{"id":157,"date":"2017-11-10T13:26:58","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T13:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhshtblog\/?p=157"},"modified":"2017-11-10T13:26:58","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T13:26:58","slug":"10th-november-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhshtblog\/2017\/11\/10\/10th-november-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"10th November 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

School continues to be very busy with lots\u00a0happening.\u00a0 We\u00a0recently\u00a0had our Day of the Dead celebrations with our S2 pupils that\u00a0was\u00a0really\u00a0successful\u00a0and\u00a0enjoyable.\u00a0\u00a0Thanks\u00a0have to go to the Modern\u00a0Languages, RE and Art\u00a0departments\u00a0for the hard work they put in preparing for this and running the event.<\/p>\n

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This week was Dyslexia\u00a0Awareness\u00a0week\u00a0and as part of this there were various events\u00a0organised\u00a0for the staff\u00a0including a coffee morning and ‘wear blue’ day. There was a colouring competition\u00a0available\u00a0for S1\/2 pupils\u00a0throughout\u00a0the\u00a0week during lunchtime and there\u00a0will be further awareness raising of dyslexia in PSHE classes.<\/p>\n

We\u00a0continue to try and ensure staffing is settled in the\u00a0school.\u00a0 This week we appointed a DHT to replace Mrs\u00a0Donnachie\u00a0who left in the summer.\u00a0\u00a0Mr Derek Lang was successful and we look forward to welcoming him\u00a0to the\u00a0school.\u00a0 My thanks go to the members of the Parent Council who helped out at the interviews for this. As many of you will be aware\u00a0there\u00a0has been a shortage in staff in some areas so we are glad to be welcoming a full time Biology teacher to the school soon and thank the council for\u00a0their\u00a0support in helping us to fill this gap.<\/p>\n

Since the start of the month we\u00a0have\u00a0been praying for our departed family friends and have a book at the front of the school with the names entered by staff\u00a0and\u00a0pupils. This is also the time of the year when we remember those who have lost their lives in war.\u00a0The\u00a0annual War Memorial Mass will be taking place on Friday 24th\u00a0November this year\u00a0where former pupils of the\u00a0school killed in war will be remembered.<\/p>\n

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Our annual\u00a0Christmas\u00a0Fayre takes place on\u00a0Saturday\u00a09th\u00a0December.\u00a0 Mrs Hill is working hard with our S6 Caritas pupils in organising this.\u00a0 It would be great to see a good turnout at this event \u2013 bring your friends and family!<\/p>\n

S6\u00a0continued with their\u00a0fundraising\u00a0this week with\u00a0their\u00a0‘Soak an\u00a0S6 pupil’ event.\u00a0\u00a0They\u00a0were shivering by the end of it and I have to say there were a number of pupils that took great pleasure in either throwing wet sponges or buckets of water at them \u2013 particularly their siblings!<\/p>\n

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So often we have pupils out at events\/trips and always represent the school so well. Recently Julia and\u00a0Eirinn\u00a0took\u00a0part in the Scullion Debate making a great effort.\u00a0 We had pupils at a Chess competition beating Mearns Castle 4 \u2013 1. A group of pupils represented the school at the Kids Lit Quiz.\u00a0 And recently a group of Higher Geography pupils went on a field trip in Glasgow.\u00a0 This is just an example of some of the great things that pupils have the\u00a0opportunity\u00a0to get involved in.<\/p>\n

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Not only do we have teams that\u00a0represent\u00a0the school but also a number of clubs that happen throughout the week that pupils\u00a0are\u00a0made aware of this through the daily bulletin.\u00a0 I would encourage all of our pupils to get involved in something\u00a0outwith\u00a0the class.<\/p>\n

The school also had the pleasure\u00a0recently\u00a0of welcoming the scriptwriter Marc\u00a0Pye\u00a0to the school to spend an afternoon with our Advanced Higher English class.<\/p>\n

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Staff\u00a0have also been very busy in the school and many have been getting involved in working\u00a0 groups, for example, the\u00a0Discipline\u00a0group,\u00a0Mental\u00a0Health\u00a0group,\u00a0Political Literacy group, etc…\u00a0 All of these groups are looking at areas that we can work on and develop within the school.<\/p>\n

As\u00a0part\u00a0of the process in identifying what we can improve, I have emailed all parents with a link to a questionnaire about the school.\u00a0 Thank you to so many of you who have\u00a0already\u00a0responded to this.\u00a0 The\u00a0questionnaire will be open until the end of the month and I would encourage you to have your say.<\/p>\n

We have now registered to make the steps to getting the Rights Respecting Schools Award. The Rights Respecting School Award (RRSA) is an initiative run by\u00a0UNICEF UK<\/b>, which encourages schools to place the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) at the heart of its ethos and curriculum.\u00a0\u00a0Part\u00a0of this process\u00a0will involve working with\u00a0staff,\u00a0pupils and parents over the coming months and raising awareness of the UN Convention.<\/p>\n

Forthcoming<\/b>\u00a0Events<\/b><\/p>\n