Welcome to our BBC School Report page. The following articles relate to school news and current affairs from the perspective of pupils at Carluke High School. This project is in collaboration with the BBC and with other schools across the United Kingdom. This is the second year pupils have taken part in the project which is organised through the Television Club, in the English Department.		BBC's School Report Project - News Day on Thursday 11th March   Click for more information Willie Pipes to Fame! Willie Armstrong, founding member of the band "Red Hot Chilli Pipers", is leaving his band to join Strathclyde Fire and Rescue again! He joined the band at 23 years old. Now after seven years he is going to play his final gig at the Renfrew Ferry in Glasgow on the 12th March. Read more... Clucky Contenders At the beginning of February 2010 Carluke High School, in South Lanarkshire, embarked upon an exciting new project in search of the ultimate chicken product. Read more ...   Tremendous Telly's! The future is finally here! 3D televisions are due to hit the shops this April. Manufacturer, Samsung, revealed that they will allow viewers to gain a novel viewing experience as they really capture the excitement of 3D films such as "Alice in Wonderland" and "Avatar". Read more ...   Charlotte Dances to Top Ballet dancer Charlotte Jones is set to take up a once in a lifetime position, as the lead in a production of Swan Lake, at the tender age of only 12 years old. Read more ...
Facebook Terror The day started like any other day would; a young 14 year old known as "sparkles96" decided that she would join the social networking website Facebook. Only 40 seconds after joining Facebook she was bombarded with unpleasant sexual messages from a 36 year old man named Chris. Sadly this is just one in a number of recent internet attacks. As the internet grows in popularity so do the risks that it poses to young people all over the world. Read more ...
Glasgow Commonwealth Games Badge Scandal It appeared last night that the new logo for Glasgow's Commonwealth games has a twin. It came to light that the company that designed the badge for the games already designed a very similar badge three years ago. The designers were stunned that the badges were basically the same. Yet claim that the design is still useable as it hasn't been seen in another country. Read more ...
Is it an Apocalypse? Have you seen the signs? Another military operation or impending apocalypse? Is the world as we know it going to end? Well according to theorists, yes, it is. Read more ...
Gates Knocked Off the Top Bill Gates the Microsoft billionaire has lost his position as the world’s richest man according to the US magazine “Forbes”. Gates was beaten to the top spot by seventy year old Mexican Telecom tycoon, Carlos Slim Helu, who is worth an estimated $37.5 billion. Helu is the first non-American to hold the position in 15 years Read more ...