Geography

On the 16 May, 40 of our S1 Geographers went to Loch Lomond and the Trossachs for the day to reinforce their learning on Scotland. They all did fantastic and managed to climb to the summit of Conic Hill, which gave them an iconic view of Loch Lomond itself.

In the afternoon we visited the tourist centre of Loch Lomond shores, where pupils got to learning about marine and freshwater creatures in the Sea Life Centre.

Language Perfect World Championships

Once again Greenfaulds High School pupils are out to prove they’re the best in Scotland by taking part in the Language Perfect World Championships. This year we have 100 competitors aiming to learn as much vocabulary as possible over the course of the 10 day competition. There are 17 languages to choose from this year – as well as the usual French, German and Spanish, GHS pupils are also top in the country in languages as diverse as Greek, Arabic, Chinese and Russian! Students have answered a whopping 160 421 questions since Monday morning, and earned 28 certificates. We’re aiming to beat last year’s points total and are well on the way. For every 100 points pupils earn, their name will be entered once into the prize draw organised by the Modern Languages department to win vouchers of their choice. There are also special prizes for the pupils who come 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd in each language. Our current leaders are as follows, but with only a few hundred points between them and 6 days still to go, it’s all to play for!

S3: Chloe Hawthorne, Conor Smith, Ava MacKinnon

S2: Samuel James, Emma Adams, Jay Brown

S1: Fraser Young, Leona Jaap, Emma Prach.

Daily updates are available from the Modern Languages Twitter page: follow @ghsmodlangs to see the leader board!

Greenfaulds High School Art and Design Department

2017 is the year of History, Heritage and Archaeology and the Art and Design Department at GHS have been successful with a heritage lottery fund bid for Stories, Stones and Bones sharing heritage funding. The amount of the bid is £10,000.

The Art & Design project is called ‘A Sense of Place: The Roman Presence in Cumbernauld’ and the key local heritage sites are Bar Hill Roman Fort and the Antonine Wall. The Art & Design department are looking forward to taking pupils on trips to see the Roman fort and Antonine Wall, as well as Roman artefacts in collections at the Hunterian Museum and the National Museum of Scotland. A main part of the project will involve S1-S3 pupils creating a series of large mosaics with the Scottish artist Alan Potter (for display at GHS). Pupils will also be working with Scottish artist Kate Leiper to create illustrations for an illustrated brochure about the heritage sites and the Roman presence in Cumbernauld. The grant will also provide materials for Roman-themed printmaking, illustration and pottery activities for hundreds of S1-S6 pupils at GHS, and staff and pupils at GHS are also looking forward to creating some artworks with pupils at Redburn School. Everyone is excited about showcasing the project at the local Cumbernauld Museum and in special exhibitions at GHS throughout the next year, engaging the local community with their heritage.

Duke of Edinburgh Awards

We have a record number of pupils participating in the Duke of Edinburgh awards this year, and most weeks in May and June there is expeditions out from the school. The pupils this year are also participating in a mountaineering day trip, either up Ben Lomond or Ben Ledi. Here are our first group on the summit of Ben Ledi on 11th May.

All Duke of Edinburgh candidates are working towards the Nationally Recognised Certificate- the John Muir award, where they need to Explore, Discover and Conserve a wild area and share their learning with others.

The school would like to congratulate the pupils on the enthusiasm and motivation they are showing on expedition and on the hill walks.

SQA Examination Study Leave

Registration for most S4/5/6 pupils will be suspended from Tuesday 2nd May with the exception of pupils who have been identified as sitting no national examinations. Therefore, for those sitting exams, their last day in school will be Friday 28th April. Pupils not sitting exams will be expected to attend school as normal and provision for this period will be provided. The last day of study leave for pupils sitting examinations will be Friday 2nd of June.

Pupils will only be marked absent if they fail to attend for an examination. Pupils who wish to study in school during exam leave should sign in and out at the reception desk.

All pupils moving from S4 to S5 next session will collect their timetable for 5th Year at an assembly on Monday the 5th of June at 9.30am in the assembly hall. All pupils moving from S5 to S6 next session will collect their timetable for 6th Year at an assembly on Monday 5th of June at 11.30am in the assembly hall. The new timetable will effectively start for Senior Pupils at 8.55am on Tuesday the 6th of June.

The 31st of May will be the official leaving date for any S4 pupils eligible to leave and wishing to do so. Please note any pupil wishing to leave requires to complete a leaver’s form before this can be officially approved. Leaver’s forms can be obtained from the school just prior to the 31st of May. S6 pupils should fill out a leavers form on the day of their last exam.

Thank you for your continued support and we hope this clarifies the position regarding the educational provision for your child over the next few weeks prior to the timetable change.

All pupils who are sitting SQA examinations will be issued with an individual examination timetable. Please ensure pupils keep their examination timetable safe and arrive 15 minutes before every exam begins.

Pupils must wear school uniform at all times when in the school building and deposit any mobile technology at the office prior to entering an exam or risk exclusion from the exam.

Finally, good luck.

Dates for the Dairy

26th May – 29^th May (inclusive) School Holidays (school closed to pupils except those with SQA examinations)

1st and 2nd June Primary 7 visits to the school

5 June – New timetable begins. S5/6 Induction day

9^th June – S1 Reports issued

14^th June – Awards Ceremony S4-6

15^th June – Graduation Prom

16^th June – Awards Ceremony S1-3

SQA Examination Study Leave

The national examinations start on Tuesday 2nd May.

Registration for most S4/5/6 pupils will be suspended from Tuesday 2nd May with the exception of pupils who have been identified as sitting no national examinations. Therefore, for those sitting exams, their last day in school will be Friday 28th April. Pupils not sitting exams will be expected to attend school as normal and provision for this period will be provided. The last day of study leave for pupils sitting examinations will be Friday 2nd of June.

Pupils will only be marked absent if they fail to attend for an examination. Pupils who wish to study in school during exam leave should sign in and out at the reception desk.

All pupils moving from S4 to S5 next session will collect their timetable for 5th Year at an assembly on Monday the 5th of June at 9.30am in the assembly hall. All pupils moving from S5 to S6 next session will collect their timetable for 6th Year at an assembly on Monday 5th of June at 11.30am in the assembly hall. The new timetable will effectively start for Senior Pupils at 8.55am on Tuesday the 6th of June.

The 31st of May will be the official leaving date for any S4 pupils eligible to leave and wishing to do so. Please note any pupil wishing to leave requires to complete a leaver’s form before this can be officially approved. Leaver’s forms can be obtained from the school just prior to the 31st of May. S6 pupils should fill out a leavers form on the day of their last exam.

Thank you for your continued support and we hope this clarifies the position regarding the educational provision for your child over the next few weeks prior to the timetable change.

All pupils who are sitting SQA examinations will be issued with an individual examination timetable. Please ensure pupils keep their examination timetable safe and arrive 15 minutes before every exam begins.

Pupils must wear school uniform at all times when in the school building and deposit any mobile technology at the office prior to entering an exam or risk exclusion from the exam.

Finally, good luck.

Dates for the Dairy

4th May – In-service day (school closed to pupils except those with SQA examinations)

17^th May – S3 Reports issued

26th May – 29^th May (inclusive) School Holidays (school closed to pupils except those with SQA examinations)

1st and 2nd June Primary 7 visits to the school

5 June – New timetable begins. S5/6 Induction day

9^th June – S1 Reports issued

14^th June – Awards Ceremony S4-6

15^th June – Graduation Prom

16^th June – Awards Ceremony S1-3

NATIONAL SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Greenfaulds High School is pleased to announce that the following students have been selected to represent North Lanarkshire at the Scottish National Swimming Competition which is taking place from the 29th – 31st March.

• Georgia Knox
• Mhairi Stewart
• Teigan Kerr
• Cameron Neilson
• Jake Lindsay

To reach this stage is a major achievement, well done to the girls on their success so far and we await further news of their future successes.

PI MEMORISING COMPETITION

Pupils in S1 took part in the Pi Memorising competition where they had to memorise as many digits as possible of the value of Pi.  A new Greenfauld’s record was achieved with Emily Smith memorsing Pi to a total of 184 decimal places.  In second place was Taylor Brown with 123 decimal places. and in joint third place was Lauren Gardiner and Caitlin Curthoys with 96 decimal places. Great work to all who took part in the competition. Pi-tastic!

MATHS CHALLENGE

On Friday 10th March Greenfaulds High school hosted their annual Primary 7 Maths Challenge.  A huge well done to all who took part. The overall winners of the competition were ‘The Lemon Mathemagicians’ from Baird Memorial Primary (Amy Crombie, Caitlin Crombie, Adam Rush and Robbie Michie) with a total of 83 points.

COMIC RELIEF 2017

On Friday 23rd March, pupils and staff took part in a number of fundraising events around the school to mark Red Nose Day 2017. Along with being a non-uniform day pupils also had the chance to attend “The GH-X Factor show”, Challenge staff v pupils football, netball and volleyball. All proceeds went to Comic Relief.

READATHON

A huge well done and thank you to our S1 who raised a grand total of £500 in their sponsored Readathon. All money raised will go to help sick children in hospitals across the country.

SUPPORTED STUDY

In preparation for the forthcoming exams, many departments are now offering supported study. Please see your individual teacher for arrangements.

NATIONAL SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Greenfaulds High School is pleased to announce that the following students have been selected to represent North Lanarkshire at the Scottish National Swimming Competition which is taking place from the 29th – 31st March.

• Georgia Knox
• Mhairi Stewart
• Teigan Kerr
• Cameron Neilson
• Jake Lindsay

To reach this stage is a major achievement, well done on their success so far and we await further news of their future successes.

PI MEMORISING COMPETITION

Pupils in S1 took part in the Pi Memorising competition where they had to memorise as many digits as possible of the value of Pi.  A new Greenfauld’s record was achieved with Emily Smith memorsing Pi to a total of 184 decimal places.  In second place was Taylor Brown with 123 decimal places. and in joint third place was Lauren Gardiner and Caitlin Curthoys with 96 decimal places. Great work to all who took part in the competition. Pi-tastic!

MATHS CHALLENGE

On Friday 10th March Greenfaulds High school hosted their annual Primary 7 Maths Challenge.  A huge well done to all who took part. The overall winners of the competition were ‘The Lemon Mathemagicians’ from Baird Memorial Primary (Amy Crombie, Caitlin Crombie, Adam Rush and Robbie Michie) with a total of 83 points.

COMIC RELIEF 2017

On Friday 23rd March, pupils and staff took part in a number of fundraising events around the school to mark Red Nose Day 2017. Along with being a non-uniform day pupils also had the chance to attend “The GH-X Factor show”, Challenge staff v pupils football, netball and volleyball. All proceeds went to Comic Relief.

READATHON

A huge well done and thank you to our S1 who raised a grand total of £500 in their sponsored Readathon. All money raised will go to help sick children in hospitals across the country.

SUPPORTED STUDY

In preparation for the forthcoming exams, many departments are now offering supported study. Please see your individual teacher for arrangements.

HARRY POTTER BOOK NIGHT

Beware! Greenfaulds High School is home to several witches and wizards! S1 – S4 pupils gathered in the school library on Thursday evening to celebrate Harry Potter Book Night. Pupils took part in a mini Triwizard tournament in the hopes of winning a mystery prize.  Activities ranged from dangerous wizarding duels (not for the faint hearted), brewing their own potions and taking part in quizzes to test their wizarding knowledge. In the end, the Ravenclaw house team proved themselves as a force to be reckoned with and won the tournament.

Pupils did themselves proud and showed that the magic of Harry Potter still lives on!

TURAS GÀIDHLIG FORT GEORGE

The Gaelic Higher pupils have, this term, been studying a poem called Air An Somme by Dòmhnall Dòmhnallach (Dòmhnall Ruadh Chorùna). The poem is written from the poet’s own personal experience of the battle. This trip allowed the pupils to see where Dòmhnall undertook his army training before making for the battle, as well as letting them see the conditions in which they had to live at the time. A very enjoyable and informative trip was had by all.

JOHN MUIR AWARD

A number of classes within Greenfaulds High School are currently working towards their John Muir Award, a nationally recognised qualification which includes learning about and conserving wild places. We have been working with Cumbernauld Living Landscaped in Ravenswood Nature reserve for the past year and Sanctuary Housing granted us £500 worth of tools to support us with conservation. We are currently looking for donations of wellington boots and jackets which will allow even more pupils to access Ravenswood Nature Reserve. If you have any could you please bring these to the school.

CAREERS CONVENTION-DROP IN EVENT

Wednesday 22nd February 6.00pm – 9.00pm

We are holding our biennial Careers Convention this year. Present will be over 35 representatives from Employers, Apprenticeship Providers, Training Agencies, Colleges, Universities as well as Skills Development Scotland and representatives from the Armed Forces.

This is a “drop in” event with no formal structure. It allows you to find out what opportunities there are after school along with possible entry conditions. It will also allow you to compare one institution with another. This type of information proves very valuable when it comes to making Course Choices, which is something that you and your child will have to do before there will be another Careers Convention held within the school.

You are warmly invited to attend what parents and pupils have told us on previous occasions to be a very interesting and valuable evening.

MID TERM BREAK

Greenfaulds will be closed on Monday 13th February and Tuesday 14^th February for the mid term holiday and Wednesday 15^th February for a school in-service day. Greenfaulds re-opens to pupils on Thursday 16^th February as normal.

MORNING CLUB

The Morning Club has restarted. All are invited to pick up some brekkie, finish off any homework and get ready for the day ahead. Club will be on daily from 8.30am. See you there 🙂

SCHOOL CLUBS

Greenfaulds offer a wide range of school clubs throughout the year to challenge and inspire our pupils. With many practical, recreational and educational clubs on-going pupils should look out for details of any clubs that they might be interested on the school website, in departments and through the various school twitter pages.

S2 BT STEM AMBASSADOR VISIT

Greenfaulds High School ICT department recently had a visit from a number of BT Software Engineers who spent the day working with pupils from S2. This was a fantastic opportunity for these pupils to see and learn the fundamentals of software programming. Pupils spent either the morning or afternoon being shown just what can be done with even a little programming knowledge. Feedback from pupils was extremely positive as was the feedback from the BT Engineers who had nothing but praise for our pupils. A great time was obviously had by all and it is hoped that we will be welcoming these ambassadors back to school to share their knowledge and enthusiasm with our young people very soon. A big thank you to all concerned for organising this.

BURNS SUPPER

A good night was had by all as Greenfaulds celebrated the life and work of Rabbie Burns last week by hosting a Burns Night for staff and senior pupils. The night consisted of a Ceilidh, traditional Scottish fayre as well as poem recitals and songs from Burns’ collection. The toast to the Lassies and the reply from the fairer sex, went down particularly well. A big thank you to all staff and pupils involved in organising this night which has become a regular event in the Greenfaulds calendar.

JOHN MUIR AWARD

A number of classes within Greenfaulds High School are currently working towards their John Muir Award, a nationally recognised qualification which includes learning about and conserving wild places. We have been working with Cumbernauld Living Landscaped in Ravenswood Nature reserve for the past year and Sanctuary Housing granted us £500 worth of tools to support us with conservation. We are currently looking for donations of wellington boots and jackets which will allow even more pupils to access Ravenswood Nature Reserve. If you have any could you please bring these to the school.

S2 REPORTS

S2 Reports have been issued.

S2 PERSONALISATION AND CHOICE

Greenfaulds High School would like to invite parents of S2 pupils to a meeting with the school’s Senior Management team tomorrow 2^nd February at 7.00pm. The aim of the evening is to inform parents and pupils of the choices that are open to them as pupils progress with their Curriculum for Excellence courses.

CAREERS CONVENTION-DROP IN EVENT

Wednesday 22nd February 6.00pm – 9.00pm

We are holding our biennial Careers Convention this year. Present will be over 35 representatives from Employers, Apprenticeship Providers, Training Agencies, Colleges, Universities as well as Skills Development Scotland and representatives from the Armed Forces.

This is a “drop in” event with no formal structure. It allows you to find out what opportunities there are after school along with possible entry conditions. It will also allow you to compare one institution with another. This type of information proves very valuable when it comes to making Course Choices, which is something that you and your child will have to do before there will be another Careers Convention held within the school.

You are warmly invited to attend what parents and pupils have told us on previous occasions to be a very interesting and valuable evening.

MID TERM BREAK

Greenfaulds will be closed on Monday 13th February and Tuesday 14^th February for the mid term holiday and Wednesday 15^th February for a school in-service day. Greenfaulds re-opens to pupils on Thursday 16^th February as normal.

MORNING CLUB

The Morning Club has restarted. All are invited to pick up some brekkie, finish off any homework and get ready for the day ahead. Club will be on daily from 8.30am. See you there 🙂

SCHOOL CLUBS

Greenfaulds offer a wide range of school clubs throughout the year to challenge and inspire our pupils. With many practical, recreational and educational clubs on-going pupils should look out for details of any clubs that they might be interested on the school website, in departments and through the various school twitter pages.

JOHN MUIR AWARD

A number of classes within Greenfaulds High School are currently working towards their John Muir Award, a nationally recognised qualification which includes learning about and conserving wild places. We have been working with Cumbernauld Living Landscaped in Ravenswood Nature reserve for the past year and Sanctuary Housing granted us £500 worth of tools to support us with conservation. We are currently looking for donations of wellington boots and jackets which will allow even more pupils to access Ravenswood Nature Reserve. If you have any could you please bring these to the school.

S3 MONITORING REPORTS

Could all parents of S3 pupils please note that the monitoring reports for this year-group were issued recently. The report is a short summary of how your child is performing in each of their subject areas. Would you please sign and return the tear off slip at the bottom of the report to confirm you have seen it.

BURNS SUPPER

Greenfaulds High School will be hosting the annual Burns Supper on Friday 27th January 2017 at 7.00pm in. Entertainment will be provided by staff and senior pupils and a warm welcome is extended to former pupils and members of staff who wish to join us. Tickets priced £10.00 include a traditional Burns Supper and are available by contacting the school on 01236 794876 or from The School Captain Team.

S2 REPORTS

S2 Reports are due to be issued on Friday 27 January.

S2 PERSONALISATION AND CHOICE

Greenfaulds High School would like to invite parents of S2 pupils to a meeting with the school’s Senior Management team on Thursday 2^nd February at 7.00pm. The aim of the evening is to inform parents and pupils of the choices that are open to them as pupils progress with their Curriculum for Excellence courses.

CAREERS CONVENTION-DROP IN EVENT

Wednesday 22nd February 6.00pm – 9.00pm

We are holding our biennial Careers Convention this year. Present will be over 35 representatives from Employers, Apprenticeship Providers, Training Agencies, Colleges, Universities as well as Skills Development Scotland and representatives from the Armed Forces.

This is a “drop in” event with no formal structure. It allows you to find out what opportunities there are after school along with possible entry conditions. It will also allow you to compare one institution with another. This type of information proves very valuable when it comes to making Course Choices, which is something that you and your child will have to do before there will be another Careers Convention held within the school.

You are warmly invited to attend what parents and pupils have told us on previous occasions to be a very interesting and valuable evening.

MID TERM BREAK

Greenfaulds will be closed on Monday 13th February and Tuesday 14^th February for the mid term holiday and Wednesday 15^th February for a school in-service day. Greenfaulds re-opens to pupils on Thursday 16^th February as normal.

MORNING CLUB

The Morning Club has restarted. All are invited to pick up some brekkie, finish off any homework and get ready for the day ahead. Club will be on daily from 8.30am. See you there 🙂

NEED HELP WITH YOUR MATHS???

Pupils can attend homework club on a Monday after school from 3.45pm to 4.30pm.

Supported Study has also started for our S4 – S6 pupils.

Higher – Monday 3.45pm to 4.30pm.

National 5 – Tuesday after school.

SCHOOL CLUBS

Greenfaulds offer a wide range of school clubs throughout the year to challenge and inspire our pupils. With many practical, recreational and educational clubs on-going pupils should look out for details of any clubs that they might be interested on the school website, in departments and through the various school twitter pages.