Mon 30.4.12

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S5	S5/6 PUPILS INTERESTED IN PERFORMING AT ROCK NIGHT This concert will now be re-named  'JGHS Battle of the Bands'. Any senior pupil who would like to perform at this concert after summer, please see Mrs O'Brien in the music staff base during PST today or after school today. REMINDER: LOCKER KEY/£5 DEPOSIT RETURNS Keys must be returned to the welfare office (any time school day) before going on exam leave. Lockers must be emptied.
S6	S5/6 PUPILS INTERESTED IN PERFORMING AT ROCK NIGHT This concert will now be re-named  'JGHS Battle of the Bands'. Any senior pupil who would like to perform at this concert after summer, please see Mrs O'Brien in the music staff base during PST today or after school today. REMINDER: LOCKER KEY/£5 DEPOSIT RETURNS Keys must be returned to the welfare office (any time school day) before going on exam leave. Lockers must be emptied.
All years	PUPILS RECEIVING BRASS AND VIOLIN/VIOLA LESSONS IN SCHOOL Lessons with Mr Hodge and Dr Fraser will no longer take place in B20 this term. All brass pupils will be taught in the ICT Suite (the room beside the music staff base), and all violin/viola pupils will now be taught in B18 (top floor of Bruntsfield House). CHANGE IN 'CELLO LESSONS THIS WEEK Miss Dainty will be teaching next Thursday 3rd May instead of Tuesday 1st May. Please ensure you are aware of your lesson time for next Thursday - refer to the timetable on the door of B16 for the correct time. If you cannot attend your lesson, please see Mrs O'Brien. 'CELLO ENSEMBLE This will take place next Thursday lunchtime in B16 - all performers MUST attend as there are opportunities for the group to perform this term. CHANGE IN GUITAR LESSONS NEXT WEEK Mr MacRae will be teaching on Tuesday and Wednesday NEXT week instead of Thursday and Friday. Please check the timetable outside B17 for the revised lesson times. Lessons will take place in the ICT Suite (next to the music staff base) CLARSACH EXAM PUPILS There will be an aural class every Tuesday after school in B17 for all pupils sitting their clarsach exam in 2 weeks' time. It is advised that any pupil involved in these exams attend these support classes. Car Boot Sale and Fair - Saturday May 26th 10.30am-2pm What can you sell? Many people will see this as the ideal opportunity to recycle possessions they no longer use – toys, computer games, DVDs, books, clothes or bric a brac. These are probably the things that sell best. But you can sell anything you want, from the treasures of your attic to garden produce, from homemade jewelry to jam or artwork. The rental for stalls and car spaces will be used to support the School, but the proceeds from your sales are yours to enjoy. How much to reserve a space?  Car space                                           £15.00 Table stall                                            £10.00 Table stall, JGHS students                   £ 5.00 How to reserve a car space or stall? ·         Fill in the Boot Fair form and send to Celia Macintyre* along with cash or a cheque for your space. Cheques should be made out to James Gillespie’s High School. ·         All spaces and stalls must be booked and paid for by Tuesday 1st May. ·         When we have received your form and payment, we will send you a confirmation and a receipt (preferably by email) which you must print off and show on the day Other information ·         The school will be open from 9.30 am so that people can set up stalls and cars. ·         For safety reasons,  all cars must be in place by 10 am at the latest and may not leave until after 2pm ·         Refreshments will be available in the school grounds. ·         Everything you bring but don’t sell, you must take away again. Address for application forms and payments: JGHS students may submit the form and the payment in an envelope to their guidance teacher. JGHS STARS IN THEIR EYES 2012. Tuesday 19th June 2012 in the assembly hall.  Doors 7pm. Tickets will be available from 11th June in the Foyer.  (Buy quick as tickets sell out fast!) If you are interested in performing please see Miss Pringle (S9) asap.