Pupils at Calderhead High School have been working hard building their Lego robots at lunchtime. They now have functioning robots and are working on programming skills.
LEGO Robotic Club
British Science Week 2016
Pupils at Calderhead High School celebrated British Science week with the first year pupils taking part in a number of activities (including researching whether mints really cool down your mouth) and challenges (Dragons’ Den smart materials challenge) during Science classes recently.
North Lanarkshire Schools Music Groups’ Spring Concert
Well done to all the pupils who took part in the North Lanarkshire Schools Music Groups’ Spring Concert at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on 31st March, including six of our Calderhead pupils, five of whom are seen here heading off to the final rehearsal.
Speak Up Competition
Calderhead High School S3 pupils, Alannah, Lauren and Yasmin, will represent the school in the finals of the North Lanarkshire public speaking competition, ‘Speak Up’, tomorrow afternoon. Good luck!
Easter School
Easter School sessions in many subjects will be available for National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher pupils at Calderhead High School during the Easter holidays. See below for more information and the Easter School timetable.
Pupils attend Multilingual Debate at Heriot Watt
Calderhead High School’s Higher French class recently enjoyed the multilingual debate at Heriot Watt University and all agreed that: “It was amazing!”
This is an annual event that showcases the interpreting skills of students at Heriot Watt and takes the form of a formal debate with two multilingual teams arguing for and against a motion of topical interest in a range of languages. Schools from all over Scotland participated in the debate by listening to the arguments, putting questions to the speakers in the languages represented and voting on the motion.
PI Day
Pi Day is celebrated on 14th March around the world and Calderhead High School enjoyed some fun ‘pi’ activities.
Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter — which is approximately 3.14159. The BBC produced a great guide to pi (t.co/wvwpvzl4vP).
Calderhead Credit Union
Calderhead now has its very own Credit Union which will run in conjunction with Newmains Credit Union. All first and second years have been invited to open up a junior account and this will extend on to S3-S6 in the coming weeks. We have 5 senior pupils who have been trained by Newmains Credit Union and will run the school credit union every Tuesday at lunch time in the social area.
Wishaw/Shotts Tennis Festival
Well done to the young leaders from Calderhead High School who helped out at the Wishaw/Shotts tennis festival at Wishaw Sports Centre.
North Lanarkshire Cross Country Races
Well done to all the Calderhead High School pupils who recently took part in the North Lanarkshire Cross Country races.
