Weekly Update: 17th – 21st June
Another busy week in school and abroad with two groups of students being away on trips to Germany & Spain.
- Munich Trip
- New S5/6 students enjoyed a STEM trip to Munich in Germany. The trip started with a trip to the Deutsches Museum where students were able to see the first ever calculators, logarithms and Möbius strips. Mr Kirkwood also got to test the effects of circular motion. Students attended an Astronomy Across the Spectrum workshop, an ESO exhibition and a Planetarium show. Other tour highlights included visits to the Olympiaturm, the BMW Welt and the Allianz Arena home of Bayern Munich. Thanks to Miss McVake, Mr Kirkwood, Mr Armour & Miss McNicol for organising the trip. Photos & videos from the trip can be viewed on the STEM, Maths, Science twitter pages.
- Madrid Trip
- New S4 students enjoyed a trip to Spain run by the Modern Languages department. Highlights of the trip were visits to the Palacio Real (Royal Palace of Madrid), a tour of the Bullring where students learned about the controversial significance of bullfighting in Spanish culture, the Templo de Debod, a tour of the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium home of Real Madrid and a visit to the Parque Warner theme park. Thanks to Mr O’Donnell, Mr Curley, Miss Donnelly, Miss Wallace and Miss Banks for supervising the trip. Photos & videos from the trip can be viewed on the Modern Languages Twitter page
- Garden Party
Parents and staff joined the Gardening group for the Garden Party to celebrate the completion of their John Muir Award. The students put on a group presentation to showcase their work over the year before taking the guests to see the garden. Well done to all those involved with the gardening project. Photographs of the presentations and party can be seen on the Support for Learning & Wider Achievement twitter pages.
- Music – National Play to Learn
Some of our pupils had the amazing opportunity to play alongside International classical violinist Nicola Benedetti and composer/conductor Sir James MacMillan at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall as part of the National Play to Learn day. More than 1200 secondary school pupils from across Scotland performed in one of the largest orchestras assembled in Scotland. A great experience for all those involved.
- Bikeability
The PE department enjoyed a day of cycle training with Ross Sweeney from Active Schools. Staff are now qualified to deliver the Bikeability levels 1 & 2 in school and we look forward to rolling this programme out next year.
- Caritas
S6 Caritas students were visited by Martin Mann from Missio Scotland. Thanks to Martin for giving students an overview of the work of Missio Scotland and the opportunities that will be available to them throughout their Caritas Award journey.
- Flipout Reward Trip
New S4 students enjoyed a reward trip to Flipout in Glasgow following a very successful year as part of Mr Shaw’s Focus Group. Well done to all those students who have benefited from being part of this and to Mr Shaw for all his work in leading this initiative.
- Pupil Success
Congratulations to Skye Moore (new S3) who recently won Gold in the International Junior Dance Jazz category of the BCA Cheer & Dance Classic 2019. Skye is now looking forward to competing at the 2020 World Championships with her Firebird Dance Company team. Well done Skye.
Congratulations to all our students who picked up awards at the St Andrew’s Netball Club awards.
- Maria Chalmers – U13 Player of the Year
- Kaitlyn Berry – U15 Player of the Year
- Sophie Hamill & Erin Sludden – U15 Most Improved
- Katie Hamill – U17 Player of the Year & Special Endeavour Award
