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On 14th October Ava Mackinnon represented the school at an event hosted by Fresh Start NL.

The event was geared towards celebrating cultural diversity in North Lanarkshire and Ava represented Gaelic.

For further information on the event see the article below.

Meet your Neighbours involve article

Emily Robertson won the Gold Medal for Solo Singing age 16-18, as well as the award for highest music mark.

Her performance can be seen by following the link below and going to 1 hour 17 minutes.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b099wcwp/mod-naiseanta-rioghail-2017-2-mod-na-cloinne-part-2#

Falkirk Junior Gaelic Choir were particularly successful at the Royal National Mod in Lochaber this year.  A number of GHS pupils were involved in this accomplished choir.  They received the following awards at the Mod:

Gold – Two-part harmony

Gold – Puirt a beul

Bronze – Unison

We would like to congratulate all of our pupils who participated in the Royal National Mod in Lochaber last week.  We had a number of very successful individuals, as well as pupils who performed in the Falkirk Junior Gaelic Choir.

On Thursday 12th October, Greenfaulds High School Gaelic Drama Group won the award for Gaelic at a CLD Celebration of Learning event.

Both pupils and ex-pupils attended the event to receive their award.

Well done to the drama group and everyone else involved!

More information will follow!

The Scots Trad Music Awards nominations are currently open, however close on Friday 13th October.

Our music group, Lan Comas, can be nominated in the Best Community Project category and we would appreciate it if you could nominate them by following the link below and inserting “Lan Comas (Greenfaulds High School)” in the Community Project of the Year category.

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/tradawards2017

S1 and S2 pupils from Greenfaulds High School visited Glasgow University along with pupils from Condorrat Primary School this morning as part of the week celebrating 20 years of Gaelic Medium Education at Condorrat Primary School.  Pupils participated in a presentation about the University, viewed a film produced by University students and enjoyed a short tour of the main building.

On Saturday 7th October, Ava Mackinnon will represent Greenfaulds High School at a multi-cultural event hosted by Voluntary Action North Lanarkshire.

Ava will sing in Gaelic at this event from 12pm-12.15pm.

This event gives us the opportunity to celebrate the diversity of cultures to be found within North Lanarkshire.

For more information about this event please follow the link below.

Meet Your Neighbours

S1 and S2 Gaelic speaking pupils at Greenfaulds High School have been invited to attend an event at the Condorrat Primary School on Friday 6^th October.  This year we celebrate 20 years of Gaelic education at Condorrat Primary School and this event consists of a concert to commemorate this.  Some of our pupils are going to perform at this event, which will be filmed by BBC Alba.

Condorrat Visit Letter to Parents