Miss McKenny’s “Junk Kouture” club have designed and produced some outstanding outfits this term.  The pupils used wire, paper and plastic bags to fashion their own creations – well done.

These are coming to a catwalk near you!

Parents please check school bags for letters given out today containing a letter from Education Scotland and other important information. The contents of the Education Scotland letter is also available as a link at the top right of this webpage and on Education Scotland’s own website.

On Friday Dec 16 we will be having a non-uniform Christmas Jumper Day in aid of St Andrew’s Hospice.  All pupils wishing to participate in this worthwhile cause should bring a £1 contribution.  Our St Andrew’s Ambassadors will collect money period 1.

Pupil: £1       Family: £2      Staff: £3 or a charity donation

Don’t want to wear a jumper?

Why not come in a Christmas themed item instead? (t-shirt, hat or wearing tinsel).

Anyone who does not wish to get involved must attend in full school uniform.

Tonight is the S4 Parent Meeting, appointments run from 4.30 to 6.30 pm.   Enter through the yellow doors, register with our senior pupils and collect helpful information leaflets.

Members of the Parent Council will also be on hand tonight to invite new members, feel free to ask any questions about the work of the PC or leave your contact details.

Tea and coffee will be available in the Green Social Area and senior pupils will be selling raffle tickets and merchandise to support our school fund and various charities.

This week is our annual “Literacy Week” with visiting authors, door displays, cross-curricular events and competitions.  On Monday an S1 group from 1M1 beat a team of S6 in a Christmas Literacy Quiz – Well Done.  This event is organised by the English Department and The Literacy Group to emphasise the importance of literacy in all that we do.

More exciting activities will be posted soon.

Congratulations to everyone involved in making this year’s Christmas Fayre a great success.  This is the one fundraising event which directly benefits our pupils, and it is only possible with the support of pupils, parents, staff and our local community.

Friday Dec 2 was a non-uniform day to raise money and/or tins for the grocery stall, raffles have been ongoing for a couple of weeks and then the actual fayre took place on Saturday Dec 3 – fantastic effort from all involved.

Teaching, janitorial and office staff all worked together to ensure the stalls were set up and decorated the evening before the fayre, and, pupils, staff and members of the parent council helped out on the day.

So far we have raised over £2,000 – Well done.

Tomorrow (Fri 2) is a non-uniform day for all pupils.  Senior pupils will come round classes period 1 to collect either £2 (£3 per family) or 4 tins for the Christmas Fayre.  Lessons will run as normal so pupils must bring school bags and equipment.  

Modern Languages has become the latest department to join the @CN_HS Twitter Family.  Follow today for helpful advice and information. The most recent post had an informative visual aid for S2 Spanish pupils.

Tweets by CN_HSlanguages

Tickets are now on sale for this exciting and fun event.  Teachers and pupils will be performing a number of different talents to try to win this event.  All the money raised will be going to Beatson Cancer Care – a very worthwhile cause.  Don’t miss out as tickets are selling fast – your ticket is your vote, so your friends need you to be there.

Congratulations to Mrs McGhee and Miss Gallagher on completing the Santa Dash for St Andrew’s Hospice on Sunday morning.  A freezing cold but exciting day with cyclists, dog runners and Santas galore.  

Daily tips from SQA Sam are available on the link below.  This helpful information will also be shared on our Twitter feed.

Tweets by mysqa_sam

Our Supported Study Programme has been underway for a while now.  Check below for times and remember to look for future updates.

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This week’s SCHOLAR online sessions will be:

Higher Physics                   Monday, 14 November 6:00pm
National 5 English             Tuesday, 15 November 6:00pm

http://scholar.hw.ac.uk/Resources/Live_Online_Sessions/

Every year the school puts time and effort into raising thousands of pounds for charity and good causes.  The Christmas Fayre is the main event in which we try to raise money for our own school fund.  This money goes to ensure that all pupils can go educational excursions and have lots of interesting experiences.

Please get in touch with the school office if you can:

• Help out
• Run a stall
• Donate raffle prizes and bottles
• Display a poster in your place of work.

Yesterday we had a visit from Andrew Flynn from St Andrew’s Hospice, he is the school coordinator and he gave an interesting talk about the ways senior pupils can get involved.

During his visit Mrs Maxton and the Ben Nevis Girls handed over a cheque for £2, 032 which means our school contribution to this charity is now over £46,000 and still rising.

Well done to everyone involved.