The Debate Club is back up and running with our new members quickly getting into the swing of things.

This was our most recent debate on the use of animals to test both beauty products and medicines.

All new member’s welcome Tuesday Lunchtime in Miss Donnelly’s room (Soc 2)

39 Pupils and 5 staff recently took part in a trip to the Battlefields of WW1 in France and Belgium.

The group visited various battle sites and memorials across France and Belgium embracing and recreating the history. The group even spent a day as WW1 platoon dressing, eating and exercising as they would have during the Great War.

The pupils also enjoyed a day of sight seeing in Paris and a day of Fun in Disneyland.

The pupil’s behaviour, enthusiasm and mature attitude were a credit to St Andrews H.S.

Well Done to all involved.

Massive Well Done to the S3 Travel and Tourism Class who provided the hospitality for the Junior Awards Ceremony.

11 pupils from S1 – S5 took part in the Modern Studies International Conference along with 20 other Secondary Schools in North Lanarkshire at the GLO Centre in Motherwell.

St Andrews H.S took on the role of Greece and debated key world issues with other nations.

Ciaran McMurray opened the conference with a speech on the need for the refugee crisis to be a global issue tackled by all countries collectively.

Excellent day had by all with all pupils getting actively involved in the debates.

Well Done Team Greece.

S3 Cross Cutting Themes Week – Well Done All!

2.8 with their Tribal headbands as part of the Brazil Unit in Geography.

Great work!

Well done to all the S1 Geography pupils who submitted landmarks in Geography. We have had a high amount of detailed and excellent entries this term. Certificates will be given to all pupils and we will be announcing the winner very soon.

Well done again to all – Mrs Carruthers, Miss Curley and Ms Lynas

Congratulations to S3 pupils Cara Kiernan, Marissa Valente and Antony Skiffington who recently took part in the Speaking Up! Public Speaking Workshop organised by North Lanarkshire Council.

The pupils really got involved in all the activities of the day and successfully argued against the motion proposed.

The pupils will now go on a represent the school in the Speaking Up! Public speaking competition taking place in March.

Well Done Guys!

60 of our S3 Modern Studies pupils recently took part in a trip to the Scottish Parliament as part of their Democracy topic where they were met by their Local MSP Elaine Smith.

The pupils enjoyed a tour of the parliament and had the opportunity to attend First Ministers Questions.

The trip represents the outstanding links between the school and our local MSP.

Excellent day had by all.

GeoBus (A Geography organisation based in St Andrew’s University) recently ran a photo competition where various pupils of St Andrew’s High School were victorious.

The competition was open to all schools thoughout Scotland who were encouraged to send in various Geography themed photos which could range from what you get up to in Geography at school to taking a trip down the beach, to a selfie with a landmark or a walk around a loch.

12 winning schools were announced this afternoon and photos will now be issued in the GeoBus Academic calendar.

The winners from St. Andrew’s High Social Subjects department were:
• Lucy Frew (S6),
• Kerry McGlone (S3),
• Rocco Rossetti (S3),
• Shay McCann (S1)
• Callum Moore (S1).

Well done to all the other entries from St Andrew’s High school. These pictures were simply amazing and the GeoBus department have commended our pupils on the high numbers of pictures entered and the quality of these images.

Other winning schools included Queen Ann High school in Fife, Hazelhead Academy and Bridge of Don Academy in Aberdeen, Gairloch High School in the Highlands, Tarbert Academy in Argyll and Bute and Bridge of Don to name a few. This is a fantastic achievement for the pupils in Social Subjects so watch out for the photos of the winners to follow.

The top twelve winning pictures will make up the GeoBus academic calendar 2016-2017. Those top twelve will get a free calendar as well as other prizes. You can follow the link below to check out the winning pictures. Congratulations again to Lucy, Kerry, Rocco, Shay and Callum and please check out our twitter page to see the winning photo.

[ https://t.co/o7Nr85SBsv ]New Link

Follow our twitter page @social_sahs for more info