17 June 2015

Year	Content                                                         Date 17.06.2015
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	JGHS Dress Code Survey We are in the process of reviewing the school dress code with a view to putting in place any changes for August 2016. On Thursday 18th June all S2 – S4 pupils will be surveyed in their register classes during registration.   You will be offered four dress code options to vote for: 1.       Stay with current dress code (see “our school/documents/dress code” on the new school website for details) 2.       Uniform – polo shirt/sweatshirt style 3.       Uniform – Blazer and tie style 4.       No preference   Please take time to think about these options before Thursday’s vote – you will be able to record your opinions and ideas as well. Parents and staff will also be surveyed and the results and final decision will be shared around Sept/October.     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	JGHS Dress Code Survey We are in the process of reviewing the school dress code with a view to putting in place any changes for August 2016. On Thursday 18th June all S2 – S4 pupils will be surveyed in their register classes during registration.   You will be offered four dress code options to vote for: 1.       Stay with current dress code (see “our school/documents/dress code” on the new school website for details) 2.       Uniform – polo shirt/sweatshirt style 3.       Uniform – Blazer and tie style 4.       No preference   Please take time to think about these options before Thursday’s vote – you will be able to record your opinions and ideas as well. Parents and staff will also be surveyed and the results and final decision will be shared around Sept/October.     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	JGHS Dress Code Survey We are in the process of reviewing the school dress code with a view to putting in place any changes for August 2016. On Thursday 18th June all S2 – S4 pupils will be surveyed in their register classes during registration.   You will be offered four dress code options to vote for: 1.       Stay with current dress code (see “our school/documents/dress code” on the new school website for details) 2.       Uniform – polo shirt/sweatshirt style 3.       Uniform – Blazer and tie style 4.       No preference   Please take time to think about these options before Thursday’s vote – you will be able to record your opinions and ideas as well. Parents and staff will also be surveyed and the results and final decision will be shared around Sept/October.   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	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 Department would like to congratulate Fraser Broadhurst 3R4 and Isla Cortes Calder 3R3 for winning Special Merit awards in the S1/S2 category of the National Galleries Tesco Bank Art Competition for schools 2015. With over 6500 entries from across Scotland we are proud and delighted to have two pupils from JGHS represented in the winners exhibition that will be held in the Scottish National Gallery from June 6th – October 27th. The exhibition will then tour two other venues in Scotland until May 2016. Fraser and Isla will be attending their awards ceremony at the gallery this Wednesday, please congratulate them if you see them.         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.