03 September 2014

Year	Content                                                         Date 03.09.2014
S1	Eco Schools Group   Want to save the planet? Any S1 – S3 students interested in taking part in a new Eco Schools group, please come along to a meeting on Monday 8th September at 1.15 in W16 (bring your lunch!) If you can’t make that meeting but you’d like to be involved, please let me know.   Miss Fraser   ALL S1 PUPILS   Next week: 1st Sep- 4th Sep: Audition meetings held in B1 for S1 pupils wishing to take up instrumental lessons.     Meetings are as follows:   Monday 1st: Brass/Woodwind/Piano Tuesday 2nd: Cello Wednesday 3rd: Percussion Thursday 4th: Guitar/Double Bass/Chanter/Bagpipes/Pipe Band Drums   If you are in KYI House and are away on the residential, please return your audition form to your music teacher and they will arrange an audition time for you to attend the following week.   MUSICALS Always been interested in MUSICALS? Do you have a secret desire to be part of a Musical Production? If you are 12 years or under here is an opportunity for you to seize!   We want to offer S1 pupils, 12years and under, the chance to be part of a production of Oliver! in the Beautiful surroundings of the Edinburgh King's Theatre from 3rd -7th March next year.   Southern Light Opera are looking for boys and girls aged between 8 and 12 years for our production and we would like to invite children from in and around Edinburgh to an audition at the Festival Theatre on Saturday 13 September.     Being part of full-scale production like this is a fantastic experience and our young members learn a lot about responsibility and gain so much confidence from the experience. If you would be interested in taking part register your interest by emailing; oliverauditions2015@gmail.com and if you have any questions, please just get in touch. KYI pupils   All KYI pupils in S1 who wish to audition for instrumental lessons should hand their forms to their class teacher and an appropriate meeting will be arranged after their residential on the 1st -3rd September.   Miss Millar
S2	Eco Schools Group   Want to save the planet? Any S1 – S3 students interested in taking part in a new Eco Schools group, please come along to a meeting on Monday 8th September at 1.15 in W16 (bring your lunch!) If you can’t make that meeting but you’d like to be involved, please let me know.   Miss Fraser   3K FUN RUN The following pupils are still to pay their sponsor money from the 3K run which was held during Health Week. Can you please hand this into Mr Newall in the PE Dept ASAP.     S2 Alex Arthur Kirsty Brown Eden Clarke Eilidh Cline Isla Cortes Hamish Cruikshank Taylor Finlayson Katie Haley Mairi Hutchinson Dawood Iqbal Anna Lamisah Rosie MacDoald Eimear MacLeod Rebecca Main Bea Makan Connor McCann Aidan McCann Rory Mckenzie Angus Pinsky Eva Sigurdardottir Gigi Slater Rowan Stewart Aidan Tait Iona Turnbull Clare Shields Catriona Chowings Amelea Darke Stuart MacKay Nina Ramsay James Kerr
S3	Eco Schools Group   Want to save the planet? Any S1 – S3 students interested in taking part in a new Eco Schools group, please come along to a meeting on Monday 8th September at 1.15 in W16 (bring your lunch!) If you can’t make that meeting but you’d like to be involved, please let me know.   Miss Fraser Minecraft Club Any S3 pupils who would be interested in coming along to a Minecraft Club on a Tuesday lunchtime should come along to a meeting in W8 on Thursday 4th September at 1.30pm. Mrs Kerr   3K FUN RUN The following pupils are still to pay their sponsor money from the 3K run which was held during Health Week. Can you please hand this into Mr Newall in the PE Dept ASAP.   S3 Ruaridh Main Abdul Ahmad Sean Ehsani Flavia Forbes Finley Giles-Brook Tabitha Gibb Sana Maqbool Kristian Thornton Lois Wall Kasim Amjad Lewis Callan Mikaela Carmichael Maddie Cassidy
S4	** New item ** Following last week’s assemblies about the World Challenge programme, there will be a Parent/Pupil Information Evening at Darroch on Tuesday 9th September starting at 6:30pm. Pupils who are interested in finding out more about the programme should attend. Letters to take home to parents and carers are available at both reception and the Pupil Support office at Darroch.   Mr Warden ESOL Classes A reminder for students who have ESOL classes at Drummond CHS this session. The first classes for Monday/Wednesday courses will take place on Wed. 3rd September and for the Tuesday/Thursday groups on Thurs. 4th September.  Classes start at 4pm so you will need to leave your last class early in order to arrive on time.   Ms Kelso
S5	** New item ** Following last week’s assemblies about the World Challenge programme, there will be a Parent/Pupil Information Evening at Darroch on Tuesday 9th September starting at 6:30pm. Pupils who are interested in finding out more about the programme should attend. Letters to take home to parents and carers are available at both reception and the Pupil Support office at Darroch.   Mr Warden ESOL Classes A reminder for students who have ESOL classes at Drummond CHS this session. The first classes for Monday/Wednesday courses will take place on Wed. 3rd September and for the Tuesday/Thursday groups on Thurs. 4th September.  Classes start at 4pm so you will need to leave your last class early in order to arrive on time.   Ms Kelso
S6	PUPIL VOICE Can S6 pupils interested in being a Pupil Voice Leader, or S6 pupils who already have had involvement please report to Mr Irvine (currently based in Mrs Westerman’s office at Darroch!) ASAP in order to arrange the next meeting!   Mr Irvine   ESOL Classes A reminder for students who have ESOL classes at Drummond CHS this session. The first classes for Monday/Wednesday courses will take place on Wed. 3rd September and for the Tuesday/Thursday groups on Thurs. 4th September.  Classes start at 4pm so you will need to leave your last class early in order to arrive on time.   Ms Kelso
All years	ALL PUPILS   All pupils that have an instrumental lesson at 8.50am MUST report to the office at the bottom of Bruntsfield House to register they are present.  Absence calls will go home to parents if pupils do not register.   Thanks,   Rachel     Football The football season is now underway with fixtures for the U14s, U15s, U16s and Seniors this coming weekend. Please keep an eye out on the monitor at Lauderdale reception for team news and match day info. Training will officially begin next week. For further information, please see Mr. Carstairs in the PE Department.   S4 Football Miss Crosbie would like to hold a meeting with all S4 pupils who are interested in putting their names forward for selection for this weekend’s match. Please attend a short meeting outside the Lauderdale dining hall on Thursday at lunchtime.   S1 Football Could all pupils interested in playing S1 football this year please attend a short training session after school on Thursday. Players are asked to meet outside the dining centre straight after the bell. The session will be at Thirlestane Road. For further information, please see Mr. Carstairs or Mr. Newall.   Mr Carstairs     LOCKERS Locker forms are available from the welfare office, reception at both campuses and on website. Completed forms/money must be returned to the welfare office by Friday 5th September   Laura Summers