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50th Anniversary

50th Anniversary

Session 2018/19 marks 50 years since Our Lady’s High School opened. Back in 1968 Our Lady’s was the only Catholic secondary in Cumbernauld. Originally intended as an all girls school, Our Lady’s welcomed girls and boys for the first time 50 years ago this week.

We will have a range of events this session to mark our 50th Anniversary. Our first event will take place on 7th September, when His Grace Archbishop Tartaglia will be the Principal Celebrant in our Feast Day Mass. We will be joined that day by former clergy, staff and members of the local community as we mark this very important day in our school calendar.

We are also planning some fun activities for pupils on that day…more information to follow !

SQA Exam Success

SQA Exam Success

Once again pupils in Our Lady’s have performed exceptionally well in their SQA exams.

In S4, an outstanding 63% of pupils attained five or more National 5 Awards at Grade C or above. This is a fantastic achievement, and our students should be very proud of this. Congratulations also go to 14 pupils in S4 who attained 7 As in their National 5 awards – a phenomenal achievement. They are Sara Blake, Michael Breslin, Ben Docherty, Rachel Farrelly, Carmina Gray, Magdalena Hubbard-Perez, Rebecca Johnston, Vanessa Liu, Katie Martin, Monica McGee, Megan Murphy, Anna O’Reilly, Rachel Reilly and Skye Richardson

In addition to this, 95% of our pupils attained at least 5 Awards at National 4 or above – again an outstanding achievement. Well done to all of S4, and we look forward to building on this success next session.

Our S5 pupils also worked hard to secure success in their exams. 6 Pupils in S5 attained 5 As in their Highers, which was a fantastic achievement. Congratulations to Caitlin Clancy, Amy Docherty, Matthew Doogan, Matthew Jaffray, Jonathan Reynolds and Andrew Tonner.

Additionally, 45% of our pupils achieved 3 or more Highers, and 67% of our young people achieved at least one Higher in S5.

Our S6 enjoyed outstanding success. 45% of our S6 cohort last year left with 5 Highers, which is a superb achievement. In addition, almost 25% of our S6 students left with at least one Advanced Higher – a very commendable achievement.

Well done to all our pupils in their recent SQA exams, which again this year are amongst the very best performances in North Lanarkshire. We will have an opportunity to recognise this formally at our Awards Ceremony in September.

 14 with 7As

pupils with 5As

Blackpool

Blackpool

270 pupils enjoyed a fantastic day at Blackpool Pleasure Beach on Wednesday 27 June accompanied by approx. 20 members of staff.

This trip was a reward to pupils for positive behaviour throughout the year and a great day was had by everyone.

A very fitting end to another great year at Our Lady’s High School!

Blackpool

School Show – School of Rock

School Show – School of Rock

Congratulations to all involved in the 3 night run of “The School of Rock”!

The School Show Team would like to thank staff for donating their time to help with the running of the show, to the parents and school community for supporting the show by buying tickets and most importantly our fantastic pupils for their starring roles both on stage and back stage. Till next time!

School of Rock

BGE Awards

BGE Awards

Over 600 certificates were presented to our S1, S2 and S3 pupils during our BGE Award Ceremonies on Tuesday 19 June. Pupils were rewarded for their academic progress and for their achievements and successes out with the classroom. Congratulations to all.

Awards

Class of 2018 – Prom

Class of 2018 – Prom

S6 pupils were joined by staff at the Glasgow Marriott Hotel on Friday 15 June 2018 to celebrate their Prom.  It was a fantastic night and lovely to see everyone all dressed up in their suits and dresses.

The speeches were moving, the awards were funny and the dancefloor was filled all night!

A great way to send off the Class of 2018 in style.

Prom

P7 Transition

P7 Transition

P7 Transition Project

As part of our P7 Transition Project our six primary schools joined us here in Our Lady’s High on Wednesday 20 June for a showcase event. The theme of the Transition Project focused on safe use of social media.

The six schools worked closely together to research, work co- operatively and share information about keeping safe online. Across the cluster pupils produced a Podcast, Website and TV advert! Well done to all involved!

P7 Project

P7 Transition Tree

Primary 7 pupils visited the Modern Languages Department during their two day Transition Visit in May.

Pupils designed leaves with information about themselves in Spanish, French and Mandarin. All the leaves were attached to our Transition Tree with the cluster Primary Schools on each part of the tree.

We have a lovely tree full of P7 pupil work – ready for them starting in August!

P7 Tree

Butchery and Beyond Winners !

Butchery and Beyond Winners !

Congratulations to S4 Hospitality pupils on winning the Butchery and Beyond street food competition. The winning dish was a spicy pork pinwheel, which received excellent feed back from Masterchef The Professional winner, Gary Maclean.

Pupils attended the Royal Highland Show on Thursday 21 June to take part in the final stage of the competition against St. Ninian’s High School and Kirkintilloch High School and the winner was announced by Saskia from the Voice. Well done to everyone who took part in the competition.

International Conference

International Conference

9 Higher Politics students participated in North Lanarkshire’s International Conference on Thursday the 21 June.

The Conference is set up like a United Nations Convention and pupils debated two resolutions. Each school is allocated a country and debate from the perspective of their allocated country. Our Lady’s High School were allocated ‘Zimbabwe’.  The pupils really enjoyed the experience and did a fantastic job of representing the school.

Int Conference

S1 Science Club visit to the Science Centre

S1 Science Club visit to the Science Centre

A group of pupils visited The Glasgow Science Centre on Monday 25 June as a reward for their participation in the S1 Science Club.

The visit included the ‘Lego Mindstorms Driving Test’ workshop and a visit to the ‘Optical Illusions’ section.

The pupils used their problem solving skills to complete a series of challenges which they all did exceptionally well.  A great day was had by all!

Science Centre