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Eco Committee: Meatless Monday

Monday 1st November will be MEATLESS MONDAY in our school canteen! But don’t worry our catering manager has been working on a delicious menu so that there will be plenty of tasty alternatives for you to enjoy!

Eating a meat based diet isn’t great for the environment as animals – especially cows – create tonnes of methane each year

Methane is one of the dangerous greenhouse gases responsible for climate change

Eating meat amounts to 14.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Changing to a plant based diet – even just for one day a week – can really help reduce demand for meat & therefore reduce the number of animals we farm

Raising animals is also responsible for huge deforestation across the globe – so by giving up meat you can make such a difference to your carbon footprint since trees absorb CO2 – another dangerous greenhouse gas!

We have compiled a digital recipe book based on tried and tested recommended recipes submitted by pupils and staff from Greenfaulds High School in support of our Climate Emergency Action Week. It is available for free download here to help support families in switching to a plant based diet in an effort to reduce carbon footprint.

We hope that you enjoy these delicious recipes and manage to substitute at least one of your meals each week with a meat free meal. Who knows, you may even manage to make the full switch to a plant based diet – saving your wallet, health AND our fabulous Planet!

Everyone loves a food pic! So don’t forget to enter our Marvellous Meatless Meals food photography competition by Tweeting a photo of your Marvellous Meat Free Meal to @ghsecocommittee and we’ll retweet! Most likes = wins! Who knows who you’ll inspire – saving the Planet from even more methane gas!

Click Here: GHS Marvellous Meatless Meals Digital Recipe Book

Healthcare Career Event S1-S3

For any S1-3 pupils who are interested in a career in healthcare

Medic Insight Glasgow are hosting an ‘Exploring Careers in Healthcare’ event on the 20th of October at 7pm on Zoom. This event is primarily aimed at S1-S3 students, but any interested students are welcome to attend. The purpose of this event is to give students an idea of the different career options available within healthcare.

The event will consist of short 10-minute talks from different healthcare professionals (Doctor, Nurse, Pharmacist, Paramedic and Dentist) detailing what their job involves, why they decided to enter their chosen career path and how they got to where they are. There will also be a short Q&A panel with the speakers for pupils to ask any questions they may have.

The link below is to the Registration Form, also accessible through the poster QR code, which must be completed by each student to receive the event zoom link.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/121WaGAUoXlfqFnFDKHck93e-55Y0qJNmnmF3zjmfn6I/

Musical Instrument Tuition

Dear Parent / Guardian.

If your child has expressed an interest in learning to play a musical instrument after watching some short videos/discussion with their music teacher please fill out the electronic form which can be accessed from the link below.

All instrumental lessons are now free. We require your permission to give a musical instrument trial and ask you to return permission electronically on the aforementioned form.

Pupils will have the opportunity to try out for musical instrument tuition over the coming weeks, and, if successful, your child will be offered a place on a tutor’s timetable. There is a limitation on places but If numbers are high, we shall add pupil names to a waiting list.

Some instruments may have to be hired such as brass or woodwind. However, we do have some of these instruments in school, these will be issued at the discretion of the Music Department. Some instruments can be purchased through the school without paying VAT. Please make any enquiries to the Principal Teacher.

Closing date to return the form is the 19th of September.

Click Here to Access the Microsoft Form

Below are some video links to the different instruments on offer for tuition. Click on the instrument to access the video.

Flute 

Clarinet 

Oboe      

Saxophone 

Bassoon   

 Trumpet     

Trombone

Bagpipes   

 Side drum  

Clarsach (Scottish harp)

 Drum-kit

 

Greenfaulds Road

We have had a number of concerns raised by worried local residents regarding pupils not using the pedestrian footbridge on Greenfaulds Road at the end of Athelstane Drive.

This seems to be exacerbated with cars parked along Greenfaulds Road at the end of the school day and pupils going between the cars to cross the road rather than use the footbridge.

We would really appreciate if your son/daughter use this route that you encourage them to use the footbridge rather than take the unnecessary risk of crossing this busy road.  We would also like to re-iterate, whilst we understand how busy the school pickup and drop off points are at the end of the day, it is important to park both considerately and safely in and around the local community.

Thank you for your continued support.