{"id":552,"date":"2019-01-23T17:23:34","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T17:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhshtblog\/?p=552"},"modified":"2019-01-23T17:23:34","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T17:23:34","slug":"ht-blog-23rd-january-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhshtblog\/2019\/01\/23\/ht-blog-23rd-january-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"HT Blog – 23rd January 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been a fairly quiet few weeks since we came back after the Christmas holidays. A quiet few weeks can be a good thing and it has certainly helped the pupils and staff settle back into a routine.
\nSecond year pupils had a visit recently from the author Allison Galbraith who spoke to them about their future at a time when they are starting to think about Options for S3. She also spoke to them about the environment. This tied in with work that the school are doing with Developing the Young Workforce and with our work towards becoming a Silver Rights Respecting School and looking at some of the Articles from Unicef’s Rights of The Child.<\/p>\n

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\nS5\/6 pupils had only a couple of weeks back before their prelims. So far, these are going well and hopefully the hard work in preparation pays off.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the number of parents who came along to the recent S3 Parents\u2019 Evening. Staff have commented on how they enjoyed the opportunity to meet with parents and the feedback we got from parents was also very positive.<\/p>\n

We recently had a wee flurry of snow, which brought with it the usual disruption on the roads. I would take this opportunity to highlight the use of Twitter (@OLHSMotherwell<\/a>)\u00a0 to keep parents updated on any relevant information in times of adverse weather. I would also encourage you to download the school app if you haven\u2019t already done so, as we can easily message via the app far quicker than we would be able to using any of the other forms of communication.<\/p>\n

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\nThe Arnold Clark apprenticeship team visited the school recently to deliver interactive workshops and discuss their apprenticeship programme. S4\/5\/6 pupil had the opportunity to sign up to these and the many who did got a great deal out of them and some are looking to apply when the application process opens soon.<\/p>\n

\"\"As part of our improvement plan we are looking to update our Mission, Values and Aims.\u00a0 Mr \"\"Lang sent an email in December to all parents with a link to a short form to be filled out to help us in this process.\u00a0 If you have not already done so, please spend a few minutes filling this out.\u00a0 We will be discussing this further with staff at the Inservice Day in February and with the Parent Council in March.\u00a0 Pupils had an opportunity to complete this exercise in December.<\/p>\n

If you have not been receiving any emails at all from the school please contact the school office ASAP who will update the email address that we have for you.<\/p>\n

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