Well done to all the pupils and staff from Calderhead High School who participated in the St Andrew’s Hospice Lanarkshire Schools 6K event at Strathclyde Park event on Sunday, 18th September.
Extra Curricular Clubs and Groups
Lego Robotics Club is up and running every Monday and Tuesday lunchtime. Check out this video from the club – great work, Kian and Cody!
There are some great clubs and groups available at lunchtime and after school at Calderhead High School, including
- badminton,
- band,
- basketball,
- CalderRead book group,
- choir,
- fitness suite,
- fitness for girls,
- football,
- guitar,
- knitting,
- Lego robotics,
- multi-sport,
- orienteering,
- Poetry Slam,
- rugby,
- running/cross country,
- table tennis
- trampolining
For more information, see our clubs and groups page on the website.
MVP Presentation
S6 pupils, Jamie Shaw and Connor McGinn, recently made a presentation to the NLC Education Committee about the philosophy behind the Mentors in Violence Prevention Programme (MVP).
MVP is designed to train students to speak out against bullying and all forms of violent and abusive behaviour. It focuses on an innovative ‘bystander’ approach that empowers each student to take an active role in promoting a positive school climate. Within the MVP Programme young people are identified not as victims or perpetrators but as empowered bystanders able to support and even challenge abusive and bullying peers.
Claudius England visits Calderhead High
Pupils enjoyed special assemblies with Claudius England from Jamaica who used music and story telling as a mean of tellling the history of Jamaica, from slavery to present day.
Claudius also talked about ‘Reclaimed Territory’, an initiative he started in Jamaica working in youth detention centres. This year it is extended to Scotland where Claudius will be visiting most of the prisons in Scotland.
Claudius has been touring a number of local schools and visited Calderhead-Erskine Parish on Saturday night (10th September).
House System Badges
Our new House System is up and running and we’re looking forward to our first Inter House event on 21 September 2016.
Pupils and staff have all been issued with their new House badges, being shown off here by Caitlyn, Adam, Robbie and Matthew.
Roald Dahl Day
“If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.” Roald Dahl.
We’re celebrating Roald Dahl Day in the Library today.
Roald Dahl was born on 13th September and Roald Dahl Day takes place every year on this date.
This year we’re marking 100 years since the birth of Roald Dahl and it’s set to be to be the biggest worldwide celebration of Roald Dahl Day ever. Brooke, Ayesha and Murron are revisiting some of their favourite Dahl books – we even have a French copy of the ‘Big Friendly Giant’!
Changes to School Buses from Monday
As a result of the proposed engineering work at Station Road in Shotts, from Monday 12th September the school transport times will be as follows:
Harthill Bus: 8.15am Westcraigs Road
8.17am Main Street
Hartwood/ Prison Bus 8.25am Shotts Prison
8.29am Hartwood Road
8.31 Bowhousebog Road
Springhill Bus: 8.15am Torbothie Road/Southfield Avenue
8.17am Tulloch Road opp Melford Avenue
8.20am Springhill Road
Allanton Bus: No change
St Andrew’s Hospice Fun Run
Pupils and staff from Calderhead High will be participating in the St Andrew’s Hospice 6K event on Sunday, 18th September, with a 10.30am start.
We are proud to support St Andrew’s Hospice and this is an opportunity to raise some vital funds for this great charity. Participants can choose to: run, jog or walk the 6k route and can either wear their running kit or crazy fancy dress outfits.
Watch out for sponsorship forms coming home!
World Pipe Band Championships
Calderhead High School pupils Andrew Lynch, Morgan Lynch and Jason Prentice all competed at the World Pipe Band Championships earlier this month.
Jason, seen here with his bagpipe teacher, Ross Cowan, is a member of the North Lanarkshire Schools Pipe Band, which placed 5th in the Novice B category. He competed against bands from other countries including South Africa and Australia.
UCAS Information Session – 5th September
Every year the school runs a UCAS class which assists our S6 students in applying to University. While the students are given time during the school day we encourage them to complete the application in their own time and for parents to be involved in this process.
A brief information session for parents and carers will be held in the school on Monday, 5th September 2016 at 6pm to go through the process and to allow you to discuss concerns or issues you may have.
Useful links:
https://www.ucas.com/ucas/undergraduate/getting-started/ucas-undergraduate-parents-and-guardians
http://www.gla.ac.uk/about/wideningparticipation/supportingaccesstogeneralsubjects/top-up/
