GUHS CHRISTMAS SERVICE

Our annual Christmas Service will be held at the Urquhart & Glenmoriston Church of Scotland at 2pm on Friday 20th December. The pupils will be performing a number of musical items and singing Christmas Carols throughout the service. Please come along and join us as we celebrate Christmas.

GUHS Senior Citizens Christmas Party

This year's party is on Friday 6th December. Pupils are asked to bring a gift up to the value of £5 to be handed out to our local senior citizens. If you are going to provide a gift please make sure the gift is wrapped and labelled for ‘Male’, ‘Female’ or ‘Either’. We ask that gifts be handed to the office no later than Wednesday 4th December. Thank you for your support.

GUHS FASHION SHOW

Glenurquhart High School Parent Council has organised a Fashion Show to be held at Blairbeg Hall on Thursday 7 November at 7pm in aid of school funds. The boutiques include Quiz, Topman, Oasis, Warehouse, Debenhams and Phase Eight and outfits will be modelled by pupils and teachers. Tickets cost £10/adults, £5/children/concessions and includes cheese and wine. Excellent raffle prizes to be won. Please come along and show your support- it's going to be a great night!

GUHS FANCY DRESS SPONSORED WALK

Glen Urquhart High School has organised a sponsored walk for the last day of term, Friday 4th October. The route is approximately 8 miles and is mainly through forest to avoid roads as much as possible. Last year we had a very successful sponsored walk with every pupil participating. The funds raised were used to support our extra-curricular programme, the study bus, visits and school events. This session the proceeds of the walk will again go towards financing the many clubs, school trips and activities the school offers. Please support our School Fund.

GUHS PARENT COUNCIL AGM

Please note that the AGM of GUHS Parent Council will take place on Wednesday 11th September at 7pm in the High School to be followed by the Parent Council Meeting.  The AGM will include the election of office bearers. All parents/carers of pupils are entitled to attend and an invitation is extended to all. Minutes of the previous meetings can be found on the “Parent Council” section of the school website.

Manon Robinson - First in National Scottish Spelling Bee Competition

Manon Robinson represented Glen Urquhart High School at the National Spelling Bee competition held at the Scottish Parliament last Friday. She achieved the best score of all the First years taking part in the school and was invited to compete in the final in Edinburgh.

Thirty seven S1 pupils from twenty schools in thirteen authorities participated in the semi-final. They were asked to learn two hundred words in French, German or Spanish. They had to be able to translate the words from English and spell them using the alphabet of the target language. They had to spell as many words as possible in one minute.

After a guided tour of the Parliament, pupils were ushered into a rather grand committee room for the semi-finals. The contestants were facing the audience and the words were displayed on large screens behind them. The atmosphere was electric and there was a lot of encouragement from the supporters.

In the first round, four were chosen to go through to the final. Manon was first and subsequently achieved a score of fifteen words in the final, becoming the first National Spelling Bee champion for French.

The event was supported by the European Commission and organised by the University of Strathclyde and SCILT (Scotland’s National Centre for Languages). The MSP Maureen Watt sponsored it. The event was so successful; the organisers are very keen to see it grow.

Many thanks to M. Nègre, who encouraged the pupils to take part and supported them all the way to the final. A well-deserved trophy for the school.

SQA Exam Study Leave

All pupils should use their Study Leave wisely. They should follow a study plan and find somewhere suitable to work. S4 Study Leave begins on Thursday 25th April at 3.35pm and ends on Friday 7th June. S5/6 Study leave begins on Tuesday 7th May and ends on Friday 7th June. The new timetable for all pupils will begin on Monday 10th June. We wish our pupils every success in their exams.

COMIC RELIEF AT GUHS

The school is running a number of events this week in support of Comic Relief

DODGEBALL

This Wednesday we will play the qualifying games with the top 4 teams going to the finals on Friday. These teams will play against the two staff teams on Friday lunchtime.

DRESS DOWN/UP

Friday registration will be the £1 dress down/dress up day and at break time we will be doing the bake sale.

HARLEM SHAKE

At morning interval the pupils, who buy their red noses for £1, will gain entry into the theatre for the school's very own Harlem Shake. 

School Trip to Les Miserables

Monday 11th March at Eden Court Cinema. The bus will leave the school at 6.30pm and return at approximately 10.30pm. 35 students and 10 staff will be attending this fantastic production.

SEEKING INVIGILATORS AT GUHS

We are looking for people in our area to support pupils during the prelims exams in January/ February  and main SQA exam diet from the 26^th April to the 7^th June.  An Invigilator undertakes the duties of invigilation for the external assessment of National Qualifications, in accordance with SQA policy and instructions.  Details of the main duties are outlined below.

·         Supervise external assessments (examinations) to ensure candidates have the appropriate assessment materials provided by SQA

·         Ensure that the assessments for which responsibility is assigned are carried out in accordance with the specified instructions

·         Report to the Chief Invigilator any anomalies during the external assessments

·         Assist with the collation of the candidates’ answer books and other work for submission to SQA

·         Responsible for the accurate recording of candidate attendance on attendance registers where appropriate

Invigilators are paid per hour.  If you are interested please contact Depute Rector Alan Bruce on 01456 459134 for more information. 

Duke of Edinburgh Award

Here is a video, created by our pupils, showing the fun and challenges involved in participating in DofE !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cylb6rBvJcQ&feature=plcp

GUHS S2 Parents’ Meeting and Information Evening

The S2 Parents’ meeting is on Monday 28^th January 2013 from 5pm until 7pm followed by a presentation for S2 parents and pupils. At this presentation we will give further information regarding GUHS curricular changes and on the choices your child will have to make in March. If possible please attend this meeting and presentation so you can be fully informed about your child’s progress and future pathways.