{"id":2249,"date":"2018-06-11T09:46:49","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T09:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/ghshome\/?p=2249"},"modified":"2018-06-11T09:47:05","modified_gmt":"2018-06-11T09:47:05","slug":"school-news-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/ghshome\/2018\/06\/11\/school-news-31\/","title":{"rendered":"School News"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAFTA Young Games Designer Award <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Congratulations to Jamie Buttenshaw who has just been announced as a finalist in the BAFTA Young Games Designer Award to be held in July. Jamie has worked extremely hard to enter this prestigious event and we are all extremely proud that he has reached the final. Go to:\u00a0 http:\/\/ygd.bafta.org\/competition\/competition-news\/2018\/tim%E2%80%99s-adventure<\/a> to download and play Jamie\u2019s game.<\/p>\n

South Africa Parents Evening for NEW S4-S6 Pupils<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

An information evening for parents of pupils who are interested in attending the South Africa trek and community project will take place in the school on Thursday 14th June at 7pm. Pupils are also welcome to attend. The meeting should last 1 hour. A representative from the Wilderness Foundation UK will give a talk and answer questions. For further information, pupils should contact Ms Morrow in the Geography Department or see the Geography Department Twitter page.<\/p>\n

Sports News<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Special congratulations to Amy Kennedy in S2 who won the Silver medal at the Scottish Schools Pentathlon. Amy will go on to represent Scotland at an International Event in November.<\/p>\n

County Sports<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

A great two days at the NLC County Sports with Greenfaulds winning a total of 17 medals on day 1 and 12 medals on day 2. All athletes performed really well and were a credit to the school. Medal winners were:<\/p>\n

Day One<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Ethan Cunningham S1 Winner of Hurdles<\/p>\n

Amy Kennedy S2 Winner of Hurdles and Shot Putt<\/p>\n

Hannah Wallace S3 Winner of Hurdles and Long Jump<\/p>\n

S3 Girls Relay Team – Alyesha Akhtar, Liusadh McCulloch, Hannah McNeill and Hannah Wallace<\/p>\n

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

Euan Wallace S1 Second in Hurdles<\/p>\n

Adam Atkinson S1 Second in Javelin<\/p>\n

Carter Smith S2 Second in Discus<\/p>\n

Leona Jaap S2 Second in 1500m<\/p>\n

S1 Girls Relay – Emma Bonner, Erin Cooper, Paige McCartney and Lucy Roy<\/p>\n

S2 Girls Relay – Alex Walker, Leona Jaap, Cara Dunn and Amy Kennedy<\/p>\n

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

Chloe Newlands S1 Third in Shot Putt<\/p>\n

Cara Dunn S2 Third in Discus<\/p>\n

Jamie Connelly S2 Third in 1500m<\/p>\n

Robbie Carroll S3Third in 1500m<\/p>\n

S1 Boys Relay -Declan O’Connor, Boyd McQuade, Euan Rhodes and Adam Atkinson<\/p>\n

Day Two<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Adam Atkinson S1 100m<\/p>\n

Lucy Roy S1 100m<\/p>\n

Alyesha Akhtar S3 100m<\/p>\n

Arran Kennedy Senior Long Jump<\/p>\n

Mehek Senior Shot Putt<\/p>\n

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

Lucy Roy S1 Long Jump<\/p>\n

Iona Davidson S1 800m<\/p>\n

Liusadh McCulloch S3 200m<\/p>\n

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

Euan Wallace S1 Long Jump<\/p>\n

Carter Smith S2 400m<\/p>\n

Elise McCormick Senior 1500m<\/p>\n

Abby Graham Senior 800m<\/p>\n

Primary 7 Visit<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Primary 7 pupils attended Greenfaulds recently for their two day visit.<\/p>\n

Staff at Greenfaulds had prepared a range of interesting lessons for the P7s. The children reported that they thoroughly enjoyed their experiences in the various subject areas. The Primary 7 pupils were fantastic during the visit. We wish them well in their final weeks of primary school and look forward to seeing them when they return in August as pupils of Greenfaulds High School.<\/p>\n

Dance Show <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

We will be showcasing our winning performances from NL Dance Championships and our National 5 Dance exam choreographies along with many other brilliant performances on Tuesday 19th June at 6.30pm, tickets are \u00a32.<\/p>\n

We have an extremely talented bunch of dancers in the school and former pupils who will also be making an appearance on stage.<\/p>\n

Dates for the Dairy<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

13th June \u2013 Graduation Ceremony<\/p>\n

14th June \u2013 School Prom<\/p>\n

19th<\/sup> June \u2013 Dance Show<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BAFTA Young Games Designer Award Congratulations to Jamie Buttenshaw who has just been announced as a finalist in the BAFTA Young Games Designer Award to be held in July. Jamie has worked extremely hard to enter this prestigious event and we are all extremely proud that he has reached the final. Go to:\u00a0 http:\/\/ygd.bafta.org\/competition\/competition-news\/2018\/tim%E2%80%99s-adventure to … 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-2249","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\/2249","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=2249"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/ghshome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2251,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/ghshome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249\/revisions\/2251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/ghshome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/ghshome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/ghshome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}