4th September 2015

Year	Content                                                         Date 04.09.2015
S1	Rugby  Training   Training for S1 & 2 will be every Tuesday 4pm – 5pm at Thirlestane Road. Training will start next week (31st August). Players should bring water and a change of kit. Any questions please see Mr. Sievwright in the PE department.
S2	Rugby  Training   Training for S1 & 2 will be every Tuesday 4pm – 5pm at Thirlestane Road. Training will start next week (31st August). Players should bring water and a change of kit. Any questions please see Mr. Sievwright in the PE department.
S3	Football Trip.   Trans-World Soccer will be providing yet another fantastic opportunity for all football fans in S3-4 from Saturday 21st November to Sunday 22nd November. The trip includes tickets to see Manchester City vs Liverpool, a 5-a-side tournament and training with Newcastle United coaches amongst other things. The cost is £215pp. If you are interested and would like a letter, please see Mr. Carstairs in the PE department. Places will be allocated on a first come, first serve basis.   DofE enrolment for South Edinburgh Open Award Group   Any JGHS students who are interested in joining a DofE group, especially those pupils who were disappointed to not get a place on the school DofE group are welcome to go to the enrolment evening for the Open Award Group that meets in the Malala building on a Tue night. Please be at the school in the Malala building at 7pm on Tue 8th Sept to enrol in this Open Award Group. Ann Campbell     Rugby  Training   Training for S3 – S6 will be every Monday 4pm – 5pm at Thirlestane Road. Players should bring water and a change of kit. Training will start next week (31st August). Any questions please see Mr. Sievwright 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	Football Trip.   Trans-World Soccer will be providing yet another fantastic opportunity for all football fans in S3-4 from Saturday 21st November to Sunday 22nd November. The trip includes tickets to see Manchester City vs Liverpool, a 5-a-side tournament and training with Newcastle United coaches amongst other things. The cost is £215pp. If you are interested and would like a letter, please see Mr. Carstairs in the PE department. Places will be allocated on a first come, first serve basis. DofE enrolment for South Edinburgh Open Award Group   Any JGHS students who are interested in joining a DofE group, especially those pupils who were disappointed to not get a place on the school DofE group are welcome to go to the enrolment evening for the Open Award Group that meets in the Malala building on a Tue night. Please be at the school in the Malala building  at 7pm on Tue 8th sept to enrol in this Open Award Group. Ann Campbell     Rugby  Training   Training for S3 – S6 will be every Monday 4pm – 5pm at Thirlestane Road. Players should bring water and a change of kit. Training will start next week (31st August). Any questions please see Mr. Sievwright in the PE department.   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	Rugby  Training   Training for S3 – S6 will be every Monday 4pm – 5pm at Thirlestane Road. Players should bring water and a change of kit. Any questions please see Mr. Sievwright in the PE department.
S6	Rugby  Training   Training for S3 – S6 will be every Monday 4pm – 5pm at Thirlestane Road. Players should bring water and a change of kit. Training will start next week (31st August). Any questions please see Mr. Sievwright in the PE department.
S4 –S6                                                                                   All Years	*NEW ITEM*   Football Training   All information about school football such as team selections and training will now be found via a blog on the school website. This can be accessed through the PE page under a section called ‘sporting blogs’. For more information, please see Mr. Carstairs in the PE department.   Shinty Club   Shinty Club takes place on Monday after school.  Meet outside PE base.  All years welcome and all equipment is provided.   Pupil Voice meetings with senior and Junior school:   9th  Wednesday  September :  period 6 Junior ( School Library  Malala )                                                             Period 6 senior ( Meeting room)   24th Thursday September :     Period 1  Juniors ( School Library Malala)                                                           Period 3 seniors (Meeting room Darroch)   Thursday 8th October   :           Period 2    Juniors ( School Library Malala)                                                           Period 2  Seniors ( Meeting room Darroch)   Friday  23rd October  :               Period 1      Juniors (School Library Malala)                                                           Period 1      Seniors ( Meeting Room Darroch)   Monday 2nd of Nov                    Period 6    Juniors ( School Malala)                                                           Period 6     Seniors ( Meeting room Darroch)    Wednesday 18th  of Nov          period 6 Juniors ( school Library Malala)                                                            Period 6 seniors ( Meeting room Malala)   Thursday 3rd December           Period 1  Juniors ( School Library Malala) Thursday 3rd December           Period 3 seniors  ( Meeting room Darroch)   Thursday 17th December         Period 2  Juniors ( School Library Malala )                                                           Period 2  Seniors ( Meeting room Darroch              Edinburgh Schools Swimming Championship   If you would like to represent the school in the above event then please see Mr Newall in the PE Department. It is important to note that this event is for experienced swimmers.   Table Tennis extra-curricular club   This starts on Thursday 10th September from 4-5pm in the dining centre on our Lauderdale campus.   ‘Bene’   “The school’s charitable fundraising group ‘Bene’ is back up and running for another year. In the past Bene has raised funds for a wide variety of projects – within the school, in our community and for global causes. Come be part of a group that makes a practical difference in people’s lives! Meetings are Tuesdays at lunch in Room 1.31   Please bring your lunch with you”     ALL OTHER INSTRUMENTAL GROUPS AND CHOIRS WILL START REHEARSALS IN SEPTEMBER.         PLEASE CHECK THE SCHOOL WEBSITE FOR ALL UPDATES AND INFO. 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.