Due to poor weather the Comann Nam Pàrant North Lanarkshire, open meeting – Wednesday, September 19th 7.30 at Condorrat Primary School has now been cancelled.
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S1 Information Evening
Please click on link below to access letter regarding S1 Settling In/Information Evening on Thursday 27th September.
Parent Council Pupil Trust Fund
GHS – Parent Council Pupil Trust Fund
Each year the Parent Council raises funds for Greenfaulds High School in order to purchase resources and equipment for the benefit of all pupils, agreed by the Senior Management Team.
However, the Parent Council is aware that many of our pupils are involved in a great variety of “extra curricular activities” out with the school. We would like to celebrate these successes and hard work and have therefore agreed to “ring fence” £200 each year. If you are involved in a sport, music, drama, charitable organisation or youth organisation and are seeking some funding assistance, all pupils are eligible to apply for this fund.
How to apply – firstly, please acknowledge your interest by emailing the Parent Council at ghsparentcouncil@hotmail.com
You may be invited to attend our November meeting to give a short presentation, where you should consider how your application will benefit you, the school and our community. The Parent Council will then vote on which candidate(s) have been successful to receive a proportion of the fund and you will be advised by mid-December.
The availability of funds for this purpose will be reviewed annually by the GHS Parent Council.
Good luck!
GHS Parent Council
Parent Council AGM
Please note the Parent Council AGM will take place on Monday the 17th September at 6.30pm
There are a number of office bearer vacancies as shown below
New Role – Digital Communications Officer
Vacancy – Treasurer
If you are interested in being a member of the parent council please click on the link below.
Click Here for Application Letter
Amendments to Constitution
Following advice from CONNECT_scot (formerly SPTC) we are proposing to include a code of conduct for all Parent Council members.
Temporary Transport Arrangements
Temporary transport cover for contract 2633J – Carrickstone Road/Balloch Road & 2637K – Blackwood/Smithstone/Craiglinn will be provided by Fairline Coaches for Carrickstone Road/Balloch Road and we have two operators McCreadies Coaches & Lindsay’s of Coatbridge for Blackwood/Smithstone/Craiglinn.
These operators will continue until further notice.
Timetables are shown below.
School Photographs
School photographs are scheduled for Friday the 31st of August this year as per recent communications. As in previous years, S1, S5 & S6 will have the opportunity to be photographed as individuals and class groups, in addition all S6 pupils will be involved in a full year group photograph.
There will be an opportunity for parents of new S1 pupils to request a family photograph with their siblings. Normally this would have been done using a request form but due to technical issues in the school this week we would ask that pupils approach Mr Harris on the day of the photographs to make this request.
The company providing the service this year is ColorFoto, they provide a fully integrated online system to order the photographs. The school would ask that parents order the photographs online, pupils are issued with these details on the day of the photo shoot. If this is not possible please contact the school office.
There is no obligation to buy but we do require all pupils to be photographed for school records. Pupils are expected to be in full school uniform for photographs and we would appreciate your continued support in this matter. Thanks
Drop off/Pick up of Pupils
Can we please ask all parents and carers use the allocated drop off points within the school, this also includes a drop off area which can be accessed from Athlestane Drive.
Thank you for your cooperation as it helps improve access and exit from the school whilst reducing local congestion for residents particularly in the Scott Drive area.
Key Dates
Click below to access the school calendar with key dates for the session.
GHS Pupils Volunteer at St John Scotland
Read the article about the fantastic volunteer work that Fraser & Eilidh Simpson participate in for St John Scotland
Opening of “The Courtyard” at Greenfaulds High School
Opening of “The Courtyard” at Greenfaulds High School
Jack Guild handing the opening plaque to Head Teacher Linda Park
On Friday 1st June there was an official opening ceremony of the courtyard at Greenfaulds High School. This was the culmination of a project in conjunction with Morrison Construction that started last May. The pupils of Bruce House and the Greenfaulds DofE group all worked together to produce tables and benches to enable the space to be utilised as an external classroom and social space.
The Greenfaulds Go Green project was won with design ideas supplied and costed by the Bruce House team of Jack Guild, Fraser Menzies, Aaron Urquhart and Charlie Redmond. Their vision was then passed over to have the plans drawn up by senior members of the DofE group and then everyone from Bruce House and the DofE Group who had time dived in to create tables, benches and planters from recycled old scaffolding boards.
Jack Guild attended the opening ceremony in two capacities. He was the project manager and he is also currently attending work experience with Morrison Construction and attended as their official representative.
Jack said “This project has taken a very long time to complete but I am very proud of the final results. I have been working closely with Jim Johnston and Caitlin Quinn who have helped out with advice and materials throughout the last 12 months. The effort put in by the DofE Group and Bruce House members to produce the goods has been fantastic!”
Another table and two benches were created and donated to Redburn School for their new memorial garden
Depute Head Teacher Martin Burns said “The donation of the table and benches are a wonderful addition to our newly formed memorial garden. This provides both pupils and staff of Redburn School with the opportunity to access a quiet, contemplative space. We are very grateful to the staff and pupils at Greenfaulds High School for their generosity.”
