Calderhead High School pupils and Mrs Crosbie recently participated in the ‘Chemistry at Work’ event at the University of Strathclyde. This is an annual event sponsored by the Royal Society of Chemistry which allows school pupils an opportunity to appreciate the place of chemistry in everyday life and the world of work. Pupils participated in presentations and workshops and got the chance to work in the university labs on projects such as colour changing ink. The pupils really enjoyed learning about Chemistry at Work!
We were also delighted to see that our former pupil and recent guest speaker, Dr Michell Carlin, was appointed as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
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School Uniforms
There will be an opportunity to buy school blazers and PE Technical T-Shirts in house colours from Academy Uniform. Items can be tried on and ordered at the school on
- Monday 17th June 3:30- 5:00pm; and
- Tuesday 18th June 6:00 – 7:30pm.
For more information about the Calderhead High School uniform, see https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/nl/calderhead/uniform/.
All our blazers contain recycled plastic to reduce waste and make them hard wearing. We gratefully accept any blazers that have been outgrown, which enables us to ensure that all pupils can feel included as part of Calderhead High School.
Trip to Waterstones’ Book Store
We are always keen to encourage reading for pleasure at Calderhead High School. As reward for their dedication and hard work throughout the year, pupils from Ms Faulds’ class and the Comic Book Club were treated to a reward trip to Waterstones in Glasgow.
After spending some time in the Harry Potter common room based in the store, the pupils enjoyed choosing a book to keep. This trip was part of North Lanarkshire Council’s ‘Read to Succeed’ initiative.
Comic Club runs in the library every Wednesday lunchtime from 12.45pm and everyone is welcome to join.
Author Visit – John Young
Award-winning author, John Young visited Calderhead High School on 30 May 2019. John’s first novel, Farewell Tour of a Terminal Optimist, won the Scottish Teenage Book Prize earlier this year.
This novel tells the story of Connor and Skeates who make their way across Scotland to visit Connor’s father in HMP Shotts. We successfully applied to the First Minister’s Reading Challenge for funding to hold creative workshops with our S3 pupils and were delighted that John agreed to come along to the school to speak to our S3 pupils about his book.
John also held a creative writing workshop with Mrs Galloway’s S3 English class and discussed the writing process and his inspirations with them. The class are currently enjoying reading the book and at least one pupil remarked that it was the best book they have ever read! Special mention to Megan who could not resist reading ahead to find out what happened next but has promised not to give any spoilers.
Thanks must go to the First Minister’s Reading Challenge and the Scottish Book Trust for funding these events and to author John Young for his excellent talks.
P7 Maths Challenge
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.
Modern Languages Awards
Schools from all over North Lanarkshire participated in the 1+ 2 Modern Languages Awards at Airdrie Stadium on 21 May 2019. Congratulations to our pupils who were awarded certificates: Mark, Brodie and Emma, who were awarded the Outstanding Language Learner prize for their respective year groups, and Jack, who was awarded Most Improved Language Learner.
The Modern Languages Department also celebrated success and presented certificates to the Modern Languages Champions in school. Well done everyone!
Tinto Hill Challenge 2019
On Thursday, 16th May, our S1 pupils participated in the Tinto Hill Challenge. This Challenge is open to S1 pupils in Lanarkshire schools and is a great day out for pupils and staff who can fundraise for St Andrew’s Hospice while enjoying the great outdoors and participating in some fresh air, fun, exercise, team work and achievement. Our staff and pupils were lucky to climb Tinto Hill in glorious sunshine and had a fantastic time completing the Challenge.
More than 3000 pupils are expected to take on the Challenge this year and it is an excellent way to raise money for the Hospice.
Well done to everyone who took part.
If you would like to read more about St Andrew’s Hospice, please click here.
S4 Achieve Class
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.
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.
Easter Raffle
Well done to the winners of our Easter canteen raffle this year. Thank you to our fantastic dinner ladies who organised and ran the raffle.
