This year’s school outing to Blackpool Pleasure Beach will take place on Monday 20th June.  Letters have been issued to all pupils today (Tuesday 7th June) about this trip which is normally held each year at this time.

Approximately 300 pupils are expected to take part and we must keep our fingers crossed for good weather on the day.

The turnaround time is tight and all parents and carers are asked to ensure that returns are made as soon as possible so that planning may be completed for this major event in the school’s calendar.

There will be a meeting for all students who will be going on the London trip at lunchtime on Monday 13th June in room 180. All students going on the trip must attend this meeting with the trip departing on Monday 20th June.

Any Senior Phase pupils interested in participating in the Lessons from Auschwitz Programme and possibly going to Poland later this year, should see Mr McPake, Social Subjects Department, as soon as possible.

The programme is run by the Holocaust Educational Trust and consists of an orientation session followed by a visit to Poland to visit Auschwitz.  After the visit there is an opportunity to reflect on the visit and the contemporary relevance of the lessons of the Holocaust. Finally students who attend, with the support of their teachers, seek to spread the lessons via assemblies.

Voting for SYP by-election will begin on Monday 13th June.

All pupils should bring their Young Scot cards to school every day during that week to cast their votes online.

Let’s get the vote out to support Taylor High candidate Niamh Provan!

The prom will be taking place at the Radstone Hotel, Larkhall, on Friday the 3^rd of June. All students attending the prom will travel on official buses leaving Taylor High School at 6pm sharp returning from the Radstone Hotel at 12midnight, arriving at Taylor High school around 12.30am. All students must arrive, and leave, on the organised transport in order for the evening to run as smooth as possible.

As the function will be a school event, the sale of alcohol to students at the venue will not be permitted.

We look forward to a great night celebrating their final year with our outgoing Sixth Year and also looking forward to next session with those students from Fifth Year who  attend.  A number of not-too-serious awards will be presented during the course of the evening which we are sure will be another memorable evening!

More information about the venue can be found at:

Radstone Hotel

 

Parents and carers are reminded that this weekend is a holiday weekend.

Friday 27th and Monday 30th May – school closed except for SQA exam candidates who are sitting SQA exams, details as follows:

Friday 27 May

Business Management National 5 exam:                   9.00 – 10.30am

Business Management Higher Grade exam:            9.00 – 11.15am

Computing Science National 5 exam:                           1.00 – 2.30pm

Computing Science Higher Grade exam:                    1.00 – 3.00pm

Monday 30th May

Modern Studies Higher Grade exam:                            9.00 – 11.15am

Modern Studies National 5 exam:                                   1.00 – 2.45pm

 

School re-opens as normal at 8.50am on Tuesday 31st May.

The local MSYP Ciara Fullerton has stepped down and, consequently, there will be a by-election for the Motherwell and Wishaw constituency of the Scottish Youth Parliament.

This will occur in June with voting taking place between Friday 10th June and Thursday 16th June 2016. The candidate elected will hold the post for a year until the next official Scottish Youth Parliament elections in 2017.

The election will use the first-past-the-post voting system rather than the usual proportional representation system because it is a by-election seeking to elect a single candidate.

Any pupil aged 14 or over who is interested in standing for election to represent Motherwell and Wishaw in the SYP should see Miss Stoutjesdyk, Principal Teacher of Social Subjects, as soon as possible.

For more information visit www.syp.org.uk

 

 

The Social Subjects Faculty has once again organised a trip to London in June.  The trip will depart from the school early on Monday 20th June 2016 and return late on Wednesday 22nd June. The full itinerary for the trip can be downloaded by clicking the link below:

SOCIAL SUBJECTS LONDON TRIP 2016 Info and Itinerary

There will be a meeting for all pupils involved in room 180 (Ms. Stoutjesdyk’s room) on Monday 13th June at lunchtime.

Our Sixth Year students had their final official day at Taylor recently before returning to sit their exams. School Chaplain Fr. Martin Delaney celebrated Mass with students and staff on Thursday 28th April, marking the end of their six years of study. We are sure our young people take with them fond memories of Taylor High School.  All Sixth Year students were presented with a number of mementos to commemorate their time at Taylor. This included ‘leavers hoodies’ which our Sixth Year House Captains organised for their fellow students. They also enjoyed a trip down memory lane with an excellent video presentation of their six years at Taylor which was put together by Mr. Robert Stewart, Senior Technician with his usual eye for creativity!  Our Sixth Year Cohort also enjoyed a day out at Soar, Braehead organised by our Home School Partnership Officer Ian MacFarlane, and accompanied by Stage Head Ms. Jan McCrone and Principal Teacher of Pupil Support Mr. Andy Williams. Our young people enjoyed a last day out as a group, braving the aerial assault course, battling it out at Laser Quest and bowling up a storm. Now the hard work and preparation continues for students throughout the exam diet that is underway for both Fifth and Sixth Year students.

Click this link to login and download the video and/or Year Group picture entitled Class of 2016:

https://glowscotland.sharepoint.com/sites/8519137/pupilarea/SitePages/Home.aspx