Christmas Service
The Chaplains would like to invite pupils and staff
to join them for a Christian celebration of Christmas on Tuesday, 22 December
2015, in the drama studio. This is an
optional service and any pupils wishing to attend must give their names to Group Tutors no later than end of
Registration on Tuesday, 22 December.
Lists of those attending will be circulated to staff in advance of the
service and only pupils who are on the list will be allowed to attend.Ms Sinclair
Ball
Deposit
A reminder to all S5/6 pupils that the ball deposit of £20 is due
today! Anyone who is unable to pay today please see Mr Gregor or Miss
Greig. Mr Gregor
Career
Ready
All pupils involved with the programme should meet with Mr Gregor
Period 3 today in thePE Department.
Mr Gregor
Christmas Challenges
Please hand all these in to Guidance at the end of registration
today and send the ‘Selfies with Elfies’ to Mr Whyte.Thanks to those who have already submitted entries – good ones from L10 and T4.
Attendance Christmas Tree
There are still 5 Amber baubles (90-95%) and one Red bauble (below 90%) on the tree. S3 are in the RED!
Well done to S2 and S5 who improved their attendance figures this week. S1 and S4 stayed the same. Disappointingly S3 and S6 went down.
S1 and S6 are fighting to be the stars at the top of the tree by
the end of term. They are both on 92.9%.
Make sure you are in school Monday and Tuesday of next week and let’s aim for 100% attendance on Thursday 7 January for the start of the new term.
Remember from 11 January you will earn a House Point for every day
that you are in school on time!
Have a fantastic holiday everyone!
Ms Pretswell
Information - Last Day of
Term Arrangements - Tuesday 22nd December
08.30 - 08.40 registration (as normal)
Period 1 08.40 – 09.40
Period 2 09.40 – 10.30
Interval 10.30 - 10.45
Period 3 - 10.45 - Pupils will be called to the hall in year
groups – to be seated for 11am
Christmas Show – 11.00am – 12 noon.
It is a Dress Down Day. “Wiggle
it” wear a wig and Christmas jumper to school.
Please can everyone bring £1.00 as we will be raising money to
help buy real hair wigs for young Cancer patients.
School finishes at 12 noon.
Mr
Hunter S5 & S6 Pupils
INC is a charity partnership currently recruiting Playworkers and Volunteers across 4 venues in Edinburgh during the school holidays in February (15th -19th February 2016), supporting children and young people with disabilities to participate in a range of fun holiday activities & outings.
They
are looking for responsible, energetic and enthusiastic individuals who can
easily relate to children and young people and have the right attitude and
values along with communication skills, patience, reliability, commitment, and
a sense of fun. Full training will be provided.
This
is a perfect opportunity to learn new skills and gain invaluable experience in
the field of childcare, youth work and support work along with developing your
leadership and interpersonal skills.
Paid
positions (£6.70–£8.00 + annual leave) are available for those with the
required skills and attitude. However, this is not required for those seeking
voluntary positions. Please note that the minimum age for volunteers is 16.
A full job description, person specification and application form
is available from their website www.actiongroup.org.uk or
see Mrs O’Connell in Guidance for further details.
Mrs O’Connell
Polar Academy
Three of our students are taking part in the Polar Academy and are
going through some grilling training to be ready for the expedition in March
2016.
They are raising money for the expedition and will be organising a
series of events around the school and the community.
Iona Somerville and her mum Irene Wilson have created a Justgiving
page to help raise the funds. If you
wish to donate and help our students reach their fundraising target please go
to Iona's page using key words "Irene Wilson polar academy".
To know more about this fantastic opportunity and help it happen
please visit the polar academy website at www.thepolaracademy.org
Mr
Cardiet and Mr Rafferty
School Immunisation Programme
Immunisation helps protect our
communities from a wide range of illnesses.
Thanks
to immunisation, diseases such as polio have disappeared in the UK. However,
these diseases could come back as they are still seen in many countries
throughout the world - which is why it’s so important to get your jabs.
The NHS Lothian school nurse team
carry out an annual immunisation programme.
The vaccinations will be given in spring term 2016. Consent packs are being issued now. Please discuss the consent pack at home and
return it to school by Friday, 11 December 2015.
The teenage
booster to ensure protection from tetanus, diphtheria and polio will be
offered to pupils in S3. This completes
the programme, begun in infancy, to give life-long protection.
In addition this year all S3 – S6
pupils are recommended a meningitis vaccine (ACWY). This is to protect against the W strain of
meningitis which is on the increase across the UK.
Mr McKenzie