{"id":2154,"date":"2018-03-22T13:27:59","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T13:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/ghshome\/?p=2154"},"modified":"2018-03-22T13:51:45","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T13:51:45","slug":"school-news-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/ghshome\/2018\/03\/22\/school-news-29\/","title":{"rendered":"SCHOOL NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pi DAY 2018<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

To celebrate World Pi Day and all things circular students at Greenfaulds High were treated to a doughnut. In total 720 doughnuts were eaten and the total money raised was \u00a3220.<\/p>\n

The school also had its annual S1 \u2018Pi Memorising Competition\u2019.\u00a0 This year\u2019s winner was Callum Smith who memorised Pi to a whopping 197 decimal places.\u00a0 In second place was Euan Wallace and in third place was Emma Ward.\u00a0 A huge well done to everyone who took part.<\/p>\n

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SCOTTISH SPACE SCHOOL<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Fantastic news for Evie Clark who was recently successful in her application for the Scottish Space School this year. It is a great achievement and Evie was up against some exceptional competition from across Scotland in order to even progress to this stage. She will now spend time at Strathclyde University working alongside other successful candidates and professional engineers and Scientists and compete to win a place on the trip to NASA in Houston. All at Greenfaulds are extremely proud of Evie in her achievement and wish her the best of luck in the next stage. Well done Evie.<\/p>\n

GEOGRAPHY<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

On Wednesday 14th March, various Geography pupils took part in workshops provided by GeoBus. For Higher pupils, this included looking at hydrographs whereas for S1 and S3 this focused on monitoring volcanoes. On behalf of the school we would like to thank GeoBus for engaging pupils in Geography and providing them with a fun experience. Thanks to all staff who volunteered to help as well. It was an enjoyable experience had by all!!<\/p>\n

ART & DESIGN<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Harry McCafferty S3 has been selected as one of 6 finalists in the Strathcarron Hospice Design a Pendant competition. There were 310 entrants so Harry has done really well to have had his pendant design chosen. His design was based on a snowflake. The winning design will be announced at a special lunch for the finalists at Strathcarron Hospice on the 19th March.<\/p>\n

EASTER SCHOOL<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Pupils will soon be issued with letters detailing all information regarding the upcoming Greenfaulds Easter School Event. Further information regarding this will also be available over the next few weeks. Easter School provides an excellent opportunity for pupils to receive additional supported study in the run up to the SQA exams.<\/p>\n

SCHOOL CLUBS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Departments and staff within Greenfaulds High School offer a range of school clubs throughout the year to challenge and inspire our pupils. With many practical, recreational and educational clubs taking place there is sure to be something that will interest all of our pupils. Pupils should look out for details of new clubs posted around the school. PLEASE SEE THE WEEKLY ACTIVITIES TAB ON THE SIDEBAR OF THE SCHOOL WEBSITE @ http:\/\/www.greenfaulds.n-lanark.sch.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Pi DAY 2018 To celebrate World Pi Day and all things circular students at Greenfaulds High were treated to a doughnut. In total 720 doughnuts were eaten and the total money raised was \u00a3220. The school also had its annual S1 \u2018Pi Memorising Competition\u2019.\u00a0 This year\u2019s winner was Callum Smith who memorised Pi to a … Continue reading SCHOOL NEWS<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39225,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/ghshome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/ghshome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/ghshome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/ghshome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/ghshome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2154"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/ghshome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2158,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/ghshome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2154\/revisions\/2158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/ghshome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/ghshome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/ghshome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}