Shoebox appeal

Report by S4 Personal Development

The S4 Personal Development Class is running an appeal for donations to fill shoe boxes that will be sent to Palestine.

A convoy will be driving to the Gaza Strip in December with vehicles to be used as ambulances, and the class hopes to send some gifts for the children, who are innocent victims of the war, along with this convoy.

We are looking to send shoe boxes filled with gifts such as soft toys (stuffed animals/teddies), small toys (Barbies, cars etc.), colouring books, crayons, toothbrushes, toothpaste, combs, small hairbrushes, travel sized games (travel sized connect 4 , chess, draughts etc.), sweets (jellies, chewy sweets – no chocolate) and gloves.

We also need donations of shoe boxes.

Any donations will be greatly received by the class.

 

Maths Challenge

The Maths Department held an Enterprise Event for 1st year.

There were five tasks to be completed, with teams rotating every 15 minutes: build a tower, two problem solving tasks, a treasure hunt, a relay and a paper cutting task.

The winning team were: Brogan Devine, Marc Costello, Stephanie McCarron, Katlyn Rankin, Ross Higgins, Caitlin Hoey. Many thanks for the additional help to S2 and S5 pupils, who kept track of time, and encouraged groups to move round quickly.

 

Sensory Garden developments

The Personal Development group have been hard at work, developing the ground in the Sensory Garden, in preparation for their next scheme.

There are many secret plans involving plastic bottles of all shapes and sizes, as well as a ribbon weave structure with assistance from Ms Steinert.

Mrs Sandra McRoberts is working with the group to help bring their ideas to fruition.

 

St Andrew’s Day

6th year style

Our Lady’s celebrated St Andrew’s Day in style with piper, saltires, kilts and tartan all over the place. 

Andrew House held various fundraising ventures, including selling tartan ribbons, organising Tartan Day, and general tin rattling in aid of St Andrew’s Hospice. Staff enjoyed a St Andrew’s coffee morning on the 28th, and got stuck into shortbread, smoked salmon, oatcakes and dumpling. Many thanks to Mrs Isobel Evans for all her help.

Piper and Dancer

 

Mr Jim Hughes provided wonderful piping throughout the morning, much to the delight of the pupils flocking round him. Mr Hughes also provided music for three 6th year pupils, Shelby Gilfillan, Natalie Curran and Cheryl O’Connor, who volunteered to dance a beautiful Highland Fling. 

 

The total raised from all events so far is £365, which will be donated to St Andrew’s Hospice.

 

Christmas Card Competition

Report from Ms Steinert

This year's winning Christmas card

All S1 pupils take part in this exciting competition to produce the official Our Lady’s High School Christmas card as part of their Art and Design classes.

The entries this year were of an exceptionally high standard with all pupils working very hard to produce some great images of angels based on Renaissance paintings which they interpreted in either a snow scene or with a colourful background.

The winning entry was produced by Kayley Roarty (1C), and the 4 runners up are: Leah Holmes, Lauren Harvey, Lorna Mitchell, and Colette Rodgers. All five designs will be created into cards and sold in packs of 5. These cards will be on sale at the Christmas concert on December 9th.

As so many entries were outstanding this year, we have also printed a selection of the other images as stickers for decorating envelopes.

 

Hallowe’en – the Horror or the Hair?

 

I tot I taw a puddytat...

A worried Senior Janitor thought he was seeing things as he watched Sylvester chasing Tweety-Pie up Dalzell Drive, watched by Spiderman and Bugs Bunny. In actual fact, it was just the beginning of this year’s superduper Hallowe’en Disco.

Beasties

The costumes were fabulous, with two sets of “118″ guys (that’s their real hair, you know), animals, pirates and superheroes, fairy tales and film stars and various ghoulies, ghosties and long-leggedy beasties. A surprising number of the clergy also showed up to boogie the night away.

Spot the prize winner?

In addition to the dancing and music, the crowd could have a shot of apple dooking, and various prizes were handed out for best costumes, including Leah Holmes’ as Cruella de Ville.

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The disco is organised and run by 6th year pupils for 1st years and helps raise funds for the Clydeview Christmas Party, yearbook and Leavers’ Dance.

 

Hallowe’en Disco

The 6th year Hallowe’en Disco for 1st year pupils is taking place on Wednesday 29th October in the school theatre.

The disco includes loads of good music and games, with all of 6th year dressing up (!) It can’t be missed!

Tickets cost £3 each, available from the 6th year Common Room on the ground floor.

If you’re still not sure, check out these photos from last year’s event (with apologies to last year’s S1!)

 

PD heroes

We’ve already thanked the staff below, but absolutely huge thanks and congratulations to the 5th year Personal Development class for all the work they put into the successful organisation of the Careers Convention.

As part of their coursework, the PD class were involved with:

• sending confirmatory messages to our exhibitors
• preparing headers for each exhibitor
• arranging the hall layout
• serving refreshments
• greeting and guiding exhibitors and guests
• taking photographs of the event
• creating a wall display of the event
• assisting with the surveys
• returning all furniture to the correct locations after the event
• thank you letters

This all involved a huge amount of time and effort and they were absolutely exhausted by the end of the day. So well done to:

Nadia Boyle, Stephanie Corry, Kimberley Felvus, Jacqueline Ann Gordon, Stephen McCarron, Danielle McGrane, Lorraine McKinley, Mark Norman, Darren Pew, Emma Riddell, Steven Stobie, Joanne Thomsonm Chris Tollan, Emma Walker and Jemma Halloran.

And don’t forget thanks also to Mrs Zambonini for providing guidance to the team throughout the planning and implementation.

 

Careers Convention

Our first Careers Convention takes place today, Thursday 9th October, with exhibitors from over 30 local employers, universities, colleges and training organisations taking part.

Future Firefighter?

Pupils from S2, S4 and S5 have been allocated time during the school day to attend the exhibition, while other pupils are able to visit at lunchtimes and after school. Parents/Carers and staff are welcome at any time. 

Many thanks to both Mrs Stemplis’ Hospitality class for assisting in the preparation of the food, and to Mrs Zambonini’s 5th year Personal Development (PD) class.

Also, thanks to the staff who organised the event (Mrs Mulholland, Mrs Darroch, Mrs King, Mrs McDonald, Mrs Macfadyen, Mr Murray, Mrs Zambonini) and to all the OLHS staff who supported it.

If you have visited the Careers Convention, please fill in our survey by clicking here.

 

Grand Designs

An exhibition of the work of Christine Burns, S6 will officially open on Wednesday June 4th in the SMT Base.

Christine has just completed her Advanced Higher Art and has kindly donated 5 acrylic canvases to the school. The paintings are figurative and really quite special- you might even recognise a few people in them!

The Art Department have invited all staff members to this opening show on Wednesday between 1:10 and 1:40 pm.

The exhibition will also be open to parents at the S1 Parents’ Evening that evening, so please come along and sign Christine’s comment book.