{"id":521,"date":"2018-12-04T15:05:26","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T15:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhshtblog\/?p=521"},"modified":"2018-12-17T15:08:54","modified_gmt":"2018-12-17T15:08:54","slug":"ht-blog-4th-december-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhshtblog\/2018\/12\/04\/ht-blog-4th-december-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"HT Blog – 4th December 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

We had our third Inservice day of the year in November. Part of our School Improvement Plan is about sharing good practice and so we had a fantastic morning with workshops covering the use of Glow, Growth Mindset, the Solihull approach and Read, Write, Inc. It was very worthwhile for staff to see what was going on elsewhere in the school that they would not normally get a chance to.<\/p>\n

There was a fantastic turnout of over 85% for our S1 Parents Evening recently. The S1 pupils have settled in particularly well this year and so there were plenty of positive reports. Some parents may not have had the opportunity to get an appointment with all the teachers they wanted to. If there are particular concerns about a particular subject then parents are invited to phone the school at any time and speak to the Pupil Support teacher about progress.<\/p>\n

Well done to our finalists in the WoSPEG quiz who came second. Once again they had a great performance and did the school proud. Well done Raymond, Connor and Wiktor!<\/p>\n

We were visited recently by representatives from NLC for our Attainment visit. They were very pleased with the results in the school that compare favourable in the authority, nationally and against our virtual comparator. Well done to all the pupils for their hard work and the teachers who have supported them through the process.<\/p>\n

\"\" Our School Fayre took place on a wild evening last week. Despite this, we had a great turnout, making over \u00a3800 for school funds. Many Thanks to Mrs Zambonini, her Personal Development class, those who had stalls and all those who helped out or came along on the evening.<\/p>\n

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\nOur annual Remembrance Mass took place last week and we were delighted that Bishop Toal was able to join us to celebrate the Mass, remembering former pupils and staff from Our Lady\u2019s who lost their lives in WW2.\u00a0 It was lovely to welcome former pupils and relatives of those who had died.<\/p>\n

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St Andrew\u2019s Day was celebrated in the school and thanks goes to Andrew House led by Mrs Connor for the events organised on the day including a piper at lunchtime to keep us entertained.<\/p>\n

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All of our S3 pupils have recently been involved in workshops from Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), giving an insight into some of the work they are doing as well as raising their awareness of some of the issues around the world.<\/p>\n

\"\" \"\" Our main diet of S4 Prelims begin on Friday 7th December. Pupils have been working hard to prepare for their exams and if you follow Twitter you will see the variety of ways that the Social Subjects department have been helping pupils to revise.<\/p>\n

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\nThere have been a few staffing changes over the last couple of months:<\/p>\n