The Street Soccer programme is for 9-16 year olds and encourages young people to improve their health and wellbeing in their communities through football.
A new block of ten weeks is starting in Shotts on Tuesday, 27th February 2018 at Cove Crescent, Shotts, ML7 4JE
For more information email sportsdevelopment@nlleisure.com
Calderhead pupils showed off their talent at the Talent Show in December, and we were extremely impressed by the breadth and variety of talent demonstrated by our pupils. This included the prefect choir (who sang a moving rendition of “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”), the brave seniors who braved their own “Bush Tucker Challenge” and many more fantastic acts. The eventual winner was the talented pianist, Heather Duncanson, S4, who performed to great acclaim.
Our School Captains, Jay and Nicole, and Heather were delighted to be able to present the money raised from this event to the Beatson Cancer Charity.
2018 has been designated the Year of Young People and February is LGBT History Month. A local MSYP (and Year of Young People Ambassador) has organised on LGBT Diversiday celebration, which will take place on Saturday, 24th February, at the Jim Foley Community Centre. This fun day will include music and arts and crafts and promises to be a fun day out.
Calderhead High School’s Robotics clubs have gone from strength to strength.
Our senior team recently participated in the VEX Robotics “In the Zone” competition at New College, Lanarkshire. Ceinwyn and Jason in S6 built an excellent robot which was required to carry out tasks such as stacking cones, scoring goals, and parking. They were narrowly defeated in the final and won second place. Well done!
Our junior robot creators took part in the recent Tomorrow’s Engineers EEP Robotics Challenge at Forth Valley College, which was one of twenty five regional heats. One hundred and forty young people aged between eleven and fourteen, organised into teams from local high schools, took part in the Challenge. Each team had learned how to build, program and control autonomous LEGO robots to complete a series of aviation themed missions. Our pupils built their robots during lunchtime Lego Robot club sessions and worked out how to complete the missions. On the day of the competition, they also had to research, design and present their own solution to a contemporary engineering problem faced by STEM professionals in the aviation industry. Everyone had a great time and well done to all who took part.
Calderhead High School held their annual Developing the Young Workforce day on Tuesday, 23rd January. The event has been held for the last three years and gives an opportunity for all year groups to develop their knowledge about the world of work and gain insight into a variety of pathways available when leaving school.
S1 pupils were involved in an interactive ‘teacher pathways’ quiz where they worked in small groups to identify a teacher based on clues about their journey through school to starting their teaching career. The pupils were interested to find out that some teachers did not achieve as well at high school as they might have expected. The pupils also realised that the journey into education doesn’t always happen immediately after school and university and that many members of staff started their teaching careers after a number of other jobs.
S3 pupils took part in the ‘Friends of Calderhead’ event before lunch. Former pupils Steven Lake and Tom Stewart (Scottish Fire and Rescue), Glenn Paterson (Gas Sure), Alex Stewart (Scottish Canals), Carrie Fleming (NHS), Gillian Tannahill (Skills Development Scotland) and Fraser McPhee (Amey) were joined by Maths teacher Mrs Johnston’s brother, Ross Mitchell (Lloyds Banking Group), and community police officer, PC Susan Rooney, to provide workshops regarding the line of work they are involved in. These sessions gave insight into the type of work that is involved in a variety of sectors and the skills and qualities required to be successful. Many of the speakers also spoke of their own time at Calderhead High School and we heard about the impact that not only academic qualifications but experiences and skills learned have had on their life.
In the afternoon a traditional Careers Fayre took place with 24 providers setting up stalls with a vast array of information, prospectuses and freebies. Pupils were able to spend time speaking to staff from a variety of local and national firms, training providers and Further and Higher Educational establishments to gain knowledge about the entry requirements and recruitment process.
Thanks go out to all the providers who attended and passed on valuable information to our young people, many of whom are now engaging with the application process and actively seeking opportunities for post school destinations.
Calderhead High School celebrated Burns Night recently. On 25th January, the catering staff treated us to a wonderful Burns supper (lunch), replete with haggis, neeps and tatties. Mr Graham addressed the haggis and Mrs Prucnal and pupils performed some Scottish music for us.
This was followed by a moving commemoration of the Bard by Mr Reilly in the Library at lunchtime on 29th January. Douglas drummed us in and we enjoyed some of Burns’ poetry before tucking into some Scottish snacks.
Parents and carers invited to attend an Information Evening to discuss the Option Choice process on Tuesday, 20 February 2018 at 6.00 pm. Your child is welcome to accompany you.
There will be an opportunity to meet with members of the Senior Management and Pupil Support Teams to discuss in detail your child’s progress and future pathways.
A letter has been sent home with pupils.
Staff and pupils got together to celebrate Burns Night at lunchtime on 25 January in the social area. Our talented catering staff cooked some delicious haggis, neeps and tatties for us to enjoy. Douglas and Mackenzie piped us in and Depute Head, Mr Graham, addressed the haggis with gusto.
There were also some sonsie faces at the Burns Commemoration event which followed in the Library on 29th January. Douglas started the commemoration with some spirited drumming. Mr Reilly spoke eloquently about the bard and we heard some of Burns’ poetry and songs as we enjoyed some Scottish refreshments.
We were extremely impressed by the breadth and variety of talent demonstrated by our pupils who performed at the ‘Calderhead’s Got Talent’ show which took place on 18th December, including the prefect choir (who sang a moving rendition of “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”), the brave seniors who braved their own “Bush Tucker Challenge” and many more fantastic acts. The eventual winner was the talented pianist, S4 pupil, Heather, who performed her own composition to great acclaim. The money raised from this event and the Christmas Jumper day has been donated to the Beatson Cancer Charity.
A cheque for £500 was recently presented to Callum from the Beatson Cancer Charity by Heather and our school captains, Nicole and Jay. A brilliant night – well done to everyone who took part!
Click here to view Heather’s performance (with thanks to Mr Duncanson for providing the video)
Congratulations to our former music teacher, Amy Papiransky, who was a finalist in BBC Radio Scotland’s Young Traditional Musician 2018 competition. Click on the image to view Amy’s wonderful performance.
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