A new student teacher joined us this Monday in the Modern Languages department. Please make her welcome and help her to get to know all about Gracemount High School.
Ms Sinclair
MVP Mentors Training
Training and
preparation for MVP Mentors will take place in Miss Davies room on Wednesday, 10 February during periods 5 and 6.
Miss Davies
S1 Outward Bound Payments Now Due
A reminder to S1 pupils that your next £50
payment (or the full £100 if you’d prefer) is due by the end of this month.
Please hand this in to the school office in an envelope marked Outward Bound
and with your name. Mr Wyllie
Expressive Arts Show
Tickets are on sale
for the Expressive Arts Show on Wednesday 10th February at 7pm.
Adults £3
Children £1.50
Tickets are available from Mrs Brown in the Library. They
are also available at break time in the dining hall, next to the Drama Studio
doors.
The show includes a photography/art
exhibition and live dance, music performances as well as a fashion show.
Refreshments will be provided.
Any performers should see Miss Grisdale about
rehearsals after school.
Ms
Grisdale
S5 Pupils
Any pupils who are interested in studying the following at UniversityBiological Sciences, Chemistry, Computing, Ecological & Earth Sciences, Economics, Engineering, English Literature, History, Maths, Philosophy, Physics, Politics, Religious Studies
There is a fantastic opportunity to attend a FREE RESIDENTIAL summer school at Edinburgh University from the 3rd – 8th July. It will give you the chance to try out University before you apply and they will provide you with advice and support.
If you are interested, please see Mrs O’Connell in Guidance for further information.
Mrs O’Connell
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.
HPV vaccinations for girls will be
given in spring 2016. Consent packs are
being issued now. Please discuss the
consent pack at home and return it to school as soon as you can.
The HPV vaccination for girls helps to protect
against cervical cancer and is designed to protect against the 2 types of HPV
that cause 75% of the cases of cervical cancer.
The vaccine also
protects against two other types of HPV that cause about 90% of cases of
genital warts.