CLYDEBANK SCHOOL HIGH Parentsâ€™ Newsletter

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chat at home about some of the information that is in these extracts. Of course, if you wish, we can send you home the whole booklet. Just let us know. I hope that you find all of this information helpful. As always, if you want to know more, contact the Pastoral Care team. Stewart Young

Dear Parent/Guardian

I hope that you enjoyed reading the information that was sent home to you as part of our annual Chartermark Special Edition Newsletter in January, which focused on all the self-evaluation that we do as a school. It is always a very heartening newsletter to compile because we do a lot as a school to achieve the best level of service that we can for you and your child/children.

In comparison, this is a “quieter” newsletter. The main theme, as always, is to encourage our S4-S6 pupils to work to the best of their ability as they prepare for prelims and SQA exams in 3 months’ time. I have included general prelim timetables for your information and also some extracts from the Study Skills booklet that we use in Social Education with senior pupils. You might want to

Head Teacher’s Letter

Staffing News First of all, many congratulations and very best wishes to Mr Morrison who leaves us on 13th February to start a new job as Depute Head Teacher in Cumbernauld High School. Mr Morrison has been at Clydebank High for 15 years and we will all miss his hard work and

dedication. Mr Morrison is being replaced as Acting Depute by Ms Cowan, who is being replaced in turn by Mrs McFadyen. Congratulations and best wishes to both. In the meantime, Mrs Robertson has taken up a position as Acting Head in Kilpatrick School in Clydebank. She has been replaced by Mr Hand, who in turn has been replaced by Mr Hunter as Acting PT Biology/Chemistry. Again, best wishes and congratulations to both. It has been good to welcome Mr Hunter back from his secondment with Learning Teaching

Scotland. On 2 March Mr Carson will also return to Clydebank High from his 23-month secondment with LTS. Many congratulations also to Ms Wallace who will be leaving us in the near future to take up the post of Head of Science at Dumbarton Academy. Ms Wallace has been with us for 4½ years and throughout that time has been endlessly enthusiastic about her subject in particular and education in general. We will miss her energy and drive. She takes with her our very best wishes for this next stage in her career.

February 2009 Issue 6

Parents’ Newsletter

Special points of interest:

Supported Study

PPP Update

Leadership Conference

Study Skills

Additional In-service Dates

Race Night

Waverley Cruise

Inside this issue:

Supported Study 2 Stock Market Challenge 3 S4/5/6 Prelim Timetable 4 Leadership Conference 6 A Curriculum For Excellence 10Parliamentary News 12 Diary Dates

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Supported Study


Tues 10 Feb Computing 3.30 pm S5/6 Prelims (1)

Thu 12 Feb Modern Languages 3.30 pm S5/6 Prelims (1)

Tues 17 Feb Mid Term Holiday

Thurs 19 Feb Physics / Biology 3.30 pm Maths 3.30 pm

Tues 24 Feb English Physics / Biology 3.30 pm

Thurs 26 Feb Modern Languages 3.30 pm Social Subjects

Tues 3 Mar Chemistry 3.30 pm S5/6 Prelims (2)

Thurs 5 Mar Physics / Biology 3.30 pm S5/6 Prelims (2)

Tues 10 Mar Social Subjects 3.30 pm Admin Bus Man 3.30 pm

Thurs 12 Mar Bus Man / Admin 3.30 pm English 3.30 pm

Tues 17 Mar Chemistry 3.30 pm Social Subjects 3.30 pm

Thurs 19 Mar Chemistry / RE 3.30 pm

Date Standard Grade Time Higher Time

Below are details of the remaining dates in our Supported Study programme for Standard Grade and Higher.

I thoroughly recommend our Supported Study programme to everyone. It must surely be one of the most focused ways of revising for exams.

Please encourage your son/daughter to attend as many sessions as possible. In addition, I would like to draw your attention to the following : Our Easter Revision

School will run on the first 3 days of the school holiday. The details of the subjects on offer will follow as soon as we have them.

There are ongoing lunchtime drop-in sessions in the Maths Department for S3-S6 pupils.

The English

Department is offering support to S4 pupils who have still to complete their Folio.

PPP Update So far, over 60 staff and 500 pupils have visited the new building which is still on schedule. In addition, please note : Sunday, 14th June: We will have a

Thanksgiving Service at 2 pm in Radnor Park Parish Church, followed by hospitality in the school and guided tours of the current building – for the very last time ever.

Sunday, 28th August Sunday, 28th August: We will have a service in the new school, again followed by

hospitality and guided tours of the new building.

Thursday, 25th June : trip on the Waverley “doon the watter”

Wednesday, 29th April (provisional) : open night, with an opportunity to have a tour round the current buildings

Weeks beginning 1st/8th June Dates will be arranged when the parents of the current P7 pupils will have the opportunity to have a look round the new building

Detention Rota The school runs a system of detention for pupils who misbehave in the corridors and playground. In recent months some pupils have just opted out and not attended, even although the school had notified parents. To try to stop this happening, we have changed the timing of detention to Tuesday or Thursday lunchtime between 12.50 - 1.10 pm. This allows us to collect the pupils period 4 and take them personally to the detention room! They can then go for lunch once detention is over. However, if attendance does not improve, we will have to move to a timing after school. We will monitor this approach closely and keep you informed of arrangements.




Stock Market Challenge

Issue 6

This was a very

high profile

event attended

by the Minister

of Education

Fiona Hyslop

and a vast

amount of

media.

As you know, Clydebank High won this event last year. This year, Miss McIntosh, one of our Business Studies Department, was asked to speak at the event from the point of view of the winning school. This is what she had to say: ‘I have been asked here today to give a brief talk of my experience with the Stock Market Challenge.

To be totally honest this is my first time here in the library at The Stock Market Challenge as it was one of my colleagues Claire McCulloch who brought Clydebank High School pupils last year but unfortunately, Claire is no longer at the school.

Last year the pupils at Clydebank High School won the Stock Market Challenge therefore part of the prize was for Barclays Bank to come into the school and run a stock market challenge with all the 3rd year pupils in the school. This was a very high profile event attended by the Minister of Education Fiona Hyslop and a vast amount of media.

Therefore as you can imagine this was a great achievement, raised the profile of the school and had excellent media coverage. The day was really good fun, Martin from Barclays Bank and Donna and Debbie from Career Scotland were great. Martin had costumes for us all to wear and he turned our Big Ship Café into a real live trading floor. The school was obviously on a smaller scale than here in the library but it still operated in much the same way. The pupils were given £10,000 of virtual money to spend, they had to watch news reports, read the newspapers to see how certain companies were trading. They then had to make informed decisions as of what companies they wanted to invest in and how many shares they wanted to buy. During the course of the day they had to keep a close on the market to see how their investments were doing and whether they wanted to buy or sell.

Before coming here today I met up with Claire who brought the pupils last year and she commented that she herself was not really sure what to expect but that the pupils really enjoyed the day. Claire was also nervous that she had not prepared the pupils enough but was reassured after it as everything that they needed to know was covered on the day. Claire stated that it is very important to pick the team carefully as they all had to contribute their different strengths.

As you can imagine the pupils were as high as kites when they returned to school as they had won. This was a great achievement for them and for the school. It turned out that about 20 mins before the end of the trading day the

shares the pupils had were making a loss, therefore they made a rash decision that with the money that they had left they invested into the one particular company and they saw their value rocket through the roof.

Once the pupils were back in class they were still really motivated and their attitude and interest in business management improved dramatically. The pupils that attended the Stock Market Challenge then gave a talk to the other 3rd year pupils at assembly to give them some information about what to expect when the stock market challenge came to school.

Before coming here today I had a chat with last year’s winners and they were still overcome with such a great sense of achievement. I jotted down a few comments made by them.

“The Library had such a great atmosphere, it was great competing against the other schools, it made it much more competitive.”

“It was much more exciting than any other school trip that I have been on.”

“It gave me many more ideas about what I want to do when leave school.”

“It encouraged me to do well in Business Management and watch the news a bit more.”

“It was just like what you see on TV and in the movies.”

“It gave us a taste of the real world and great insight into how financial markets work.”

“I did not have a clue what to expect, but the amount of teams and people made it really exciting and nerve racking at the same time.”

“I am definitely picking Higher Business Management”

On a whole, the pupils thoroughly enjoyed the day and in turn trips such as this tick all the right boxes in terms of A Curriculum for Excellence and at the same time promotes active learning. The pupils developed excellent team working skills and developing their entrepreneurial skills in being a risk taker and a decision maker and encouraged them to develop their business skills on a whole.

In addition, it has also allowed the school to develop great business links with Barclays, as Claire is taking her seniors this year. And, we now also have the resources in school to run the challenge with S2 pupils to give them an insight into certain curricular areas within the SG Business Management course’.




Parents’ Newsletter S4/5/6 Prelim Timetables




At the Tree of Knowledge Workshop all of second year had the opportunity to experience making difficult real life decisions. The aim of this event was to show us that it is important to realise the impact the choices we make would have on us. The workshop was held on Friday the 30th January, in the junior dining hall and the Big Ship Café giving everyone in S2 a chance to experience the event. We were set real life scenarios and the question at the end was asking us whether we were choosing what we really wanted or taking the easy path and following what our friends were choosing. The highlight of the workshop was being blindfolded and set the task of putting a group of ten people in alphabetical

Tree of Knowledge Workshop

Issue 6

order. This was difficult however we were asked if we could manage to put a group of thirty in order of their date of birth in a time limit. We all agreed that it would be a challenge but the end result would be rewarding. This showed me that even if something seems difficult you should aim to achieve a good outcome. Making a decision of what you are going to study for the next two years is hard however during this insightful workshop I learned that making a decision may be challenging but it should be based on what you think and not what others do. I will make sure I pick subjects that I will enjoy and do my best to succeed in.

Erin Cassidy 2C2

“making a decision

may be challenging

but it should be

based on what you

think and not what

others do”

S4/5/6 Prelim Timetables




“workshops will

include Voluntary

Service opportunities,

Sports Leadership

training and a range

of other leadership

activities”

Parents’ Newsletter Leadership

The key issue picked up by HMIe in our recent inspection was the need for our pupils S1-S6 to be more involved in leadership training to develop the life skills of team work, communication, delegation and leadership itself. While this is something that we need to work on from S1 onwards, we also want to make an immediate impact with our senior pupils. To this end we are organising a leadership seminar for current S5 pupils on Sunday, 22nd March in the school, between 10 am – 4 pm. I have printed below a copy of the flyer that has been issued to S5 pupils so that everyone can see what we are planning to do.

This should be a great opportunity for our new S6 pupils to start to develop important life skills that many of them do not yet possess. We are hopeful of a high turnout. I will keep you up to date with progress. My thanks go to Mr Morrison and Mrs Grumball for the development of this initiative. When Mr Morrison leaves, his place will be taken by Mr Hand.




We want

young people

to see that

with effort and

commitment

they can do it.

Issue 6 Leadership Conference

Rationale

Quality Indicator 9.2 and 9.3 (from How Good Is Our School?) give us a clear guide to what we should be doing. 9.2 – places the responsibility on school staff to ensure that schools should plan for continuous improvement in the successes and achievements for learners 9.3 – calls for the development of leadership capacity in the school at all levels. We feel that central to this duty we must as a school encourage young people to take on leadership roles or accept their own leadership or responsibility for their own learning. Our aim is

to foster leadership and teamwork among our senior pupils to establish a ‘culture where staff and learners feel able to exercise initiative and take

lead roles within and beyond the classroom’. to encourage young people to participate in community activities to foster collective responsibility and a sense of community in the school and the local

area. to work with partners to facilitate and foster community working. Outcomes - This will be achieved through teadership conference in March 2009 – developing leadership and team working skills. pupils signing up to at least two community involvement initiatives – e.g. Toe by Toe or

buddying and one other activity such as sports leadership, charity organisation, school committees, Bankie Talk, St Margaret’s Hospice or other volunteer working.

the pupil council and other forums coming up with possible community initiatives and taking responsibility for taking these forward.

pupils signing a commitment to community working. community involvement will be offered in the option columns. close monitoring of pupil commitment to their chosen community involvement.

This will lead to pupils becoming Responsible Citizens - by showing commitment and giving time and energy to a community project or initiative. It will encourage them to see the importance of helping others and taking responsibility for their actions. Effective Contributors – by working in teams and making a contribution to the life of the school and the local community Confident Individuals – the team building exercises and the simple process of taking responsibility for a project or a community effort builds a confidence. We want young people to see that with effort and commitment they can do it. Successful Learners – all of the above feeds into the broader curricular goal of young people learning skills for life, work and learning, literacy, numeracy and health and well-being. Through the taking of responsibility they learn important lessons that will prepare them to face decisions and dilemmas in future life. All S5 pupils will be encouraged to attend and sign up for community involvement.

The main rationale for this comes from the fact that it is a good thing to encourage leadership and responsibility among our young people – to equip them with these essential skills in the world beyond school.





Set yourself a

regular weekly

calendar of

study time. This

will allow you to

get into a study

routine. Use the

format printed

overleaf, but in

A4 size or

larger.

Study Skills Allocate subjects to the times available, usually in 45 minute blocks (approx) Put this timetable up on your bedroom wall and stick to it. Draw up a list of revision topics and tick them off as you do them. Organise your notes so that you can find everything easily. Borrow any textbook(s) that you might need. Use past paper questions, then hand them in and get them marked. That way you get full feedback and know exactly what was good and what was not so good.

You need to know how to revise effectively: Find somewhere suitable to study i.e. somewhere quiet where there is a table Stick to your study timetable Work in short time blocks e.g. 45 minutes blocks, for an absolute maximum of 2 hours. Make notes. This is the best way to revise. Use spaced learning i.e. look at your material over a few days at regular intervals and you will find that your efficiency of learning improves For final revision hide your notes and test yourself, then reread your notes to see if you have remembered everything. This technique also works for diagrams and formulae. Get some rest and plenty of sleep.

You need to be aware of effective exam techniques: Find out about the makeup of the exam paper beforehand. Use practice exam papers which your teachers mark and then feed back to you. Prepare well ; get up in plenty of time on the day ; have a decent breakfast ! ; take all the necessary equipment with you + spares Before writing any answers, read quickly through the whole exam paper and the instructions. Make sure you understand each question. Read it at least 3 times before you start to answer it. Write a plan before starting to write an essay question. Watch your time. You must finish the whole paper. Don’t leave blank spaces. If you are drawing diagrams or graphs, make sure they are drawn well and are neatly labelled Check your answers carefully.

Thorough preparation is vital for success. With this in mind, here are some worth while extracts from a booklet that we have been using with S4-S6 pupils.

Some hints and tips …..

You need to identify your study time: Go through your weekly diary/calendar and carefully calculate how much time you have available to study. Set yourself a regular weekly calendar of study time. This will allow you to get into a study routine. Use the format printed opposite, but in A4 size or larger.

You need to be aware of the basic study techniques: Motivation is vital. You need to be motivated to learn at school. This is easier if you know what you want to do when you leave school. If you’re not sure, start trying to find out more! In order to learn effectively you must process the information that you are learning in some way e.g. summarise, write out important points in note form, do worked examples, talk about what you’re learning, highlight important points.

You need to know how to make notes: When you revise for exams the best way to study is to produce summary notes.

In any situation where you are making notes you must first identify what is important – look for the main facts.

Always use headings and sub-headings – underline them. This gives you a framework to start from.

Use abbreviations to shorten the notes

When you have built up a series of notes on topics you should carefully organise them to make sure they are in a logical order. You should create a list of contents so that you know where each topic is.

A method that can work well if many points are linked to a central feature is the “mind map” method.

You need to prepare thoroughly for your exams: Make sure that you know when and where the exams take place. Make up an exam study timetable, starting several weeks before the exams themselves.




HMIe

Congratulations

The school recently received a letter from Des McNulty MSP - “Congratulations to Clydebank High School on a very positive HMI report. Please pass on my congratulations and best wishes to all the staff, children and parents at Clydebank High”.

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Mentoring Every year we try to provide as much support as possible to our senior pupils (S4-S6) as they prepare for national examinations. One of the ways in which we do this is by mentoring. In all, there are 10 members of staff who act as mentors. Each one mentors a group of S4 pupils. Mrs Muir, who coordinates this initiative, is employed by the school for 2 days a week to manage the mentoring programme but also to mentor S4 and S5 pupils. Currently, 66 pupils in S4 are being mentored; 70 S5 pupils are involved.

Mentoring is really just a kind of one-to-one support. Pupils meet their mentor who will discuss progress and suggest possible ways of improving. Class teachers provide the mentors with an up-to-date picture of each pupil. Each mentoring meeting takes place every fortnight and lasts for about 10 minutes. It will usually end with targets being set for the pupil to achieve by the next meeting.

By the very nature of mentoring, the actual pupils involved can vary. Some pupils only need this additional support for a short time; others require it for longer. If your son/daughter is involved in the mentoring programme at any time, you will be informed by a series of monthly updates.

Obviously, if any parent would not like their son/daughter to be involved, they should contact the school and speak to Mr Young. However, I would thoroughly recommend the programme to everyone, even if it does nothing more than boost your child’s self-confidence

Issue 6

Additional In-service Dates Please note the following additional In-service Days (staff only days)

which have been added to the school calendar by West Dunbartonshire Council

Tuesday 26 May 2009 i.e. the day following the long May weekend, which is also preceded by an In-service Day on Thursday 21 May

Monday 19 October 2009 i.e. the day following the October holiday, which is also

preceded by an In-service Day on Thursday 9 October

Weekly Study Timetable





Set yourself a

regular weekly

calendar of

study time. This

will allow you to

get into a study

routine. Use the

format printed

overleaf, but in

A4 size or

larger.

A Curriculum For Excellence These changes do not apply only to secondary schools, they apply also to primaries. In both sectors the first year of implementation is 2010.

While this is a very exciting development, there is no doubt that we do not have much time to get organised. Every moment of our in-service days and meetings will now have to be devoted to this!

Of course, in many of our classrooms the kind of methodologies mentioned above are already well established. This is what one of our junior pupils wrote about group work:

Modern Studies Homework During our Modern Studies topic ‘Crime and Law’, the thing that I have enjoyed the most is when we were working well in a group, discussing our ideas and opinions. I chose this because I found it very interesting to hear other people’s point of view, opinions and general thoughts on everything to do with crime and law. As a result of working in groups, I learned new things that I had previously never known. Also, because we were working in groups I got to find out things about the other people in my group, such as what they want to be when they are older. We did this at the very beginning so that we got started talking to the other members in the group. Overall, I think the best part of the Modern Studies topic has been working in groups. This topic might have been less interesting if it was just done normally. I have thoroughly enjoyed this topic (and this subject!).

Darren Abraham 3A2

For those of us working in education there is a juggernaut making its way towards us at great speed! Every week it gets bigger and closer. We know that it is going to reach us by the summer of 2010. Yes, that juggernaut that is looming ever larger on our horizon is A Curriculum For Excellence.

We have been talking about it at our Parent Council meetings. In January, when I was updating parents, I offered to do an open evening for parents. While it was agreed that this was a good idea, it was felt that it was still too early because some of the details are quite hazy. This open evening will no doubt take place later in the spring. In the meantime, what does A Curriculum For Excellence mean for your children? In short, that depends on your child’s age; A Curriculum For Excellence will apply to all pupils currently in P6 or younger.

Here are just a few pointers that I hope will give you a bit of insight into this new initiative:

Importantly, we are not being asked to throw out our current courses. However, we do need to look at HOW we are teaching them. There will need to be a wider range of methodologies used in all classrooms e.g. group work, research, debate, problem solving.

The courses will need to be relevant to our young people and life in the 21st century.

We will need to look at cross-curricular working much more i.e. find out where 2 or more departments are teaching the same topic and then see if they can teach this together, thus avoiding overlap and repetition

There will be assessments on Literacy and Numeracy so we need to look at the ways in which all departments contribute to the teaching of these skills. Literacy is not just English; Numeracy is not just Maths.

Standard Grades will disappear in S4 and be replaced by another qualification.

Congratulations to three of our former pupils who have received the following awards:

Ainslie Boyle B.Sc. (Med Sci) Christopher Caldwell M. Eng Rhuraidh Davidson B.Sc.

Former Pupil Successes




Issue 6 CHS Credit Union Given the worlds financial climate and the ‘Credit Crunch’, money and what we should be doing with it must be one of the most talked about topics at the moment . . . so now surely is the time to be talking about savings. One of our 3rd Year Business Studies classes decided to do just that and find out what the 1st and 2nd years thought about saving – see their report below.

It was encouraging to see that 88% of the pupils questioned felt it was important to save. The Maths Department are taking a lead in setting up a saving scheme in the school (initially for S1/S2 pupils and staff). Encouraging pupils to save prepares them to play an active role as citizens by teaching them the importance of money and how to be responsible with their cash – a lesson I am sure we all could benefit from!

The Dalmuir Credit Union is set up in 3 of our Associated Primaries, and in discussion with others, it therefore seemed natural that we invite them to set up our savings scheme. They currently have 2,400

Junior Savers with savings of over £250, 000.

It is no surprise that Clydebank High is leading the way in becoming the first high school in Clydebank to set up a Credit Union. We have been asked to come up with a new account name, logo and design for the payment booklet. The Art Department will be dedicating the last 2 weeks in January to this project for S1 and S2 pupils.

January will see us set up a Committee of S1/S2 pupils who will be responsible, along with the Dalmuir Credit Union, for the set up and running of CHS Credit Union – this will involve deciding on the winning art entry, where and when the Credit Union will be run, pupil and staff rotas for Credit Union duty, keeping pupils, staff and parents up-to-date, advertising, etc.

Our aim is to be up and running after the Easter Break … so watch out for information from the CHS Credit Union Committee in future newsletters.

Friday 13 March 2009

7.30pm – Late

Clydebank High School Clydebank High School Parent Council are organising a Race Night to raise funds. Tickets cost £5 and will

include a light buffet. Tickets will be sold on a first come first served basis.

We would also be grateful for contribution of prizes for the race winners and for the raffle. Prizes can be handed into to the school office by Friday, 6 March 2009.

If you would like to be the owner of a horse in our Race night, the cost is £3.00. Winning owners will receive a prize.

Thank you in advance for your support.

For further information please contact:

Ms Readie – [email protected] Mr Hand – [email protected]

Or alternatively call the school office on 0141 952 0001

Credit Union Survey – written by S3 Business Management Class

Our Business Studies teacher, Miss McIntosh, informed us that the Credit Union wanted to start up a saving scheme for S1 and S2 pupils and staff within Clydebank High School. As this was an area that we were studying in our Standard Grade Business Management course Miss McIntosh nominated us as the best people to carry out some market research to see what the interest in the school would be for a saving scheme and to make sure it would be a success. As a class we prepared the questionnaire for the first and second years, than as pairs we had to tell the pupils what the Credit Union was all about and then conduct the survey. Once all questionnaires were completed we then had to collate the results and we found the follow-ing: £ 88% think it is a good idea to save £ 80% think a school Credit Union saving

scheme is a good idea £ 42% would be interested in joining the

Credit Union We think as a class that the Credit Union is a good idea and with the correct marketing, and as more people join and the more people hear about it then the more of a success it will be.


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Member of Parliament Visits Clydebank High


Saltire Prize Project

On Friday 16th of January 2009 John McFall, MP for West Dunbartonshire paid a visit to Clydebank High and its Modern Studies department to chat to, and answer questions from senior pupils, including the school’s three Modern Studies Higher classes.

During his visit Mr McFall talked about his role as an MP, including the diverse nature of his job which takes him from meeting constituents in his home area, to

debating key legislation in the Houses of Parliament in London to his role as Chairman of the Treasury committee. After gaining this interesting insight into the life of an MP the pupils were given the chance to ask Mr McFall some very interesting and hard hitting questions. During the 30 minute question and answer session our higher pupils ‘grilled’ John over issues such as, the Government response to the credit crunch, the policies the Government has in place to fight child poverty and whether his party feels social class is still the main factor which attracts votes. Aided by his 20 plus years as an MP he was also able to give an honest insight into the Prime Ministers he has worked with at first hand!

Mr McFall completed his visit by posing for photographs with the pupils, all of whom greatly enjoyed his visit and gathered a fascinating insight into the

life of an MP. As well as this John was able to leave them with some excellent information and examples which no doubt will help them in their forthcoming exams this May!

This is a copy of the letter

received from the First

Minister,

Rt Hon Alex Salmond MSP.

Congratulations to everyone

involved with this project.




Clydebank High Waverley Cruise Issue 6

The World’s Last Seagoing Paddle Steamer

Thursday 25 June 7.30 pm - 11.00 pm

We have booked the paddle steamer Waverley for a celebration cruise ‘Doon the Watter’ on the evening of Thursday 25 June. The excursion will leave from the Science Centre at

7.30 pm and return at 11.00 pm.

The cruise is to celebrate 70 years of the old Clydebank High School and the building of the new school, which will open for pupils in August.

We would like to invite parents, former pupils and friends of the school to come and join us for the evening.

We expect the cruise to cost £25.00 per person but this could be less if we have a high demand for places.

The Waverley has excellent facilities with lounges, bars and a self-service restaurant all giving a wonderful sense of the traditional style of Clyde cruising.

If you would like to join the cruise and if you like bring friends/family along with you, a deposit of £10.00 per person is required by 25 February, but before you pay this we will notify you of

the final cost.

Clydebank High School Waverley Cruise

Name: Address: Telephone contact:

I would like to reserve ______ place/s on the

Clydebank High School celebration cruise on Thursday 25 June




Shelley Drive CLYDEBANK

G81 3EJ

Phone: 0141 952 0001 Fax: 0141 941 2160

E-mail: [email protected]

dunbarton.sch.uk

CLYDEBANK HIGH SCHOOL

Dates For Your Dairy

Thursday 12 Feb S5/6 Prelims (1) end

Friday 13 Feb In-service Day (Staff only)

Monday 16 Feb Holiday

Tuesday 17 Feb Holiday

Wednesday 18 Feb S1 Parents’ Meeting 3.45 pm

Wednesday 25 Feb S2 Information Evening

Monday 2 March S5/6 Prelims (2) + S4 NQs start

Friday 6 March S5/6 Prelims (2) + S4 NQs end

Tuesday 10 March S2 Reports issued

Monday 16 March S2 Parents’ Meeting 3.45 pm

Wednesday 25 S3 Exams start

Friday 3 April S3 Exams end

Friday 3 April School closes for Spring Break 3.30 pm





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