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.
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What’s the link between Lego blocks, zero pollution cars, disposable nappies, liquids that flow up hill, and false legs? How is this linked to the perfect recipe for slime? Mrs Crosbie’s Chemistry class attended a “Fantastic Plastic” demonstration lecture delivered by Professor Averil McDonald at the University of Glasgow on 1st September. The lecture discussed the physical properties of plastics as featured in the topic in National 4/5 ‘Properties of Plastics’ and featured many interesting demonstrations.
After a brief overview of the great variety of physical properties of plastics that make them suitable for various intriguing and surprising applications, students were reminded of the basic concepts of solid, liquids and gases and introduced to the idea of polymers consisting of long chain molecules. Polymers can exist as solid and liquids but often have properties of both (as in slime). Lively demonstrations showed the effects of increasing the temperature, crosslinking the molecules, “tangling up” the polymer chains, and dissolving them in liquids. Some examples are given to show how by controlling what happens at the molecular level, the characteristics of the final material are determined.
S2 and S3 pupils and staff are in London this week. The visit includes Ripley’s, The Science Museum, Covent Garden, Matilda the Musical, Harry Potter Studio Tour. Check out the Image Gallery for more fantastic photos of the trip.
Pupils and staff attended an Outward Bound Leadership course at the weekend in the Lakes.
The Outward Bound Trust is an outdoor learning charity that equips young people with social and emotional skills through learning and adventure in the wild. The Trust’s Ullswater & Howtown education centres are based on the beautiful shores of lake Ullswater.
As you can see from the photos, the pupils had a wonderful time – more images are available in the Image Gallery.
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S1 pupils recently had a great day out at the Glasgow Science Centre.
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