The Pupil Council has recently been involved in initial discussions of the vision and values of the school. What is most clear already is that pupil involvement is key if they are to have ownership of the values of their school. To this end, over the next two months the Pupil Council will ensure ALL pupils have the opportunity to shape these values through a series of group tasks in Homeroom. Parents and staff will also be invited to participate. As a school community, we look forward to undertaking this important task and to relaunching our revised vision and values in due course.
Category Archives: Celebrating Success
XL Group
A very interesting and informative day for our 9 XL students.
Jim Stirk from Animation Jam came in to film our Zombie Apocalypse Movie for our Arts and Employability project.
OUR EUROPE Competition
“What are the benefits of being European for a young Scottish person?” That was the main topic of this competition set by the Scottish European Educational Trust (SEET) aimed to young students from all around Scotland.
A group of four S3 pupils from Cardinal Newman High School, Holly McIntyre, Louise McCann, Jennifer Wardale and Kelsey Wilson, passed the preliminary phases of this competition, hence getting the opportunity to go to a Day Workshop in Glasgow, on Monday the 14th of March.
Holly, Louise, Jennifer and Kelsey had been working on their idea, storyboard and script for some time, and it was with high excitement that on Monday 14 they attended the Workshop, in the Society M, Renfield st. Only later during the day, they admitted being surprised about the little amount of groups that were finalists with them!
During the morning, there were some basic introductions by the project coordinator, and a short speech of two young European women from Xchange Scotland, who talked about some exciting opportunities volunteering around Europe. After that, a media professional from Glo Scotland gave the pupils some key advices on filming and editing.
The rest of the day was occupied by the girls with the filming and editing of their short film. It was an enjoyable and challenging experience all together, and the girls themselves confessed at the end of it, that they were pleased about their work, although they struggled a bit and were a bit worried at first about not being able to film and edit everything in time.
It was a stimulating and interesting experience all together, and all four, Holly, Louise, Jennifer and Kelsey are excited about attending the Premiere and Award Ceremony which will take place on Monday the 21st of March. They are looking forward to seeing all the finished films and finding out who the winners are.
S1 Pupils of the Week
Well done
Kiran Babu and Alice Kelly, chosen as pupils of the week for being shining examples of what CNHS pupils are all ABOUT.
Winners
S1 Stars of the week are Carla Cummings and Sophie McGonigal. Both girls have portrayed the attributes that we discuss in assemblies plus Carla has attended every school Lenten Mass so far. Wel
l Done girls.
St Andrew’s Hospice
Well done to Natalie and Kirstyann who raised a fantastic £76.10 for St Andrew’s Hospice by selling Christmas Cards.
