Budding palaeontologist Finn McKellar has stunned his parents and friends by passing a university course at an elite Canadian institution at the age of just 12.
He aced the tough Dino 101 online course at the University of Alberta in Canada after first becoming interested in Dinosaurs after watching the film Jurassic World.
This is a fantastic achievement for Finn and he now hopes to pursue a career as a palaeontologist!
39 S3/4 pupils and 5 members of staff travelled across the pond to the big apple! Pupils spent 5 days sight seeing in New York city.
They visited the Empire State building, Times Square, Grand Central Station, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, 9/11 Museum, Central Park and experienced a cruise around the city visiting the Statue of Liberty and the Brooklyn Bridge.
The group experienced two Broadway shows, Aladdin and Matilda. Pupils were given the opportunity to work with Broadway actors in a Body Combat workshop, and luckily met with one of the actors from Matilda. Finally, they visited Macy’s, 5th Avenue and Bloomingdale’s for some retail therapy!
A group of 24 students and teachers attended the first home match of Scotland’s World Cup 2018 qualifying campaign at Hampden Park on Saturday 8th October.
Despite the poor 1-1 result all pupils had a great time. The next home match is against Slovenia in March 2017.
All S3 Business pupils took part in heats for North Lanarkshire’s Dragons’ Lair enterprise competition. Pupils had to work in teams to come up with a new and innovative idea for a product or service.
The winners from each class were then pitted against each other to find an overall winner who would represent the school at the competition.
The winning team were Sophie Currie, Aimee Lowe & Emma Williamson who came up with the idea of a pillow containing a MP3 speaker so you could listen to your favourite songs, audio book or podcast while lying on your bed or the sofa.
The girls attended a session the Airdrie Business Centre where they had to complete a business plan to explain their idea in more detail. We are waiting to hear if the girls’ idea has made it through to the final – good luck!
Timetables for the upcoming Saturday Study days can be found on the “Pupil” section of the website by clicking here: https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/nl/olhscumbernauld/our-pupils/
On Saturday 1 October over 60 of our senior pupils spent their Saturday morning attending a Mathematics Workshop here in the school. They focussed on mathematics exam preparation and study techniques.
The feedback from pupils was fantastic and we intend to organise more Saturday Study Workshops for different subjects across the year.
During the week beginning 26 September pupils in Modern Languages celebrated the European Day of Languages.
Pupils from S1-S6 were involved in a superb range of fun activities including Eurovision Song Contests, Euroquizzes and a Europe project for S1. In addition our Senior pupils enjoyed a cultural afternoon watching French and Spanish films involving Spanish Civil War, life in Columbia and la gastronomie! Our Chinese pupils even joined in with our celebrations and looked at the European countries in Mandarin!
This was a great opportunity to discuss with pupils the importance of language learning and its many benefits particularly in the world of work. A great week was had by pupils and staff!
New College Lanarkshire is holding an open evening for potential new students. Please see the poster below for more information.
A group of 12 pupils from S3, S4 and S6 who are studying Mandarin enjoyed an educational and cultural visit to Glasgow recently.
They visited a number of venues including a Chinese supermarket and a restaurant where they experienced Chinese food and culture.
Four S4 pupils Challum Brown, Caitlin Clancy, David Hughes and Cara James represented Our Lady’s High School at the Interfaith Conference held in the Alona Hotel in Motherwell on Thursday 6 October.
The theme of the conference was “Religion and the Media” and the students enjoyed the opportunity to discuss the ways in which religious diversity should be celebrated in Scotland.
