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.
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S4/5 Options Evening
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
Foundation Apprenticeships Presentation
Skills Development Scotland and the National Parent Forum of Scotland are arranging a session on Foundation Apprenticeships for parents and carers on Tuesday 14th 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.
Primary 7 Information Evening
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 24th 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.
S1 Online Parents’ Evening
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.
SCHOOL NEWS
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!
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.
Online Parents’ Evening Info
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
SCHOOL NEWS
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!
Ordering Photographs
Pupils in S1, S2, S5 and S6 plus family groups have had the opportunity to have their photographs taken on Thursday the 28th of October.
All pupils in the above groups were issued with a card as shown below:
Due to Covid restrictions we require all orders to be placed online.
You are required to register online following the steps on the card, each card has an access code for individual pupils that will allow you to view the proofs online prior to ordering. There is NO obligation to buy photographs. Family photographs, if taken, will be added to one of your child’s collection of photos.
Should your child have lost the card our school office has a copy of each pupil’s access code.
The company has advised us that it will be a minimum of 10 days before proofs are available online as they spend a considerable time editing to ensure the best quality photographs.
Eco Committee: Meatless Monday
Monday 1st November will be MEATLESS MONDAY in our school canteen! But don’t worry our catering manager has been working on a delicious menu so that there will be plenty of tasty alternatives for you to enjoy!
Eating a meat based diet isn’t great for the environment as animals – especially cows – create tonnes of methane each year
Methane is one of the dangerous greenhouse gases responsible for climate change
Eating meat amounts to 14.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Changing to a plant based diet – even just for one day a week – can really help reduce demand for meat & therefore reduce the number of animals we farm
Raising animals is also responsible for huge deforestation across the globe – so by giving up meat you can make such a difference to your carbon footprint since trees absorb CO2 – another dangerous greenhouse gas!
We have compiled a digital recipe book based on tried and tested recommended recipes submitted by pupils and staff from Greenfaulds High School in support of our Climate Emergency Action Week. It is available for free download here to help support families in switching to a plant based diet in an effort to reduce carbon footprint.
We hope that you enjoy these delicious recipes and manage to substitute at least one of your meals each week with a meat free meal. Who knows, you may even manage to make the full switch to a plant based diet – saving your wallet, health AND our fabulous Planet!
Everyone loves a food pic! So don’t forget to enter our Marvellous Meatless Meals food photography competition by Tweeting a photo of your Marvellous Meat Free Meal to @ghsecocommittee and we’ll retweet! Most likes = wins! Who knows who you’ll inspire – saving the Planet from even more methane gas!
Click Here: GHS Marvellous Meatless Meals Digital Recipe Book
