2 November 2018

Year	Content                                                         Date 02.11.2018
S1
S2	**NEW ITEM** STEAM Women's Innovation Day There will be a mandatory meeting for S2 girls attending the STEAM Women's Innovation Day next Wednesday. Meeting time will be: Monday 5th November at break (10:40pm). The meeting will last no more than 5 minutes in room 2.32. Ms Forbes
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S6	**NEW ITEM** Boyd Anderson Ski Race This is being held at Hillend on Wednesday 12th December. If anyone is interested in representing the school in this event then please let Mr Newall know (PE Dept). Pupils who sign up must be competent skiers. Career Appointments for W/C 29th Oct with Ailsa/Maya from SDS Located in Careers Room in Library Time Pupil Year Adviser Monday 08:40 Azhar Rashad S6 Ailsa Morgan 09:40 Oliver Grothey S5 Ailsa Morgan 11:05 Kaci Douglas S6 Ailsa Morgan 12:05 Lauren Brown S6 Ailsa Morgan 13:45 Ella Mealyou S5 Ailsa Morgan 14:45 Dawood Iqbal S6 Ailsa Morgan Tuesday 08:40 Callum Gardiner S4 Ailsa Morgan 09:40 Kelvin Wong S5 Ailsa Morgan 11:05 Jacob Layet S6 Ailsa Morgan 12:05 Meeting Ailsa Morgan 13:00-13:45 Lunch time drop-in 13:45 Yuan Fang S6 Ailsa Morgan 14:45 Liam Stokes S6 Ailsa Morgan Wednesday 13:45 Cameron Hook S5 Maya Stone 14:45 Kitty Jardine S5 Maya Stone Thursday 08:40 Lorna Brockbank S5 Ailsa Morgan 09:20 Zane Aziz S5 Ailsa Morgan 11:05 Peter Watret S5 Ailsa Morgan 12:05 Cait Parsons S6 Ailsa Morgan 15:15 Bonnie Kerr S5 Ailsa Morgan Friday 09:00 Drew Forsyth S5 Maya Stone 09:40 Balgies Ibnomer S5 Maya Stone 11:05 Corin Beveridge S6 Maya Stone 12:05 Ollie Short S6 Maya Stone 1st Minister’s Reading Challenge The school has signed up to participate in this year’s 1st Minister’s Reading Challenge.  This is the first year it has been rolled out to the secondary schools and we are very excited to be taking part.   Ms  Brown and Mrs Fairhurst are going to be running monthly reading challenges and the first one starts on November 1st.  At any point during November we are inviting pupils to email the school office with a photo of themselves reading to a younger child.  Include a bit of detail as to what you are reading and who you are reading to and send it to admin@jamesgillespies.edin.sch.uk The photos will go on display in the library and there will be certificates and prizes throughout the year.   Speak to Ms Brown in the library or Mrs Fairhurst in 1.25 for more details.  You will also find 1st Minister’s Reading Challenge book shelf recommendation cards in the library to slot into any really good reads you come across this year.