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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DANCE

The school hosted a Workshop on Thursday 24 January for our pupils and pupils from surrounding schools from both North Lanarkshire and Glasgow Councils. We had two unbelievably good Dance Teachers up from Pineapple Dance studios in association with Premiership Experience (with whom we have ran dance tours in the past). This was a fantastic event which some of our pupils are calling the best night of their lives.

SUPPORT FOR LEARNING

On Thursday the 31st January the Support for Learning department led a trip to Glasgow. This was mostly for senior pupils to support with Transition. We took the public bus, got around the city by subway and returned by train. Pupils were responsible for finding out times and costs, following signs, and going shopping and for lunch without the teachers.

We visited Scotland Street Museum. (It is fair to say that everyone is glad to be in the education system of the 21st century!) We also got to see Dippy in Kelvingrove Art gallery.

Due to a road closure on Glen Fyne Road which commences as of 21st January, there will be alternative pick up and drop points on contract 2757J. The new pick up/drop off point will be the bus stops indicated on the attached map from MONDAY AFTERNOON. The road closure does not commence until 9.30am therefore the morning run on Monday will not be affected.

All pupils who got on the bus on Friday were issued with this map.

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CHRISTMAS CONCERT

Greenfaulds Annual Christmas Concert will take place on Wednesday 19th December at 7pm. Tickets, at the bargain price of £3 each, are available from the school office. Featured on the night will be show choir, school band, traditional band, drama, rock band and more! So come along for what looks set to be a great show!

S4 ACHIEVE AND CORE SKILLS

On Tuesday 4 December pupils from our S4 Achieve and Core Skills group were invited by Cumbernauld Living Landscapes to take part in a Parliamentary Reception at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.

The event had been organised by the Central Scotland Green Network to show the projects that young people are taking part in to improve our greenspaces. The event gave an opportunity for our pupils to showcase and talk about some of the work they have been doing in the past few months in Ravenswood Nature Reserve. They were also given a guided tour of the chambers by an MSP!

The pupils had a fantastic day out visiting the smallest wildlife reserve that the Scottish Wildlife Trust own, spent some time in the Christmas Market in Princes Street Gardens to see the importance of green spaces and the ways in which they can be utilised. They then attended the evening reception before travelling home – exhausted.

Click on the link below to see all the teacher and pupil events that are taking place on our Christmas Charity Day, Thursday 20th of December.

Christmas Charity day

Christmas Lecture 2018

The Science department delivered the 3rd annual Christmas Lecture titled, “The History of the Elements” on Monday 3rd December.  The event was a sell-out, with over 200 Primary 7’s, parents and invited guests in attendance.  The event was very well received, and we look forward to next year being even bigger and better.

A MIDSUMMERS NIGHT’S DREAM

Our A Midsummers Night’s Dream performance at the Shakespeare School’s Festival at the Platform Theatre in October turned out to be amazing! The cast of S1-S6 Greenfaulds pupils worked hard and everything ran smoothly, the performances were brilliant. We received high praise from the audience, from the Shakespeare School’s Festival staff, and from Mr Bowie who was in attendance. The Shakespeare School’s festival stage director called our performance clear, intelligent and praised its imagination and style. Three other schools, including Kirkintilloch High School, Wallace High School in Stirling ad St Mungo’s Academy also performed a the event which was a sell-out. Thank you for everyone who came to see it and to Mr Gillespie and Mrs Doyle for their hard work for your support.  We hope you enjoyed it. We did, though it was hard work, but what a reward at the end!  The cast worked so hard on this and it all showed in their performance!  It was a very special night

S2 DEVELOPING THE YOUNG WORKFORCE DAY

S2 Developing the young Workforce Day school event will take place on Tuesday 11th December. S2 pupils will be watching a Powerpoint presentation in their PST classes focusing on possible jobs and career paths. We look forward to welcoming at least 25 guests involved in giving an insight to their jobs and the qualifications.

Attached is the latest listings of supported study and clubs available in the school.

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CHRISTMAS FAYRE

The Greenfaulds High School Christmas Fayre will take place on Wednesday, 5 December from 6 to 8 pm.  There will be a big variety of stall including box frames, cupcakes, decorations, jewellery and lots more.  Santa will also be making an appearance in his Grotto!  Tea, coffee and hot dogs will also be available.  We look forward to seeing you there!

PRIMARY 7 CHRISTMAS LECTURE

The Primary 7 Christmas Lecture takes place on Monday 3 December at 7pm. There are limited seats still available. For further information email Mr Cochrane at jcochrane@greenfaulds.n-lanark.sch.uk

S2 DEVELOPING THE YOUNG WORKFORCE DAY

S2 Developing the young Workforce Day school event will take place on Tuesday 11th December. S2 pupils will be watching a Powerpoint presentation in their PST classes focusing on possible jobs and career paths. We look forward to welcoming at least 25 guests involved in giving an insight to their jobs and the qualifications.

HISTORY DEPARTMENT

Last Tuesday the history department took senior pupils to the Theatre Royal to see Neil Oliver’s show ‘The Story of the British Isles in 100 places’. The pupils had a great evening and even managed to meet the star of the show himself.

S4 STEM TRIP

S4 pupils participated in a STEM trip to Disneyland Paris from 18-21st Nov.  They took part in seminars and workshops where they designed their own rollercoaster for the park.  Well done to all, had a ball!!