Primary 7 Maths Challenge

As part of the Primary Transition Programme, we were delighted to welcome two teams from each of our associated primaries to participate in our annual Primary Maths Challenge.

The primary teams from St. Andrew’s, St. Barbara’s, St. Joseph’s, St. Lucy’s, St. Margaret of Scotland and St. Mary’s were assisted by some of our S3 pupils, many of whom had taken part themselves when in P7!

After several tough rounds, stretching their mathematical brains, the winners of the coveted shield were St. Andrews, with St. Barbara’s a close second and St. Mary’s and St. Andrew’s in joint third place.

Well done to all pupils who participated with great enthusiasm!

Advanced Higher Chemistry

Dr Stephen Hendry (Royal Society of Chemistry Coordinator) from University of West Of Scotland, visited Our Lady’s High School on 15 March to discuss with S6 Chemistry pupils the importance of different types of spectroscopy and its wider applications.

The activity “Spectroscopy in a Suitcase” gave pupils the fantastic opportunity to use this high tech analysis approach not normally available in schools.

S3 History “Digging In” Field Trip

Over the past few weeks, all S3 History classes visited the ‘Digging In’ World War One exhibition in Pollok Country Park.  This field trip was in keeping with the Era of the Great War 1900-1928 unit of work.

Pupils toured a reconstructed trench to learn more about the structure of trenches, weapons used during WWI and soldiers’ uniforms and ration packs.  Each class also took part in a number of workshops including ‘Commemoration’, ‘Wounded in War’ and had the opportunity to use periscopes in the trenches.

S1 App Design Project

S1 pupils Maya McGonigle, Ciara McGrath, Kiera McLeod and Monica Pencovitch won a competition run by Strathclyde University to design a smartphone app.  Their winning app design allows users to access their contacts from another person’s mobile phone in the event of an emergency.

A team from the Computing Science Department of Strathclyde University consisting of Ruaridh Gallagher, Gillian Shanks and Dr John Devine have taken the girls’ idea forward and are developing it into a working app.

The team from Strathclyde University came to Our Lady’s on Thursday 9 March to work with the girls and to show them the work they have done on the app so far.  The girls were joined by a group of P7 pupils from St. Joseph’s in Cardowan who came to see how an idea can be turned into a working app.  Well done to the girls for their idea of the “Lifesaver”.

S5 Study Weekend

36 S5 pupils spent the weekend at New Lanark Youth Hostel from Friday 24 to Sunday 26 February where they followed a timetable of study tutorials to prepare them for their Higher exams in May.

The subjects tutorials on offer included English, Mathematics, Biology, Physics, Modern Studies and Geography. A huge thank you to all the staff who gave up their time to benefit our young people.

This is the third year we have organised the study weekend and every year pupils have commented on the huge amount of work they managed to do, how beneficial the tutorials are and how good the food was!

Pupils feel better prepared for their final exams and we wish them well.

Subject Champions

S6 pupils were chosen by departments to act as subject champions. They had to research their subjects and career paths to inform our S2 pupils as they begin their Options Process. Our subject champions then spoke to pupils and showed displays which they created.

Their displays and activities were fantastic and our S2 pupils thoroughly enjoyed learning from their older peers and commented how the information has prepared them for their option choices.

Residential Weekend in Arran

3 S4 boys James McElhinney, Matt McVitie and Connor Nicol enjoyed a fantastic weekend at Lochranza Outdoor Centre in Arran organised by NLC.

They participated in a variety of classroom based activities as well as outdoor activities such as abseiling and canoeing.

The boys had a fantastic time In Arran.

Knights of St. Columba High School Quiz

8 senior pupils attended the Knights of St. Columba High School Quiz on Friday 17 February as part of Catholic Education Week. They competed as two teams answering questions on Geography, Music, Film & TV, Sport and General Knowledge. Despite a great effort they sadly just placed outside the top three.

Team A was Ciara Bonner, Lewis Fotheringham, Rhiannon Maguire and Ryan McTurk. Team B was Adam Cowan, Michael McDonald, Jack Robertson and Paul Harbison-Smith.

S2 into S3 Course Information Booklet

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Study Saturdays

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