan’ members successfully completing the tasks thanks to the support of all their clan-mates.

The Clyde Valley Outward Bound Group gathers outside the Loch Eil Centre during their recent week-long stay.

Carolina Richardson of sixth year has added to her already impressive haul of international football caps after taking part in a recent European Championship Qualifying Tournament in Turkey. Carolina has been capped for Scotland all the way through her school career and won 3 more caps as she represented her country in the 3 nation qualifier. Top striker, Carolina netted an impressive hat trick on a thumping 8-0 win against Belarus. She then played a major part in Scotland’s win over the host nation with the Scots edging Turkey 2-1 in a real thriller. Although Norway edged to a 1-0 in against Scotland, Carolina and the rest of the Ladies Under 19 squad qualified for the knock-out stages to be held early in 2013.

Carolina Richardson proudly displays the latest of her many Scotland shirts after starring in the European Championship qualifiers.