Holocaust Memorial Day 27th January 2012
"Speak up Speak Out"
The school is running several events to highlight HMD.
- S2 pupils are off to Edinburgh Film Theatre all day Monday to see ‘Hana’s Suitcase’, a movie about a girl who died during the Holocaust. Her brother who survived it will be there to speak to them afterwards and tell them about his personal experience of the event.
- Robert Cunningham and Stephen Buggy, S6 pupils, are taking assemblies all week, telling of their experiences during their visit to Auschwitz.
- Robert and Stephen were filmed by South Lanarkshire Council for a presentation to be shown on HMD.
- 2E6 are going to perform the poem ‘First they came’ by Pastor Martin Niemoller at assemblies.
- There is a display of fiction and non-fiction related to the holocaust in the library.
- A holocaust survivor is coming to speak to pupils on Thursday in the library.
For more details about Holocaust Memorial Day go to the website
Gold Rush Worshops
Gold Rush Worshops
The workshops are delivered by Karen Lewis-Archer, who is one of Scotland and Britain’s greatest woman wheelchair athletes and has competed in the Paralympics, World and European Championships. Her workshop encourages pupils to reflect on their participation in Sport and PE to positively impact and improve other aspects of their life.
The Gold Rush message is “sport can touch people’s lives in many ways and can provide a pathway for sustained excellence in sporting and non-sporting aspects of their life”
We are delighted that Karen is visiting the school, and believe that our pupils will enjoy and benefit from this experience.
Scholastic Book Fair
will be available in the school library from Monday 30th January. There will be a selection of current fiction and non-fiction available for pupils to purchase.
Zoolab
S2 Biology pupils are having a visit from Zoolab on Wednesday for animal handling workshops relating to the Planet Earth Curriculum for Excellence topic. Visit their
website for more details.