PUPIL BULLETIN Thursday 24Thaugust 2017

PUPIL BULLETIN Thursday 24thAugust 2017

Timetables have been issued to all pupils and these should be looked after and taken to school each day. Alternatively, the timetable may be photographed and held on phones. We have a problem with pupils reporting to the office asking for a new timetable. Please refrain from doing so.

ANY YEARS/PUPILS OR STAFF: Love singing? Fancy an extra challenge? How about singing in a language other than English? Then enter the 2017 EAvision song contest and sign up with Mr Lestienne in B12 before September 10th to perform on Friday 29th September at lunchtime in the Library. Mr Lestienne B12

Drama - Could the following pupils please return their Drama terminology booklets to Mrs MacDonald asap.

Sammy Duff, Callum Farquhar, Megan Forstyh, Destiny Gourlay, Cameron Martin, Chloe Nicol, Aaron Reaich, Ewan Ball, Megan Duncan, Nikki Grinpauks, Katie Kerr, Brooke Mowat, Matthew Ness, Caitlin Shanks, Hollie Stevenson, Innes stone, Jessica Turkinton-Glass

For any year/pupils or staff: Board Games Club. - Do you like being cooperative or competitive? Ever wanted to go to the UK Games Expo?Have you heard of Fluxx or Sushi Go or Rhino Hero or Exploding Kittens (no cruelty involved)? Try out a range of board games during lunchtime on Thursdays from 1pm in G37. Ms Lythgoe

S1-S3

S1 StudentsStudent’s should not be throwing bottles of water/juice wither within or out with the schoolgrounds. Anyone caught doing so will be severely dealt with. (KG)

For S1 : Library Assistant Application Forms Thank you for the interest in joining the team of lunchtime assistants. Application forms can now be collected from the library desk.

S4-S6

English Textbooks.Any pupil who still has English textbooks from last year (Macbeth, Ann Donovan stories, The Cone-Gatherers, Othello) should return them to their teacher immediately. Deposits for Higher textbooks must be reclaimed from Mr Valentine in G05 by Friday 25 August.

S6 Advanced Higher pupils - Dissertation research opportunity – Aberdeen University Library

If you would like to be part of the Dissertation Research Trip to Aberdeen University Library on 5 October, please let Mrs Toonen know this week.

S5/6 Could the following pupils please return their Drama terminology booklets to Mrs MacDonald asap.

S6 Advanced Higher pupils - Dissertation research opportunity – Aberdeen University Library

An exciting opportunity to visit the University of Aberdeen Library is planned, to look for and borrow resources for your dissertation research. This trip will be a valuable learning experience on its own and if you are planning a Higher Education course, then make the most of this opportunity to experience a university library.There are excellent resources to support Advanced Higher studies and you can use the ‘walk in service’, which provides access to a set of databases and full text journal articles.

We will be travelling to Aberdeen by bus, on Thursday 5 October and if you are interested in signing up for this, please see Mrs Toonen this week.

S4-6 TRIP TO FRANCE 2018/commemorating the centenary of the end of the first world war: the history and modern languages depts are organising a trip to the WW1 battlefields and to Paris in March 2018: history, culture, fun, good food. Priority will be given to those who are currently studying a foreign language or history or did so in S4 last year. However, should there be spaces left others will be welcomed. Please see Mr Lestienne in B12 for a form and for questions.

Full-time / Part-time Employment Opportunities - Please see “Jobs of The Week” on the board outside Guidance to include Tesco, Weir Hairdresser and Thornton’s. (CF)

S5/6:ART & DESIGN: Any pupils who would like to order their N5, Higher Art & Design or Photography practical folios back from the SQA should see Mrs Templeton ASAP. The cost of folio return is £5. Money should be paid ASAP. (K. Templeton)