We are looking forward to welcoming parents and carers of S3 pupils to the S3 Parents’ Night on Tuesday, 7th March 2017. Appointments are available from 4:30pm to 6:25pm.
Vex Robotics Challenge
Senior pupils Ceinwyn, Samantha and Jason participated in the VEX Robotics challenge at New College Lanarkshire on Friday 23 February 2017 . There was fierce competition and the Calderhead High team narrowly missed winning the challenge.
The VEX Competitions are presented by the Robotics Education & Competition Foundation and teams of students are tasked with designing and building a robot to play against other teams in a game-based engineering challenge.
Classroom STEM concepts are put to the test on the playing field as students learn lifelong skills in teamwork, leadership, communications, and more.
Well done to Ceinwyn, Jason and Samantha.
Education Scotland Parent and Carer’s E-bulletin
The February edition of Education Scotland’s Parents and Carers e-bulletin has been published.
This has some of the latest news, events and information on educational developments that may affect you or your child.
The Parents and Cares e-bulletin also has details of new resources and activities to help you support your child’s learning.
Read the e-bulletin here.
Option Choice Information Evening – 22nd February
Pupils in S2 to S5 will soon be making important decisions about their course choices for the next academic year.
Pupils, parents and carers are invited to attend an Information Evening to discuss the Option Choice process on Wednesday, 22 February at 6.00 pm.
This will give them an opportunity to meet with members of the Senior Management and Pupil Support Teams to discuss in detail the pupil’s progress and future pathways. Pupil Support staff will be on hand to answer and advise both pupils and parents. Tea and Coffee will be supplied.
The course choice process is a very important time in the school calendar and as such we would encourage parents to help us to support our young people by attending the event with them. Click below to see the Course Choice Options Information Booklets:
Tomorrow’s Engineers – Robotics
Calderhead High School’s Robotics club (Dylan, Dale , Josh, Ethan, and Jamie) attended the Tomorrow’s Engineers regional heat at West Lothian College on Monday, 20th February.
They competed in a teamwork bridge building challenge where they designed and built a bridge from scrap wood to successfully carry a car.
Members of the team were interrogated on their Lego Mindstorms robot design which they then programmed to carry out a number of space mission challenges.
The team were delighted to return with a trophy for their presentation on how robots can be used to help humans explore space. Well done!
Safer Internet
Calderhead High School’s Digital Leaders (S5 pupils Kaitlin Smith, Michaela Hughes, Alana Mcleod, Ceinwyn Barr and Yoana Vankova) organised Safe Internet Day Assemblies and workshops for S1-S3 pupils on Monday 30th and Tuesday 31st January.
The groups undertook a number of activities including a Mind Map station and informational video clips. The Leaders were able to see how much knowledge the younger year groups had of the dangers of the internet and how to be safe online by undertaking a quiz as a year group. This was a great way to get everyone interacting as the quiz was not just a “yes or no” answer – the participants also got involved in a great discussion about internet safety.
Fundraising for Malawi
In 2015, Malawi was ranked the third poorest country in the world with an average income of only £520 per year. Calderhead High School developed links with Thuchila Secondary School, which is situated in a rural area of Malawi, and we agreed to raise funds for the school. In particular, we aim to raise £500 to help sponsor a home school partnership worker in Thuchila who will help pupils, especially girls, to continue their education. S2 pupil, Amy Wilson, has been fundraising for Malawi by selling delicious homemade tablet in school. The tablet was made by Amy and her family. Well done, Amy!
Harry Potter Night
We had a great time celebrating Harry Potter Book Night in the library at lunchtime on Thursday, 2nd February.
Pupils were sorted into their houses, Gryffndor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin, before taking part in a Harry Potter quiz which showed their extensive knowledge of all things Potter.
The celebration ended with some spirited wizard duelling, judged by our very own “Professor” Galloway. Special thanks also to “Professor” Biggerstaff who presided over the sorting ceremony.
4th Year Achieve Group
S4 Achieve pupils Caitlin, Natalia & Jemma were invited by Stane Primary School to teach Primary 4, 5 and 6 pupils special effect makeup techniques, as part of the school’s art fortnight. The pupils enjoyed learning all about SFX makeup and no doubt a few of their parents will be getting a fright when they see the makeup applied!
Safer Internet Day
Safer Internet Day 2017 will be celebrated globally on Tuesday, 7th February with the slogan ‘Be the change: Unite for a better internet’.
Coordinated in the UK by the UK Safer Internet Centre the celebration sees hundreds of organisations get involved to help promote the safe, responsible and positive use of digital technology for children and young people.
The day 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.
For more information, see the Safer Internet Day 2017 website and check out some of the links on our Useful Links page.
