24 August 2015

Year	Content                                                         Date 24.08.2015
S1	S1-S3 Please note that school football training will begin on Monday 24th August at Meadowbank. A bus will leave James Gillespie’s at 16:00 and return to the school at 18:00. Players are asked to wear suitable footwear to play on 3G. For more information please see Mr. Carstairs in the PE Department.
S2	S1-S3 Please note that school football training will begin on Monday 24th August at Meadowbank. A bus will leave James Gillespie’s at 16:00 and return to the school at 18:00. Players are asked to wear suitable footwear to play on 3G. For more information please see Mr. Carstairs in the PE Department
S3	S1-S3 Please note that school football training will begin on Monday 24th August at Meadowbank. A bus will leave James Gillespie’s at 16:00 and return to the school at 18:00. Players are asked to wear suitable footwear to play on 3G. For more information please see Mr. Carstairs in the PE Department   Computing, Art and CDT London Trip:   The Technologies faculty are running an education excursion to London this coming September for S3 pupils.   Spaces are limited and priority will be given to pupils from Computing Science, Art and CDT – any further spaces will allocated at random to the rest of the year group.   The trip will include visits to: Victorian and Albert Museum Design Museum Harry Potter Experience London Eye Experience   The trip will take place over the holiday weekend leaving on Sunday 20th September and returning Tuesday 22nd by train.   Any pupil interested must collect a letter from Mr McGinley or Mrs Brown in Computing Science today – the trip will be popular and time is short to organise.   S3 register teachers Please can you ask all the pupils that were successfully selected for the James Gillespie’s Bronze DofE to meet in Rm 1.35 next Tue 25th Aug  at 1.15 pm for enrolling.
S4	S4 Register Teachers   Please can you ask all the Bronze DofE students from last year’s group to be at the Lauderdale St entrance of the school where the PE buses meet, next Monday at 3.50 pm for an Orienteering session. The session will take place in the Hermitage of Braid and the students will be finished and will make their own way home at 5pm from the Hermitage.
S5
S6
All years	*New Item*   Love to write? Join blog club to find out more about digital journalism and creative writing online! The first meeting will be in Miss Steer’s room, 1.27 in the Malala building, after school on Wednesday. Junior and senior pupils welcome!       *IMPORTANT PLEASE READ OUT TO ALL CLASSES*   Fire Exit Door Usage   Pupils must not use any of the fire exit doors as a shortcut to exit the building both from corridors OR from the fire staircases. It compromises the security of the building and leaves ALL vulnerable. These doors are ‘silent alarmed’ and require resetting each time they are activated. They are for fire evacuation purposes only     Lockers   Locker forms are available from welfare, reception and school website. Return applications to welfare office.   INSTRUMENTAL LESSONS   These have now resumed as normal in the music department. All pupils must check their timetable for their next lesson – timetables can be found outside the music staff base, on the door of the instrumental teaching room and also on the school website.   EDINBURGH SCHOOLS’ ROCK ENSEMBLE Auditions will be held next Thursday 27th August from 6.30-9.00pm at St.Thomas’ of Aquinas High School, Chalmers Street. This is open for any pupil who plays drums, guitar, bass guitar, vocals and keyboard. Please just turn up at the audition if you’re interested in joining this fantastic group.     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.