All of our S3 Geography pupils recently enjoyed a very successful trip to Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.
The pupils took part in a variety of activities such as field sketching and a river study at Rest and Be Thankful. They also carried out environmental surveys and questionnaires at the Lomond Shores centre in Balloch. Everyone had a great day and we were very lucky to enjoy fabulous weather on the bonny banks of Loch Lomond!
Congratulations to the following pupils who gained medals at the recent NL Athletics Championships:
S1 Girls 200m Silver Medal Laura Hubbard-Perez; S3 Girls Relay Silver Medals Leah Dawes, Mia Docherty, Caitlin McFarlane and Elle O’Reilly; S3 Girls 800m Silver Medal Elle O’Reilly; Open Girls Javelin Silver Medal Ellie Rennie.
S3 Boys 800m Bronze Medal Logan McDuff; Open 1500m Gold Medal Jacob Brown; Open Boys 200m Silver Medal Jake Webster; Open Boys Relay Bronze Medals Rico McCreery, Thomas McGarahan, Lewis McGill and Jake Webster.
Well done to all our participants!
Our first ever Family Launch Evening took place on Monday 15 May to formally kick off our Belfast Experience. This allowed all parents/carers of the 31 pupils participating on the trip to receive information and to participate in various activities relating to the Titanic, including a STEM Activity, as well as investigating and researching. The evening was a resounding success with fantastic feedback received.
The Trip to Belfast took place on Tuesday 22 May leaving Our Lady’s at 7.30 am and returning at 12.30 am the next morning. The trip consisted of travelling to Cairnryan, hopping on the ferry to Belfast and then visiting the Titanic Exhibition and HMS Caroline. It was a phenomenal day with pupils’ behaviour, attitude, etc outstanding!! The pupils were a credit to their families.
To complete our Belfast experience, we had a Family Presentation Evening on Tuesday 29 May for all pupils and members of their families. This consisted of pupils in their groups presenting their experiences of the Belfast Trip. This included powerpoints, photographs and personal experiences. The evening, again was a resounding success with fantastic feedback received.
All pupils in S1 participated in the S1 Commonwealth Games Event hosted by the PE Department on Thursday 24 May.
St John Ogilvie House as ‘Team India’ were crowned winners after 15 gruelling events which included athletics, rugby, tug of war and many more. There were stand out performers in all events but all pupils were winners on the day and a credit to Our Lady’s. Congratulations to them all !
All S1 and S2 pupils participated in an Entrepreneur Me Event on Tuesday 15 May and Wednesday 16 May. Pupils in groups had to design, build and sell various products supporting 100 years of Catholic Education and 50 years of Our Lady’s High School.
S3, S4, S5 and S6 pupils worked as helpers to ensure the smooth running of the event. The pupils had a fantastic day and the feedback has been excellent.
A group of S3 chemistry pupils visited Highland Galvanizers and Colour Coaters in Blairlinn Industrial Estate on Tuesday 22 May.
The visit included a presentation from the Business Director Geoff Crowley and a tour of the factory, which all the pupils thoroughly enjoyed. The pupils learned about the processes involved in galvanizing steel structures to protect them from corrosion and coating metals with a variety of colours. They also learned how Arria “The Angel of the Nauld” was galvanised by the company.
On 22 May, 12 of our very talented S1-S3 pupils attended the North Lanarkshire Council 1+2 Language Awards in the Excelsior Stadium in Airdrie. This was an authority-wide celebration of languages and highlighted the importance and many advantages of language learning for our young people.
All of our pupils scooped awards across the three languages – Spanish, French and Mandarin in the categories of Outstanding Language Learners as well as Most Improved Language Learners. Pupils’ hard work, dedication and commitment to their language learning was recognised and celebrated! Huge congratulations to you all!
On Thursday 24 May, pupils from Our Lady’s High supported one of our cluster Primary Schools, St Andrew’s, in the launch of their Confucius Classroom.
The event was officially opened and closed by our exceptionally talented bag piper Thelen McIntyre. In addition, our professional in-house ribbon dancers delighted the audience with their very colourful and energetic ribbon dance! Our Chinese teacher, Miss Li performed Chinese Tea Ceremony and explained the traditions and processes of the ceremony. A great morning was had by all!
On Thursday 24 May 35 selected pupils from S2 spent the day at North Lanarkshire’s Celebrating Success Day at M&D’s Theme Park.
The pupils were rewarded for their excellent attendance, behaviour and effort throughout S2.
The pupils were a real credit to the school as their behaviour on the day was fantastic.
Everyone had a fabulous day on the rides and very much enjoyed the sunshine and churros!
Tough luck on our S3 boys football team on Wednesday 16 May as they lost 5-1 (Matthew Smith) to Duncanrig in the Liveston Cup semi-final. Well done to the boys on reaching the semi-final as progressing through the competition to this stage is certainly no disgrace.
Unfortunately they also lost their semi-final league play-off against St Ambrose 3-2. The defeat brought to an end an excellent season for the team. They won their league section, reached 2 semi-finals and got to the 4th round of the Scottish Cup. The boys deserve enormous credit for their efforts and they can be very proud of their achievements this season.
