E-Newsletter for w/c Monday, 27 January 2020

Assemblies for This week

Tuesday – Lewis Assembly

Wednesday – Skye Assembly

Thursday – Tiree Assembly

Careers Event 2020
A very successful careers event took place at Gracemount High School on Thursday 9th January 2020.  Many thanks to all who attended.

 

Lateness Strategy 2020 - Going Live on 17^th FEB 2020

Punctuality is vital to getting a good start to the day and being successful.

If you are late 2x in the week without a plausible reason and your parent/carer has not contacted the school, then you will receive a 10 minutes detention at the start of lunch in PSE 2. in School.

If you do not turn up, then it will be carried forward to the next lunch for 15 minutes.  If you fail to attend this your guidance teacher will make contact with home and follow up.

Miss Gordon

London Dance Trip 2020

·       A reminder that there will be a meeting at break time on Wednesday in the PE Classroom. Everyone going to London must attend.

·        The third payment of £100 is due on Friday 31^st January. Please see Miss Greig if there are 

       any issues with this.

Miss Greig

Alton Towers 12^th June 2020
A reminder that any S4-6 pupil wishing to attend the Alton Towers trip this year should return their note of interest and KIC form by next Friday 7^th February.  An attendance of 85%+ is required.  See Mr Gregor if you require another letter.

Mr Gregor

LGBT Group

The LGBT group can come to science 5 every lunchtime with an official meeting being held on Tuesdays. New and returning members are welcome. Bring your lunch. Our focus over the next few weeks will be look at the school’s Equalities Policy.

Ms McDonald

Music Department

All instrumental lessons are running as normal. If you receive lessons in school, please make sure to check your time on the morning of your lesson and attend ALL lessons.

Music clubs for this term:

·         Keyboard Club (Monday lunch)

·         Rock Band (Tuesday after school)

·         Choir (Wednesday lunch)

·         Brass Group (Thursday lunch)

Come along or speak to one of the music staff if interested.

Music Awards will continue this term for anyone who is attending their instrument lessons and going “over and above” in class. Keep working hard and you could be rewarded each month.

Mr Kilday



Clubs for GHS - January - April 2020

Lunch Clubs - January - April 2020

F.A.O: S1 - S6 Pupils

E-Newsletter for w/c Monday, 20 January 2020

Lateness Strategy 2020
Punctuality is vital to getting a good start to the day and being successful.

If you are late 2x in the week without a plausible reason and your parent/carer has not contacted the school, then you will receive a 10 minutes detention at the start of lunch in PSE 2. in School.

If you do not turn up, then it will be carried forward to the next lunch for 15 minutes. If you fail to attend this your guidance teacher will make contact with home and follow up.

Miss Gordon

S5 & S6 pupils

Any S5 or S6 pupils who are considering Law as a future career, a great opportunity has arisen to attend a Legal Study and Careers Day on Tuesday 25^th February at the Law Society of Scotland.

If you are interested in going please see Mrs O’Connell in Guidance by this Friday (24.01.20)

Mrs O’Connell

London Dance Trip

A reminder that the third payment of £100 is due by the 31^st of January.
Miss Greig

After School Dance

All after school dance classes will begin today. Classes are the same as last term. For Live It classes, there is a cost of £10 for the term. Please pay this through Parent Pay.
Miss Greig

Music Department

All instrumental lessons are running as normal. If you receive lessons in school, please make sure to check your time on the morning of your lesson and attend ALL lessons.

Music clubs for this term:

·         Keyboard Club (Monday lunch)

·         Rock Band (Tuesday after school)

·         Choir (Wednesday lunch)

·         Brass Group (Thursday lunch)

Come along or speak to one of the music staff if interested.

Music Awards will continue this term for anyone who is attending their instrument lessons and going “over and above” in class. Keep working hard and you could be rewarded each month.

Mr Kilday



Clubs for GHS Pupils: January - April 2020

Lunch Clubs

E-Newsletter for w/c Monday, 13 January 2020

Attendance Matters – Aug 2019 – Nov 2019 Update 

Gracemount High School Attendance Target is striving for pupil to have 90%+ attendance. Currently 65% of our pupils have above 90% attendance, Great!  We need to work together to achieve our target of 70% to have an attendance figure of 90% and above.

Well done to all our 95%+ attendance – 43% of the school

Special mention to all those who have 100% - 13% of the school – You are AMAZING!!

Pupils who have 100% receive a Gold Award Certificate. 95%+ a Silver Award Certificate and 90+% Bronze Award Certificate.

Do you know what your child’s attendance is at school?

All s1-6 pupils who attended their PSE lessons prior to the holidays have been told their attendance figure and worked on target setting to improve this if needed

Did you know at the end of the school year if you have …

95% attendance = Ten whole days of school has been missed
90% attendance = Twenty whole days of school has been missed
85% attendance = 6 weeks or half a term of schooling has been missed and a possible referral to the Education Welfare Officer

Who can you contact if you are concerned about your child’s attendance?

Contact your child’s guidance teacher or year head.

Lewis House – Ms Wilson

Skye House – Mrs Ellis

Tiree House – Ms O’Connell/ Mr Nicholson (Mondays only)

Year Head – S1/3/5 – Mrs Scott

Year Head – S2/4/6 – Miss Gordon

Miss Gordon

Extra-Curricular New Year – New Starts
The clubs below are running this term – all are open to new pupils, get yourself involved.

There will also be clubs stall with all information, in the dining during Friday break.

Mr Gregor

Clubs for GHS Pupils: January - April 2020

Lunch Clubs

There are 6 passes to Ryze Trampoline Centre to win each month this term.  Anyone who attends a club will go in a draw to win one of these.

LGBT Group

The LGBT group can come to science 5 every lunchtime with an official meeting being held on Tuesdays. New and returning members are welcome. Bring your lunch. Our focus over the next few weeks will be look at the school’s Equalities Policy.
Ms McDonald

Prom 2020

There will be an assembly for all S5 and S6 pupils during period 6 on Wednesday to share information regarding this years Prom.
Mr Gregor