Online payments are being introduced in all schools across North Lanarkshire to provide parents/carers with more convenient and flexible methods of payment for school expenses. This service will also allow pupils to reduce the amount of cash they carry to school and help reduce administration and cash handling in schools. Cash and cheque payments can still be made in the same way as at present.
The new safe and secure payment system, called iPayImpact, will enable parents/carers to pay online for school uniform, trips and other school expenses using a credit or debit card. As soon as funds are added for school meals, the money will immediately be available for your child/children to spend in the school canteen.
Letters with full information about the system and details of your child’s unique activation code have been sent home with pupils (see example below). If you have not received this letter, please contact the school.
S1, S2 and S3 pupils recently took part in the Calderhead High School Quiz. Congratulations to the S2 winning team “I told you so” and to the S3 runners up , “Gryffindor” and well done to everyone who organised and took part in the quiz.
Well done to Natalia in S3, who won the Wishaw & Shotts Youth Forum logo competition.
A youth forum is the voice of young people in the community. Wishaw & Shotts Youth Forum is for young people aged 12 – 18 years old and meets every Thursday – see their Facebook page for more information.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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 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).
