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If your child attends a North Lanarkshire school and you are in receipt of benefits or other financial support, you may be entitled to free school meals and an essential clothing grant.
If you gave consent last year but do not currently receive these benefits, or if this is your first application, you will have to apply. Please collect an application form from the school or First Stop Shop. Simply complete the form and bring it, along with your proof of benefits, to your local First Stop Shop.
For more information, please see the NLC website.
Pupils from our cluster primary schools, Dykehead, Stane, Allanton, Alexander Peden and Kirk O’ Shotts Primary Schools, took part in the recent Maths Challenge at Calderhead High School. Well done to all the pupils who took part – we were impressed by their math skills. Competition was fierce and the winners were :
This was Kirk O’Shotts first time participating in the Challenge so a special congratulations to them.
The Challenge had four rounds: the puzzle round, cross number, stations and relay. Thank you to the S4/5 pupils for helping on the day especially Emma Gilfillan who helped organise and run the event.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
We will be holding two Christmas Ceilidhs in the school this month:
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.
