Star t of Term NewsletterAutumn 2016

In S4, our girls accomplished a first rate performance with a 94% pass rate, 83% of these were passes at A or B grade, with 23% of the year group achieving a notable 8 A Grades. At National 5 level, 12 subjects had an impressive 100% pass rate.

Congratulations to all of the girls and staff on their well-deserved success. 

SQA Result s Am ongst Top in Count ry

First Day for Junior 1

Kimberley Murray and Clark Stewart spent most of their summer in Melbourne, Australia during their exchange with Fintona Girls' School. As you would expect, we received a very positive report from the Principal at Fintona. The girls thoroughly enjoyed their experience.

Fint ona Exchange

With only 3 weeks of the new term complete, the summer holidays are fading into our memories as the pace picks up in school.

We warmly welcomed new pupils in Nursery, Junior and Senior School at the start of term. Many of the new families joined us for the Parents Association Barbecue.

We hope you enjoy reading the details of all of the events and activities over the summer and at the start of term.

Craigholme celebrated another year of outstanding results. Our S5 girls achieved an excellent pass rate of 97.1%, an outstanding 84.6% of these were A and B grade. 20% of our girls in the S5 year group attained 5 A?s.  Across all Higher courses, 11 subjects achieved an impressive pass rate of 100%, similarly at Advanced Higher, 5 subjects achieved a 100% pass rate.

Junior 1 pupils have settled beautifully into their new class. We know you will love being part of the Junior School.

Anna Brennan and Caitlin Scullion have been selected for the next exchange. Details of their partners have been received from Fintona and we will match up the girls in the next few days.

CRAIGHOLME SCHOOL VALUES

This session we will be raising the profile and embedding our school values. The Nursery and Junior School focus each month on one of the following values:

C- Confidence

R - Responsibility

A - Ambition

I - Integrity

G - Generosity

H - Hope

O - Openness

L - Loyalty

M - Maturity

E - Enthusiasm

The Senior School Values are:

Self Respect

Sharing our Talents

Care and Respect

Engaging with the community

Striving for Excellent

Skills for Learning

Life & Work

New York Academ y of Sciences Sum m it

Vaidehi Shah (S6), worked with students from USA and Macedonia to solve the problem of providing people with access to clean water while Manaal Shah (S5) and Ellie Marsh (S4) tackled the problem of food wastage.

Over 2,000 students applied for a place on the Academy, with only 280 being accepted worldwide. Of these 280, all three Craigholme girls made it into the final.

They were invited to present their project at The New York Academy of Sciences Summit, all-expenses-paid. Their trip included a variety of New York City cultural experiences as well as opportunities to connect with other STEM professionals.

At the event, Vaidehi's team won the overall prize for their section and Manaal and Ellie presented their project to PEPSICO where their work was recognised with a certificate of excellence. A fantastic achievement for each of these girls and an inspiration to other girls looking to follow a STEM career.

Last year Vaidehi Shah, Manaal Shah and Ellie Marsh completed a project for the International STEM Junior Academy which resulted in them making a trip to New York in the Summer to present their ideas at a summit. Each year, students are invited to apply to join The Junior Academy. They have to submit a scientific essay and if they are successful, they go on to take part in an innovative challenge in which they develop advanced research, innovation, and collaboration skills, working with like-minded students across the globe.

S4 Business Managem ent Tr ip t o Coca Cola

To aid understanding of production methods, S4 Business students visited Coca Cola Enterprises, East Kilbride. Gaining access to the facility was very regimented, illustrating the importance Coca Cola place on the protection of their brand and their production methods. During a tour of the facility the girls were able to see first hand the end to end production process with the overall visit being instrumental in allowing the girls to form a deep understanding of capital intensive production.

The senior 5 Higher Geography class spent the weekend in Millport where they took part in beach profiling, soil sampling and pebble analysis as data collection for their Higher Assignments.

Geography Field Tr ip Safet y in t he Park Junior 7 attended the annual Safety in the Park event which is a Magic Wand Community Health and Safety project designed to educate children on a variety of topics including internet safety, stranger danger, road safety, the affects of alcohol, hidden sugars and eco safety. The girls felt that this was a fun, amusing and valuable experience.

Over the summer new computers have been installed in the Senior School Resource Centre and Business Studies classroom. Our thanks to the Parents Association for funding this additional equipment. In addition, we have upgraded the domain controller improving the management ability over the network. Pupils and staff are now working from Office 365 enabling remote access to files.

ICT Updat e

Expressive Ar t s Updat eAll Expressive Arts clubs, choirs and ensembles have now begun and we encourage all girls to consider joining one of the many extra curricular groups.

Instrumental lessons have also begun and we look forward to hearing the fruits of the girls' labour at the events and concerts throughout the year. Our first event of the season is the Nursery to Junior 5 Harvest Festival on Thursday 13th October at 1115 hrs in the School Hall.

On the 30th November we launch an exciting new event, Craigholme Celtic Festival of song, music, dance and poetry. More details will be announced in due course.

The WOSIS Orchestral Weekend takes place on 30th September until 2nd October at Kelvinside Academy.

Dat es for Your Diary

Infant Nat ivit y (J1 - J3)

Thursday 15th December 2016

1415 hrs School Hall

Nursery Nat ivit y

Friday 16th December 2016

1115 hrs am School Hall

Nursery News

The Nursery welcomed 17 new pupils at the start of term along with 3 new fluffy friends. The nursery children are deciding on the names for the new guinea pigs and votes will be counted next week.

Nursery parents are invited to attend a coffee morning at 1115 hrs on Friday 16th September.

St af f NewsMrs Cameron returns to teach Chemistry.

Mrs Sweeney takes up her post as Head of Maths, Science & Numeracy.

Mr Morrison has moved to his new position as Deputy Head at Beaconhurst School, we wish him well.

Duke of Edinburgh Bronze

This year 7 Senior 3 pupils are taking on their Bronze Award and have their training day on

Sunday 18th September followed by their Practice Expedition on the 23rd and 24th

September.

Miss-Hit s Tennis

Following the visit from Judy Murray last session we will be offering a Miss-Hits programme. Details will be released soon.

New for 2016-2017, Craigholme School offer a bespoke Coaching and Leadership programme tailor made for our Senior School pupils. This initiative allows for pupils in S6 to develop key skills focusing on positive coaching techniques, play development and confidence building. As a school we create opportunities for development and volunteering within our Craigholme Community allowing us to foster successful learners, confident individuals, responsible citizens and effective contributors. 

Inspirational speakers will also deliver sessions on a number of focused topics.

S6 Leadership Course

We are delighted to be looking forward to a number of Former Pupil Reunions over the coming weeks. Class of 88 meet this weekend and Classes of 71, 76 and 83 all visiting the school for tours in October.

Class of 96 visited in June for their 20 year reunion and enjoyed a walk down memory lane.

Form er Pupil Reunions

OPEN EVENING

Wednesday 5t h Oct ober 1800 hrs - 2100 hrs

Com m unit y Spor t s Sum m er Program m e

The Sports Complex has had a busy summer of events and bookings starting with the Titan Taekwondo Club Championships on 25th June. The Glasgow Archers Tournaments followed on the 3rd July with the American Shoot which attracted over 60 participants and on the 20th - 21st August they held their Junior and Senior Open Championships.

BBC hired the car park area of the Sports Complex from the 5th to the 8th of August as a base site for catering and auditioning facilit ies for actors working on filming within the Southside.

On the 14th August there was the Thistle Futsal Festival and 27th and 28th August a Yoga Training Workshop.

Com m unit y Let sCommunity Lets were still ongoing throughout the summer the majority of bookings restart in August and September.

New sessions that have been included are Bolly-Yogi-Wood dance extending their sessions to Tuesday and Friday. NHS Nurses Netball Club on Wednesday, Bootcamp on Wednesday and Friday and Thistle Futsal on Monday.

Summer in the City delivered camps across the four weeks in July. Their numbers ranged from 20-30 children each week with most of the participation base attracting children from external schools and other local areas.

Creation Dance School delivered camps on the last 2 weeks of July. Each week was a drama/ theatre based camp focusing on Broadway Musicals. Their numbers ranged from 15-20 children each week with a balanced proportion of the participation from children currently at Craigholme and external schools.

In-house camps were delivered on the first week of the summer holidays and first 3 weeks of August. The majority of children attending these camps were from external schools and the local areas.

Holiday Program m e

Parent s Associat ion Event sThe CSPA started the new session off with a thoroughly enjoyable Family BBQ. It was great to see so many new and current parents and children enjoy a lovely summer evening and tasty food. A celebration cake was a surprise treat.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Ceil idh - Fr iday 30t h Sept em ber , School Hall, 1900 hrs - 2200 hrs

J4 - J6 Disco - Thursday 13t h Oct ober , School Hall, 1900 hrs - 2030 hrs

J7 - S2 Disco - Thursday 3rd Novem ber , School Hall, 1930 hrs - 2130 hrs

Ext ra-cur r icular Act ivit iesMany of the extra curricular activities and hockey practices have already started. There will be a Senior School Extra-curricular Fayre on Thursday 22nd September to promote these activities. Please encourage your daughter to come along and find out about what is available and to join in.

Items for this session are being added to the school calendar as they are confirmed.

Parent Cof fee Drop-in

The next Cof fee Drop-in is Thursday 6t h Oct ober ,

1430 hrs - 1530 hrs in The Hub