Chinese New Year

Happy Chinese New Year 2017 – The Year of the Rooster. The Chinese New Year celebrations started on 28th January and will continue until 15 February.  The new year, also known as the Spring Festival, is marked by the lunisolar Chinese calendar, so the date changes from year to year.

Chinese new yearCalderhead Book Group and French Club came together at lunchtime on Friday to celebrate the new year.  Catherine Lumsden, one of this year’s Tianjin Scholars, spoke to the pupils about her experiences in Tianjin and taught them some Mandarin. The pupils also got an opportunity to try using chopsticks and discovered that it is not as easy as it looks! Thanks to Catherine for coming in to speak to us.

 

Chemistry News

Chemistry prelim packSenior pupils are busy studying for their prelim exam – S4 pupils were recently issued with study packs to help with prelim revision. Good luck everyone.

S3 Chemistry pupils made a giant model of a poly(ethene) molecule in class.

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For more information about our Chemistry Department, check out the subject page.

 

 

 

 

 

Beat the Teacher Race

Pupils and staff participated in a “Beat the Teacher Race” at lunchtime on Wednesday, 25 January 2017.

Over 40 pupils took part in the 2km race and the teachers were duly beaten. Congratulations to pupils, Matthew and Marc, who came first and Jay in S5 who had the fastest overall time.

Special mention to  Mr Higgins in the Technologies Department, who also won a prize!

 

 

 

Careers Event 2017

Calderhead High School held a Careers event at school on Wednesday, 25 January 2017. In the morning the ‘Friends of Calderhead’ (former pupils, parents and relatives) gave  a short 20 minute presentation detailing their own personal experience of school, the grades that they attained and the journey they had taken leading them to their current role.  Our S3 pupils then had the opportunity to hear insightful, inspiring, and honest representations of working in an industry that they had expressed interest in.   Thanks go to all the ‘friends of Calderhead’: Gordon Muir, Ross Mitchell, Kim Milroy, Lauren Brown, Gillian Tannahill, Steven Smith, Billy Morley, Steven Lake, Tom Stewart and Emma Reid for their input at the event. S1 and S2 pupils took part in a teacher pathway quiz.

In the afternoon, twenty one providers attended a more traditional careers fayre, which was hosted in the assembly hall.

The final session of the day involved S5/6 pupils, parents of pupils  and members of the community who were able to access all the support and services the providers could offer.

Calderhead High School would like to thank all those who attended and supported the event.

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