3rd October 2007

The Art department have been selected for the East Ayrshire “shooting Stars” project. Pupils will be working with the Colombian filmmaker Sergio Aliarez Uribe for a total of three months. Sergio will be based in the Doon Valley museum, and all pupils are looking forward to working with him.
The Art club will be running every Wednesday from 2.50pm until 4.25pm in Miss Fuller’s room. All budding artists are welcome!
All after school clubs are now up and running. On offer at the moment are Trampolining, Rugby, Boy’s and Girl’s football, Cricket, Music, and Puzzle Clubs and a wide variety of subject tutorials.
The group selected for the next Leadership Academy had their induction afternoon this week, and they have our best wishes for the course at Dalguise in Perthshire next week. They will be led by S4 Leadership Graduates Lee Orr and Ashley Thomson and Leadership teachers Mrs. McLay, Mr. McCrorie and Mr. Taylor.
S1 –S3 pupils celebrated National Poetry Day on Thursday 4th October by writing poems of the theme of “Dreams”. It can take hours to walk along the English corridor now, as all the poems are displayed on the walls.
Six of our Student Council representatives attended a conference in the Scottish Parliament on Drugs and Alcohol in 2025. They presented the views of young people on these issues, and looked at Government Policies and how public services are dealing with the problems in society surrounding these issues. Maybe we will get a brief report from them next week.
Pupils studying standard grade music attended the Glasgow Concert Hall for a recital from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Everyone had a fantastic time and look forward to the next concert.
Aimee McKnight won the International School Library Day logo competition.
The school photographer was busy snapping our new S1 last week, and up-dating the pics we have of S3 and S5 which are now two years old. Group photographs will be taken in November.
Past Papers for all subjects are available from the Maths department for £6.40 each. All order forms and money must be handed in to Mrs Lake before the October holiday.