Lots of spooky activity at Calderhead High School for Hallowe’en. CalderRead Book Group and French Club joined forces in the library on Friday and heard some terrifying ghost stories in French and English. Then on Hallowe’en, the S1s enjoyed a party at the end of the day, organised by staff and senior pupils as part of their personal development class. A spooky time was had by all…
Pupils and staff attended an Outward Bound Leadership course at the weekend in the Lakes.
The Outward Bound Trust is an outdoor learning charity that equips young people with social and emotional skills through learning and adventure in the wild. The Trust’s Ullswater & Howtown education centres are based on the beautiful shores of lake Ullswater.
As you can see from the photos, the pupils had a wonderful time – more images are available in the Image Gallery.
There will be a Halloween disco for S1 pupils periods 6 and 7 on Monday in the Assembly Hall.
Pupils will be able to get their faces painted for 50p and special FX make-up for £1.50 at lunchtime and can get changed into their costumes at the end of period 5.
As well as the disco, there will be games, a tuck-shop and a costume competition.
50 S4 pupils attended the Skills Scotland Event at the SECC on Wednesday, 26 October 2016. All the pupils enjoyed the visit and came away with some useful information to help with their decision making for the future.
Skills Scotland events bring young people face-to-face with employers, training providers, further education colleges, universities, professional bodies and sector specific organisations to help young people to make better transitions and identify effective career pathways that will help them to move into sustainable employment.
Parents and Careers Advisers have the opportunity to explore more than 800 courses in 90 minutes at an open evening at New College Lanarkshire.
The event will take place at the College’s Motherwell Campus on Thursday, October 27 from 5pm . For more information, click here.
Calderhead High School pupils participated in the school’s first interhouse cross-country competition on 14th October 2016. Pupils were awarded house points for volunteering and finishing under a set time. 180 pupils volunteered to participate for their house.
The results were as follows:
Congratulations also to the individual medal winners:
S1 Boys: Mark Love (1st), Matthew Phipps (2nd)
S1 Girls: Hailey McGonigal (1st) Emma Louise Pringle (2nd)
S2 Boys: Mark Hamilton (1st), Euan Watson (2nd)
S2 Girls: Ebony McLean (1st), Bekki Ballantyne (2nd)
S3 Boys: Aaron Muir (1st), Aaron Barnes (2nd)
S3 Girls: Kirsty Mitchell (1st), Skye Emslie (2nd)
Open Boys: Jay Casserly (1st), Caleb Hariri (2nd)
Open Girls: Chloe Cairns (1st), Lauren McHugh (2nd)
Please see the Image Gallery for more photographs from the event.
The senior Personal Development class are busy organising an Hallowe’en Party for S1 pupils on Monday, 31st October.
The class were treated to face-painting lessons by Miss Reilly in preparation for the party.
Pupils in the 4th Year Achieve Group at Calderhead High School are taking part in a Community Art Project in Shotts Nature Park in partnership with Central Scotland Green Network Trust, CCI Scotland, and Shotts Nursery. The project aims to tidy up and landscape the area, and help make and design an 8ft x 5ft Green Man mask. The pupils will be working with artist, Shirley Tiscali, and children from the nursery each week.
School holidays will take place from 17th to 22nd October.
Looking for activities for the mid-term break? Click on October Holiday Clubs for more information about NL Leisure’s October Club Programme.
The School Captains and Prefects organised a coffee morning and non-uniform day in aid of MacMillan Cancer Support On Thursday, 22nd September. They also held a “guess how many spots on the cake” competition and raffle, which helped raise £570.45 for this great cause.
Pupils would like to give special thanks to Frames Sweetie shop in Harthill, who donated cakes and money to put towards the funds. Also thank you to Bells the Bakers and Crawford’s Pharmacy, who also gave cakes and loads of great raffle prizes, which were won by the teachers at the school.
