15 June 2015

Year	Content                                                         Date 15.06.2015
S1	TRAINING STRINGS ORCHESTRA (S1 to S4)   Full attendance is absolutely essential at next Tuesday’s rehearsal in B3 after school. The orchestra will be performing at the P7 visit on Wednesday 17th June, so this is the final rehearsal.
S2	TRAINING STRINGS ORCHESTRA (S1 to S4)   Full attendance is absolutely essential at next Tuesday’s rehearsal in B3 after school. The orchestra will be performing at the P7 visit on Wednesday 17th June, so this is the final rehearsal.
S3	TRAINING STRINGS ORCHESTRA (S1 to S4)   Full attendance is absolutely essential at next Tuesday’s rehearsal in B3 after school. The orchestra will be performing at the P7 visit on Wednesday 17th June, so this is the final rehearsal.   SENIOR WIND BAND (S3 to S6 only)   Full attendance is absolutely essential at next Monday’s rehearsal in B3 after school. The band will be performing at the P7 visit on Wednesday 17th June, so this is the final rehearsal.
S4	TRAINING STRINGS ORCHESTRA (S1 to S4)   Full attendance is absolutely essential at next Tuesday’s rehearsal in B3 after school. The orchestra will be performing at the P7 visit on Wednesday 17th June, so this is the final rehearsal.   SENIOR WIND BAND (S3 to S6 only)   Full attendance is absolutely essential at next Monday’s rehearsal in B3 after school. The band will be performing at the P7 visit on Wednesday 17th June, so this is the final rehearsal.   Careers Drop-In   On Thursday lunchtime in the Library, the Careers Advisor will be available to talk to about careers, apprenticeships and education.  Open to all year-groups, no appointments needed!     Screen Education Edinburgh   Screen Education Edinburgh are running a BFI Film Academy Craft Residential filmmaking course from 30th July to 9th August, and we are inviting applications from young people, aged 16-19 across the UK to apply and thought that this would be of interest to the young people in your area.  Interested young people can read more and watch a short film about the BFI Film Academy Scotland Craft Residential, as well as download an application from here: http://wp.me/p3oHMX-Dn  Applications are open now and will close on Friday 26th June.  If you have any questions at all, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the Academy Coordinator Kerri Rolland kerri@screen-ed.org
S5	SENIOR WIND BAND (S3 to S6 only)   Full attendance is absolutely essential at next Monday’s rehearsal in B3 after school. The band will be performing at the P7 visit on Wednesday 17th June, so this is the final rehearsal.   Careers Drop-In On Thursday lunchtime in the Library, the Careers Advisor will be available to talk to about careers, apprenticeships and education.  Open to all year-groups, no appointments needed!   Screen Education Edinburgh    Screen Education Edinburgh are running a BFI Film Academy Craft Residential filmmaking course from 30th July to 9th August, and we are inviting applications from young people, aged 16-19 across the UK to apply and thought that this would be of interest to the young people in your area.  Interested young people can read more and watch a short film about the BFI Film Academy Scotland Craft Residential, as well as download an application from here: http://wp.me/p3oHMX-Dn  Applications are open now and will close on Friday 26th June.  If you have any questions at all, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the Academy Coordinator Kerri Rolland kerri@screen-ed.org
S6	Careers Drop-In   On Thursday lunchtime in the Library, the Careers Advisor will be available to talk to about careers, apprenticeships and education.  Open to all year-groups, no appointments needed!   Screen Education Edinburgh   Screen Education Edinburgh are running a BFI Film Academy Craft Residential filmmaking course from 30th July to 9th August, and we are inviting applications from young people, aged 16-19 across the UK to apply and thought that this would be of interest to the young people in your area.  Interested young people can read more and watch a short film about the BFI Film Academy Scotland Craft Residential, as well as download an application from here: http://wp.me/p3oHMX-Dn  Applications are open now and will close on Friday 26th June.  If you have any questions at all, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the Academy Coordinator Kerri Rolland kerri@screen-ed.org
All years	Eco Group   Eco Group meeting at break in the library on Monday. Everybody welcome to come and along-if you are interested in helping our new school staying litter free and want to be able to recycle the rubbish we make, come along and help make Gillespie’s green. Only you can make a difference.   Word of the week: 3M2            Word: Zenith (noun) Definition: the time at which something is most powerful or successful. Word: Zealous (adjective) Definition: showing zeal or enthusiasm Context: Rosie became very zealous when she reached the zenith of her life (after meeting Lori). Two words for the price of one from 3M2. There have been some fantastic words over the year and we now have the difficult task of selecting the top three words. To help with this process it would be good if Registration teachers can put it to a vote. You can see all the words at: Jghsliteracy.wordpress.com Please discuss the relative merits of the words and context sentences with your classes and return your results to M Roskilly or F Kirkwood, in the English Department, by Friday 19th June. M Roskilly   INSTRUMENTAL LESSONS (all year groups)   Pupils must ensure that they have contacted their instrumental teacher regarding timetables for next year. This must be done before the last week of term. Lessons are still operating up until the alternative timetable and attendance is expected at these. Please check the timetables on the website and outside the music staff base.   M. Roskilly   ART DEPARTMENT   The Art Dept are delighted and proud that two of our S6 A Level students have been very successful in the Paolozzi Prize 2015 at the National Gallery.   Lucy Gogoliuk S6 won 1st prize in her Category ‘New Directions’ nominated by Ms Christie Zora Feesey S6 received Highly Commended in her category ‘ Spirit of Paolozzi’ nominated by Ms Molleson   This is the third year in a row since the Paolozzi Prize began that Gillespie’s Art Students have won categories in this prestigious awards ceremony.   ‘New Directions’ Category Ist Prize : Lucy Gogoliuk S6 James Gillespie’s High school   3K Fun Run   A reminder that all 3K fun run sponsorship money should be handed in to the PE department as soon as possible.   INSTRUMENTAL LESSONS   Now that the new timetable is in place, all pupils should check their instrumental lesson times for the rest of term on the noticeboards in Bruntsfield House.