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Stonelaw High School

S5/6 Parents’ EveningThursday 7 November 2013

School Captains 2013 - 2014

Gordon Wynne Erin McCann

School Vice Captains 2013 - 2014

Sarah

Ali

Curtis

Preston

Georgia

Moran

Gemma

Nimmo

Emma

Christie

Team Stonelaw

Our Partners in LearningOur Family Support Worker is Susan Dickson. Susan is based full time in the school. She works closely with all Pupil Support Staff as well as liaising with colleagues from Rutherglen Social Work department and other external agencies.

The role of the family Support Worker is to provide support / advice to pupils and their families who may be affected by a wide variety of school, home or community issues. The Family Support Worker is involved in individual support as well as group work programmes. Susan also has a key role in visiting families within their homes.

Our Partners in Learning

PC Johnston – Campus Police Officer

PC Johnston supervises both in the school premises and in the community before school, lunch and after school. He is a great support to staff who are involved in duties outside the building. Colin also has a key role in liaising with residents in our community.

Our Partners in LearningOur Chaplaincy Team

Stonelaw High School is committed to developing strong and effective partnerships with our Chaplaincy Team this session. We have put in place a programme of events for the coming session.

Members of the Team

Alistair May Ross Murray William Wilson Sandra Boyd Raymond Jenkins

Our Partners in LearningWe are in quite a unique position in Stonelaw that we have a Nurse who is located in our building.

Dawn Loudon works very closely with Pupil Support/DHTs. Dawn is a key contributor to the Joint Assessment Team.

She has a key role in the following areas:-•Promoting healthy lifestyles/health schools•Supporting vulnerable children and young people•Supporting children with chronic and complex health needs•Working with children and parents to address identified health needs

Parent Council The Parent Council helps to keep parents informed of all school

developments

Regular meetings take place on the last Thursday of every month at 7.15pm in the Conference Room during school terms, unless that falls on a holiday in which case it is on the following Thursday

All regular Parent Council meetings are open to all parents, providing an opportunity to attend and observe the proceedings

The Parent Council are here this evening located in the Canteen

If you have any questions about joining the Parent Council please contact:-

Gordon Brownlie at [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

The PTAParent Teacher Association

•The PTA raises funds for various projects in the school.•The PTA meet 1st Tuesday of the month in the Conference Room at

7.00pm – all welcome

Parent Teacher Association MembersHugh McGhie – PresidentLesley Fletcher – Secretary Margaret May – TreasurerValerie Simpson – Parent

Gail Fulton – ParentAudrey Scott – Parent

Aileen Newton – Parent Jim Finnie – Parent

Margaret Brennan-CanBrenda McLachlan – Head Teacher

Ewan Stewart – Staff member

Projects supported by the PTAMaths Dept 4 Nintendo Consoles

15 Brain Training Games

Music and Drama Contribution towards cost of school show

Art and Design Lunchtime Art Club materials

IDL Equipment for tent building and water transport

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ATOS in partnership with Stonelaw High School

As you know ATOS are the providers of IT for the Commonwealth

Games in Glasgow. We were chosen to be the partnership school for

ATOS in the run up to the Games. We were invited to an ATOS

launch - supporting Team Scotland on Friday 25 October 2013.

The event was hosted by Rob McLean (BBC Scotland) and Steve

Cram (MBE) and involved various activities including:-

Discussion Panel - Powering Performance at the Heart of 2014

Announcement - ATOS Support for Team Scotland

Triathlon Event - challenge to cycle 1000m, row 500, and

then run 514m to make up 2014m (

Stonelaw with ATOS at Hampden

ATOS – Steve Cram and Stonelaw High

Ministerial Visit – Tuesday 5 November 2013

The Minister for Commonwealth Games and Sport Shona Robison

visited the school on Tuesday 5 November.

The Ministers visit was to launch the Support a Second Team initiative

and to present the school with our plaque to recognize our status as a

Community Sports Hub.

Accompanying the Minister was commonwealth Athlete –

Lindsay Meighan who will represent Scotland in Netball at

the Commonwealth Games.

Pupil Achievements

The Minister arrived at 10.30 - met by our School Captains and be

taken to the Library.

She did a short talk around Sri Lanka being our second team (she is

heading to Sri Lanka later in the week)

The athlete talked briefly about being a participant in the Games and

presented the Queen Relay Baton flag to the school.

There will then be an opportunity (over interval) for a discussion with

our young people who have been working on a number of

Commonwealth Games initiatives


Clyde Gateway Project – A joint project between Stonelaw

and Trinity High school – the planning of a large scale event for both schools

in the Emirates arena in the New Year

ATOS – Highlighting the fact that we are a partnership school with ATOS

in the run up to the games – the exposure that we have had to the ICT that

sits behind the delivery of the Games and our most recently our trip to

Hampden to meet Steve Cram (ATOS ambassador) and compete against

some commonwealth athletes


Legacy of the Athletes Village – National 5 Graphic

Communication pupils talked the Minister through a project that they

have been involved in which focused on planning the Legacy of the

athletes village

Inspire/Aspire – S1 Pupils shared some of the work they are

doing on Commonwealth Values in RME

Fair Trade - a representative group from Fair Trade

shared some of the work they have been doing on

Global Citizenship


In PE the Minister watched Volleyball and chatted to our pupils.

The sports Hub plague was presented to Erin McNamee 1D1 who

won the competition created the Sports Hub logo when she was in P7

at Spittal Primary.

Radio 4 and the local press interviewed a number of your young

people.

While the Minister is in Sri Lanka (probably the 14 November) a few

young people will take part in a GLOW meet with a school

in Sri Lanka.

Shona Robison – Minister for Commonwealth Games and Sport

Lindsay Meighan – Commonwealth Games Athlete

The planning of a Commonwealth Event

School Captains with the Minister

Stonelaw receives our Sport Hub Plaque

Mr Geatrell – PE Questions for the Minister and Athlete

Volleyball @ Stonelaw High School

S6 UCAS Presentation

Sally Nicholson from Strathclyde University will give pupils a talk on

making their UCAS applications.

14 November 2013

3.15pm

In the Library

If your son/daughter is making an application to University this term

please encourage them to attend this vital presentation.

Pupil Achievements

International Children’s Games

3 young people from Stonelaw took part in the International Children’s Games in Toronto, Canada over the summer. They were members of the Lanarkshire Volleyball Team. The team came back with a Bronze medal.

Congratulations to: -

Charlie MacFarlane 4D2Blair Gillies 4K1Stuart Wynne 4M1

Pupil Achievements

Football

During the summer Ross Murray was in Moscow representing Scotland at u16 level. Ross played in every match.

Results: -Scotland v Ukraine 2-2Scotland v Hungary 1-0Scotland v Cyprus 3-2Scotland v Russia 1-0

Pupil AchievementsSenior Boys Scottish Cup First Round

St Benedicts 4 Stonelaw 8

Goal scorers: -

Gordon Wynne 4 - Craig Howie - Ross Reid - Adam Drummond

Squad

Giancarlo Sunderland, Andrew Murray ,Ross Reid

Andy Bonham,Gordon Wynne,Robb Elder,Dominic Beattie

Kieran Brierley,Callum Sharp,Scott Stewart,Ross Greening

Adam Drummond, Ben Mclean

Craig Howie

Pupil Achievements

SLC Young Apprentice

During the summer a number of our pupils took part in the SLC’s Young Apprentice competition. Along with a number of young people from across SLC they were involved in a wide range of activities over a two-week period.

The final winners were:

SLC Young Apprentice Rose SharkeyRunner up Carys KellyCandidates choice Fiona Renton

Pupil Achievements

We had a number of young people participating in Sainsbury’s 2013 UK School Games. The games took place in Sheffield.

VolleyballThree pupils from the school were successful in bringing home Bronze medals in the Volleyball:-

•Megan Quinn •Emma Wotherspoon•Lucy Scoular Blair Gillies was in the boys volleyball team which finished fourth

Athletics•Kade Thomas and Alec Thomas took part in athletics but on this occasion did not win a medal.

Pupil Achievements

FootballU14 League Cup result

Rosshall 2 v Stonelaw 2 (after extra time)(Rosshall won on penalties)

SquadDaniel Graham, Tom Coyle, Dean Gray, Thomas McSkimming, Steven Clarkson, Jamie Woodley, Lewis Mason, Jamie Alexander, Mark Venutti, Daniel Moosa, Ross McCallum, Lois Lennox-Devion, Andrew SutherlandScorersAndrew Sutherland, Jamie AlexanderMan of Match Daniel Graham

Pupil AchievementsFootballU16 League Cup result

Stonelaw 6 v St Thomas Aquinas 1

SquadScott Matthews, David McCarthy, Andrew Murray, Douglas Carswell, Jordan Shaw, Ross Lyon, Scott Moore, Liam Farrell, Steven Mitchell,Ryan Watters, Robbie Stewart, Connor Newton, Paul Smillie and Stuart MitchellScorersRyan Watters (3) Robbie Stewart, Scott Moore, Liam Farrell. Scott Matthews saved penaltyMan of MatchRyan Watters

Pupil Achievements

St Andrews Hospice Run

Approximately 45 young people took part in the Lanarkshire St Andrews Hospice Schools 6 km Fun Run/Road Race at Strathclyde Park on Sunday 22 September.

This is the first year that we have entered the Run. Hannah Robertsonwon the girls race. Well done to all participants.

Pupil Achievements

South Lanarkshire Enterprising Maths Challenge

The following pupils secured us 3rd place at the Maths challenge last

week:-

Stuart Wynne S4

Heather McMillan S4

Calum Mooney S3

Lana Duncan S3

We will now proceed to the National Final

Pupil Achievements

Girls Football

In their first match out Girls team played Eastbank away from home.

Result

Stonelaw 4 Eastbank 2

Goal scorers yesterday were, Emma Rae 2, Alix Scott and Cara McKinnon

Players voted MVP (most Valuable Player) - MurronCunningham

Coaches player of the match - Alix Scott

Pupil Achievements

Boys Football

Under 18 football

Lourdes 1 Stonelaw 3

Squad: Giancarlo Sunderland, Callum Sharp, Robb Elder, Andrew

Murray, Ross Reid, Andy Bonham, Gordon Wynne, Scott Stewart,

Christopher Leask, Kieran McKenzie, Adam Drummond, Lee

Bennedetti, Ross Greening

Man of the Match: Robb Elder

Pupil Achievements

Under 16 League Result

Stonelaw 11 Shawlands 1

Squad: Scott Matthews, David McCarthy, Andrew Murray, Douglas

Carswell, Scott Moore, Liam Farrell, Steven Mitchell, Ryan Watters,

Robbie Stewart, Connor Newton, Paul Smillie, Stuart Mitchell,

Cameron Wallace, Luke Reilly, Sean Mullen

Scorers: Ryan Watters (6) Scott Moore

Cameron Wallace (3), Luke Reilly

Man of Match: Ryan Watters

Pupil Achievements

Football

N Ireland 0 v Scotland 3 - Thursday 17th October 2013

Ross Lyon played the full match and was involved in the build up to

the first two goals. Ryan Watters came on as a substitute for the last

15 minutes.

Murron Cunningham has been selected for Scotland U15 girls’ team

to tour Germany & has also reached final trial for Scottish schoolgirl’s

team.

Pupil Achievements

Girls Football

In their first match out Girls team played Eastbank away from home.

Result

Stonelaw 4 Eastbank 2

Goal scorers yesterday were, Emma Rae 2, Alix Scott and Cara McKinnon

Players voted MVP (most Valuable Player) - MurronCunningham

Coaches player of the match - Alix Scott

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