S4 pupils Brianna, Demi, Heather, Stephanie, recently joined pupils from St Aidan’s High School to take part in a Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award Expedition from Auchengillan Centre. The Duke of Edinburgh Award has three levels (Bronze, Silver and Gold) and is the world’s leading youth achievement award challenging young people to undertake volunteering, physical activities, life skills and expeditions. The pupils have been working hard to earn their Bronze Award – well done, girls.
Buddy Sessions
All S1 pupils were involved in a Buddy Event with senior pupils recently. The pupils were divided into House groups and participated in some great events including cup-cake decoration, mask making and other team building activities. This was followed by a whole year sports session in the school gym. A great time was had by all.
Maths Week Scotland 2017
As part of Maths Week Scotland, S3 pupils Jordan Muir and Lewis Campbell were invited to attend the UKMT Mathematical Circle hosted at the University of Strathclyde.
The event entailed a series of lectures and workshops for the most talented mathematicians in Scotland. Jordan especially enjoyed the hands on approach of the workshops and both agreed that it was a great experience.
The Maths Department in Calderhead also took part in an online Sumdog Competition for all S1 and S2 pupils, with S3 to S6 pupils taking part in a number of team based problem solving competitions.
Hallowe’en – Spooky Stories in the Library
We held a spooky storytelling session in the Library at lunchtime on Hallowe’en. S4 pupil, Megan, demonstrated her considerable special effect make up skills by creating realistic ‘bruising’ and werewolf scratches on Mrs Lumsden’s face and a very scary finger injury for Hannah. Thanks for helping out, Megan.
Pupils Get Energised
S2 pupils participated in a “Get Energised” Investigation Day at the National Museum of Rural Life in East Kilbride recently and learned about renewable energy by participating in workshops where they had the opportunity to build their own hydro turbine, and engineer a wave technology model.
S4 Physics pupils also enjoyed a Challenge day at the Museum, where they got the chance to learn more about solar, wind, hydro and wave power by conducting experiments and meeting challenges. They also met high-profile industry experts.
“Get Energised” is a programme encouraging school pupils to explore, discover and understand renewable energy and is facilitated by the National Museum of Scotland with funding from the ScottishPower Foundation.
Sports Clubs @ Calderhead
Senior pupils helped our NLActive Schools Co-ordinator, Jordann Cunningham, host a Sports Fayre Assembly and pupils had the opportunity to sign up for some of the many sports clubs at the school. Details of these and the other great clubs and other extracurricular activities currently available at the school are detailed here.
Literacy Survey
Literacy is about learning to read and write accurately, being able to listen carefully and talk clearly about ideas. At Calderhead High School, we are committed to improving literacy across the school. We would also like to involve you, as parents and carers, and would be grateul if you would please complete this survey:
Careers News – College Applications
Interested in going to College? Here are the dates applications open for the following Colleges for January 2018 starts:
- City of Glasgow College – opens on 11th October
- West College Scotland (Clydebank) – NC Computing with Digital Media: Level 5 – applications for this have just opened this and other courses should appear this month.
- New College Lanarkshire – will open at then end of October
- West Lothian College – courses will be live after the October break but they have pathways courses just now for care related courses
- Glasgow Kelvin – November or December
If you would like more advice about post school options, your School Careers Adviser is Sylvia Phee
Sylvia is based in the school Library every Tuesday, Thursday and alternate Friday and pupils can request to meet with her through pupil support or by asking her for an appointment.
A careers interview is a confidential one to one discussion which helps pupils develop career management skills and make well informed decisions about their career pathways in the future.
Drop in Career Clinic
This is held every Thursday during lunch break and offers all pupils the chance to have career-related questions answered.
For more information, please see our post school options page.
School Calendar
S1 parent night will take place tonight (12th October) and pupil photos will be taken tomorrow.
The school will be on holiday next week and we look forward to seeing everyone again on 23rd October 2017 at 8.55am.
Don’t forget that you can keep abreast of important dates by keeping an eye on our parental calendar or the school year page.
MacMillan Coffee Morning
S6 pupils organised a coffee morning on 21st September 2017 to raise funds for MacMillan Cancer Support. S6 pupils and staff were treated to an array of delicious cakes and biscuits at interval and participated in a raffle, and raised a fantastic £234.28 for the charity.
We would like to thank the Co-op who supported the coffee morning and to Mrs Alexander, who baked a beautiful cake for the event.
