S4 Achieve Class recently took up the challenge of litter picking and helped clear the football pitches for the school’s annual Sports Day.
Nine bags of rubbish were collected including a satellite dish.
The group are hoping to do this again with children from the Shotts Family Learning Centre. Well done everyone!
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Obviously we are very proud of all our pupils at Calderhead High School and were delighted to honour some of them at the annual awards ceremony on 21 June.
The ceremony was held at Calderhead Erskine Parish Church in Shotts and pupils, staff and proud family and friends attended. The guest speaker was Dr Fiona Menzies, a former pupil, who gave an inspirational speech and made us laugh as she recalled her first day at Calderhead High School. Dr Menzies lectures at the University of the West of Scotland and her teaching interests include host-pathogen interactions, immunology, physiology, and reproductive biology.
Our talented pupils also provided some excellent entertainment satrting with a spirited rendition of ‘Scotland the Brave’ by CHS Pipes & Drums. Our vocal group sang “Try Everything”, Steven McLaren and Shana Murray performed ‘Ashokan Farewell’ accompanied by Mrs Prucnal, the CHS Samba Band treated us to ‘Aquarela do Brasil’, Paige Bryce sang ‘A Thousand Years’ , and ‘These Foolish Things’ was performed by Shana Murray, our talented flautist. A special mention must go to S3 pupils, Jordan Muir and Andrew Hayburn, who provided excellent technical support and are worth successors to Andrew Lynch, our former School Captain and guru of all things technical!
Congratulations to all our award winners – you can see a full list of the winners by clicking here.
Pupils in the S4 Achieve Class decided to help support an initiave by Ellen Paterson , Head of Shawhead Family Learning Centre, in her new role as a volunteer for Widows and Orphans of Genocide Rwanda by making up bags of basic items.
The pupils sourced items and then made up ten bags that will be handed into the Family Information Service.
Staff and S2 pupils enjoyed a glorious day in the sunshine on their annual reward day trip to M&Ds theme park in Motherwell.
Thank you to everyone who was able to attend the opening of Kiera’s Korner today. Your support was much appreciated.
Congratulations to Jordan Muir who won the M14B race at the Scottish Orienteering Championships recently.
This was an outstanding performance from a novice competitor.
Calderhead High School agreed to raise £500 per year to sponsor a home school partnership worker in Thuchila. This home school worker will deliver a “Girls Go For Health” programme in the area. S2 pupil, Amy, is seen here holding the agreement with Thuchila School, Malawi.
In 2015 Malawi was ranked the third poorest country in the world with the average income of only £520 per year.
Study leave for our senior students started recently and we said a fond farewell to our S6 and some other senior pupils. The “leavers” enjoyed assemblies with the Headteacher and Depute Heads and were treated to a lunchtime buffet. We would like to wish them luck in their upcoming exams and assessments and all the best for the future.
The Scottish Book Trust’s Bookbug gifts book bags to every child in Scotland and runs free song & rhymes sessions for families with babies and young children. Last week was Bookbug Week and special events took place all over the country.
The theme this year was Bookbug’s Big Giggle and our S4 Achieve Group joined in the fun by reading to the Nursery children at Shotts Family Learning Centre. We very much promote reading for pleasure at Calderhead High School and it was great to see the Nursery children enjoying the stories.
Congratulations to talented S2 pupil, Mackenzie, who recently won the U17 West of Scotland Solo Drumming competition at the weekend.
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