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HEAD TEACHER'S NEWSLETTER
It really does feel like December this week-I went to see the excellent Sinbad pantomime at the Brunton last week and highly recommend it (oh yes I do); the seniors are practising their ceilidh moves for their Snow Ball; the musicians are tuning up for their Concert; the Christmas Fayre is today and Christmas door decoration is well underway across school…in fact… between all of this and the cold snap, it’s almost beginning to feel like Christmas.
I hope you are keeping warm and have a restful weekend.
Jodie Hannan
Key Dates:
Saturday 10 December: Christmas Fayre 11am-1pm
Wednesday 14 December: Parent Council 7-9pm in school- parents can use this link to join the meeting online meet.google.com/vgs-ihid-dsm
Thursday 15 December: Christmas Concert 7-9pm
Kayla and Rory's Weekly Rundown
Hi guys, welcome back to another one of Rory and Kayla’s weekly rundown. We hope everybody has had a good week (Especially with the little bit of snow!). And we both hope all senior pupils have successfully completed their prelims and everyone is looking forward to the results.
Sadly this week we have not been up to much again as we have been busy with our prelims. We would like to remind ALL S5/S6 PUPILS to sign up to the Christmas Dance on the year group google classroom if they are interested in coming along.
Hope everyone has a good weekend as the days are getting colder and colder! :)
House Points
Well done to everyone who has been given a House point to add to the totals- every little helps!
Prelims
The prelim exams have gone very smoothly over the last 2 weeks. Pupils were organised, calm and focused. The team of invigilators were very complimentary about the approaches and attitudes of our S4-6 pupils while in the exam hall - well done to all. Teachers are currently in the process of marking prelim scripts. We ask that learners are patient in awaiting their results as marking volume varies between subjects. They will be given marks back in due course.
Miss Chisholm
Call for volunteers to speak at Christmas Assembly
Please see Mrs Anderson (D03) on Monday if you are interested in participating in the Christmas Assembly. We are still looking for someone to represent each of the major World Religions.
Christmas Concert
Join us to celebrate the end of term in our first in-person Christmas concert since 2019! Pupils have been rehearsing all term and are so excited to perform for their friends and parents/carers.
We have already sold 150 tickets so please come and get your tickets from us in the Music Department or purchase them online through SchoolPay. Just a week to go! See you there.
Christmas Fayre
Saturday 10 December 11 am - 1 pm. Entry is FREE.
Please come along and support the school Christmas Fayre this year, S1 Digital Enterprise and S3 Business Management pupils have been working hard to create products to sell. We are still looking for donations for the Support for Learning Department Tombola, Inclusion Department Raffle, Parent Council Bottle Tombola and Free to a Good Home Stall clothing/accessories donations.
Girls Rugby
Congratulations to the 5 MGS Pupils who won both the U16 Girls Aspiring League & East Region League at the Oriam on Sunday. Incredible effort!
Eleanor Brown, Erin Rowley, Rebecca Knox, Ellie Myles and Rachael Knox
Eco Club Update
Eco Club has kindly been donated insect houses from one of our parents and have started to decorate them. We will hopefully have them out in the Spring in the hopes to attract some pollinators to our garden or even to increase insect biodiversity! Massive thank you to local company The Paint Shed who kindly donated us paint samples to use!
Community Care Boxes
The S6 Health and Wellbeing Wider Achievement Group are looking for donations to help create their Christmas care packages for the residents at the local sheltered housing. Any donation is greatly appreciated!
Professional Learning
Congratulations to Miss Scott in Chemistry who graduated last Friday from University of Glasgow with an MEd Professional Practice.
Biology Department ‘Biologists of the Month’
Well done to India Brown, Karis Brown, Daniel Tomlins, Madeleine Lewis and Zofia Kulczycka.
Faculty of Chemistry and Physics Pupils Of The Month
Mr Jarvie - Sam Henderson
Mr Watt - Aneu Maguire-Morral
Miss Rankin - Erin Rowley
Miss Ferguson - Rory Patton
S6 Dalguise Residential Trip
Reminder that the full Dalguise payment of £145 is due by 15th December.
Please see Miss Holmes if you have any issues or concerns regarding the payment.
Medical
Please return all vaccination forms to Ms Harvey before the Christmas break. Thank you.
Lost Property
There are lots of jackets, jumpers, etc. Please come and see if these belong to you. Thank you, C Harvey
Newsletter Archive
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