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HEAD TEACHER'S NEWSLETTER
It was another busy and productive week in school. Our review team were very impressed by how keen all staff and pupils were to engage with them, and very much enjoyed speaking to them and visiting our school, commenting on how calm and purposeful the learning environment was. We will share the findings with the wider community in due course once the report is finalised.
I hope you enjoy this beautiful autumnal weekend, however you are spending it.
Jodie Hannan
Key Dates
Tuesday 11 October: S3 Parents’ Evening in school 5-7pm
Wednesday 12 October: Parent Council AGM in the Training Room in school 7-8.30pm
Monday 17- 21 October: October Break
Monday 24 October: Bank Holiday
Tuesday 25 October: Inset Day for staff
Wednesday 26 October: all pupils return to school
Wednesday 26 October: Parents’ Evening for all Primary 7 parents in school 6-9pm
Staff
Congratulations to Ms Carr who has been appointed to the permanent position of Science Technician after having been in post on a temporary basis until now.
Interviews for Ms Ryan’s Acting PT Modern Languages post due to her maternity leave from December 2022 will be held this week.
A temporary full time appointment has been made for Ms Scott Thomas' maternity leave (September 2022- June 2023) and will commence once all employment checks are completed. Mr Glen, supply teacher, is currently teaching these classes.
Mr Greig, PT English, is currently absent from school: Ms Roddy is acting PT English in the meantime and Mr Greig’s classes are being taught by a supply English teacher, Ms Wright.
Kayla and Rory's Weekly Rundown
Hi guys, welcome back to another weekly rundown. We hope you all had a good week as we heard towards the October week. This week week we had the BGE inspectors in as we are sure most of you know, and we hope most of you got to talk to them.
As a reminder for all our S1 pupils, Fright Night is on the 27th of October and you can get your tickets on ipay for £2. Make sure you all get a ticket it is going to be a blast!
For S6 we can now confirm with we have our residential at Dalguise booked for February and we are looking forward to bonding as a year group.
Hope you have a lovely weekend and we will see you next week for the last week before the holidays :)
House Points - Weekly Total
Dress down Day for Ukraine
MacMillan Cancer Fundraising
Well done to Rebecca Ritchie, Caird House Captain, for raising over £750 for this worthwhile cause last week.
Biology Week 2022
This week has been Biology Week across the UK and we have participated in our own way by showcasing work and introducing our department over on our Twitter page.
Monday was #MessyMonday and we showcased some of our Art meets Biology:
Alix in Advanced Higher with her take on the Red Queen Hypothesis:
Mr Natta’s S3 class created play doh cells:
Miss Mitchell’s National 4 class created their own adaptations:
National 5 classes have been making energy pyramids:
Next up we had #TearItUpTuesday where we shared images from our recent dissections such as exploring fish organs to identifying the different chicken tissue types:
For #WhoAreWeWednesday we all shared a little bit of our backgrounds and journey into teaching:
For #TardigradeThursday Dr Brown’s S3 class went on a Moss Safari on the hunt for the cutest microorganism - the Tardigrade (also known as the water bear or the moss piglet). We squeezed some moss and Layla and Baillie were lucky enough to find one! (See the twitter page for the video!)
And finally we finished the week with #FunFactFriday where we are all sharing our favourite biology fact:
Miss Mitchell: Did you know that lungs are the only organs to float on water?
Miss Woodhead: If you unravelled & laid out all the DNA in your body from end to end, it would stretch 10 billion miles, reaching beyond Pluto’s orbit.
Dr Brown: Biologists name things anything they want! There is a gene called Sonic Hedgehog and there is even a type of horsefly named after Beyonce as its golden rear end was deemed to be ‘bootylicious’ the Scaptia Beyonnceae.
Mr Natta: There is an extinct species of sloth that used to be 7m tall and weighed over 7 tonnes/6350 kg (an average adult weighs 70kg).
Literacy
It is week 4 of the Superpower Agency already! S2 pupils have been developing character profiles based on their peers.
MGS STEM Club
MGS STEM club has come up with a list of STEM ‘must see films to survive the future’.
You might find some time over October break to watch these films.
STEM club runs on Tuesday Lunchtime in AT2. Contact Mrs Marshall in CDT for more details.
Design and Technology Department
Congratulations to our F1 in schools team who competed in the Scottish division this week coming in 8th. There was only 0.1 seconds separating the group which is a fantastic achievement for the team. Well done to all and for Miss Trestrail for the support along the way.
Pupil Voice
The Pupil Voice Team received a fantastic number of applications to join the Pupil Voice Councils for this session. It was great to read all the forms, meet everyone and hear a sharing of thoughts and opinions. Senior pupils led the group interviews, before making their final selections and we are delighted to say that our Councils have now been finalised. Congratulations to everyone involved in this process. Meetings will start after the October break. Photographs of the Team will be placed on our noticeboard outside the school office.
In addition to our Junior and Senior Councils we have also selected a number of pupils to be Pupil Voice Ambassadors in the hope of engaging even more pupils in Pupil Voice within MGS.
The Team also plans to re-introduce open Pupil Voice Council meetings that any pupil can attend. Watch this space!
Pupil Support News
This week we celebrate some incredible artwork from staff and young people.
Well done to Grace McGill who completed her art piece that she has been working on over the last week. Grace has shown art skill, determination and real creativity and we are really proud of her.
A huge well done to one of our ASNA’s, Mr Bissett, who worked alongside his local community on an art project to celebrate Camelon Mariner’s Day.
You can read more about this project on the link below.
Paper flowers inspire Falkirk mural dedicated to mariner's heritage - Daily Record
S6 Events Team
We are delighted that the S1 Fright Night Disco and Horror Tour is back!
There is an unknown virus that has taken over MGS and we need our S1s to help the scientists with experiments to find a cure. You are encouraged to dress up!
Tickets to attend are £2 and you can pay online via ipay.
We hope to see you there!
If you have any questions, please see Miss Holmes in PE.
S6 Dalguise Team Building Trip
A gentle reminder that the first deposit for Dalguise is due by the 20th October, you should do this online via ipay. The deposit is essential to secure your place on the trip which is running February 24th-26th.
You must also now collect, fill in and return a PC1 form from Mr Duncan’s room (D8) by the 20th October.
Any issues, please see Miss Holmes or Mrs Donnelly.
Blythswood ShoeBox Appeal 2022
The Shoe boxes for the Blythswood Appeal are being collected in the first week of November - but with school holidays this isn't far off! If anyone would like a leaflet to fill a box, please collect one from D10. You can also donate items to put in the boxes. The D of E group have started filling boxes but we don't have any complete as we don't have the essentials to send them yet.
ESSENTIAL ITEMS:
Hat/ scarf/ gloves (adult and child)
Toothpaste (adult and child)
Toothbrushes (adult and child)
Wrapped bars of soap
Mini bottles of shampoo/ hotel toiletries
Small toys
Socks/ underwear
Wrapped sweets (not chocolate)
We have lots of wrapped boxes if you would like one to fill as well!
Thank you for your support,
Mrs Dias and the D of E group
Have Your Say
At the S3 Parents Evening on Tuesday pupils will be asking parents for feedback on our recent policies - Uniform, Lateness, Devices and Corridor Passes. Following this there will be an opportunity for ALL parents to have their say. Watch this space for more information.
Future Pathways Evening
Lost Property
There are lots of jackets, jumpers, PE clothes, water bottles etc. in the Medical Room. Please come and see if they belong to you. If the items are not collected by November, they will be recycled. Thank you, Ms Harvey
Flu Vaccine
Here is the phone number for pupils who missed the flu vaccine: 0131 446 4082
Newsletter Archive
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