New S5 Conference – Tuesday 5th June 2018

All pupils transitioning from S4 to S5 who are intending to return to school for S5 should attend the S5 Conference on Tuesday 5th June.

The event starts at 9.30am and will run to 2.30pm and will be hosted at the Chryston Cultural Centre (next door to the school).  All students who wish to return must attend this event and be in full school uniform.

The schedule for the event can be found by clicking on the link below.

S5 Conference Schedule

We look forward to seeing everyone on their return after a demanding and rewarding exam diet!

GERMAN MASTER CLASSES 2018

The Modern Languages department is offering pupils sitting German SQA exams masterclasses on Thursday 31st May.

National 5        9am-10:30am
National 5        11am-12:30pm
Higher                2pm-3:40pm

Pupils should report to Mr Kirk’s room in ML2 where there will be a range of activities to help revise for the final exam on 4th June.  We will do work on vocabulary, listening, reading and writing.

All welcome! Bis dann!

SQA

Cheesy Talks with the Teachers

We asked Mr McAlpine some cheesy questions.

Cheesy Question: What football team do you support?

Cheesy Answer: Rangers Football Club.

Cheesy Question: What’s your favourite food?

Cheesy Answer: Pizza

Cheesy Question: What’s your favourite colour?

Cheesy Answer: Blue

Cheesy Question: What’s your dream car?

Cheesy Answer: A Range Rover Sport

Cheesy Question: What did you want to be when you were growing up?

Cheesy Answer: A footballer

Cheesy Question: Out of 10 how much do you like teaching at Chryston High?

Cheesy Answer: 9/10

Text Messaging – Incoming Messages

We have received the following message from Groupcall concerning our text messaging service.  If you need to contact us, please call the school.
“The performance issues first reported Tuesday morning are continuing today. Our engineers made progress and improvements last night, however investigations and improvements continue this morning. One specific area being affected is the Incoming Messages section.

On behalf on Groupcall please accept my apologies for the inconvenience this has caused, this continues to be our top priority focus across the company today and we will have this resolved as soon as possible.”

Scottish National Standardised Assessments S3 Pupils

This letter for S3 Parents about SNSA and this information leaflet  was emailed to S3 parents.  If you did not receive them please update your email address with the school office.

All pupils in third year in Scottish schools will undertake the Scottish National Standardised Assessment (SNSA).  The main purpose of the assessment is to provide information for teachers on how well children are doing in literacy and numeracy and to help guide learning and teaching.  The assessments are also designed to produce national-level information about children and young people’s progress for teachers’ use in school and the Scottish Government at national level. National level information covers the whole of Scotland and not individual schools.  Your child will complete the assessment in April.

The Scottish Government has created a dedicated website where you will find more information.

  • Information for Parents/Carers

https://standardisedassessment.gov.scot/parents-and-carers/

  • Questions and Answers

https://standardisedassessment.gov.scot/questions-and-answers/

Cheesy Talk with the Teachers

And now for the wonderful Dr. Malcolm

Cheesy Question:

What’s your favourite colour?

Cheesy Answer:
My favourite colour is pink.

Cheesy Question:

What’s your favourite food?

Cheesy Answer:

Mince and potatoes.

Cheesy Question:

What scares you?

Cheesy Answer:

Being underground in mines like the one I went to in Germany.

Cheesy Question:

What would you be doing if you weren’t teaching?

Cheesy Answer:

If I hadn’t gone into teaching I would be doing something with art.

Cheesy Question:

What are your hobbies?

Cheesy Answer:

My hobbies outside of school are skiing, book club and walking.

Cheesy Question:

What would you teach if you weren’t teaching languages?

Cheesy Answer:

If I wasn’t teaching German and Spanish I would be teaching art.

Reporters: Hannah McIntyre and Precious Reid

Thank you for reading our article for this week we hope you enjoyed reading this. Tune in next week when we interview more teachers and learn a bit more about them.

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