Congratulations to our S4 Achieve class who recently collected their Dynamic Youth, Saltire and Paths for All certificates in recognition for their hard work within the community. Thanks to Kyrstie and Iain from GBT for their support.
Category Archives: Information from school
Netball Festival
The Wishaw/Shotts Netball Qualifiers took place at Calderhead High on 18 April. Well done to all schools for taking part and congratulations to Kirk O’Shotts Primary and St Brigid’s Primary who will now go through to the North Lanarkshire Active Schools Finals.
SQA Exams – Easter School and Revision
Easter school
All pupils in S4-S6 have been issued with a copy of the Easter School timetable. Pupils should make teachers aware if they plan on attending. Transport is not provided to and from Easter school. Pupils must bring their own lunch/snacks as canteen will not be open.
Revision tips for pupils (and parents and carers)
With this year’s exams fast approaching, there are some great revision tips and advice contained in the links for pupils on our Study Skills page.
Parentzone Scotland also has a supporting study section providing advice on how parents and carers can support pupils preparing for exams, including managing their time, getting organised, studying and keeping well.
A link to this and other useful links are available on the parents’ page of the website.
Developing the Young Workforce Event – 22 January 2018
At Calderhead, we are keen to encourage pupils to plan for their future and explore all opportunities and career paths, including higher education, further education, employment, apprenticeships, training or volunteering. We will be hosting a Developing the Young Workforce careers event in the assembly hall on Tuesday, 22nd January from 5.30pm until 7.30pm.
Our careers event will give both parents and pupils an opportunity to meet representatives from universities, colleges and a range of career options including local and national employers. Each will have their own stall and will be delighted to answer any questions you might have about the options and opportunities they provide. This will be of particular interest to S2 and S4/5 pupils who will be making option choices soon and to pupils looking to secure a positive destination in the near future. However, everyone is welcome to come along.
Christmas Assembly
Staff and pupils enjoyed a whole school Christmas Assembly this morning. David and Lynn introduced all our talented acts, with performances from the school choir; our resident pipes and drums; and our rock band fresh from their success at NLC Rockfest’s Battle of the Bands. We also heard from Jennifer Deighan on flute; Andrew Prentice on trombone and Kenzie Steel and on trumpet; and Jack Stewart and Jennifer Deighan singing a beautiful rendition of ‘Real Love’. Shae Carroll, Eileen Boyle and Adam Ferguson also read the Christmas story for us.
Christmas Books
S1 and S2 pupils were excited to receive a surprise early Christmas present this week – each pupil got their own book to keep.
At Calderhead High School, we are committed to promoting reading for pleasure and as well as celebrating reading throughout the year, we take part in initiatives such as the First Minister’s Reading Challenge.
We were delighted to be able to gift the books to the pupils and hope they enjoy reading them over the Christmas break.
Christmas Ceilidhs
We will be holding two Christmas Ceilidhs in the school this month:
- 18th December 2018 –Â Whole school ceilidh (S1 – S6) (tickets)
- 19th December 2018 –Â Â P7/S1 transition ceilidh (no tickets required)
Our ceilidhs are always great fun and a wonderful opportunity to practice your social dancing! There will be both traditional and modern music, as well as games with prizes.
There will also be snacks and drinks available. You can change into your own clothes for the ceilidh but we do ask that no high heels or football colours are worn.
Tickets for the whole school ceilidh cost £1 and will be available in the social area at interval and lunch from Monday.
Foodbank Donations Needed
S3 Modern Studies pupils will begin their annual foodbank collection on Monday, 26th November 2018. The collection will continue until Friday, 14th December.
All items collected will be donated to the Trussell Trust’s Airdrie Foodbank.
Pupils are hoping to build on the great success of previous collections by encouraging all those within the Calderhead High School community to donate at least one item over the next three weeks. Items which can be donated include non-perishable food items, such as tinned soup, beans and vegetables; dried foods such as rice, noodles, and pasta; as well as cooking sauces, salt, pepper, tea bags, coffee, diluting juice, and longlife milk and juices. Non food items such as nappies, wipes, toilet and kitchen rolls, toothpaste and other toiletries would also be greatly appreciated.
Donations can be handed into Calderhead High School and placed in the House boxes. There will also be a collection point during the school’s Christmas Fayre to be held on Saturday, 1st December.
Please make this a merry Christmas for those most in need within our community.
Merry Christmas from the S3 Modern Studies class
Book Week Scotland
Next week Book Week Scotland is taking place from Monday 19 – Sunday 25 November 2018 and Calderhead High School are hosting many exciting activities to celebrate.
The English department are running a sponsored Readathon for all S1-S2 pupils. Let’s see how many books they can read over the course of the week! Please click here for more information.
On Tuesday, 20th November 30 pupils will receive an award to attend the ‘Book Bistro’ where they will have the opportunity to read as they sip on hot chocolate with marshmallows. This is for S1 and S2 pupils who we think have made significant progress in reading, are avid readers or have shown signs of sustained effort in Literacy. Congratulations to all who are selected. We’ll also be announcing the winners of our ‘Rebel’ creative writing contest.
On Wednesday, 21st November we have our weekly Comic Book Club running, and will be talking about some of our excellent Scottish comic book and graphic novelists.
On Thursday, 22nd November we are hosting a ‘Drop Everything and Read’ event. This is open to all classes across all subjects – ask your teacher if you are taking part in their subject. Pupils can read books, comics, revision notes, class textbooks … the aim is to get as many pupils reading in as many subjects as we can whilst learning at the same time. More information is available at http://www.dropeverythingandread.com/ for more information.
There will also be a reading lunch for S3-S6 in the library that will be ticketed for quiet reading time, all senior pupils are welcome to come along and read.
On Friday, 23rd November there will be a special Scottish book group meeting at lunchtime, all welcome.
If you would like to read more about Book Week Scotland, please click here: http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-week-scotland
Happy reading everyone !
The English department and Irene Lumsden (Librarian)
Calderhead High School
Dyslexia Awareness Week 2018
Dyslexia Awareness Week took place from 5 – 10 November 2018 and the theme this year was ‘My Wider World’. As many as 1 in 10 children and adults in Scotland have dyslexia, which can impact their lives in many ways, including difficulties with reading, writing or spelling. Pupils and staff at Calderhead High School marked Dyslexia Awareness Week in the school by wearing blue ribbons.
S4 pupil, Aiden, presented an Assembly to S1 and S2 pupils about dyslexia, ably assisted by S2 pupils, Jack and Cole. Some of our great selection of dyslexia friendly books were also on display in the library all week.
Pupils and staff also participated in a dyslexia word search competition. Congratulations to Chelsea in S2 and Miss Gillanders who were our lucky winners, and thank you to Mr O’Donnell and Ross in S1 who helped Aiden draw the winners.
