New York Trip Thanks to the Social Subjects faculty for organising the trip to the USA. The 42 S5 pupils were joined by Mr Mullen, Mr Boyle, Mrs McMahon, Ms McDonald & Mrs Lynas on their week long expedition to New York. The group also took in Baltimore, Philadelphia & Washington DC. Some of the trip highlights included visits to Congress, the UN General Assembly, the Lincoln Memorial, Smithsonian Monument,
S1 & S6 Photographs School Photographs for students in S1 & S6 will be taken on Friday the 11th of October. Classes will be called down to the Assembly Hall via the school tannoy at their allotted time. As this is also “Jeans & Trainers day” please ensure students are wearing blazer, shirt & tie. Jeans & Trainers Day Friday the 11th of October will be a Jeans & Trainers
Year Group Assemblies The latest round of year group assemblies took place this week. All the latest information was issued to pupils and Year Heads re-emphasised the importance of hard work, attendance, & uniform for each student. The Top 10 finishers in the S1 & S2 Cross Country Championships were presented with their medals. Well done to all medal winners. The focus of the S4 assembly was how to study
Senior Awards Ceremony Congratulations to all our current S5 & S6 students who were recipients of an award at our Senior Awards Ceremony tonight. We were delighted to also welcome back last years S6 students to receive their awards. We are extremely proud of all their achievements & successes. We were delighted to welcome Mr Derek Brown, Executive Director of Education & Families to the Awards as our guest speaker. Mr
St Andrew’s Hospice 6K A thank you to all students & staff who came out to support the St Andrew’s Hospice 6K race. We really appreciate everyone giving up their time on a Sunday for such a great cause that is so close to the hearts of many in our community. Congratulations to Mr McCrossan (PE) who placed 5th overall in the race & 2nd in the teachers category. Business & ICT
UK Maths Challenge Mrs Rocks (Principal Teacher of Maths) came to the S3 Assembly to present the certificates from the UK Maths Challenge. Well done to all the winners. Cycling Group The S4 cycling group are now working towards their Bikeability level 2 qualification after successfully achieving their Level 1 qualification with Velo Scotland. They are starting to develop their confidence of cycling on the road throughout the course to achieve
S6 Leadership Team Meeting The S6 Leadership Team had their first meeting of the year with Mr Holmes (HT) & Mr Cluckie (DHT S6). A very productive meeting with lots of ideas & plans beginning to be put in place for the year ahead. Sports Captains Congratulations to the following pupils who have been selected as Sports Captains & Sport Scotland Young Ambassadors for this year. S3 – Ami Robertson
Newsletter A copy of the school attainment newsletter can be accessed at the link below Attainment Update Newsletter AUG 19 Faith A group of our S6 students attended the Annual Vocations Mass at Motherwell Cathedral on Monday the 26th with Mr Cluckie & Mr Cassidy. On Friday the 30th Aiva Martin S5 & Aoife Kelly S6 represented the school at the Mass and Procession to welcome the Relics of St Thérèse
Annual Data Checks Students have been issued with their annual data checks. Can all parents & carers please check that all information is accurate and amend if necessary. Data checks should be returned to the school office as soon as possible. Values Badges S1 – Blue (Achievement) S2 – Red (Fun & Friendship) S3 – Green (Influential) S4 – Yellow (Support) S5 – Purple (Respect) S6 – Tartan Braiding At
We are delighted to welcome back all pupils and staff for a new school year, we hope everyone had an enjoyable and restful summer break and are looking forward to the 2019/20 session. It has already been a busy start with lots going on. Values S4 students from the Columba 1400 project were in school during the inservice day to introduce the new school values to staff. Developing the new
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