30 January 2015

Year	Content                                                         Date 30.01.2015
S1	LONDON DANCE TRIP 2015 The next payment is due this coming Friday (30th January).  Please hand this into Miss Falconer or Miss Murphy in the PE Dept AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.  Please note there will be NO meeting at break time for the trip this Friday. 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	LONDON DANCE TRIP 2015 The next payment is due this coming Friday (30th January).  Please hand this into Miss Falconer or Miss Murphy in the PE Dept AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.  Please note there will be NO meeting at break time for the trip this Friday. 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	LONDON DANCE TRIP 2015 The next payment is due this coming Friday (30th January).  Please hand this into Miss Falconer or Miss Murphy in the PE Dept AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.  Please note there will be NO meeting at break time for the trip this Friday. 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.
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All years	**NEW ITEM** Pupil  Council meeting Period 3 - Monday 2 February   Can all class reps for the Junior school report to The library period 3 Can all class reps for the senior school attend the Meeting room at Darroch, period 3 Teachers please allow class reps to leave period 2 early.   (Any rep unable to attend please let one of the S6 leaders know ) Thank you S6 Leaders   **NEW ITEM** Instrumental Parent's Evening: 3rd and 5th February: Book an appointment ASAP   To book an appointment please log onto the new school website (www.jamesgillespies.co.uk) and fill in the google spreadsheet via the link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bNj_VGdGdYfTobVznEk3gabXjabfw-REFqCxDsyQhLI/edit?usp=sharing Please note that Mr Rankin (Percussion), Ms Petersen (clarsach), Mrs Collin (clarsach) and Miss Barry (vocal) are unavailable on Thursday and have made alternative arrangements to meet with parents on Tuesday 3rd February from 4.30 – 5.30pm. Meetings with instrumental staff will take place in the dining centre (at Lauderdale Street). If your parents are unable to fill in the online appointment sheet, please get in contact with the music department and we can arrange an appointment.   HPV Immunisations   Tuesday 3rd February in rooms S1 and S2 on the Lauderdale site. Any enquiries should be directed to the Welfare office.   Mrs Summers Hibernian Vs Raith Rovers tickets Saturday 31st January We have received complimentary tickets for the above match. If you are interested in attending then please see Mr Newall in the PE Department ASAP. Tickets will be issued to pupils on a first come first served basis. It is important to note that these are subject to good behaviour in classes.   Shinty   Shinty is on after school - Monday 2 Feb at 3.45 at the Thirlestane Astroturf.   Mr Charity.   LOST PROPERTY RECLAIM   This will be on Friday 30th January at break time in the foyer of the temp. units at Lauderdale Street.       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.       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 G8 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.