Calderhead High School celebrated Burns Night recently. On 25th January, the catering staff treated us to a wonderful Burns supper (lunch), replete with haggis, neeps and tatties. Mr Graham addressed the haggis and Mrs Prucnal and pupils performed some Scottish music for us.
This was followed by a moving commemoration of the Bard by Mr Reilly in the Library at lunchtime on 29th January. Douglas drummed us in and we enjoyed some of Burns’ poetry before tucking into some Scottish snacks.
Parents and carers invited to attend an Information Evening to discuss the Option Choice process on Tuesday, 20 February 2018 at 6.00 pm. Your child is welcome to accompany you.
There will be an opportunity to meet with members of the Senior Management and Pupil Support Teams to discuss in detail your child’s progress and future pathways.
A letter has been sent home with pupils.
Staff and pupils got together to celebrate Burns Night at lunchtime on 25 January in the social area. Our talented catering staff cooked some delicious haggis, neeps and tatties for us to enjoy. Douglas and Mackenzie piped us in and Depute Head, Mr Graham, addressed the haggis with gusto.
There were also some sonsie faces at the Burns Commemoration event which followed in the Library on 29th January. Douglas started the commemoration with some spirited drumming. Mr Reilly spoke eloquently about the bard and we heard some of Burns’ poetry and songs as we enjoyed some Scottish refreshments.
We were extremely impressed by the breadth and variety of talent demonstrated by our pupils who performed at the ‘Calderhead’s Got Talent’ show which took place on 18th December, including the prefect choir (who sang a moving rendition of “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”), the brave seniors who braved their own “Bush Tucker Challenge” and many more fantastic acts. The eventual winner was the talented pianist, S4 pupil, Heather, who performed her own composition to great acclaim. The money raised from this event and the Christmas Jumper day has been donated to the Beatson Cancer Charity.
A cheque for £500 was recently presented to Callum from the Beatson Cancer Charity by Heather and our school captains, Nicole and Jay. A brilliant night – well done to everyone who took part!
Click here to view Heather’s performance (with thanks to Mr Duncanson for providing the video)
Congratulations to our former music teacher, Amy Papiransky, who was a finalist in BBC Radio Scotland’s Young Traditional Musician 2018 competition. Click on the image to view Amy’s wonderful performance.
Safer Internet Day 2018 will be celebrated globally on Tuesday, 6th February and offers the opportunity to highlight positive uses of technology and to explore the role we all play in helping to create a better and safer online community.
The internet has transformed the way we communicate and connect with each other and this has impacted our digital wellbeing and our relationships. The theme for Safer Internet Day this year is ‘Create, connect and share respect: a better internet starts with you’.
This theme encourages young people to work together to be positive, safe and respectful online and to consider how they interact with others to develop healthy online relationships.
For more information, see the Safer Internet Day 2018 website and check out some of the links on our Useful Links page.
The Parent Council meets on the first Thursday of every month and the next meeting will take place in the school on Thursday, 8th February 2018 at 6pm in the school.
Any parent or guardian can come along and observe the Council’s meetings.
Please note that the Parent Council also has a Twitter account @CalderheadPC which you can follow.
For more information about the Parent Council and to see the previous Minutes, please see the Parent Council page.
Pupils from Calderhead High School, accompanied by Ms Faulds and Mrs Lumsden, had the opportunity to join the panel at the recent Authors Live event at the BBC in Glasgow.
Authors Live is a series of live webcasts filmed by BBC Scotland Learning and presented in partnership with the Scottish Book Trust. They feature some of the most prominent authors, poets and illustrators, and the webcasts can be accessed on the BBC website.
This latest Authors Live event talked about unheard voices in the writing industry and the barriers that stop diverse voices from being heard. The panellists included Alex Wheatle, author of the award-winning Crongton sequence, Scottish rapper Dave Hook from hip hop band Stanley Odd, and Anni Cameron, poet. As well as the discussion, pupils enjoyed raps from Dave Hook and Alex Wheatle reading from his latest novel ‘Straight Outta Crongton’. S4 pupil, Heather Duncanson, asked the panel whether they felt that they had to be role models for teenagers and you can see their response on the BBC site. Pupils were gifted books and were delighted to have these signed by the author and poets.
Pupils were also treated to a tour of the BBC after the event. They enjoyed lunch in the BBC canteen and had great fun spotting famous faces. They also managed to see the newsroom and the various departments, including BBC Bitesize, which will be familiar to our senior pupils preparing for prelims at the moment.
We would like to thank the Scottish Book Trust for choosing our school to attend this event and to the BBC (especially our excellent guide, Kimberley, who was a font of knowledge about the BBC).
The S4 Prelims will take place on: 7th, 8th, 9th, 15th, 16th & 19th February 2018.
S5/6 Prelim Diet
The S5/6 Prelims will take place on: 7th, 8th, 9th, 15th & 16th February 2018.
Senior pupils have been given their Prelim Timetables and letters home. Click on the link below for the prelim timetable.
Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) takes place on 27 January every year to remember the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, and the millions of people killed in Nazi Persecution and in subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, and Darfur. 27 January marks the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp.
The theme of HMD this year is ‘The Power of Words’ and all year groups attended moving assemblies presented by history teacher, Mr Reilly, which included his personal experiences of visiting Auschwitz.
There is also an HMD display in the Library with many fiction and non-fiction available to borrow.
