North Lanarkshire’s Encounters Festival, running throughout October, offers the chance to experience something new in arts, literature and music this Autumn.
Take part in craft and creative workshops, get creative with performing & visual arts, spark your interest at author visits and talks, join the fun at museum events, focus on families’ days, Mushaira, and much more…
You can view the whole programme on the NLC website.
The Music Department accompanied pupils to see the Shine Company’s production of ‘Annie’ at Motherwell Concert Hall recently.
Set in 1930s New York during The Great Depression, brave young Annie is forced to live a life of misery at Miss Hannigan’s orphanage. Her luck soon changes when she’s chosen to spend a fairytale Christmas with famous billionaire, Oliver Warbucks. Meanwhile, spiteful Miss Hannigan has other ideas and hatches a plan to spoil Annie’s search for her true family…
Pupils and staff greatly enjoyed the show.
Kickstart Theatre Company visited the school recently and performed a smoking-prevention play for our S1 pupils. The performance discussed the dangers of smoking and encouraged them to make sensible decisions.
Author, Gill Arbuthnott, visited Calderhead High School on 14th September and spoke to our S1 pupils.
Gill has written many novels and non-fiction books and gave us a fascinating talk on her writing and the inspiration for her stories. You can find out more about Gill on her website and join the waiting list to borrow her books from the school library!
This talk was part-funded by the Scottish Book Trust as part of the Live Literature initiative.
Our S2 pupils were delighted to present a cheque for over £1400 to St Andrew’s Hospice following the sponsored climb of Tinto Hill . In return, they were delighted to receive certificates celebrating their achievement.
Pupils and staff from Calderhead High will be participating in the St Andrew’s Hospice 6K event on Sunday, 17 September 2017. Good luck, everyone!
We’re looking forward to the MacMillan Coffee Morning being organised by our 6th year pupils for Thursday, 21st September 2017. Get your tickets now.
Calderhead High School is planning an Outward Bound® residential experience for pupils in S4, S5 and S6 at Loch Eil in the Scottish Highlands from 27th to 29th October 2017.
The Outward Bound Trust is an educational charity that uses the outdoors to provide life-changing educational courses and unique experiences for young people.
The heavily subsidised cost of the course is £50 per student, which is fully inclusive of food, accommodation, bed-linen, equipment, transport and insurance.
Please see the attached letter for more information – copies have issued to pupils. If you would like your child to be considered for this course then please complete the reply slip attached and return it to Mr Robertson, Head Teacher, by Friday 15th September.
S3 and S4 pupils recently attended the University of Strathclyde as part of the Focus West programmes.
FOCUS West (Focus On College and University Study – West of Scotland) is part of the national Schools for Higher Education Programme, based in Glasgow. The programme is delivered by staff and students from colleges and universities in the west of Scotland, and provides pupils with an exciting opportunity to experience college and university, meet current students and take part in interesting, challenging and relevant activities.
For more information on FOCUS west and applying to University and College (and other post school options, please see the post schools options page on the school website.
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here will be another chance to buy blazers and PE shirts from Academy Uniform at the school on Monday, 11th September from 3.45pm until 5pm.
There will be a renge of stock to buy on the night or you can order from the company and have it delivered withih the week.
For more information about the Calderhead High School uniform, see https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/nl/calderhead/uniform/.
This is a unique creative writing competition open to all pupils in first and second year. Twelve young writers will be selected to join Pushkin Prize-winners’ Week in April 2017 at the Moniack Mhor Writers’ Centre with tuition from professional writers. They’re looking for stories, poems, plays, articles, memoirs – anything you like on a subject of your choice. Closing date 19th December 2017.
The Scottish Book Trust is seeking seven young people aged between 14 and 17 years old, with enthusiasm for developing as writers or illustrators. This can include prose, poetry, storytelling, illustration, graphic novel writing, song-writing, writing for TV and film, journalism, blogging and writing for video games and more.
The seven chosen teenagers will act as ambassadors for What’s Your Story? while they develop their skills and knowledge in their chosen creative form. For 2017, the programme includes a residency in the National Library of Scotland, professional mentoring, a creative retreat, programming the teens creative writing conference StoryCon, and a feature showcase event.
What’s Your Story? is free to apply for and take part in, and interested 14 to 17 year olds from all over Scotland are encouraged to apply.
