Technical Education

St Andrew's High School

January 18, 2018
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S2 Options

As the S2 Subject Options are fast approaching… we have created a simple Infographic that gives information on the four subjects we offer; Design & Manufacture, Engineering Science, Graphic Communication and Practical Woodworking.

All S2 pupils will be issued a printed copy over the next week or so to take home and this will be discussed in more detail by their Technical teacher.

S2 Technical Options – Pupil & Parent Guide

January 18, 2018
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Race for the Line 2018 – Season 3

We are very excited to be taking part in this years Race for the Line event!

All of our S1 classes are going to begin their rocket car designing and building from Monday 22nd January in Technical. Each class have been given 4 periods to work in teams of 4 or 5 to design and build their rocket car.

With all going well … the rocket cars will be ready in plenty of time and we will be able to do some test runs (minus the mini rocket explosion) along the Tech corridor to test individual designs/wheel alignment etc.

Our school race day is on Thursday, 1st March from 10am to 3pm where all S1 pupils will race their team cars with the overall winners from the day qualifying to take part in the regional finals and from there possibly (hopefully) qualifying for the National final. The race day is ran by our local hub with engineers from 32 Signal Regiment and City of Glasgow College.

 

December 21, 2017
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Christmas Cupcake Project

Over the past couple of weeks, our S2 classes have been working hard on a cross-curricular Christmas Cupcake project with Home Economics. They used their Graphic Design skills to design a surface development of cupcake packaging and then assembled and decorated the final piece. This packaging was then taken to their Home Economics class where the displayed some fantastic hospitality skills by baking and decorating a Christmas Cupcake. A fantastic effort from all involved in what was a very popular festive task! With over 200 fabulous creations here are some of the highlights…

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December 11, 2017
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Imagineer Show at Glasgow Science Festival

On Wednesday, 6th December, some of our S4/5/6 pupils attended the Imagineer Schools Show at Glasgow University as part of the Glasgow Science Festival. Pupils travelled through time, learning about some of the great engineering projects that have shaped our society. Pupils were also given the chance to speak with and ask questions to some real-life engineers from different engineering backgrounds and learn more about Robotics, Structural and Mechanical Engineering.

 

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October 9, 2017
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S1 Health & Safety Competition 2017-2018

As part of our introduction to the workshops, our S1 classes take part in a competition to design an informative and eye-catching Health & Safety poster to be displayed in our departmental calendar and in our classrooms.  All pupils showed great understanding of the importance of Health and Safety in our workshops and created some interesting pieces of work.

Our overall winners for this years competition are:

Leo Slavin                                                        Molly McAleese

Jessica Murray                                               Zach Roshan

Kiera Hannan                                                 Maria Guzierowicz

Poppy Russell                                                  Lucy Young

Rosie Hamill                                                    Ethan Hannaway

Hamna Hamid 

Well done to all involved!

 

 

 

 

October 9, 2017
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Scottish Lime Centre Trust

On Wednesday 4th October, some of our S5 boys visited the Scottish Lime Centre Trust to take part in a Traditional Building Skills taster day, as part of the Coatbridge CARS project. Pupils took part in a range of activities throughout the day, including: history of Coatbridge buildings, sorting modern and traditional building materials to natural or man-made, preparing and applying traditional ‘hair’ lime plaster onto wooden laths, basic geology of building materials and designing and carving Masons’ marks on to limestone.  Pupils were also given the opportunity to visit historic limekilns and a disused quarry.

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June 27, 2017
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Technical Awards 2017

Our annual Technical Awards for S1-S3 are now on display in the department. A massive well done to the following pupils on their achievement in both Excellence and Effort across our four technical subject areas;

S1:

Roan Mina, Cara Rankin, Lee Hamill, Teighan Hughes, Rhiannon Cooper, Sasha Edwards, Elise Mullen, Lauren McIlraith, Mia Armstrong, Jaimee Timmons, Molly Minnis, Abbi Beresford, Zach Taylor, Shay Connelly, Liam Burke, Krystian Tomasiewicz, Kayleigh McCrory, Sean Patrick Traynor, Louise Nolan, Sean McGeogh, Carly Crooks and Cameron Black.

S2:

Aidan Lally, Amy Quinn, Orla Gallacher, Conall O’Neill, Croix Duffy, Bartosz Zmuda, Charlotte Doughty, Charlie Fraser, Chloe Mullen, Abba Saviar, Katie Hamill, Donella Campbell, Olivia Wells, Lucy McNair, Kelseylee Dale, Kai Fagan, Carleen Dolan, Amy Cassidy, Emily Miller, Erin Tunilla, Chloe Kennedy, Lauren Martin, Beth O’Hear, Steve Kemlo, Eva Grenfell, Lewis McNair, Aiva Martin and Kennedy Cunningham.

S3:

Design & Manufacture – Kyle Murphy and Peter O’Rourke

Practical Woodwork – Bethany McMillian and Lee Rettie

Engineering Science – Nicholas Kalota and Christina Collins

Graphic Communication – Weronika Sicinska and Hayleigh Hill.

 

Well Done to all and keep up the great work next year!

 

 

 

Celebration of STEM 2017

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On Friday, 9th June, our Young Engineers Club attended the SCDI Celebration of STEM event at Glasgow Science Centre. Our team for St Andrew’s High School, in the Newcomers category, was represented by Croix Duffy, Courtney Cheyne and Ciara O’Pray of S2. The pupils took part in a range of STEM based activities throughout the day, including; Construct a Crane challenge, Project Presentation and 3 minute STEM challenges set by several different supporting partner companies. We had a fantastic day investigating and celebrating the importance of STEM  in everyday life, however the highlight for our team was impressing the judging panel enough to win the Newcomer Award 2017!

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September 19, 2016
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Apprenticeship Opportunity with BAE Systems Naval Ships

Please find details below and attached, and direct any queries or requests for tickets to: navalshipscomms@baesystems.com

The next BAE Systems Engineering Apprentice Open Evening will be hosted at BAE’s Govan site on Thursday 3 November, 17.00 – 20.30. This open evening will launch the 2016/2017 apprentice recruitment campaign which means people will be able to apply for one of the fantastic opportunities once they’ve been to the event.

It’s the perfect opportunity for people to find out how to get started on a career in engineering. Attendees can meet BAE apprentices, graduates and experienced engineers, try out 3D visualisation technology, take a tour of the production areas where ships for the Royal Navy are currently under construction and also see the apprentice training centre.

The event is open to individuals ages 16+ as well as interested parents, guardians and teachers. This information is initially going to schools before being advertised externally so register quickly to guarantee your place.

If you are interested in attending the event, you can register for tickets by emailing navalshipscomms@baesystems.com. Entry is by ticket only and registration must be completed by Friday 14 October.

 

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