26 January 2015

Year	Content                                                         Date 26.01.2015
S1	PE Buses   Just a reminder that if you have missed the PE bus you MUST sign in at Reception at the Lauderdale campus. Failure to do so may result in you being referred to Support for Pupils for truanting. Once you have signed in you will be allocated a classroom to work in for the remainder of your PE lesson. It is important to note that you are not allowed to leave this classroom until you have spoken to your PE teacher about why you have missed the bus.
S2	PE Buses   Just a reminder that if you have missed the PE bus you MUST sign in at Reception at the Lauderdale campus. Failure to do so may result in you being referred to Support for Pupils for truanting. Once you have signed in you will be allocated a classroom to work in for the remainder of your PE lesson. It is important to note that you are not allowed to leave this classroom until you have spoken to your PE teacher about why you have missed the bus.
S3	PE Buses   Just a reminder that if you have missed the PE bus you MUST sign in at Reception at the Lauderdale campus. Failure to do so may result in you being referred to Support for Pupils for truanting. Once you have signed in you will be allocated a classroom to work in for the remainder of your PE lesson. It is important to note that you are not allowed to leave this classroom until you have spoken to your PE teacher about why you have missed the bus.
S4	PE Buses   Just a reminder that if you have missed the PE bus you MUST sign in at Reception at the Lauderdale campus. Failure to do so may result in you being referred to Support for Pupils for truanting. Once you have signed in you will be allocated a classroom to work in for the remainder of your PE lesson. It is important to note that you are not allowed to leave this classroom until you have spoken to your PE teacher about why you have missed the bus.
S5	Senior Band: Could all members of Senior Band attend rehearsals if possible over study leave on Mondays after school.
S6	Senior Band: Could all members of Senior Band attend rehearsals if possible over study leave on Mondays after school.
All years	**NEW ITEM** Word of the Week.   Scots is such a rich language that not only do we have two words beginning with I this week, but also some classic Burns for you to enjoy.    Word: intimmers (noun): internal organs; stomach and bowels; internal workings; mechanism  Context: In S4 biology, you will study the intimmers of the body.   Thanks to 4M3 for this gory example.                                                                                               Word: Ilka (determiner) : every Context: Aft hae I rov'd by bonie Doon,              To see the rose and woodbine twine:              And ilka bird sang o' its Luve ,              And fondly sae did I o' mine;                               Robert Burns from  The Banks of Bonnie Doon     Thanks to 1K2 (and Mr Shankland) for finding this fine poetry.   We’ll revert to Standard English for next week, the letter J, but will also consider examples of Scots words in the future.     Junior and Senior Wind band - will rehearse on Monday 26th January, at lunchtime and afterschool in B3.   (Junior – lunchtime) (Senior – After-school)   Full attendance is required.   Training Strings - will rehearse as normal on Tuesday after school in B3.   Full attendance is required.   See Miss Millar if you have any queries.   S6 South Africa Group The S6 South Africa Group are putting on a ‘Take Me Out’ and ‘Would I Lie To You’ show on Monday 2 February. Tickets cost £4 and will be sold in the Warrender foyer at lunchtime. S6 pupils will also visit classrooms to sell tickets. South Africa Project:   We are still appealing for any final donations to take over to our partner schools and charities in South Africa. We are focusing on the following items, but high quality donations of other items are also welcome! Primary School Shoes (preferably black. We are trying to provide every child at Charles Memorial Primary School with a pair of shoes) Dresses (for secondary pupils) Football Shirts (For secondary pupils) Sportswear (e.g. shorts, shin pads, football boots etc) Toothbrushes and toothpaste Donations can be dropped off with Miss Grant in room 1.8 at Darroch, or Miss Gray in room S6 at Lauderdale.   Thanks for your support!     Food Bank Erin Waddle in S3 would like to organise a collection to donate to a local food bank.  If any student or member of staff would like to donate food, toiletries or other basics Miss Inglis will be storing items in W25 to donate to the food bank at the end of this month (donations by Jan 30th please). People are referred to food banks as a short term, emergency measure to ensure such people have enough to meet their basic needs. Food banks welcome: ·         Tinned foods (not baked beans or tinned tomatoes – these tend to be over supplied) e.g. pasta, fish, meat, fruit, vegetables and puddings. ·         Dried packet food that could be a complete meal made with boiling water ·         Coffee/ Tea/ UHT Milk ·         Snacks ·         Toilet roll ·         Toothpaste and tooth brushes ·         Nappies ·         Deodorant/ soap.  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.