Business Awareness Day

Some of our senior Business Management pupils attended a Business Awareness Day in the school library on Thursday 15 June 2017. Pupils took part in workshops run by Scottish Enterprise, Morgan Sindall and Business Gateway. Activities included deciding which business ideas should be awarded government funding, designing and planning a construction project profitably and working as a group to develop a new business idea.
This was a great chance for pupils to develop their communication and team working skills, as well as increase their business knowledge. All pupils involved were really enthusiastic and a credit to the department/school – even if a few of them showed their competitive side!

County Sports Success

Well done to the following pupils for their fantastic performance at the recent County Sports Championships at Wishaw Sports Centre.

Gold Medal winners: Sean Kennedy (S6)100m hurdles, Sam McNee (S4) 400m and Louis O’Hare (S2) 800m.

Silver Medal winners: Anna McGinness (S6) Long Jump, Alexander Peters (S2) Long Jump, Jacob Brown (S3) 1500m and Christy McCormick (S1) 80m.

Bronze Medal winners: Sean Kennedy (S6) High Jump, Lewis Smith (S2) Long Jump and Rico McCreery (S4) 200m.

P7 Transition Project

On Tuesday the 13 June 2017, we were joined by our six cluster primaries to showcase the P7 Transition Project, “Safe Use of Social Media.” All Primary Schools presented a powerpoint presentation on particular aspects of social media and its safe use.
Each school was responsible for creating a particular element of a campaign, including, TV and Radio Adverts, Posters and Websites and Podcasts. Pupils were supported in this by Sky Academy, City of Glasgow College and staff at Our Lady’s.
This project also tied in with our DYW agenda, with pupils identifying skills linked to the world of work. Our Transition Project has been recognised by NLC, winning an Excellence and Equity Award along with First Prize in the Community Education Awards. Pupils thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience and we look forward to continuing with this theme within S1 Health and Wellbeing.

S6 Prom

The S6 Prom took place on Friday 16 June 2017 at the Grand Central Hotel, Glasgow.
Staff and pupils enjoyed a soft drinks reception, meal, awards and disco. Both staff and pupils had a great night and it was a lovely way to wish the Class of 2017 good bye and good luck for the future!

S3 Geography Trip to Loch Lomond

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!

Outing to Hampden

A group of staff and pupils visited Hampden Stadium to watch the World Cup Qualifying match between Scotland and England on Saturday 10th June.
The boys had a fantastic time watching our National Football Team in action!

Our Lady’s High School, Cumbernauld – Summer News

S1 Football Team Success

Well done to our S1 football team who have won the Lanarkshire Cup after beating St. Ambrose in the final on Friday 2 June at Beltane Park in Wishaw.

The boys played an amazing game from start to finish with a superb win of 8-2.

Well done to all the boys involved.

P7 Enrolment Mass and 2 Day Visit

As part of out P7 transition programme we were joined on Wednesday 7 and Thursday 8 June by P7 pupils from our six cluster primaries.

Pupils followed their S1 timetable visiting a wide range of classes and departments across the two days. Our new S1 pupils gained a great deal from the experience and are looking forward to joining us in August. Class teachers spoke very warmly of the hard work and positive attitude of all of our young people.

On Wednesday evening, Father McKay celebrated Mass for our new pupils and their families to welcome them to the community of Our Lady’s High School.

P7 Summer School

Summer School took place from 6 to 9 June for 22 young people from 8 primary schools.

Our new S1 pupils took part in various team games, ice breakers and a treasure hunt to get to know each other and the school. Our senior pupils did a fantastic job leading this activity.  We also had other fun activities in Drama, Home Economics, Music and English. We finished the week with a fantastic trip to ten pin bowling.

Caritas Awards Ceremony

21 Sixth Year students from Our Lady’s High were delighted to accept their Caritas Medals at a prestigious ceremony in the Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow.

The young people received the award for participating in 20 hours of faithful service in their local parish, 20 hours service in school as well as prayers and reflections. Well done to all involved.