Calderhead High School senior pupils agreed to get together to record their message of hope for everyone affected by the 2021 lockdown. Their message is simple…‘See you again’
We are very proud of our extremely talented pupils and staff and we look forward to seeing everyone again.
Have a great Easter break.
S4 pupil, Mackenzie, visited New York earlier this month with the North Lanarkshire Schools Pipe Band. The Band led the Tartan Day Parade in Bryant Park and were a huge hit in Grand Central Station!
Shotts St Patrick’s Amateur Opera Group’s Spring show will be a production of Disney’s ‘Mary Poppins’ (Junior) featuring children from Allanton, Alexander Peden (Harthill), Dykehead, St Patrick’s and Stane Primary schools and S1 and S5 pupils at Calderhead and St Aidan’s High Schools.
The group are looking to recruit children from P5 to S5 inclusive to audition for the cast for in this show at St Patrick’s Parish Centre at 5pm on Sunday, 2nd December 2018. They will be asked to sing a short version of “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”.
Please see the attached letter for more information.
Pupils and staff from Calderhead High School recently visited Motherwell Concert Hall to see the Shine Youth Music Theatre production of the musical comedy Half a Sixpence. Everyone agreed that it was an excellent show. Thank you to Mrs Prucnal in the Music Department for organising the trip.
Calderhead High School’s band SITA performed at the recent Rockfest Battle of the Bands competition in Motherwell Concert Hall. As one of the ten bands who passed the initial audition, SITA had to perform a cover song and their own composition. Competition was fierce but the panel of judges, led by BBC’s Vic Galloway, eventually declared Chryston High School rock band ‘Voltage’ to be the winner.
SITA performed in the school during ‘Calderhead’s Got Talent’ and gave a marvellous performance at the Battle of the Bands. We are very proud of all our talented performers. Well done!
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.
The Music Department accompanied pupils to see the Shine Company’s production of ‘Annie’ at Motherwell Concert Hall recently.
Set in 1930s New York during The Great Depression, brave young Annie is forced to live a life of misery at Miss Hannigan’s orphanage. Her luck soon changes when she’s chosen to spend a fairytale Christmas with famous billionaire, Oliver Warbucks. Meanwhile, spiteful Miss Hannigan has other ideas and hatches a plan to spoil Annie’s search for her true family…
Pupils and staff greatly enjoyed the show.
Congratulations to talented S2 pupil, Mackenzie, who recently won the U17 West of Scotland Solo Drumming competition at the weekend.
The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association is the heart and home of Pipe Bands world wide and the recognised Centre of Excellence for the promotion and development of Pipe Band Music internationally.
On Saturday 3rd December Shotts and Dykehead Pipe band held their prestigious annual Junior Piping and Drumming Championship. This attracted competitors from all over Scotland as well as two Pipers from Canada. Our own Mackenzie Forrest in S2 was second in the U15 solo drumming pad and sticks competition. Senior Pupils Andrew Lynch, Callum Mathieson, Ceinwyn Barr, Elizabeth Gentleman, Ellie Truesdale Jason Prentice and Rachel Murphy acted as stewards throughout the day which ensured the smooth running of the event.
The feedback has been extremely positive about the venue and how helpful everyone was in making the day a success. A special mention must go to Andrew Lynch for his technical expertise in stage management as well as his calm professional demeanour. The prizes were presented by Calderhead High School Headteacher John Robertson.
