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Wednesday 24 February 2010

From the Headmaster

It has been very heartening to hear from many quarters over the last two terms how Lomond pupils are positively viewed around town, in both their dress anddemeanourand this sets a very high level of expectation for all pupils in the school at all times of day. At school we periodically discuss the need to be good ambassadors with regards to the wider community and that the details matter with regards to personal presentation. In short, first impressions count.

 With school uniform in mind I would like to reiterate and underline the necessity and expectation of a neat turnout by all pupils. Sadly, the impression of a thoughtless few can be the one that the passer by or visitor remembers rather than the strong appearance of the majority. There are some basic areas that I wish to refresh with all pupils. For pupils in St Bride’s blazers must be worn to and from school. They are not optional extras and coats when worn should be blue or black accordingly. Ties are to be worn neatly with top buttons done up. Shirts are to be tucked in. Attention to these areas will cover the vast majority of situations. All Form Classes are being reminded of the key details.

There is a significant amount of school uniform and games clothing that is being picked up, either at the Sports Hall or at the main school site. Where this is not named it makes it impossible to return to the individual and I would ask that any items brought into school are clearly named for this reason. 

One area of growth has been the tendency of iPods and other similar items to be worn alongside uniform. These may be useful for the journey into school, but it needs to be underlined that they are not to be worn around the school site or used in lesson time. If brought to school they should certainly be insured given that they are high value items.

The Bronze Duke of Edinburgh groups were able to fit in a training day on Sunday and it is good to see a large number of pupils involved with the D of E Award Scheme on a Friday afternoon. The training is being provided by Mike Bignall and his instructors from Go Venture! who have been training boys and girls in map skills, navigation and campcraft to prepare them for the Practice and Assessed Expeditions in the Summer Term. Next Sunday will be a training hill day for the Silver Award Group. Each participant is also seeking to ensure they have a good involvement in a chosen Service, Skill and Sporting activity that is signed off by an assessor. There is a huge range of potential activities to be involved in. Later this term (on Monday 15 March) there will be a Duke of Edinburgh Award’s Evening starting at 6.30pm.  Last year's Silver groups will give presentations on their expeditions (a requirement of the award).  Anyone who would like to know more about what goes on on an expedition is welcome to come along. I highly commend this scheme which we will continue to support strongly.

Congratulations to …

Nicola Lightfoot, Lucy Polden and Rachel Mansley who won the Dumbarton Rotary Public Speaking Competition and will be taking part in the District Final in Paisley this evening.

Megan Hastings and Blair Perella who represented the school at a concert at Lochgilphead School.  72 young musicians played together as the Argyll and Bute Schools Concert Band.  This is a great achievement.

Warmest congratulations to each of you.

From the Depute

• S1 Culloden Tripparents' meeting at 7pm this Thursday in St Bride's Hall.
• Eco Bags.  There are excellent quality eco bags for sale in a choice of colours and styles. Examples are available in the General Office and order forms may be collected from there.
• S2, S4 and S5 girls HPV vaccination (3) on Wednesday 3 March at 9.30am in Burnbrae. S4 pupils who have a GC prelim will go to Burnbrae straight after their exam.

Primary News

Lunch w/c 1 March– Mon –Chicken fajitas with tortilla chips, chocolate orange gateaux; Tues– Penne pasta, tomato, chilli and cheese with French bread, fruit platter;Wed– Jumbo fish fingers, chipped potatoes, peas and carrots, rice pudding and fruit; Thurs – Gammon with pineapple, creamed potato and sweetcorn, apple crumble and cream; Fri– Cheese and tomato pizza, beans and croquette potatoes, pears and butterscotch sauce.  A selection of fresh fruit and vegetables are available daily.

• At the Transitus Assembly Reverend Clark discussed Fair Trade fortnight with the children and encouraged them to think carefully about this issue.
• At the Clarendon Assembly on Tuesday Mr Calder spoke about Internet Safety. This was the first in a series of assemblies about this sadly vital topic.
• Parents’ Evening:The letter will be going out this week about the Clarendon Parents’ Evening taking place on Tuesday 9 March (4pm-6pm) and Thursday 11 March(7pm-9pm).  Sign up sheets for these occasions will be in the Clarendon Hall from Monday 1 March.
• Maths Week:In our last inspection it was suggested that we should look to make maths as relevant as possible for our children. Next week in St.Bride’s T1, T2 and S1 will be taking part in a Maths week where they will be taking a look at the usage of maths and numeracy in everyday life. This will include use of the Clarendon garden, liaison with the Art Department and taking part in the World Maths Week Challenge. In Clarendon I have decided to move the Maths week to 22 March to allow those teachers who have recently had student teachers, to prepare the children thoroughly for it. The theme for Clarendon Maths week will be ‘inside and out’ and will also have an artistic element.
• As you know, I consider numeracy and in particular literacy to be the foundations on which successful learning is built and I welcome all attempts to develop these skills in a variety of interesting ways.
• G A Calder.
• J5 York trip & T2 Edinburgh trip:Just a calendar reminder that the parental information meeting for the J5 York trip will take place in Clarendon (Mrs Cassel’s room) at 6.30pm on Thursday 4 March. The T2 information session will take place in Mrs Brown’s room at 3.30pm on Monday 15 March.
• Spring Bulb Competition:The Helensburgh & Gareloch Horticultural Society recently held their Spring bulb competition. In the J5 pot of daffodils competition Abigail Swigiscki came first, followed by Rachel Currie and Tyler Thomas took third place. The J4 Hyacinth competition was won by Cara Cawley, followed by Alice Mucklow and Finlay Gray in third place. Well done to everyone who took part.
• Burns Project Competiton:Mr Calder was amazed by the quality of the Burns projects by J5 this session. Certificates of honour were presented to Sophie Monteith, Chiara Robertson, Andrew Macleod, Paul Dunn, Wallis Jamieson, Millie Grover and Cameron Kemp.

Nursery News

• Chatterbox Challenge:  This will take place during the course of next week. All children should have brought home an information sheet and sponsor form; please send this in with any sponsor money on the day you would like your child to perform.  This is always a fun event, raising funds for a very worthwhile charity.
  Maths Week – this will now commence on the new date of  Monday 22 March ~ this is just to give you notice that we will be joining with Clarendon to focus specifically on Maths both indoors and out.
• World Book Day.  Thursday 4 March.  The children are invited to come to Nursery dressed as a storybook character.  It would be lovely if parents/grandparents could come in during the morning to read your child’s favourite stories for about 15 minutes – there will be a rota on the door if you would like to join us.

HEAD LICE

Early detection and eradication is key to the management of head lice.  No treatment is guaranteed to kill all head lice and their eggs, however bug busting (weekly conditioning and fine toothed combing), recommended by the Department of Health, is ideal for detection and eradication.  We have not experienced an outbreak of head lice in Lomond for some time and this is largely due to parental vigilance.  Further information and advice is available should you require it from the school.  L Serpell, School Nurse

S1/S2 PARENTS MATHS REFRESHER SESSION

In anticipation of the S1 and S2 Maths Assessments in March, there’ll be another of our occasional Refresher Sessions in school on Saturday 15 March from 11am-12 noon (tea/coffee and biscuits from 10.45!).  Everyone is welcome; we’ll be looking at Angles, Areas and Volumes.  Please email me at a.laceby@lomond-school.org if you would like to attend. (AJL)

LOMOND PTA FAMILY CEILIDH

All parents and children are warmly invited to the PTA Family Ceilidh which is taking place in Larchfield Hall on Saturday 20 March from 7.30pm to 10.30pm.  The band will be Crowded Croft and we will be serving light refreshments at half time.  There will also be a tuck shop and raffle.  Tickets are available from the School Offices and the PTA year reps for a very reasonable £5 for adults and £3 for children.  Do come along for what should be a very enjoyable evening.

LOMOND PTA SHOP

Colquhoun Tartan School Kilts now selling at ONLY £10.

Navy Crested School Jumpers in stock from only £12.

Lovely warm fleece lined waterproof jackets for juniors and seniors start at only £18. Hats and scarves also available.

The shop is open on Friday afternoons 3.30pm- 4.30pm

SENIOR DRAMA PRODUCTION

Many thanks for all the items which have been donated to the production however, we still desperately need 2 rubix cubes.  If you have one which we could borrow we would take great care of it!

TICKETS ARE NOW SOLD OUT.

HOLIDAY SPORTING ACTIVITIES FOR 5-14 YEAR OLDS AT LOMOND SPORTS HALL

An important strategy for the school is to get the best possible use of our new Sports Hall.  We have been approached by an established service provider ‘SportEcosse’ and they would like to run sports camps during the Easter 2010 school break.

Based on their success at other venues we have agreed to allow them to use our Sports Hall on a trial basis.  If the initiative is successful then we will allow them to continue during the Summer holiday period.  The camp is targeted towards 5 to 14 year old pupils.

Booking forms and leaflets have been sent out via email and are also available from Clarendon and the General Office. I would ask that any parents who are interested in this service should contact ‘SportEcosse’ directly.

SCRIPTURE UNION CAMPS J5 to S6

If anyone is interested in attending a Scripture Union camp this year leaflets are available at Clarendon and the General Office. 

CAREERS 2020 Learning, Skills and Jobs at the SECC, Glasgow.  Sunday 28 February

This is Scotland’s largest and most comprehensive event for jobs, careers, training and further & higher education opportunities. There will be 100 exhibitors.  Entry is free. Sunday 10.30am-4.30pm.

HELENSBURGH MUSIC SOCIETY  

Saturday 20 March 2010 at 7.45 pm at Victoria Halls, Sinclair Street, Helensburgh 

Sharona Joshua plays Chopin' Ballade in G minor, Ops23 and accompanies Baritone Thomas Guthrie in Schubert's song cycle Die Schone Mullerin.

Tickets are £11, £9 (concessions), £5(students), £1 (u16s) and available from the Membership Secretary 01436 672402, The Pink Gallery, 28 Sinclair Street, Helensburgh 01436 678848 and on door.
 

ROYAL SCOTTISH GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY– Shipton Country – Stephen Venables

Stephen Venables was the first Briton to climb Everest without supplementary oxygen and by a new route.  That groundbreaking ascent was just one of his many pioneering expeditions around the world. In this inspiring illustrated talk Venables tells of often finding himself following in the footsteps of Eric Shipton, who was one of the greatest climbers of his time

Thursday 25 February at 7.30pm in Park Church Hall.  Entry is £6 and students are free.  All welcome.  Further information is available from David Forrest 01436 671341

PE

HOCKEY

Saturday 27February                                            Lomond v Jordanhill School

• 1^st XI meet at Ardencaple for 8.45am, finish at 10.45am.  Bring clean indoor shoes for match teas upstairs.
• 2^nd XI meet at Ardencaple for 9.30am, finish at 11am.  Bring clean indoor shoes for match teas upstairs.
• 1^st Yr ‘B’ (T2 players) meet at Ardencaple for 10.30am, finish at 12 noon.  Bring clean indoor shoes for match teas upstairs.
• 1^st Yr ‘A’ and 2^nd Yr ‘A’ & ‘B’ all meet at Sports Hall at 7.50am to travel to Jordanhill, return approximately 1pm.  1^st Years travel in Full Tracksuits, but bring school uniform to change into.  All other players travel in School Uniform.
• 3^rd Yr ‘A’ team meet at Sports Hall for 8am to travel to Clydesdale to compete in the West District Junior Hockey Tournament.   All players travel in Full Tracksuits and take school uniform to change into in case of adverse weather.  Return to Sports Hall for approximately 1pm.

T2 Hockey team is travelling to Glasgow Academy Primary Tournament on Friday 26 February.  Mini-bus leaves school at 11.45am to travel to Windyedge and will return at 5.30pm.  All pupils should have received a letter about the details.  Bring a packed lunch.

Lomond School Primary Hockey Festival on Tuesday 2 March at Ardencaple.

All T2 girls will be involved in this event and will need to bring their PE kit and full hockey tracksuit.  A letter with all the details will be handed out this week.

2^nd XI West District Tournament on Wednesday 24 February,mini-bus leaving at 12.15pm and returning 6.15pm. Bring a packed lunch.

Please could all pupils make sure they phone the cancellation number of the Captain or the Girls’ mobile phone 0751 843 0319 before leaving on the Saturday morning.

• Future dates:
• Hutchesons’ Senior Hockey & Rugby VIIs on Wednesday 3 March – away.
• S2 Hockey & Rugby matches v King’s School, Newcastle upon Tyne on Friday 5 March  – Home
• S2 ‘A’ team Tournament at Hutchesons’ Grammar School on Tuesday 9 March – away.
• West District VIIs ‘A’ & ‘B’ teams on Wednesday 10 March – away.
• High School Hockey & Rugby VIIs on Wednesday 17 March – away.

RUGBY         

Saturday 20 February           Lomond School v Glasgow Academy

• 1^st XV, U16 XV, S3, S2 and S1 away:  KO 10am
• Depart 8.15am return by 12.30pm.

Please could all pupils make sure they phone the cancellation number of the Captain or the Boys’ mobile phone 0751 843 0155 before leaving on the Saturday morning.

SPORTS HALL ON SATURDAYS

Pupils are invited to use the Sports Hall on Saturday 27 February as follows:

J5 and Transitus                   Basketball and Badminton                  10am -11am

S1 – S6                                   Badminton                                           11am – 12noon

Charity Appeal – Aquabox

We are helping with a project under the title of Aquabox. This is an innovative scheme where we help by filling a number of Aquaboxes with items that will help in an aid or relief situation (please see the full list is below). Once the boxes arrive they are then used to act as water purification filters and hence in providing essential clean water. The charity has its own website at http://www.aquabox.organd we will be attempting to fill several Aquaboxes this term. Could I ask you to see if there are any items that you could contribute? These may be handed in at Reception, at which point senior pupils will co-ordinate the filling of the Aquaboxes. These are quite literally life savers.  I do thank you for any items you might be able to send on.

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All parents and children are warmly invited to the

PTA Family Ceilidh

which is taking place on

Saturday 20 March

from

7.30pm to 10.30pm

in

Larchfield Hall

Adults £5/Children £3

Dancing to Crowded Croft

Light refreshments, bar, tuck shop, raffle

Tickets are available now from your PTA year rep, Mrs Ferguson and the General Office.

ADV E R T I S E M E N T S

The school is happy to advertise articles for sale for example sports equipment, musical instruments, items of furniture and other small items. The main intention is for the Lomond community to sell smaller items amongst themselves.  For these small ‘For Sale’ advertisements the charge is £2 per item per week.

Business Advertising

This is meant to be for small local businesses. Some goods and services cannot be included such as property transactions, financial services, tuition and childcare.  Charges are per week - £25 for a full page, £15 for ½ page and ¼ page will be £10.  Small ads (1/8^th page or less) will be charged at a rate of £5 per week.

Deadline: Tuesday 12 noon

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Up and coming event….

High Style for Haiti

Please may we have any of your smart, elegant, stylish clothes (handbags, hats, jewellery and other accessories) for a sale to raise money for Haiti.  A date and venue will be confirmed nearer the time but before the end of March.

Please deliver your donations to the Red Cross office at Glenfinlas Street, Helensburgh or call Mairi 07884372016 or Shona 07837500992 and we will collect

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Wednesday 3 February 2010

From the Headmaster

This first half of term has sped by and the corporate life at Lomond has been extremely busy. I am delighted to see the very wide range of work, activities and events that our pupils are involved in and the way in which they tackle these with enthusiasm. Currently our Senior 5 and 6 pupils are engaged on their Prelim examinations as they prepare in earnest for their examinations ahead. This is the core of the work but with a vast number of additional and worthwhile activities in addition.

The Evening of Song and the Inverclyde Music Festival celebrated and showcased the great degree of musical enthusiasm that exists. I have been delighted to see the individual and group success at both of these events and thank Mrs Lyon, Mr MacDonald and Mrs Philips for their strong input. The Evening of Song raised an excellent sum of £750 for Macmillan Cancer Relief and proved to be a great celebration of the work of Mrs Heather Clark, who so sadly passed away through her battle with cancer last summer.  I think that she would have been delighted by the efforts of pupils and former pupils who put on such an excellent set of choral performances and we were proud to have Heather’s husband, Dereck, and daughter, Helen, with us on Friday.

Recently there was an exceptional charity collection for Haiti which also raised in excess of £950 which has been sent on to Oxfam. Thank you again for this generosity to a people in great need. We are helping with a related project under the title of Aquabox. This is an innovative scheme where we help by filling a number of Aquaboxes with items that will help in an aid or relief situation (a full list is on the back of this newsletter and on the school website). Once the boxes arrive they are then used to act as water purification filters and hence in providing essential clean water. The charity has its own website at http://www.aquabox.organd we will be attempting to fill several Aquaboxes this term. Could I ask you to see if there are any items that you could contribute? These may be handed in at Reception, at which point senior pupils will co-ordinate the filling of the Aquaboxes. These are quite literally life savers.  I do thank you for any items you might be able to send on.

We are firmly committed to improving our communication with families year on year. To this end I hope that the Blue Book has proved useful and any comments can be emailed to the School Office with suggestions for inclusion. We would like to increase our use of email and it is proposed that the school newsletter will be emailed out as a matter of course unless families prefer not to have it. The email addresses we use will be taken from the school database and hence it is most important that we receive any changes or updates to email addresses, (and mobiles, landlines, work and home contact numbers), as these occur. Please can any requests for communication changes be sent to Mrs Polden at admin@lomond-school.organd these will be updated.

There is a busy schedule of trips arranged for Half Term. Great thought and planning goes into these and I hope that all the pupils involved will have a very enjoyable and safe set of trips. They include the Ski Trip to Austria, the S4 Art Trip to London and the S4 and S6 French Trip to Nice. It was wonderful to hear from our travel company and hosts in Belgium who wrote back recently regarding the S2 Physics Trip to the European Space Centre saying ‘It is also our pleasure to share with you the first class manner in which Lomond School acted during this trip.’. This keeps the bar very high and I am certain that we will hear good reports of future trips. In the meantime I wish all families a most restful and energising break at Half Term.

Congratulations to ....

Katherine McPhie and James MacDonald who were joint winners of the Burns Reading competition at school.

At the Inverclyde Music Festival 2010 Lomond pupils continued to triumph:

Sarah Leslie Carter was winner of the Under 16 Light Opera/Musical category.

Will McDade was the winner of the George Taylor Trophy for Scots Song performed by boys 11 and under and Helena Philips was the winner of the Girls age 11 Scots Song category and the runner up in the winners’ class.

The Lomond School Rowing Club members – please see the details further on in the newsletter.

Nicola Skrastin and Constanze Zehentmeier’s success in the West District Indoor Hockey Squad – please see Mrs Taylor’s report under the PE section.

These are excellent achievements and we send our warmest congratulations.

From the Depute

• S3 Parents' Evening    Wednesday 3 February       7pm-9.30pm
• T1 Parents' Evening    Thursday 18 February         7pm-9pm    (Mrs Fullarton and Miss Boyd will also be available on Tuesday 23 February 4-6pm)
• Sign-up sheetsT1 sheets are available. S3 sheets only available until lunchtime today. 
• Higher/Advanced Higher Prelim examsbegin today and continue after half term.  The exam timetable is available on the website.  Lessons will continue as normal during the prelim exam period.
• T2-S2 and S5-6 attitudinalswill be posted this Friday.
• Half TermMonday 8 February - Monday 15 February inclusive.  Pupils return to school at 8.30am on Tuesday 16 February.

Primary News

Lunch w/c 15 February– Mon –HOLIDAY; Tues– Pancake Day. Chicken curry and rice, crêpes and chocolate sauce;Wed– Breaded haddock, sweetcorn and chipped potatoes, jelly and fruit; Thurs – Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding with baby roast potato and cauliflower, banana boat and chocolate chips; Fri– Spaghetti Bolognese with garlic bread, fruit platter.  A selection of fresh fruit and vegetables are available daily.

• At Transitus Assembly this week T1A focused on the Winter Olympics and the pleasure that is taken by the giving and receiving of prizes.
• At the Clarendon Assembly on Tuesday Mr Calder spoke about Miep Gies who died recently at the age of 100.
• Inverclyde Music Festival:After the choral successes of last week the individual categories have also been very profitable for our singers. Helena Philips won her class very well and then came a very close second in the ‘final of finals’ whilst Will McDade returned with the winner’s quaich for his category. The performances of both pupils was commented upon in glowing terms by one of the officials who spoke to Mr Calder.
• Mr Calder would like to thank Mrs Philips hugely for her contributions – to both the Inverclyde Festival and the ‘Evening of Song’ on Friday night.
• Transitus Burns Celebration:The Transitus classes finish off our run of Burns celebrations this week. On Thursday a storyteller will be in school whilst on Monday the classes shared in an afternoon of poetry and song. The standard in the competition was very high indeed with Ella Keating performing ‘A man’s a man for a’ that’marvellouslyfor the poetry quaich and Sally Ram singing ‘Ye Banks and Braes’ extremely well to win the song competition. Runners up in the poetry competition were Helena Philips and Becca Hordern whilst in the song competition they were Ella Keating, Jasmine Leila and Will McDade.
• Parking around Clarendon:Once again I feel the need to write a piece in the newsletter about the parking around school which continues to worry me on a daily basis. Our Junior Road Safety Officers are now being proactive in educating our youngsters and also in being around at peak times. I would ask politely that their guidance be heeded.

Nursery News

• Registration week for 2010-2011:  If your child's birthday falls between 1 March 2006 and 28 February 2008 you will be eligible for Local Authority pre-school funding.  All parents who have completed a School application form should have received details about registration which is taking place in Clarendon during the course of this week.  Please contact Mrs Reynolds in the Nursery on 01436 675647 if you have not received this information, or if you are considering joining us during the next academic year as we only have a few places still available.
•  Oral Hygienist: will be visiting on Thursday.
  Curry Night: At Helen's on Thursday from 8pm. Please let Helen know if you can make it so she can judge numbers.  Any contributions of food or drink will be welcomed.

PTA NEWS

• Parents’ Coffee Morning.  First Friday in February, it must be Coffee, Cakes and Chat at the Commodore. 10am as usual, look forward to seeing you there.
• The PTA sessions in the Sports Hall have now started.  There is a great fitness session in the Dance Studio, Fit'n'Mix Friday which is being held between 11am and 11.45am on Friday mornings.  It is 45 minutes of aerobic exercise, toning and relaxation and caters for all fitness levels.  It is being run by Julie Smith who is an aerobics instructor and is well known in the area for her enjoyable mix of exercise styles.  If you are free on a Friday morning, do come along for a quick burst of exercise before the weekend.  

ROWING CLUB

Several of the founding members of the school rowing club took part in their first major competition last Sunday at the Scottish Indoor Rowing Competition held at Heriot Watt University.  Their achievements included two Gold Medals and despite some of the team having trained for just four weeks the pupils concerned delivered very commendable performances against stiff competition from much more experienced indoor rowers.  Rebecca Lightfoot put in a fabulous performance in the Women's J18 lightweight category rowing 2000m in 8 min 11 sec and took first place overcoming competition including one of last year's Scottish Rowing National junior team members.  Tom Claxton formed part of a composite team in the J15 team event that also gained a first place rowing 1000m in 3 min 12 sec with the school's own J15 team of Morgan Serpell, Calum Wilson and Oliver Monteith not very far behind with a time of 3 min 57 sec.  Tom, Morgan, Calum and Oliver together with Holly Lewis also delivered competitive performances in their individual events.  Chris Chivers had a strong row in the highly competitive J16 event achieving 2000m in 7 min 26 sec.

DRAMATIC APPEALHelp please!  The senior drama cast desperately need you to raid your drawers and cupboards for 80’s clothing – no questions asked!  Their wish list includes:

• A couple of rubix cubes
• A Luke Skywalker outfit
• A Princess Leia outfit and wig
• A white suit (male adult size)

Any other 80’s inspired clothing (or even authentic from those of us who were enjoying it at the time!!!)

These things would be well looked after and returned immediately after the show.  It would save us a lot of money if we could borrow them rather than hiring them. (This plea was brought to you by Mrs C McElhill)

ICE PACKS

Recent research suggests that the use of ice packs in schools is often “inappropriate and over enthusiastic”, and can lead to adverse complications such as thermal burns.  My own experience supports this and I would add that pupils often seek an ice pack for small bumps and bruising.  The treatment for soft tissue injuries includes ice, compression, elevation, rest and referral, with no element being more important than the next.  If an ice pack is deemed necessary then a First Aider will assess the injury and instigate appropriate action.  Ice packs will no longer be given out at a pupil’s request.  Lesley Serpell, School Nurse.

ROYAL SCOTTISH GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY- Travellers Talk Series

Please join us to hear two excellent speakers - Dr David Forrest on Iran 2009 and Mr Barry Moore on Tibet.  Thursday 11 February at 7.30pm in Park Church Hall.  Entry is £6 and students are free.  All welcome.  Further information is available from David Forrest 01436 671341

PE

Congratulations to Nicola Skrastin and Constanze Zehentmeier who were both selected to play for West District Indoor Hockey squad at the weekend.  At the Inter-District Tournament, West finished second beating Midlands and South and losing to East and South-West.  Conni was top goal scorer for West with 6 goals and Nicki scored a creditable 3 goals throughout the Tournament.  East won the tournament and the West girls received silver medals. 

• Jordanhill Primary Hockey Tournamenton Thursday 4 February at Jordanhill School. 

The selected T2 team will be leaving at 12 noon, as the Tournament starts at 1pm.  Return approximately 5.30pm back at the main building.  All players must bring a packed lunch to eat on the journey to Glasgow.

• SSAA Scottish Schools Indoor Athletics Championshipson Thursday 4 February at Kelvin Hall. 

Mrs Fitzgerald is taking a group of athletes to compete in this competition.  Leaving at 8.30am from the main building, return time will depend on how successfully they perform. 

• Ski Trip to Austria 2010

Pupils must drop off their bags in St.Bride’s Hall at 8.30am on Friday 5 February. 

• Future dates:
• Glasgow Academy T2 Hockey Tournament on Friday 26February at Windyedge, Glasgow.
• Lomond T2 Hockey Festival on Tuesday 2 March at Ardencaple from 1pm – 4pm.
• Hutchesons’ Senior Hockey & Rugby VIIs on Wednesday 3 March – away.
• S2 Hockey & Rugby matches v King’s School, Newcastle upon Tyne on Friday 5 March  – Home
• S2 ‘A’ team Tournament at Hutchesons’ Grammar School on Tuesday 9 March – away.
• West District VIIs ‘A’ & ‘B’ teams on Wednesday 10 March – away.
• High School Hockey & Rugby VIIs on Wednesday 17 March – away.

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