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Sept 2014 2 Duncanrig News Start of Term As the new school session settles down I would like to take this opportunity to inform parents, carers and pupils that I have returned to Duncanrig following my 2 year secondment to SLC Headquarters in Hamilton. I am delighted to be back and feel as though I haven’t been away. I would like to express my thanks to Mr Randall and my staff for the work they have done over the last 2 years to maintain the high standards expected at Duncanrig. This work is reflected in our excellent national examination results that have just been issued to our pupils. Congratulations go to all our pupils who successfully gained awards in their SQA examinations. This year saw the introduction of the new National 4 and 5 awards and the performance of our S4 pupils indicates that they coped very well with the new arrangements. Our new timetable is up and running and shows a huge range of courses for our youngsters to pursue along with many activities in our extra-curricular programme. I would encourage all of our young people to grasp the many opportunities available to them and to participate fully in the life of our school. A list of some of the extra-curricular activities in Music and Sport are shown on the last 2 pages of this newsletter. I wish everyone all the best and every success for the year ahead. George Wynne, Headteacher [email protected] Parent Forum: Annual General Meeting Our Parent Forum Annual General Meeting will be held this session on the evening of Monday 15th September. The AGM reports back to parents and carers on the work done over the preceding session and sets out
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Duncanrig NewsStart of TermAs the new school session settles down I would like to take this opportunity to inform parents, carers and pupils that I have returned to Duncanrig following my 2 year secondment to SLC Headquarters in Hamilton. I am delighted to be back and feel as though I haven’t been away. I would like to express my thanks to Mr Randall and my staff for the work they have done over the last 2 years to maintain the high standards expected at Duncanrig.This work is reflected in our excellent national examination results that have just been issued to our pupils. Congratulations go to all our pupils who successfully gained awards in their SQA examinations. This year saw the introduction of the new National 4 and 5 awardsand the performance of our S4 pupils indicates that they coped verywell with the new arrangements.Our new timetable is up and running and shows a huge range of courses for our youngsters to pursue along with many activities in our extra-curricular programme. I would encourage all of our young people to grasp the many opportunities available to them and to participate fully in the life of our school. A list of some of the extra-curricular activities in Music and Sport are shown on the last 2 pages of this newsletter.I wish everyone all the best and every success for the year ahead.
George Wynne, Headteacher
Parent Forum: Annual General MeetingOur Parent Forum Annual General Meeting will be held this session on the evening of Monday 15th September. The AGM reports back to parents and carers on the work done over the preceding session and sets out the plan of work for this session.
All adults with caring responsibilities for current Duncanrig pupils are eligible to attend and are encouraged to do so. If you are interested in becoming a parent member of the Parent Council this would be the ideal opportunity to get to know the work done on behalf of our school by its elected parents.
The meeting will be held in our school library and will commence at 7 pm.
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School Captains TeamsI am delighted to announce the appointment of the following S6 pupils as School and House Captains.
School Captains Payam Givaki (Vice Captain) Alexandra Perrie (Captain)
Allyson Little (Vice Captain) Craig Cameron (Captain) House CaptainsAvondale Daniel McDonald, Stephen Cardwell, Katie Lyon, Cara Long, Katie Irvine,Conor Smith, Saul Johnstone, Cara Nicoll, Grace Mukulumani. Blantyre Scott McFarlane, Stephanie McLaughlin, Connor Campbell, Rhona Munro, Kerry Adam, Harry Clark, Louise Hooper, Sandy Macleod, Rachel Keeley. Cathkin Caitlin Abberley, Amy Bryden, Abigail Dornan, Jordan Lindsay, William Harper, Christopher Hepburn, Sophie McLaren, Scott Dowie .Sean McCartney - House Captain with a special remit to the CSB. Drumclog Tegan Brodie, Reuben Stuart, Taylor Jamieson, Beth McCulloch, Gavin Russell, Amy Jarvie, Lauren Findlay.
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Training
Ice Bucket ChallengeAs part of their Leadership course, a group of S6 pupils volunteered to don “onesies” and complete the Ice Bucket Challenge. They also managed to persuade/cajole/bully Mr Wynne into doing likewise. They even supplied him with a dinosaur onesy to avoid him having any excuses.
Our new S1 pupils were invited to support the event by donating £1 to Motor Neurone Disease Scotland in exchange for being able to spectate at the event.
The “challenge” was a great success and a cheque for £250 has been sent to MND Scotland to support their research. As you can see from the photo, the pupils took great care to see that Mr Wynne was fully involved.
Staff NewsThis session has seen a number of staff changes within Duncanrig and details are shown below;AppointmentsI am delighted to welcome Mr Obre as our newly appointed Depute Headteacher with responsibility for S1 and the Communications Support Base.Mr Collins and Mrs Boyd have been appointed as Acting DHTs for Blantyre and
Drumclog Houses respectively. Mrs Whiteford and Mrs Taylor have been appointed as Acting PTs English and
Business Education respectively.Mr Brown and Mrs Matthews have been appointed as Acting PTs Guidance.Mr Hynds continues in his role as part-time Acting PT Technical Education.DeparturesMr Chirnside, Teacher of Physics has retired after many years of service to our school. All at Duncanrig wish him a long and happy retirement.
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Duncanrig NewsIt is hoped to upload a video of the event onto the school website once we overcome the technical gremlins. Many thanks to the staff and pupils who supported the event and to the S1 pupils for their generosity.
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Duncanrig NewsAttention All Parents! Homework Club
Our Homework Club is now up and running and all pupils are encouraged to take advantage of it. The club runs every week from Monday to Thursday for an hour after school. It is run by S6 pupils who are there to help younger pupils with their class work and/or homework. They are very happy to help their peers as they try to make progress through their different subjects.
Not all the pupils seem to have tuned in to this message and this notice is to alert parents and carers to the existence of the club and the potential it offers to support pupils as they settle back into school. It is open to al l pupils but has particular importance to S1 pupils to develop good study habits at high school and to S4 and S5 pupils as they progress through national certificate courses.
The senior pupils are very keen and enthusiastic for the Homework Club to be a busy, vibrant place where pupils can help to support each other.
If you spent money last session buying revision guides, success guides and books of past papers, the S6 pupils who run the Homework Club have a cunning plan to get you half of your money back.
OR .............If you think that you are going to have to spend money this session buying revision guides, success guides and books of past papers, the S6 pupils who run the Homework Club have a cunning plan to save you half the cost.If you are interested in selling on old guides and past papers for half price to pupils who will need them this year please go along to the Library after school and speak to one of the Captains on duty. They will tell you about dbay!
Young Sport Ambassadors for Duncanrig
Young Sport AmbassadorsCongratulations to S6 pupils Alana Hutton and Scott Watson who have been successful in their application for the role of Young Sport Ambassadors for Duncanrig and our partner primaries for this year. Their role is to motivate and inspire young people to take part in sport and physical activity by helping to organise programmes and events, promote lunch-time and after-school clubs and promote healthy lifestyles. Their notice board will be in the S6 Social Area next to the PE department. Look out for Alana and Scott in school.
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Walking ClubThe walking club is planning a walk from the Devil’s Beef Tub to the Gray Mare’s Tail on Sunday 7th September. Any interested pupils (all years) should contact Mr Heeps in the Geography Department. No experience is necessary, just the correct clothes and footwear and plenty of enthusiasm!
Pupil Success: Ellie ParkCongratulations to S3 pupil Ellie Park who recently won the Scottish Junior Road Race Championships. Ellie has been selected to represent Scotland at the School Games in Manchester this month in 3 disciplines – track, road and mountain biking. She has been identified as a potential elite athlete of the future and will be involved in Olympics Development coaching .
Biology Department take our pupils ”CRIMPing”Our Biology Department are working in partnership with the Clyde Riverfly Monitoring Partnership (CRIMP). To see more details of this initiative please visit the Biology Dept section of our school website.
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Plea to Parents from the ladies in our School Office
Could you please ensure that you notify us when you change email addresses and mobile telephone numbers? Some of our communications to parents are “bouncing back” because house and mobile numbers and/or email addresses are no longer valid.
Parent Council Clothes Bank
Parents may not be aware that we have set up our own clothes bank. The bank is the brainchild of our Parent Council and sits at the front of our school on the path down to Duncanrig Sports Centre. The Parent Council has taken forward this initiative to raise funds for school activities. It is hoped to raise a four-figure sum each year to pay for extra-curricular equipment and transport costs for pupils representing our school in competitions and to help fund the costs of educational visits.
Please support this venture by depositing old clothes in the bank whenever you can. Your support will be greatly appreciated and help us support the huge range of activities that our pupils are able to take advantage of. I remember making the first deposit having “pruned” the wardrobes of my 4 children. Please dare to venture into the wardrobes and drawers of your children and fill some bags – it means less washing and ironing!
Outdoor jackets must be removed once pupils have entered school. Lockers are available for the storage of outdoor jackets. School blazers can be kept on in classes.
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Duncanrig NewsOur Uniform Code
Our Uniform Code has been in existence for a number of years and was the result of consultation among staff, pupils and parents. It has made a positive contribution to our school ethos and is very straightforward.
Blazer Plain white school shirt School tie Plain black school trousers or plain black school skirt (of knee length) Plain black v-neck jumper or cardigan that allows school tie to be seen ALL black footwear – including laces.
The uniform code is very simple and relatively cheap with scope for parent/pupil choice. However, certain forms of dress are not acceptable. These forms of dress/items of clothing:
fail to identify children/young people as pupils of their school are not in keeping with the school ethos potentially encourage factions (such as football colours and football tops) could cause offence (such as anti-religious symbolism or political slogans) could be a health and safety hazard (such as loose clothing, dangling earrings) carry advertising, particularly for alcohol or tobacco could be used to inflict harm on other pupils or be used by others to do so
Unacceptable Clothing jeans - including black jeans, “skinny” jeans and brushed jeans, combat trousers,
cargo pants, shorts, footless tights, leggings, tracksuits coloured tops, tops with large slogans or logos hooded tops, denim jackets white or coloured trainers/shoes polo shirts or black/grey/striped shirts very short skirts,’ tube’skirts heavy make-up large items of jewellery, large belts hats or caps
Visit our school website and add yourself to our mailing list if you wish to receive updates and notifications by email.
www.duncanrig.s-lanark.sch.uk
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Term One Dates to RememberSenior PrizegivingTuesday 16th SeptemberIn-Service Days Thurday 18th and Friday 19th SeptemberUCAS Information Evening Monday 22nd SeptemberSeptember WeekendFriday 26rd – Monday 29th SeptemberOctober BreakMonday 13th October – Friday 17th October
Lowero Group does “Krispy Kreme”As you may be aware, a group of our senior pupils are going out to Lowero over the October Week break to lend support to the work being done at the Lowero Community Project by Gabriel Kijjambu and his team.Raising funds to cover the cost of the trip has been a major challenge for the pupils and their parents/carers. They have devoted a huge amount of time and effort organising a huge range of fund raising events. The latest example of this was the sale of Krispy Kreme doughnuts on Friday morning.The group would like to express their thanks to all the pupils who supported them by buying and eating a doughnut (or 2!) on Friday. Their selflessness is much appreciated!
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Duncanrig NewsExtra Curricular Activities
Music Department Monday lunchtime – Ceilidh ‘n Folk Groups B003/B015Monday 3.15-3.45pm - S1/2 Guitar club B003Tuesday lunchtime – String Group (all S1-6 string players B015)Tuesday lunchtime – Woodwind Group (all S1-S6 woodwind players B002)Tuesday lunchtime – Jazz group – B003Tuesday 4.05-4.45pm - S1/2 Drum Club B001Wednesday lunchtime – Senior Ceilidh ‘n Folk Group B015 Wednesday lunchtime – S1 singing group B003 (all S1 pupils welcome)Wednesday lunchtime – S2-6 Choir B016 (all S2-6 pupils welcome)Wednesday 3.15-4.30pm - Concert band “The Street”Thursday lunchtime – Percussion group (all S2-6 pupils welcome)Friday lunchtime – Brass Group (all S1-6 brass players welcome)Friday 3.15-4pm – Chamber Collective (by invitation) B002
Computing Department ClubsProgramming Club – Monday lunch times – Mr Campbell – E108Animation Club – Wednesday lunch times – Mr Hunter – E108
Public Speaking and Debating Club: S1-S6The club meets in D008 at 1 pm on Thursdays. If you enjoy a good argument or just have plenty to say for yourself, this might be the club for you. There are competitions to enter and training events to attend outside school and regular school debates to get involved in. New members are always welcome.
Public Speaking and Debating Club: S4-6 Could club members who would like to attend the Hydro Referendum Debate on11th September please see Miss Whiteford as soon as possible to indicate their interest?
S1/S2 Art ClubMiss Fowler will be running a lunchtime Art Club for S1/S2 pupils in room E204. Please come along if you want to find more out about the club.
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Duncanrig NewsSports ClubsTable TennisMonday lunchtimes. See Mr Aranda (PE)
BadmintonThursdays after school. See Mr Wynne/Mrs Reid
VolleyballMondays after school. See Mrs Graham (PE)
BasketballTuesdays after school. See Mr Fabian (PE)
S1 Boys FootballMonday lunchtimes. See Mr Wilson (PE)
Other Boys Football TeamsLook out for notices in the bulletin
Girls FootballMondays after school. See Mrs Wilkinson (Biology)
RugbyAll years. See Mr Aranda (PE), Mr Durno (PE), Mr Shanks (Music)
DanceAll lunchtimes in the Dance studio except Mondays - see PE Staff
NetballWednesdays after school. See Mrs Flanagan (PE)
HandballWednesday lunchtimes. See Mr Durno (PE)
Fitness SuiteLook out for arrangements for induction in the bulletin and on notice boards
Please encourage your children to
get fully involved in the life of their
school.
