Overview of Scottish Apprenticeships Thursday 10 March 2022

 Parents and carers can learn more about Foundation, Modern and Graduate Apprenticeships on a free webinar later this month.  

 Careers Advisers from Skills Development Scotland will talk about the different apprenticeships that are available and how work-based learning can open the door to a wide range of careers. They will also be on hand to answer any questions that you may have about your young persons career development.

 Parents and carers can register for our session here: https://overviewofscottishapprenticeships.eventbrite.co.uk

North Lanarkshire Schools Read to Succeed

Following the transition from primary to secondary school, our promise to you is that the North Lanarkshire Secondary School you have trusted with your child’s education, will do all they can to ensure that this experience is both enjoyable and successful.

In North Lanarkshire Schools, under the Scottish Attainment Challenge, we aim to make reading for pleasure a priority in our bid to ensure excellence and equity in our schools. We are fortunate enough to have dedicated school librarians and English Departments across North Lanarkshire Secondary Schools who provide excellent support and encouragement to all pupils to help develop and promote reading for pleasure.

As part of that commitment, the North Lanarkshire Schools Read to Succeed pledge aims to get our S1 pupils hooked on reading for pleasure. With funding from the Scottish Attainment Challenge every S1 pupil will be gifted a book with no cost to the pupil or the school. This book will be chosen from an online catalogue of texts suitable for a wide range of interests and ability levels.

Reading for pleasure has been proven to have a huge range of benefits for children, ranging from improved exam results and literacy levels, through to good mental health. This is our 4^th year running Read to Succeed and we want pupils, parents/carers, teachers and librarians to participate in the North Lanarkshire Schools Read to Succeed pledge to help ensure our pupils are reaching their full potential in terms of literacy.

We are asking you as a parent or carer to play an active role in encouraging your child to read for pleasure and ensure that they are actually reading, simply by talking regularly with them about what they are reading.

Advice on how to encourage children to read for pleasure is available from The Scottish Book Trust website: http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/reading/parents.

If you want any further advice on helping your child choose books or how you can motivate them to read, please feel free to get in touch with the librarian by phoning the school.  Our librarians are happy to help.

With your support, we can help your child ‘Read to Succeed’ and maximise their potential.

Yours sincerely,

Terry Cowan

Education Support Officer (Literacy)

Scottish Attainment Challenge

The link for the S2 online options information evening has been text via Groupcall to all parents/carers. This takes place on Tuesday the 25th of January at 6.30pm.

 

Please see the information below that provides details of the online Parents Options Information Evening at 6.30pm on Wednesday the 19th of January

Join from the meeting link

https://northlangov.webex.com/northlangov/j.php?MTID=ma54a88706aebf1564771e5d8d53a4703

Join by meeting number

Meeting number (access code): 2392 106 1630

Meeting password: VpJyfdJM386

 

Skills Development Scotland and the  National Parent Forum of Scotland are arranging a session on Foundation Apprenticeships for parents and carers on Tuesday 14^th December from 7pm-8pm.

This session gives the opportunity to find out about Foundation Apprenticeships including who they’re for, how they work and their benefits. During this one hour session we’ll talk through the value and equivalency of the qualification in terms of SCQF levels and UCAS points. We’ll also share pupil journeys and how Foundation Apprenticeships helped them progress onto a job such as a Modern or Graduate Apprenticeship, college or university. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions at the end.

Link to Eventbrite registration below.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/npfs-sds-foundation-apprenticeships-a-session-for-parents-carers-tickets-217827286277

Dear P7 Parent/Carer

P7 Information Evening

We would like to invite you to attend our parents/carers virtual information evening for P7 pupils transitioning to Greenfaulds HS in August 2022. The online meeting will take place on Wednesday 24^th November from 6.30pm until 7.15pm. The meeting can be accessed on the evening using the link below or by scanning the QR code. We will also post this on our school website closer to the time. We look forward to seeing you then.

https://rb.gy/ndh0my

Welcome to our step-by-step guide to help you set up and book your appointments for the S1 on-line Parents Evening which will take place on Tuesday 30th November from 4.30pm. We look forward to being able to meet with parents/Carers and provide information on the progress of your child at this stage. Please note that teachers are limited to 30 appointments and, where they may have more than one S1 class, it may not be possible to see every teacher. This however would be no different from face-to-face appointments. In order to maximise the number of appointments for all pupils we have limited the number of bookings available to 10 per child. We look forward to seeing you on the night however if you have any questions or issues logging on and making bookings, please contact the school office and we will try our best to deal with them at the time, or to follow up on them immediately afterwards.   

Kind regards 

Karen Adler DHT S1 

Step 1 Logging on to the system: 

To login to the system, please use the following link: https://parents-booking.co.uk/greenfaulds  

Do not log in using the Mygovscot tab but instead log in using your first name, surname and email. Please note this must match the main contact details we have on record for you. 

You should then enter Your child’s first name, surname and date of birth 

 

Remember the booking system to make your appointments will NOT open until 6.00 pm on Tuesday 23rd November.   

You can continue to make appointment until it closes at 8.50 am on Tuesday 30th November i.e. the morning of the Parents Evening. 

Should you have any issue with logging in, please contact the school for assistance.    

Step 2 – Making Appointments. 

Once you have logged in you can now make appointments. 

Click on suggest bookings for me. Suggest Bookings for Me will let you choose the teachers you want to book (across multiple students, if applicable), and asks when you are available for appointments. The system then calculates the most efficient order for your appointments, and you have 5mins to confirm (or adjust) these.  

Once bookings have all been made you can print or e-mail an appointment confirmation. 

Step 3- Joining the Video Meetings 

On the day of the Parents Evening, you will need to login to the website address again, some 10 minutes before your appointments are due to begin.  You will then be able to join the video meeting room, where you can wait for your appointment(s) to start.  You will be taken into each appointment automatically and the appointment will also end automatically after 5 minutes.  

Internet Browser Compatibility:     

You must use one of the listed device and internet browser combinations for the video meeting technology to work:   

• Android phone/tablet: Chrome or Firefox   
• Linux computer: Chrome or Firefox   
• Microsoft Surface: Chrome or Firefox   
• Mac computer: Safari, Chrome or Firefox   
• Windows computer: Chrome, Firefox or Edge (Chromium)   
• Apple iPhone/iPad (iOS 11+): Safari   

Troubleshooting Tips: 

• If you cannot login or are unable to make appointments at home, please contact the school office.   
• The email address field entered is only used to send your appointment confirmation. If you have problems logging in, it will not be because of the e-mail address you entered.  

Please Click Here for Frequently Asked Questions

BAND IS BACK!

Wednesday night saw the momentous occasion of first rehearsal of the school Wind Band since before lockdown! 20 of our woodwind, brass and percussion pupils turned up for a rehearsal in the assembly hall – socially distanced of course. Everyone did so well and a special well done to all our new recruits! Band will run every Wednesday after school from 3.45 – 4.30pm and pupils should ensure that they have arranged transport home. See you next week, musicians!

Mrs Carmichael and Mr McKreel

P7 VIRTUAL PARENTS INFORMATION EVENING

The P7 virtual parent’s information evening will take place on Wednesday 24th November at 6.30pm. The link for P7 parents to join the meeting is below:

https://northlangov.webex.com/northlangov/j.php?MTID=mc5706083b5d641ec31cd66faa422c5b6

GREENFAULDS HIGH SCHOOL PODCAST – EPISODE 1 – COP26

This episode features our captains catch up, all things COP26 and some brilliant study tips from our teaching staff! Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/zMX5csQYnYs

SCOTTISH INTERFAITH COMPETITION

One of the schools entries to the Scottish Interfaith Competition has won a prize! The competition was about making a religious festival more eco-friendly and three boys from 1TH – Alex Mandache, Ethan Dunn and Luke Cooper – made a PowerPoint on the Day of the Dead festival and had loads of ideas about how it could be made more eco-friendly including food, costumes and transport. Well done to the boys and to Mr Galloway and Mr Muir for supporting and guiding them!

FUTURE FRIDAYS

Future Friday activities continue Friday afternoon 1pm – 3pm

We now have Golf, Diamond painting and basketball up and running as well as all our previous clubs. For more information, please see our social media on Instagram and twitter @GHSFutureFriday

GIRLS FOOTBALL

The girls football (all years) is on from 1-2pm on a Friday. All abilities and ages welcome.

ACHIEVE

The S3 Achieve group at Greenfaulds, put on a fabulous outdoor Halloween party for the P1 pupils at Ravenswood Primary.  The group organised storytelling, a pumpkin trail, marshmallow toasting and looking for doughnuts at the Ravenswood Marsh.  A great time was had by all.

 

All parents of S5/6 pupils should have received a set of  staged letters via text/email taking you through the process of signing up, logging in and booking appointments on the online Parents’ Evening system.

Hopefully you have managed to work your way through the process and you are ready for tomorrow night’s online video appointments.

As a final step we have included 2 links below, one with frequently asked questions and one with some instructions for the evening itself.

Click Here: Parents Evenings FAQ

Click Here: Video Call Information for Parents

 

THE GIRLS FOOTBALL TEAM

The Girls Football Team will take part in their 2nd festival on Friday 19 of November at St Ambrose from 1:15 to 3pm.  Any girls who would like to attend can see Ms MacDonald in G086 and sign up for Future Fridays Football also.

FUTURE FRIDAYS

Future Friday activities continue Friday afternoon 1pm – 3pm

We now have Golf, Diamond painting and basketball up and running as well as all our previous clubs. For more information, please see our social media on Instagram and twitter @GHSFutureFriday

CLIMATE EMERGENCY ACTION WEEK

This past week has been ‘Climate Emergency Action Week‘ here at Greenfaulds! Departments from across the school have been offering various Climate Change lessons and activities, ranging from Climate Change timelines in History, to studying Michael Jackson’s Earth Song in Music, Eco Friendly App Design in Computing Studies to investigating the work of Protest and Pressure Groups like Extinction Rebellion in Modern Studies! The Eco Committee have also organised a huge range of activities for all pupils to get involved in from the Pledge Point campaign – where pupils sign up to small changes in their daily habits to reduce carbon footprint – to a ‘Walk/cycle to school’ Strava competition! There is also a Sustainable Fashion Fair using Vinted, Carpool Karaoke for staff to encourage car sharing, a Photography Competition with the theme ‘Our Changing Climate’, an English writing competition based on Climate Change, and a Disposable Mask challenge to limit disposable mask use. We also hosted a Meatless Monday day at the canteen where no meat was served for breakfast, break or lunch to help raise awareness of methane from cattle farming. And to help families switch to a more plant-based diet we compiled a meatless recipe book available for free download from the School Website! A packed schedule – all to help raise awareness of climate change to mark COP26!

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT – CLIMATE WRITING COMPETITION

Here are the winning entries from the English Department’s Cop Competition. What talented pupils we have in GHS. Powerful reading ahead…

 S1/2 CATEGORY WINNER: ARA MCDERMOTT, 1WA2

Look in front of you and what do you see?
A wonderful city filled with joy and glee.

Look beside you and what do you see?
A beautiful forest packed with magic and trees.

Look behind you and what do you see?
A polluted world made of terror and flee.

 S1/2 CATEGORY RUNNERS UP: BROOKE MEIKLE, S2

A world demolished, abandoned.  A peaceful haven, what once was, destroyed, gone.

Never again to sing, never again to dance upon its green grass, never to breathe its fresh air, never to know what you could have known.

A world split in two, and us in between.

 S1/2 CATEGORY RUNNERS UP: SERAPHINA WALKER, 1WA2

Come little butterfly, we cannot stay.
Come little butterfly, the humans will betray.
Come little butterfly, this place is gonna blow.

Climate change is not a tool.
Climate change you cannot rule.

Pain and anguish will come.
The ground is crumbling.

 S1/2 CATEGORY RUNNERS UP: HOLLIE ALEXANDER, 1TH

 The change in our beautiful world makes me rage in despair.  From the bright green grass to the warm polluted air.  I look out the window and let my imagination run free, all that I could imagine is what the world could be.  Then I remember our world is…

 S3/4 CATEGORY WINNER: HANNAH BRODIE, S4

 Eden
That’s what we once had.

Destruction
That’s what’s coming.

We lie in the in-between
Where governments give out drilling orders

To become richer
Knowing it is against agreements they once signed.
It’s only the kids that care if the world is on fire.

Destruction or Eden?
We decide, right?

 S3/4 CATEGORY RUNNERS UP: NIAMH MITCHELL, S3

 Why?

In my last moments I’m overwhelmed by heat, tears rolling down my face. I’m not sad but glad, I brought this upon myself, saying tomorrow, tomorrow but in the end never. I lay down letting the heat absorb me as the world goes up in flames and I think why?

 S3/4 CATEGORY RUNNERS UP: ABBIE ROSS, S3

From heaven to hell
Through bad and good
Broken

From the way it looks
To the way it feels
Broken

Our world is broken
From the brightest days to the darkest nights
Our world
Broken

 S5/6 CATEGORY WINNER: HANNAH RUSSELL, S6

We all watched from our homes while she cried out
She looked skeletal, dry, prehistoric
She was cracking quickly, changing always
River, rock, ruin

Her mossy surface now mulch in our hands
Her wheat hair turned to rope
Rope for us to climb until the eventual destruction of our
Earth

S5/6 CATEGORY RUNNERS UP: KATIE MACDONALD, S5

Here I stand repentant,
Mortified.
Beside the life I created,

My child, our children, futures,
Doomed.
By our carelessness.

The life I gave her.
The life I promised, before we even met,
Is also the life I destroyed.

I do not choose to say I love you.
Instead,
Mummy’s sorry.

 S5/6 CATEGORY RUNNERS UP: EMILY SMITH S6

 PLASTIC PANDEMIC

A terrible mess we have made of our world
A future uncertain, still to be unfurled
The planet is dying and we are to blame
Unless we act now and stop “more of the same”
Our world needs to breathe and oceans must clear
The plastic pandemic must now
END!