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Well done to Claire Martin, Jacqueline Shaw and Morgan Stewart (S6) who received the Mark Scott Leadership for Life Award at the Radisson Hotel in Glasgow on Monday 25 April.
The following pupils performed at the North Lanarkshire Spring Concert on Thursday 31 March at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. S1 pupils: Elise Congalton, Emma McCurrach, Eilidh Mitchell, Aidan Smyth and Liam Thomson. S2 pupils: Chris Berry, Jacob Brown, Magdalena Hubbard-Perez and Megan Murphy. S3 pupils: Amy Docherty, Matthew Jaffray, Kathryn McGillion and Alexander Moffat. S4 pupils: Hannah Burns, Eve Chambers, Erin Diamond, Julie Hamilton, Adrian Lynch, Emma Marsh, Raven McElhinney, Hannah McQuillan and Amy Mitchell. S6 pupils: Lewis Brown, Erin Carroll and James Craig. Congratulations to them all!
Nearly 200 of our senior pupils attended Easter School from Monday 4 April to Wednesday 6 April to help them prepare for their SQA exams.
Many subjects offered tutorial sessions including mathematics, biology, chemistry, art, modern languages and social subjects.
We are confident that the support our young people had from this, as well as Study Weekend and Saturday Study days will pay dividends in the final exam.
The Our Lady’s community recently came together to pray for the success of our young people who will shortly be sitting SQA exams. Father McKay celebrated Mass in the school for S4 and S5 students who will be sitting SQA exams shortly.
The music for the Masses, led by Miss Blain and Miss McLean of the music department was very uplifting. Pupils were issued with the schools exam prayer and Father McKay encouraged them to visit the school oratory during exam leave. Thanks go to everyone involved in preparing for these Masses.
Thirty S3/4 pupils enjoyed a fantastic trip to Barcelona during the Easter holiday.
They visited many famous landmarks including Catalunya Square, Passeig de Gracia, the Sagrada Familia, Las Ramblas and the Nou Camp Stadium.
The pupils also enjoyed the Barcelona V Valencia match on Sunday 17 April before experiencing the stadium and museum tour on Monday 18 April.
The pupils were a credit to themselves, the school and their families!
38 S5 pupils had a fantastic residential study weekend at New Lanark Youth Hostel from Friday 19 to Sunday 21 February 2016.
The pupils worked in small tutorial groups with members of staff from different subject areas to help them prepare for their SQA exams later this year.
Pupils thoroughly enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere which made studying much easier. They couldn’t believe the amount of work they did! Well worth the time and effort!
Our Senior pupils are in the final weeks of preparation before the SQA exams.
They have been attending supported study, Saturday study days and the residential Study Weekend as well as choosing their classes for Easter School. We hope they all do well!
The Creative Residency Exhibition took place at Summerlee Industrial Museum. It is a real celebration of the work that pupils produced during the residency at Oban and during the masterclass in September. Pupils were invited to enjoy the celebration with their families.
The following S5 pupils had work exhibited: Art & Design: Lauren Clancy, Jonathan Hughes, Dominika Janiak, Louis Kinsler and Declan Quinn. Music: Lewis Duncanson, Paul Jaffray. Rebecca Stewart. Drama: Joseph Ash, Connor Brown, Roisin McNamara. Well done!
S2 Art & Design pupils visited the Creative Residency Exhibition at Summerlee Industrial Museum on Friday 12 February with members of staff from the Art department.
Paul Archibald has been playing for Albion Rovers FC Under 19’s side since the start of the season and has now signed his first professional contract for the club.
Paul has started to train twice a week with the first team and made his first appearance in Peterhead a few weeks ago.
This is a fantastic achievement for Paul and we wish him all the best in his football career.
