WOSPEG LIVE

Excellent results for our team at their current heat at the WoSPEG Live Wire Physics Competition. After a very close run competition our team of Dylan Anderson, Jamie Buttenshaw and Michael Ward came 1st in their Heat at UWS (Paisley) this week and have now progressed to the Semifinals in Glasgow Caledonian University in approximately 4 weeks time.

The boys were excellent with not just their Physics questions but also on general knowledge. Fingers crossed for the semifinals!

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

SCHOOL CLUBS

As usual Greenfaulds will be offering a range of school clubs throughout the year to challenge and inspire our pupils. Trials for a range of football teams are scheduled to take place in the near future. Pupils interested in taking part should contact the member of staff responsible for their team.

With many practical, recreational and educational clubs due to start soon there is sure to be something that will interest all of our pupils. Pupils should look out for details of new clubs starting in the school.PLEASE SEE THE WEEKLY ACTIVITIES TAB ON THE SIDEBAR OF THE SCHOOL WEBSITE @ http://www.greenfaulds.n-lanark.sch.uk/

 

S5

Elizabeth Watt: 1st Maths, 1st Physics & Bill Samson Memorial Award, 2nd English, 3rd History

Fraser O’Brien: 3rd Modern Studies, 3rd English, 3rd PE

Zoe Roy: 1st History, 1st Spanish, 3rd Maths

Fraser Simpson: 1st Modern Studies, 1st Chemistry, 2nd Physics,

Dane Sweeney: 1st Graphic Communication, 1st Biology, 2nd  Chemistry

Laura Campbell: 1st Geography & Bob Kay Memorial Award, 3rd  Biology

Leia Clark: 1st French, 2nd Spanish

Rebecca Cunningham: 1st Drama, 2nd French

Shannon Inglis: 2nd Drama, 3rd Philosophy

Sophie Mollan: 1st English, 2nd Biology

Erin Redmond: 3rd Travel and Tourism

Caitlyn Andrew: 2nd Music

Joshua Barker: 1st Music

Rae-Anne Barr: 2nd Chemistry

Liam Burns: Dynamic Youth Award

Sam Campbell: 2nd RMPS

Sophie Carus: 3rd Drama

Evie Clark: 3rd Spanish

Victoria Clark: 3rd Gaidhlig

Ellie Cooper: 3rd Geography

Jacob Cowan: 1st Metal work

Reagan Flannigan: Achievement Award

Charlotte Glennie: 3rd Computing Science

Nicole Halpin: 1st Computing Science

Austin Hunter: 2nd Art

Jade Keyes: 2nd Travel and Tourism

Craig McCarroll: 2nd Woodwork

Oliver McNally: Silver Duke of Edinburgh

Jordan McNaught: 1st Admin & IT

Amy McPhee: 3rd Music

Fraser Menzies: 2nd Geography

Leigh Mitchell: 3rd French

Yaheya Shafti: 2nd Maths

Ryan Thomson: 2nd Computing Science

Belle Ward: 1st Travel and Tourism

Ben Warnock: 2nd History

Ross Watson: Saltire Award

Michael Wright: 1st Design & Manufacture

Craig Yule: 2nd Gaidhlig

S6
AWARDS SESSION 2017-18
Ellie Henderson: 1st in RMPS, Advanced Higher English, Senior Dux, Captains Award

Sarah Wright: 1st in Politics, 1st PE Stuart McKie Award, Advanced Higher Maths, Saltire Award

Emily Robertson: 2nd Gaidhlig, Advanced Higher Biology, Adam Gillespie Award

Melissa Barr: 2nd Politics, Advanced Higher Modern Studies

Jordan Cardno:  2nd Admin & IT, Saltire Award

Mia Clark: 3rd Art, 3rd Photography

Josie Curtis: 1st Business Management, 3rd in Politics

Erin Duffy: 2nd Environmental Science, 2nd Modern Studies

Holly Hunter: Leadership Award, Saltire Award

Gillian Lee: 1st Philosophy,1st Art Zoe Tait Memorial Award

Ross McInnes: 2nd Graphic Comminication 2nd Photography

Joanna Reid: 3rd Graphic Communication, Nicola Caldwell Award

Ben Shaw: Advanced Higher Spanish, Saltire Award

Mehek Sheikh: 2nd Physics, Saltire Award

Paul Shellam: Leadership Award, Saltire Award

Sarah Adams: 2nd PE

Stuart Allan: 2nd Metal Work

Lauren Black: Advanced Higher Chemistry

Leah Boyle: Advanced Higher Geography

Olivia Chan: 3rd Psychology

Ewan Condie: 3rd Design & Manufacture

Jessica Cooper: 1St Adv. Higher Biology

Emma Currie: 1st Hospitality

Jack Davies: Saltire Award

Andrew Denniston: 1st Accounting

Matthew Duncan: 3rd Admin & IT

Natalie Ho: Saltire Award

Abby Jessamine: 3rd Environmental Science

Alan Justice: 1st Photography

LouisYung Kim: 2nd Philosophy

Phoebe MacLeod: Advanced Higher Gaidhlig

Harry McCracken: Senior Dux

Jack McDowell: 3rd Business Management

Mark McKinney: 1st Woodwork

Marc McQuade: 1st Psychology

Sean Mullan: 1st Environmental Science

Kieran O’Donnell: 2nd Design & Manufacture

Kai Parker: Advanced Higher Art

Christopher Payne: 2nd Business Management

Niamh Pritchard: 2nd Psychology

Jonathan Swan: Captains Award

Rhiana Turner: Saltire Award

Emma Weir: 3rd RMPS

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.

Click Here for Draft Copy

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.

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.

Click below to access the school calendar with key dates for the session.

CLICK HERE

MABEY FUN ENGINEERING AT GREENFAULDS

Over the last few months, we have been working with Mabey FUN Engineering on the Mabey STEM Education Initiative.  Our learners have worked through a series of challenges, learing loads about engineering through using Lego.  We’ve been building different types of pulleys and working out how their load is worked out, learning about and building different types of bridges and looking at alternative power sources.  We’ve had to use Maths skills we didn’t know we had!

Our thanks go Billy McCormick, Engneering Manager at Mabey for choosing us for this pilot scheme.

We are looking forward to building on our partnership next year.

 

SHAKESPEARE SCHOOL’S DRAMA FESTIVAL

Greenfaulds High School is taking a performance to the Platform Theatre, as part of the UK wide Shakespeare School’s Drama Festival.

This is a 30 minute version of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which a cast from Greenfaulds will be performing at the Platform Theatre, former base of the National Theatre of Scotland, in November

We are currently casting the play, so if you want to audition, or are interested in helping out in this exciting project,  please contact Mr Gillespie at the Drama classroom on the stage.

 ACHIEVE GROUP

The Princes Trust Achieve group in Greenfaulds, have been working with Reeltime music to produce their own music video.  The theme of the video is alcohol and substance misuse and it will be used as an educational resource within the school.  Pupils involved were;

Belanna Anderson
Lucy Adams
Innes McLaren
Cole Hamilton
Tristan Irvine
Dione McAllister
Holly McAllister
Aaron McSheffrey
Aaron Gill
Antonia McNeil

S3 CORE SKILLS AND ACHIEVE

The S3 Core Skills and Achieve class got together and organised and completed a Sponsored Walk up Meikle Bin in April. The money they raised funded an end of year trip for them. On thursday 14th June, both classes attended Sumerlee museum, where they got a trip on a tram and went down the mine. Afterwards we worked on our team skills at the bowling alley, before enjoying a lunch at Pizza Hut. We ended the day by orienteering at Drumpeillier Park.

DATES FOR THE DAIRY

27th June – Activities Day
28th June – School Closes 1pm

Awards Ceremonies

Greenfaulds High School recently held their Awards Ceremony and our Celebrating Success Awards Ceremony event to celebrate our pupils’ achievements. The awards included Outstanding Attainment in Subjects, Youth Achievement Awards and Significant Contribution to the School Community through Leadership and Citizenship.

OUR YPI EXPERIENCE

Lia Barlow, Eilidh McIntyre and Abby Ward

The Youth and Philanthropy Initiative YPI is an active citizenship programme that raises awareness amongst young people about philanthropy and their local community. Each participating school each year is responsible for directing a £3000 YPI grant to a small local charity of their choice. This is done through a unique programme of teamwork, research and competition.

During May and June, we were working with Chris’s House for our YPI presentation. Chris’s House is a charity based in Wishaw, which aims to help anyone suffering with suicidal thoughts. They also aim to help the victims’ families, friends, and other loved ones. We chose Chris’s House because they are an effective local charity, and mental health is getting more and more common amongst the young people in our local area and we would like to make this more known. Being a small charity we were really pleased for them as the £3000 will be a great boost to their funds.

When we got into the finals we were really nervous and excited at the same time. When the winner was announced we were absolutely speechless. We never thought that we would win, considering how great the other presentations were.

In the future we plan to keep supporting Chris’s House and attend as many fundraisers as we can.

   

Dates for the Dairy

19^th June – Dance Show

27^th June – Activities Day

28^th June – School Closes 1pm

Read the article about the fantastic volunteer work that Fraser & Eilidh Simpson participate in for St John Scotland

Click Here to Read Article