TEAM SCOTLAND KICK BOXING
Aaron McCracken from S1 attended the World Championships for Team Scotland Kick Boxing recently that were held in Italy. Aaron performed amazingly and achieved a Bronze Medal in what was a huge category with terrific competition. Team Scotland Kick Boxing had a team of 25 fighters and managed 35 Gold, 16 Silver and 8 Bronze medals which they proudly brought home with them. Aaron also won Bronze in the teams, which was a great achievement. A big well done to the team and in particular to our Aaron.
CRAFT CLUB
The Craft Club will be selling their goods at parents evenings and on our open evenings within the school. The pupil’s had a very successful evening during the recent S1 parents evening and hopefully will have another successful evening during the P7 open evening which takes place Thursday 16 November.
TECHNICAL
First and Second years have been selected by their Technical teachers to take part in a STEM competition which is in partnership with LOVELL construction. Pupils have been asked to bring in their rubbish to help recreate famous landmarks. S1 have been given the challenge of the three bridges: Queensferry, Forth Road and Forth Rail. S1 are recreating landmarks from the Glasgow Skyline: Hydro, Finnieston Crane, Riverside Museum and the Squinty Bridge.
ARC TRUST AMAZING ANIMALS COMPETITION
The finalists event at Edinburgh Zoo for the Arc Trust Amazing Animals Competition took place on Saturday 21 October. Amy O’Keefe S4 was placed 1st in her category and Kyle Diack S3 was placed 3rd in his. This is a National competition with hundreds of entries, Amy and Kyle have done exceptionally well. Amy and Kyle both received prizes and will have their artwork published in a book edited by Dr Minting of ARC.
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ART AND DESIGN DEPARTMENT
Miss Armstrong visited Redburn School in Cumbernauld on Monday the 9th of October to run an art workshop with some of the pupils as part of the Heritage Lottery Fund Roman project ‘A Sense of Place’ at GHS. The pupils used a variety of materials; including crayons, paints and oil pastels, to create a Roman feast. They worked very hard to add mark-making, such as spots and lines, to card and wooden cut-out shapes of fish, fruit, chicken legs and utensils. Then the pupils used paint brushes, fingers and sponges to add colour, pattern and texture. Everyone had lots of fun and the artwork looked great! Redburn School and Nursery is a school in Cumbernauld that caters for pupils with a wide range of abilities and additional support needs.
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
A class of Higher English pupils recently attended Motherwell theatre to see a superb production of “A Streetcar Named Desire”. Rapture theatre’s Creative Director visited the school on 13th October to work one-to-one with the pupils giving them a rare insight into the characters, the setting and how a play is directed. Both the play and the workshop were enjoyed immensely.
INFORMATION EVENING
Parents of P7 pupils are invited to an Open Evening for P7 Pupils and Parents on Thursday 16 Nov at 7pm for a ‘walk round’ of the school where they will ‘follow a timetable’. All prospective parents and pupils for next year’s First Year are invited to attend on that evening.
SCHOOL CLUBS
Departments and staff within Greenfaulds High School offer a range of school clubs throughout the year to challenge and inspire our pupils. With many practical, recreational and educational clubs taking place there is sure to be something that will interest all of our pupils. Pupils should look out for details of new clubs posted around the school. PLEASE SEE THE WEEKLY ACTIVITIES TAB ON THE SIDEBAR OF THE SCHOOL WEBSITE @ http://www.greenfaulds.n-lanark.sch.uk/
