Stephen Hart (S4) and Damien Lyzwa (S4) are members of the Army Cadets and they recently travelled to Bisley with their battalion to represent Scotland in the bi-annual Bisley Cadet Competition. Hundreds of teams from all over the UK gathered to compete and demonstrate their skills.
This was a fantastic experience for the boys – well done.
The St Andrew’s Foundation for Catholic Teachers recently ran a competition to raise awareness of COP26 and Laudato Si. The competition was open to all school pupils across Scotland and over 1700 entries were received.
Congratulations to Katie Rodgers (S2) who won the S1-3 age category and Hanna Nowak (S2) who was one of the 3 runners up in this category. Both girls won a University of Glasgow goody bag and their posters are currently being displayed at the University. In addition, Katie will receive a framed copy of her poster which will be presented at a lunch for all the winners. Well done girls!
On Thursday 28 October, 29 of our pupils from S1-S6 attended the Education & Families Action on Climate Together “How can we make a difference” Virtual Conference.
The event explored what young people can do at home, at school or how they can change their lifestyles to help mitigate climate change. This was an excellent opportunity for our pupils and they all enjoyed the day!
A group of our senior school pupils accepted the invitation from SCIAF to join the Faith and Beliefs Bloc at the Global Day of Action event in Glasgow on Saturday 6 November. They were joined by Mr Dunlop and Miss Sharkey as they walked through Glasgow from Kelvingrove Park to Glasgow Green following others from different faiths and nationalities to show their support for those most in need in our world. They joined the campaign for social and climate justice and answered the call of Pope Francis to hear ‘the cry of the poor and the cry of the earth.’ The young people were a credit to our school and their families.
OLHS is becoming a Unicef UK Rights Respecting School!
Our Lady’s High School aims to be a school where children’s rights are at the heart of our ethos and culture, to improve well-being and to develop every child’s talents and abilities to their full potential.
As part of this plan we are working towards recognition as a ‘Rights Respecting School’, an award given to schools on behalf of Unicef UK.
Our Lady’s High School pupils will learn about their rights by putting them into practice every day. A Rights Respecting School models rights and respect in all its relationships.
We really hope that you will be able to support our school on our journey towards becoming a Unicef UK Rights Respecting School. Look out for opportunities to get involved.
In the first podcast episode from the English, Literacy and Drama Faculty of Our Lady’s High School Cumbernauld, we look at our upcoming Employability Fortnight, discussing what DYW is and what pupils can expect in their English and Drama lessons. Hosted by Mrs Savage of the Drama Department, with thanks to our guest speakers Mrs Wilson from the English Department, DYW leads and Pupil Support teachers Miss Ruddy and Mr Maxwell and also Ms McHugh, PT of the English, Literacy and Drama Faculty.
Click on the image below to access the podcast on Spotify (Apple Music coming soon!)
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We are still living with mitigations in terms of covid-19 but it does not change the fact that the school is a happy, vibrant place. We are very proud of our pupils and staff who have shown great resilience.
In September, our School Chaplain, Canon Harry McKay offered Mass which was concelebrated by Fr. John Campbell, Fr. O’Brien and Fr. Rooney to celebrate Our Lady’s Feast day with a small number of S1 pupils and our S6 House Ambassadors. This was a very special occasion and it was lovely to have our school chaplain and local priests with us on this day.
Face to face learning and teaching is what we all want and our classrooms are alive. Staff have been reminding pupils about Microsoft Teams in the event that we need to resort to a blended learning programme in the future.
We thank Our Lady for keeping our community safe and pray that we are moving towards brighter times for everyone.
Mrs Cunningham, Head Teacher
#TheOurLadysWay
Once again pupils in Our Lady’s have achieved fantastic SQA results.
In S4, an outstanding 70% 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 26 pupils in S4 who attained 7 As in their National 5 awards – a phenomenal achievement. They are Olivia Akindele, Judin Alex, Lisa Bryant, Harris Carberry, Chiara Coletto, Lily De Jong, Lee Donaldson, Hannah Dutton, Mia Eaglesham, Joseph Friel, Andrew Hamill, Ciaran Hegarty, Olivia Hughes, Hannah McCallum, Alasdair McCurrach, Ryan McEnaney, Matthew McGarry, Millar McGroarty, Aiden McGrory, Aiden McKeown, Kaylah McLaughlin, Neve McLay, Christina McMillan, Hannah McSheffrey, Niamh O’Rourke and Amy Walker.
Our S5 pupils also worked hard to ensure success this year. 23 pupils in S5 attained 5 As in their Highers, which was a fantastic achievement. Congratulations to Madison Adams, Imran Ali, Alix Anderson, Nicholas Colella, Patrick Connolly, Jessica Cox, Grace Croal, Gareth Finnieston, Lily-Anna Govan, Keira MacDonagh, Calum Mackenzie, Flynn Malcolm, Rebekah McDermott, Ciara McGrath, Mark McKay, Lucy Morrison, Sarah O’Donnell, Alexander Peters, Roksana Putowska, Liam Sharp, Katie Shearer, Heather Stirling and Jodie Sullivan.
Additionally, 24% of our pupils achieved 5 Highers, 58% achieved 3 or more Highers, and 73% achieved at least one Higher in S5.
Well done to all our pupils for their SQA achievements this year. Even though we cannot recognise this formally at our usual Awards Ceremony we are still extremely proud of their achievements.
This year we continue with the Our Lady’s Way Ambassador Programme which will provide many leadership opportunities for our senior pupils. The programme includes roles such as Subject Ambassadors, Pupil Voice Ambassadors and House Ambassadors.
This year we are delighted to announce our House Ambassadors for 20-21:
St. Columba House – Roksana Putowska, St. John Ogilvie House – Jessica Cox, St Margaret House – Flynn Malcolm, St. Mungo House – Daniel Shaw and St. Thenew House – Katie Cassidy.
Well done to our young people!
Congratulations to Alexander Peters (S6) who has been selected for the Under 18 Scotland Basketball Squad. A great achievement! Well done!
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