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Cyber Treasure Hunt Final

On Monday 11^th March, eleven of our S2 girls attended the final of a national Cyber Treasure Hunt competition at the Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.  The girls had taken part in the qualifying rounds over a number of months as part of their ICT class.  They worked in teams to complete puzzles that were released every week and earned their invitation to the grand final!

It was a fantastic event, created to inspire and support school girls into the technology sector and was run as part of this year’s Women in Data Science Festival.  Throughout the day, our pupils took part in a number of challenges.  They completed mathematical puzzles, cracked ciphers, solved cyber security problems and programmed tiny computers.  Additionally, they heard talks from some inspirational females working in the technology industry.  A great day was had by all!

Although we didn’t quite make the prize podium, we are so proud of the dedication and effort displayed by our S2s!  Well done to Erin Goodman, Ella Jane Hamilton, Emma Sharpe, Holly Carr, Katie Carline, Olivia Bennewith, Ellie Cooper, Melissa Hamiltion, Kirstie Lyall, Antonia Paterson, Chloe Newlands and Ashleigh Kelly!

Scottish Schools Climbing Competition

Greenfaulds High School entered their very first team into the Scottish Schools Climbing Competition. Greenfaulds High School pupils were the only North Lanarkshire pupils in the competition.  Participants were ranked in accordance to age and gender. The results are as follows, and are Scotland wide. We hope to compete again in the future. Well done to our budding climbers!

David Love – 16th

Andrew Carus – 23rd

Aaron Ashcroft – 30th

Viktoria Bailey – 31st

Aimee McCarroll – 33rd

Cole Hamilton – 35th

William McMurtrie – 39th

All S1/2 pupils were issued a letter inviting parents along to an Internet Safety Evening on Tuesday the 19th of March starting at 6.30pm. All parents interested in attending should return the tear off slip at the bottom of the letter.

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Internet Safety Evening

Calling all parents, there are still 5 places available on our 10 week Solihull Understanding Your Child Programme. If you are interested in coming along please contact Mrs Adler at the school.

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VOLLEYBALL

Well done to our S1-3 Volleyball teams who represented the school at the National Festivals. Special mention to our S1 boys Zach Pursley, Andrew Provan & Alasdair Lawson who were second in the S1 tournament. Congratulations also to Leo Penn-Dunnett in S1 who received The Endeavour Award.

HEPTATHALON

Huge congratulations to our S2 Giant Heptathalon team who after winning the North Lanarkshire Competition went on to win the regional trophy. Results just posted show that they are now ranked 3rd best in Scotland! Well done!

Boys Team: Adam Atkinson, Boyd McQuade, Seth Knox, Craig Little, Ethan Cunningham, Euan Wallace & Andrew Carus.

Girls Team: Lucy Roy, Erin Cooper, Rhona Conway, Leah Whyteside, Iona Davidson, Lucy Cowan & Amy Crombie.

2019 ROTARY TOURNAMENT

The Annual Tournament, sponsored by the Institution of Structural Engineers, supported by Rotary International was held on Thursday 7th March at Kilsyth Academy. Our school entered 5 teams which included pupils from S1 –S3. All pupils in each of the teams worked exceptionally well at what was a very challenging task. Their teamwork and performances were excellent on the day. Our S3 team, Matthew Bissett, David Love, Aaron Kelly and Connor Podesta were successful on the day, winning first prize for the Intermediate category, receiving an award from the Institution of Structural Engineers. All of the boys worked extremely hard and showed excellent determination and fantastic teamwork from start to finish. They should be very proud of their achievement.

The School Immunisation Team will be attending the school on  26/03/19 for the Diptheria, Tetanus and Polio and the Meningitis ACWY immunisations.

All boys and girls can get the Diptheria, Tetanus and Polio and the Meningitis ACWY vaccine free from the NHS usually in their 3^rd year in secondary school.

The Diptheria, Tetanus and  Polio vaccine is carried on from childhood injections, and the  Meningitis ACWY vaccine protects against the most common strains of the meningitis bacteria to affect teenagers and young adults.

It’s important to have the vaccine to be fully protected. Therefore, all S3 boys and girls should attend on the day of immunisation.

Please can students wear a short sleeve shirt/blouse on the day.  If they do not have a short sleeve shirt/blouse, please can they bring in their PE top to put on when they are due to have their vaccination.

Can pupils also be asked to ensure they have eaten breakfast on the morning of the immunisation. Pupils will be advised of times prior to the day.

Welcome to Greenfaulds first Health & Wellbeing Newsletter. Click on the link below to find out about a number of Health & Wellbeing initiatives being run in the school.

There is also the opportunity to express an interest in a range of parent workshops and presentations on a range of topics.

Click Here: Health & Wellbeing Newsletter

Click on image below for details of the Parent Council Family Race Night. Tickets can be purchased at the school office.

NLC Battle of the Bands

Greenfaulds High School was proud to be represented by our resident band, ‘Bright Ideas’ at this year’s NLC Battle Of The Bands (Rockfest). The band is made up of Owen Breingan, Finlay Hutchison, Lewis Brooks, Harry Govan and Jack Hamilton. This was the bands first public gig and they certainly brought energy and enthusiasm to the performance. The band set included a cover of Arctic Monkeys, ‘I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor’, and their original song, ‘Lock And Key’. The band are looking forward to competing again next year.

Battle Of The Bands 2019 also featured our very own JOSH Barker on Drums as part of the NLC Collective. This band of handpicked NLC students demonstrated a high level of musicality through performing Queen’s ‘One Vision’ , Porcupine Trees ‘Blackest Eyes’, and Biffy Clyro’s ‘Bubbles’.

A massive well done to everyone who performed.

Bring on Rockfest 2020!

Environmental Science

Higher Environmental Science pupils have been taking advantage of the good weather to try some fieldwork techniques as part of their course. They have successfully completed a range of experiments in local woodlands, pond, river and hill environments using scientific equipment.

For more information on Higher Environmental Science, please see Ms Morrow in F044 Geography.

S1 Geography

S1 Geographers have been working on their Ideal Town of the Future presentations creating both models and detailed speeches. A lot of sustainable strategies were included such as power from renewable resources including wind turbines and charging points for electric vehicles.

S1 Dynamic Earth Trip

S1 recently visited Dynamic Earth as part of their Natural Disasters topic. They experienced an earthquake, wandered through the Earth Galleries experiencing different biomes including the Rainforest and Tundra ecosystems. They also viewed a film in the Show Dome followed by an interactive workshop where they used GIS mapping, decision making and engineering skills to decide on where to locate the Mark Zuckerberg Hospital so that it was in the least risky area of San Francisco.

Achieve Group

The S3 and S4 Achieve pupils are working on a Digital Creativity project alongside Scottish entrepreneurs. The aim is to use Social Media as a platform to advertise and sell a product, whilst learning about Business and developing ICT skills.

We have been fortunate enough to be working with Mr John Moore, who has a well respected teeth whitening company. He has agreed to allow us to create our own product which he will manufacture.

We are also working with Wendy Gilmour (#thankfifi), a famous Instagram influencer and blogger who is advising us on marketing our product.

Keep your eye out for Greenfaulds’ very own teeth whitening products ‘Flawless’ and ‘Frosty Bite’.

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