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