What's On
Upcoming events
Easter Study Support Webinars
National e-Learning Offer: e-Sgoil Easter Study Support -April 7th and 14th 2022
Easter Study Support will run between April 7th and 14th 2022 and comprises live, interactive webinars delivered by experienced, GTCS registered teachers. 66 courses are on offer, with a total of 80 webinar groups. Each group will meet for three separate webinar sessions. Last year, there were over 15000 webinar registrations and learners’ evaluations were overwhelmingly positive. The service is free to all learners. See full letter below
October Break
Current events
The timetable for the subjects on offer is listed below, offered at different levels from National 4 to Advanced Higher. The Study Support Webinar programme is designed to focus on key aspects of each subject as well as to offer hints and tips on how to be successful in assessments.
Past events
Introduction to Skills Development Scotland 29th September 2021
Introduction to Skills Development Scotland (SDS) for parents and carers of S1 pupils- Wednesday 29 September 2021
Want to know more about SDS career information, advice and guidance support for your young person throughout their time at school? Join our careers advisers Lesley and Gordon to hear about SDS, the role of SDS careers advisers in schools and information to support career planning. The online session will also introduce our careers web service My World of Work, which has a dedicated area for parents and carers.
Parents and carers can register for our session here.
End of Year Awards 2020/21
Tuesday - S4
Monday - S3
Friday it was the turn of the new S2 to have their efforts recognised.
Introduction of 1:1 Chromebooks
Chromebooks have arrived!
After a long wait new Chromebooks have arrived for the new S2. The school is aiming to provide 1:1 devices for all upcoming pupils to provide digital equity for all our learners. We have purchased devices for all the new S2 and have our devices ready for our new S1 cohort when they come up in August!
This week S2 Computer Science pupils have been updating their Learning Profile which will track their achievements, skills and progression as their learning journey takes them from S1 to S6.
Pupils in S2 were also using Chromebooks to practice French in the modern day languages labs and elsewhere across the school.
Supported Study Classes 2021.pdf25th Feb - Helping your child with S2/3 subject choices - support for parents and carers
Skills Development Scotland (SDS) is offering parents and carers an online opportunity to find out more about how they can help their child make their S2/3 subject choices for the Senior Phase. Scotland’s national skills agency has organised the virtual session on Thursday 25 February which will also give parents and carers information about accessing a wide range of SDS support.
Careers advisers Joan Duncan and Gemma Smith will be providing expert advice for parents and carers of young people in S2 and S3.
Joan said: “Thinking about what options to choose at school can be daunting for young people and their parents and carers. As well as this session, SDS also has a Subject Choices tool on SDS’s My World of Work website which helps pupils explore where options choices can take them.
“It gives young people and their parents and carers the opportunity to explore job profiles, industries, Foundation and Modern Apprenticeships, refine their search by what someone is most interested in and use the tool as many times as they like to find out more about different options. There are other tools to try and the more tools you try, the better career suggestions we can give.”
This virtual event, which is from 6.30pm until 7.15pm, will also have a question and answer session.
To take part please register here.
Winter Holidays 24th December -6th January
Twelve Days of Christmas Concert Performances
As there will be no Christmas concert this year, the music department will show a different Christmas performance of pupils for the next twelve school days.
Christmas Cheer Boxes.pptxChristmas Cheer Boxes
Christmas Market
This year we held an online Christmas Market on 11th December with cakes sweets and raffle prizes galore!
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Christmas Jumper Day
Friday 11th December
Please wear a Christmas jumper or Christmas colours and donate £1.
Money goes towards helping Lochgilphead Food bank.
Online Information Session for Parents and Carers
Please join us for an information session from Skills Development Scotland to find out how you can help your child and the support that’s available. Open to parents and carers of pupils in S1-S6
Join our Careers Advisers Gemma & Joan for our 30 minute session on Thursday 10th December at 6.30pm as they take a look at:
· How you can help your child make plans for their future
· How Careers Advisers can help your child
· Find support that will help you and your child
· Brief Question and Answer time
Sign up via Eventbrite - https://information-session-for-parents-carers.eventbrite.co.uk
We hope you can join us!
Well done to everyone who entered their fabulous carvings to the 2020 Jack O'Lantern Competition! We were so impressed with them all!
We are thrilled to announce the winner for most creative carving in first place this year is.....
Rowan MacDonald . Closely followed by Jesse Banfield in 2nd place and Magnus Hampton in 3rd.
Runners up are Jesse Banfield, Louise Pendreigh, Thea MacBrayne, Kay Neville, Samuel, Joe and Daniel Anderson, Morven McIver, and the Fincher fleet...excellent effort everyone!
Well done to all who took part!
The Art Dept.