Our annual Christmas Fayre took place in the school on Saturday, 1 December 2018. The event was organised by our S4 Achieve class who planned, organised and facilitated our fantastic Christmas Fayre (and helped set up and clear away).
Visitors were treated to excellent performances throughout the Fayre by our bagpipers and drummers and school choir accompanied by Mrs Prucnal on piano. There were many different stalls, including some fantastic decorations created by the Technology Department. Refreshments including hotdogs, cakes. teas and coffee were available (not forgetting Logyne’s delicious reindeer chocolate lollies).
No Christmas Fayre would be complete without Santa, who was happy to meet everyone in his grotto.
There was also a tombola and raffle with some fabulous prizes and the S4 achieve class would like to congratulate all the raffle winners. Winners can collect their prizes from the school office – don’t forget your ticket! Congratulations to all our lucky winners (click here for list of winners).
Pupils and staff were very charitable on Thursday, 20th September, when everyone paid to wear their own clothes instead of uniform all day.
We have secured support from The Reward Foundation, who have created classroom-based resources for S3/4 and S5/6 pupils to inform discussion surrounding sexting and pornography use based on science and research.
Our creative knitters in Knitting Club created some ‘twiddle muffs’ , which are used for dementia patients. People with dementia often have restless hands and like to have something to keep their hands occupied. The ribbons, buttons, and beads attached to the muffs provide a great source of visual, tactile and sensory stimulation for the patients, whilst keeping their hands warm.
Pupils from our Advanced Higher and Higher English classes visited the Edinburgh International Book Festival at Charlotte Square in Edinburgh recently. The pupils enjoyed listening to three very different authors at the Festival: Melvin Burgess, Taran Matharu and Martin Stewart
The first session was with the Melvin Burgess, an author who is often described as the “godfather” of Young Adult fiction. Melvin talked about his prolific and often controversial writing and read excerpts from his latest novel, ‘The Lost Witch’ .
After lunch, pupils listened to authors Taran Matharu and Martin Stewart, who talked about their writing. Taran started writing online and soon gained a massive readership which led to the publication of his ‘Summoner’ series.