Staff and pupils at Calderhead High School participated in their very own Strictly Come Dancing competition on 16 December. The standard of dance was extremely high so congratulations to our winners, Mrs Buchanan and Mr Russell.
A special thanks to Santa who took time from his busy schedule to come along.
Well done to everyone who participated in Calderhead High’s Christmas Door competition – they all looked fantastic! The winner was Mrs Ward who transformed her door into the Polar Express.
VOLUNTEER group Hands Across Shotts started earlier this year and hold weekly meetings at Calderhead High School to discuss how they can improve standards for special needs kids in the community. The committee, which is made up of parents and those who have family members with disabilities, want to ensure the children get a fair shot in life.
The Group recently helped get a disabled swing installed at the play park and their next aim is to enable children to participate in Shotts Highland Games next year.
Co-chairperson Allison Hanley said: “We really want everyone to be able to get the full experience of the highland games, regardless of physical activity.”
For more information about the group, please see their Facebook page.
Shotts and Dykehead Pipe Band Championships were held in the school on 7 November 2015. The organisers and participants were delighted with how well the school staff and pupils facilitated the event. Jim Park, the Head of Music Instruction, commented: “I was delighted with the event on Saturday – it went extremely well. I would like to thank you, your staff and pupils for all of the efforts made to ensure the competition went without hitch. The pupils who acted as stewards were amazing and a real credit to the school. Special thanks go to Andrew Lynch who did a fantastic job with all of the sound, lighting and IT side of things. There were a number of parents who spoke to me on the day to say how much they had enjoyed the event and they were very complimentary about the school and the pupils. Your janitorial staff couldn’t have been more helpful and the ladies in the kitchen were fantastic. ”
Alison Gilmour, Organiser of the Shotts and Dykehead Pipe Band, also sent a message of thanks, stating: “…a huge thanks to all of the pupil helpers. They were absolutely fantastic. All of the stewards commented on how helpful the pupils were and I think everybody worked well in their teams. ”
Well done!
James Erskine, the Earl of Mar and Kellie and Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords, visited Calderhead High School to speak to senior Modern Studies students on Friday, 20th November, 2015.
All National and Higher Modern Studies pupils study the role of the House of Lords as part of their Democracy in Scotland and the UK unit. This visit was organised as part of the Peers in Schools project run by the House of Lords.
Calderhead High School S5 and S6 pupils organised a Christmas Fayre, which took place in the school on Saturday, 21st November 2015. The event was a great success – there was a café and stalls including Santa’s grotto, tombola, home baking, candles, soaps and many more.
This was done as part of their Personal Development classes and the Fayre raised a fantastic £1,171! Well done to all the pupils and staff who made it such a success. Thank you also to everyone who came along to the Fayre and supported the event.
Calderhead High School pupils organised a coffee morning to raise funds for St Andrew’s Hospice on Friday, 4th December 2015 and raised a fantastic £1203.50!
Calderhead pupil, Scott, presented the cheque to the Hospice.
The next meeting of the Parent Council is on October 12 at 7pm.
