Elle O’Reilly S2 and Euan McDonald S3 competed in the North Lanarkshire Schools’ Swimming competition earlier this month.
Congratulations to Euan who won silver in the 100m backstroke and Elle who won gold for 100m Butterfly, 200m Butterfly and 200m I.M. This is a massive achievement for the pupils as they were competing in the age category above their usual category.
Well done to both of them!
28 senior pupils studying geography and biology enjoyed a fabulous weekend in Aviemore from Friday 18 to Sunday 20 November. The group stayed in the Youth Hostel and visited the Highland Wildlife Park to meet the animals including the snow leopards and polar bears. They also benefited from a bus tour, walking tour and lecture from the very knowledgeable park education officer.
The group also visited Loch Morlich and took a trip up the Cairngorm Mountains on the Funicular Railway to get an amazing view from the top!
There were spooky goings on when S1 enjoyed a Halloween party on Friday 28 October!
S6 pupils as part of their Personal Development Award helped with the organisation and running of this event.
A great time was had by all!
A group of 6 girls and 6 boys from S3 participated in the Fire Reach programme organised by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service in partnership with North Lanarkshire Council.
The pupils completed this programme of work at Coatbridge Community Fire Station and focussed on several key areas; self discipline, basic first-aid skills, problem solving skills, communication skills, health & safety awareness, leadership skills, citizenship, team work and team building exercises and ultimately, life-saving skills.
The pupils involved had a very positive experience throughout the course and the instructors could not praise them highly enough for their efforts. The pupils have also achieved an Employability Skills Award at National 4 level and a First Aid Certificate.
Congratulations to Hope Davies, Niamh Hailstones, Kobie Gillan, Abbie Lyons, Shauni Murray, Emma Williamson, David Broxton, Nathan Fox, Connor Halligan, Louis Hennessy, Ryan MacDonagh and Sean Paul Spiers.
Joshua Allan 3s4 was part of the Scotland U15 Pool team who travelled to Killarney to particpate in the UK Championships. Joshua was part of Team B who finished in a fantastic 4th position.
Joshua won a silver medal in the Speed Pool tournament, narrowly losing to England in the final.
His next tournament with the Scotland U15 team will be in April next year. We wish him well!
Budding palaeontologist Finn McKellar has stunned his parents and friends by passing a university course at an elite Canadian institution at the age of just 12.
He aced the tough Dino 101 online course at the University of Alberta in Canada after first becoming interested in Dinosaurs after watching the film Jurassic World.
This is a fantastic achievement for Finn and he now hopes to pursue a career as a palaeontologist!
39 S3/4 pupils and 5 members of staff travelled across the pond to the big apple! Pupils spent 5 days sight seeing in New York city.
They visited the Empire State building, Times Square, Grand Central Station, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, 9/11 Museum, Central Park and experienced a cruise around the city visiting the Statue of Liberty and the Brooklyn Bridge.
The group experienced two Broadway shows, Aladdin and Matilda. Pupils were given the opportunity to work with Broadway actors in a Body Combat workshop, and luckily met with one of the actors from Matilda. Finally, they visited Macy’s, 5th Avenue and Bloomingdale’s for some retail therapy!
A group of 24 students and teachers attended the first home match of Scotland’s World Cup 2018 qualifying campaign at Hampden Park on Saturday 8th October.
Despite the poor 1-1 result all pupils had a great time. The next home match is against Slovenia in March 2017.
All S3 Business pupils took part in heats for North Lanarkshire’s Dragons’ Lair enterprise competition. Pupils had to work in teams to come up with a new and innovative idea for a product or service.
The winners from each class were then pitted against each other to find an overall winner who would represent the school at the competition.
The winning team were Sophie Currie, Aimee Lowe & Emma Williamson who came up with the idea of a pillow containing a MP3 speaker so you could listen to your favourite songs, audio book or podcast while lying on your bed or the sofa.
The girls attended a session the Airdrie Business Centre where they had to complete a business plan to explain their idea in more detail. We are waiting to hear if the girls’ idea has made it through to the final – good luck!
Timetables for the upcoming Saturday Study days can be found on the “Pupil” section of the website by clicking here: https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/nl/olhscumbernauld/our-pupils/
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