NATIONAL SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Greenfaulds High School is pleased to announce that the following students have been selected to represent North Lanarkshire at the Scottish National Swimming Competition which is taking place from the 29th – 31st March.

• Georgia Knox
• Mhairi Stewart
• Teigan Kerr
• Cameron Neilson
• Jake Lindsay

To reach this stage is a major achievement, well done to the girls on their success so far and we await further news of their future successes.

PI MEMORISING COMPETITION

Pupils in S1 took part in the Pi Memorising competition where they had to memorise as many digits as possible of the value of Pi.  A new Greenfauld’s record was achieved with Emily Smith memorsing Pi to a total of 184 decimal places.  In second place was Taylor Brown with 123 decimal places. and in joint third place was Lauren Gardiner and Caitlin Curthoys with 96 decimal places. Great work to all who took part in the competition. Pi-tastic!

MATHS CHALLENGE

On Friday 10th March Greenfaulds High school hosted their annual Primary 7 Maths Challenge.  A huge well done to all who took part. The overall winners of the competition were ‘The Lemon Mathemagicians’ from Baird Memorial Primary (Amy Crombie, Caitlin Crombie, Adam Rush and Robbie Michie) with a total of 83 points.

COMIC RELIEF 2017

On Friday 23rd March, pupils and staff took part in a number of fundraising events around the school to mark Red Nose Day 2017. Along with being a non-uniform day pupils also had the chance to attend “The GH-X Factor show”, Challenge staff v pupils football, netball and volleyball. All proceeds went to Comic Relief.

READATHON

A huge well done and thank you to our S1 who raised a grand total of £500 in their sponsored Readathon. All money raised will go to help sick children in hospitals across the country.

SUPPORTED STUDY

In preparation for the forthcoming exams, many departments are now offering supported study. Please see your individual teacher for arrangements.

NATIONAL SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Greenfaulds High School is pleased to announce that the following students have been selected to represent North Lanarkshire at the Scottish National Swimming Competition which is taking place from the 29th – 31st March.

• Georgia Knox
• Mhairi Stewart
• Teigan Kerr
• Cameron Neilson
• Jake Lindsay

To reach this stage is a major achievement, well done on their success so far and we await further news of their future successes.

PI MEMORISING COMPETITION

Pupils in S1 took part in the Pi Memorising competition where they had to memorise as many digits as possible of the value of Pi.  A new Greenfauld’s record was achieved with Emily Smith memorsing Pi to a total of 184 decimal places.  In second place was Taylor Brown with 123 decimal places. and in joint third place was Lauren Gardiner and Caitlin Curthoys with 96 decimal places. Great work to all who took part in the competition. Pi-tastic!

MATHS CHALLENGE

On Friday 10th March Greenfaulds High school hosted their annual Primary 7 Maths Challenge.  A huge well done to all who took part. The overall winners of the competition were ‘The Lemon Mathemagicians’ from Baird Memorial Primary (Amy Crombie, Caitlin Crombie, Adam Rush and Robbie Michie) with a total of 83 points.

COMIC RELIEF 2017

On Friday 23rd March, pupils and staff took part in a number of fundraising events around the school to mark Red Nose Day 2017. Along with being a non-uniform day pupils also had the chance to attend “The GH-X Factor show”, Challenge staff v pupils football, netball and volleyball. All proceeds went to Comic Relief.

READATHON

A huge well done and thank you to our S1 who raised a grand total of £500 in their sponsored Readathon. All money raised will go to help sick children in hospitals across the country.

SUPPORTED STUDY

In preparation for the forthcoming exams, many departments are now offering supported study. Please see your individual teacher for arrangements.

HARRY POTTER BOOK NIGHT

Beware! Greenfaulds High School is home to several witches and wizards! S1 – S4 pupils gathered in the school library on Thursday evening to celebrate Harry Potter Book Night. Pupils took part in a mini Triwizard tournament in the hopes of winning a mystery prize.  Activities ranged from dangerous wizarding duels (not for the faint hearted), brewing their own potions and taking part in quizzes to test their wizarding knowledge. In the end, the Ravenclaw house team proved themselves as a force to be reckoned with and won the tournament.

Pupils did themselves proud and showed that the magic of Harry Potter still lives on!

TURAS GÀIDHLIG FORT GEORGE

The Gaelic Higher pupils have, this term, been studying a poem called Air An Somme by Dòmhnall Dòmhnallach (Dòmhnall Ruadh Chorùna). The poem is written from the poet’s own personal experience of the battle. This trip allowed the pupils to see where Dòmhnall undertook his army training before making for the battle, as well as letting them see the conditions in which they had to live at the time. A very enjoyable and informative trip was had by all.

JOHN MUIR AWARD

A number of classes within Greenfaulds High School are currently working towards their John Muir Award, a nationally recognised qualification which includes learning about and conserving wild places. We have been working with Cumbernauld Living Landscaped in Ravenswood Nature reserve for the past year and Sanctuary Housing granted us £500 worth of tools to support us with conservation. We are currently looking for donations of wellington boots and jackets which will allow even more pupils to access Ravenswood Nature Reserve. If you have any could you please bring these to the school.

CAREERS CONVENTION-DROP IN EVENT

Wednesday 22nd February 6.00pm – 9.00pm

We are holding our biennial Careers Convention this year. Present will be over 35 representatives from Employers, Apprenticeship Providers, Training Agencies, Colleges, Universities as well as Skills Development Scotland and representatives from the Armed Forces.

This is a “drop in” event with no formal structure. It allows you to find out what opportunities there are after school along with possible entry conditions. It will also allow you to compare one institution with another. This type of information proves very valuable when it comes to making Course Choices, which is something that you and your child will have to do before there will be another Careers Convention held within the school.

You are warmly invited to attend what parents and pupils have told us on previous occasions to be a very interesting and valuable evening.

MID TERM BREAK

Greenfaulds will be closed on Monday 13th February and Tuesday 14^th February for the mid term holiday and Wednesday 15^th February for a school in-service day. Greenfaulds re-opens to pupils on Thursday 16^th February as normal.

MORNING CLUB

The Morning Club has restarted. All are invited to pick up some brekkie, finish off any homework and get ready for the day ahead. Club will be on daily from 8.30am. See you there 🙂

SCHOOL CLUBS

Greenfaulds offer a wide range of school clubs throughout the year to challenge and inspire our pupils. With many practical, recreational and educational clubs on-going pupils should look out for details of any clubs that they might be interested on the school website, in departments and through the various school twitter pages.

S2 BT STEM AMBASSADOR VISIT

Greenfaulds High School ICT department recently had a visit from a number of BT Software Engineers who spent the day working with pupils from S2. This was a fantastic opportunity for these pupils to see and learn the fundamentals of software programming. Pupils spent either the morning or afternoon being shown just what can be done with even a little programming knowledge. Feedback from pupils was extremely positive as was the feedback from the BT Engineers who had nothing but praise for our pupils. A great time was obviously had by all and it is hoped that we will be welcoming these ambassadors back to school to share their knowledge and enthusiasm with our young people very soon. A big thank you to all concerned for organising this.

BURNS SUPPER

A good night was had by all as Greenfaulds celebrated the life and work of Rabbie Burns last week by hosting a Burns Night for staff and senior pupils. The night consisted of a Ceilidh, traditional Scottish fayre as well as poem recitals and songs from Burns’ collection. The toast to the Lassies and the reply from the fairer sex, went down particularly well. A big thank you to all staff and pupils involved in organising this night which has become a regular event in the Greenfaulds calendar.

JOHN MUIR AWARD

A number of classes within Greenfaulds High School are currently working towards their John Muir Award, a nationally recognised qualification which includes learning about and conserving wild places. We have been working with Cumbernauld Living Landscaped in Ravenswood Nature reserve for the past year and Sanctuary Housing granted us £500 worth of tools to support us with conservation. We are currently looking for donations of wellington boots and jackets which will allow even more pupils to access Ravenswood Nature Reserve. If you have any could you please bring these to the school.

S2 REPORTS

S2 Reports have been issued.

S2 PERSONALISATION AND CHOICE

Greenfaulds High School would like to invite parents of S2 pupils to a meeting with the school’s Senior Management team tomorrow 2^nd February at 7.00pm. The aim of the evening is to inform parents and pupils of the choices that are open to them as pupils progress with their Curriculum for Excellence courses.

CAREERS CONVENTION-DROP IN EVENT

Wednesday 22nd February 6.00pm – 9.00pm

We are holding our biennial Careers Convention this year. Present will be over 35 representatives from Employers, Apprenticeship Providers, Training Agencies, Colleges, Universities as well as Skills Development Scotland and representatives from the Armed Forces.

This is a “drop in” event with no formal structure. It allows you to find out what opportunities there are after school along with possible entry conditions. It will also allow you to compare one institution with another. This type of information proves very valuable when it comes to making Course Choices, which is something that you and your child will have to do before there will be another Careers Convention held within the school.

You are warmly invited to attend what parents and pupils have told us on previous occasions to be a very interesting and valuable evening.

MID TERM BREAK

Greenfaulds will be closed on Monday 13th February and Tuesday 14^th February for the mid term holiday and Wednesday 15^th February for a school in-service day. Greenfaulds re-opens to pupils on Thursday 16^th February as normal.

MORNING CLUB

The Morning Club has restarted. All are invited to pick up some brekkie, finish off any homework and get ready for the day ahead. Club will be on daily from 8.30am. See you there 🙂

SCHOOL CLUBS

Greenfaulds offer a wide range of school clubs throughout the year to challenge and inspire our pupils. With many practical, recreational and educational clubs on-going pupils should look out for details of any clubs that they might be interested on the school website, in departments and through the various school twitter pages.

JOHN MUIR AWARD

A number of classes within Greenfaulds High School are currently working towards their John Muir Award, a nationally recognised qualification which includes learning about and conserving wild places. We have been working with Cumbernauld Living Landscaped in Ravenswood Nature reserve for the past year and Sanctuary Housing granted us £500 worth of tools to support us with conservation. We are currently looking for donations of wellington boots and jackets which will allow even more pupils to access Ravenswood Nature Reserve. If you have any could you please bring these to the school.

S3 MONITORING REPORTS

Could all parents of S3 pupils please note that the monitoring reports for this year-group were issued recently. The report is a short summary of how your child is performing in each of their subject areas. Would you please sign and return the tear off slip at the bottom of the report to confirm you have seen it.

BURNS SUPPER

Greenfaulds High School will be hosting the annual Burns Supper on Friday 27th January 2017 at 7.00pm in. Entertainment will be provided by staff and senior pupils and a warm welcome is extended to former pupils and members of staff who wish to join us. Tickets priced £10.00 include a traditional Burns Supper and are available by contacting the school on 01236 794876 or from The School Captain Team.

S2 REPORTS

S2 Reports are due to be issued on Friday 27 January.

S2 PERSONALISATION AND CHOICE

Greenfaulds High School would like to invite parents of S2 pupils to a meeting with the school’s Senior Management team on Thursday 2^nd February at 7.00pm. The aim of the evening is to inform parents and pupils of the choices that are open to them as pupils progress with their Curriculum for Excellence courses.

CAREERS CONVENTION-DROP IN EVENT

Wednesday 22nd February 6.00pm – 9.00pm

We are holding our biennial Careers Convention this year. Present will be over 35 representatives from Employers, Apprenticeship Providers, Training Agencies, Colleges, Universities as well as Skills Development Scotland and representatives from the Armed Forces.

This is a “drop in” event with no formal structure. It allows you to find out what opportunities there are after school along with possible entry conditions. It will also allow you to compare one institution with another. This type of information proves very valuable when it comes to making Course Choices, which is something that you and your child will have to do before there will be another Careers Convention held within the school.

You are warmly invited to attend what parents and pupils have told us on previous occasions to be a very interesting and valuable evening.

MID TERM BREAK

Greenfaulds will be closed on Monday 13th February and Tuesday 14^th February for the mid term holiday and Wednesday 15^th February for a school in-service day. Greenfaulds re-opens to pupils on Thursday 16^th February as normal.

MORNING CLUB

The Morning Club has restarted. All are invited to pick up some brekkie, finish off any homework and get ready for the day ahead. Club will be on daily from 8.30am. See you there 🙂

NEED HELP WITH YOUR MATHS???

Pupils can attend homework club on a Monday after school from 3.45pm to 4.30pm.

Supported Study has also started for our S4 – S6 pupils.

Higher – Monday 3.45pm to 4.30pm.

National 5 – Tuesday after school.

SCHOOL CLUBS

Greenfaulds offer a wide range of school clubs throughout the year to challenge and inspire our pupils. With many practical, recreational and educational clubs on-going pupils should look out for details of any clubs that they might be interested on the school website, in departments and through the various school twitter pages.