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.

HCPT

Every year, two or three pupils from S6 get the opportunity to go to Lourdes with the HCPT Pilgrimage Trust which offers pilgrimage holidays for disabled and disadvantaged people from around the UK.

This year Rachel Curran, Greg Ferguson and Jennifer Noble have been selected and they are looking forward to this opportunity.

Malawi

9 Pupils from OLHS will be visiting our partner school St. John Bosco in Malawi from the 9th-22nd June. This is a great opportunity to see how the water project has progressed and the impact it has had on both the school and the community in Katete.

Fundraising is well under way for this years trip, in particular we will be looking for donations of stationary and baby clothes (old or new) so that we can donate these to the primary schools and the maternity ward of the community hospital.

These can be handed in to any of the pupils going on the trip Grace Carey, Toni De Pellette, Erin Docherty, Lewis Duncanson, Rebekah Dunese, Ross Gordon, Ada Malinowska, Ryan McTurk, Kieran Millar or directly to Mrs Forrester.

The S5/6 Options Booklet can be found by clicking on the picture below.

To access the S5/6 Options Form click on the picture below:

The S2 into S3 options booklet can be found by clicking the picture below.

Please click the picture below to access the S5/6 options form:

The Credit Union in Our Lady’s High School, which is run as a branch of the Cumbernauld Central Credit Union, continues to gather members, both pupils and staff.

We are open for business every Thursday in the Mathematics Department. Membership gives pupils the opportunity to develop their financial awareness both as savers and helping to run the branch.

Congratulations to Lewis Brown (S6) who won a Gold Medal in the 400m (49.84s) and a Silver Medal in the 200m (22.56s) at the recent Scottish Schools’ Indoor Athletics Championships at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow.

Lewis had an exceptional two days at the Championships and his time in the 400m puts him the fastest U20 400m Athlete in Scotland. Amazing!