Category Archives: Confident Individuals

Celebrating Success, Confident Individuals, Health and Wellbeing

Race for Life

52 “Cardy Crusaders” ran The Race for Life 5K yesterday and raised over £1000.  Pupils should hand their sponsor money in to Mrs Maxton as soon as possible, and, parents and staff it’s not too late to hand in money for the charity collection.

Two fabulous S3 girls finished the race in 25 minutes just behind our fastest teacher, Mrs Ferguson, who completed the 5K in 24 minutes.

Confident Individuals, Parents/Carers, Successful Learner

Senior Phase Opportunity

Exciting apprenticeship opportunity in the role of Customer Service Advisor in Hamilton is now open for applications at HSBC.

This programme will begin in October 2018.

Working as a Customer Service Advisor you will answer calls from our customers and take the hassle out of banking for them. Our customers call us for all sorts of reasons and tell us they want their requests dealing with speed, certainty and empathy, so these are key skills we look for. It could be anything from helping them pay everyday bills to saving for something special. Taking a genuine interest by building rapport and asking open questions is what our customers look for.

This is a full time role. Banking and Contact Centre experience are not essential. What we’re really interested in is a genuine passion for going above-and-beyond for our customers. Everything else we can teach you!

As An Apprentice with HSBC:

·        You will work towards and complete a nationally recognised vocational qualification in Providing Financial Service (equivalent to NVQ Level 3)
·        You will achieve a Certificate in Retail Banking Conduct of Business (CertRBCB)
·        You will gain satisfaction and self-confidence from knowing your capabilities have been successful assessed against an established national framework
·        The professional qualifications behind the Apprenticeship Programme and the experience through the Customer Services role will provide you with a great opportunity to progress your career with us and explore development opportunities that are available to you.

For more information see Mrs McGhee

Confident Individuals, Faith

Catholic Education Week

This week we have been marking  the centenary of The Education (Scotland) Act 1918 when Catholic Schools became state funded and have since gone from strength to strength. Members of our SLT have been attending our local parishes with pupils who have been wearing school uniform with pride while participating in Mass.

 

Our pupils spoke confidently on the benefit of a Catholic education and all the wonderful community and faith experiences they are involved in.

Representatives from the school also attended the annual Education Mass in Motherwell Cathedral on Wednesday, Bishop Toal celebrated Mass and emphasised the importance of education and teachers.

 

Confident Individuals, Events

Mini Mudder

On Saturday 17th June a group of young people who attend an after school group with Bellshill Youthwork – Community Learning and Development team – took part in the Mini Mudder obstacle course at Drumlanrig Castle in Dumfriesshire.  Mini mudder is a 1 mile run where young people tackle various muddy and wet obstacles and challenges and get round the course by working as part of a team.  The group consisted of 1st year pupils from both Bellshill Academy and Cardinal Newman HS and they are aiming to complete a North Lanarkshire Challenge Award.

CNHS and Bellshill Youthwork Team are extremely proud of everyone in the group, their attitude and belief in themselves in tackling this course,not just as an individual but as part of a team, was outstanding.  They worked well together, listened to instructions, took part and helped each other around the course and most of all they had an amazing amount of fun.  It is great to see the pupils from two schools bond together on the day, make new friends and face difficult challenges together.

Other photos can be viewed in the facebook page – Bellshill Youthwork.

Confident Individuals

Tinto

Ninety-Four S3 pupils and staff climbed Tinto Hill today in aid of St Andrew’s Hospice.

Well done to all involved – and a special mention to the teachers and girls who also ran the Race For Life yesterday: Good Effort.

 

Confident Individuals, In- school events, Parents/Carers

Enterprise

S1 Enterprise classes have been inviting their parents to attend coffee shops in Snap Dragon this week.  The pupils plan, prepare and serve all the sandwiches, cakes, tea and coffee.  Jobs include food preparation, dish washer filling, serving and front of house duties – all carried out in our professional kitchen and restaurant.

It’s fantastic to see so many parents and family members getting involved in the life of the school – Parental Involvement is so important to staff and pupils.   Thank you.

 

Confident Individuals

Leadership

Today’s S5 assembly was with John Chival , who was encouraging pupils to participate in the Mark Scott Leadership Award.

The Mark Scott Leadership for Life Award brings together over 220 pupils from 77 schools across the Central Belt of Scotland.  The participants are drawn from different social, economic, religious and cultural backgrounds, to work together to deliver projects to benefit their local communities. The innovative combination of an outdoor learning residential and urban community-based project helps to break down barriers that exist within our communities, supports young people to develop their confidence and provides them with the skills and attributes needed in transition to further education, training and employment.