Calderhead High School Parent Council is holding a quiz night at Shotts Bowling Club on Friday, 11 March 2016 at 7.00pm. Cost is £10.00 per team.
World Book Day 2016
Calderhead High School celebrated World Book Day with a number of fun activities. Classes showed off their literary knowledge by participating in a book quiz, our new book group was launched in the library and the World Book Day tokens were distributed.
Senior School Exam Leave 2016
Letters have been issued to pupils in S4 – S6 regarding exam leave (see below).
Exam leave will begin at 3.15pm on Tuesday, 3rd May 2016 and  pupils will return to school on Monday, 6th June at 8.50am.
Please read the attached for more information:
Modern Apprenticeship Week Event
Calderhead High School pupils pupils engaged with Scottish Gas and GTG training at Modern Apprenticeship Week event.
Modern Apprenticeship Week 2016
This week is Modern Apprenticeship week and Calderhead High School pupils will be attending a number of events including:
- Tuesday 1st March – GTG Arnold Clark Open Day
- Wednesday 2nd March – Future Starts taster Day in Childcare and Scottish Gas Apprenticeship Event
- Thursday 3rd March – North Lanarkshire Modern Apprenticeship Fayre
For more information about Modern Apprenticeships, please check out the Modern Apprenticeships website.
Rugby Festival
Rugby Festival
S1 and S2 pupils from Calderhead, Coltness and St Aiden’s High Schools participated in an inter school rugby festival at Coltness High School this week.
Football Victory
Congratulations to the Calderhead High School senior boys’ football team involved in the victory against Holy Cross HS  in the Lanarkshire cup. They will take part in the next round against Cardinal Newman at Sir Matt Busby Sports Centre in Bellshill on Wednesday, 2nd March.
Jamie Shaw – Generation 2016
Congratulations to Calderhead High School pupil, Jamie Shaw, S5, who has been selected to become part of BBC Scotland’s Generation 2016.
With the Scottish elections looming, the BBC want to represent the breadth of young people’s perspectives in all communities and Jamie will be involved in BBC TV, radio and online content. Well done, Jamie!
Letter issued regarding standardised school week
A letter explaining the introduction of a standardised 33 period week across North Lanarkshire secondary schools has been issued to pupils.
Please click here to see a copy of the letter.
Course Choice Information Evening – Thursday, 18th February
S2, S3, S4 and S5 pupils will soon be making important decisions about their course choices for the next academic year.
Pupils, parents and carers are invited to come along to the Calderhead High School Course Choice Information Evening on Thursday, 18th February 2016.  All pupils and parents from S2, S3, S4 and S5 are most welcome. It’s an opportunity to speak with the Senior Management Team regarding course structure and the options process. Pupil Support staff will be on hand to answer and advise both pupils and parents. Tea and Coffee will be supplied and the event starts at 6 pm.
S4 and S5 will have a meeting with Mr Graham (6 pm) and then afterwards the opportunity to speak with Pupil Support staff.
S2 and S3 will have a meeting with Ms Darragh (6 pm) and thereafter the opportunity to speak with Pupil Support staff.
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.
Please see the attached Course Choice Options Information Booklets (will open in a new page):
