5 November 2018

Year	Content                                                         Date 05.11.2018
S1
S2	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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S5
S6	**NEW ITEM** Career Appointments for W/C 5th Nov with Ailsa/Maya from SDS Located in Careers Room in Library Time Pupil Year Adviser Monday 08:40 Daisy Beer S6 Ailsa Morgan 09:40 Lara Burns S6 Ailsa Morgan 11:05 Lauren Brown S6 Ailsa Morgan 11:35 Callum Gardiner S4 Ailsa Morgan 12:05 Matthew McKenna S6 Ailsa Morgan 13:45 Reda Hamidouchi S5 Ailsa Morgan 14:45 Julia Varga S6 Ailsa Morgan Tuesday 08:40 Imaan Zuber S6 Ailsa Morgan 09:40 Joe Rosenthal S6 Ailsa Morgan 11:05 Tahar Djoudi S4 Ailsa Morgan 12:05 Chloe Smith  S5 Ailsa Morgan 13:00-13:45 Lunch time drop-in 13:45 Kirsty Noble S6 Ailsa Morgan Wednesday Careers Adviser not in school Thursday 08:40 Lewis Rough S5 Ailsa Morgan 09:10 Robbie Westwater S5 Ailsa Morgan 10:00 Dawood Iqbal S6 Ailsa Morgan 11:05 Noah Nicholson S5 Ailsa Morgan 12:05 Grzegorz Musko S6 Ailsa Morgan 13:45 Umar Shahid S5 Ailsa Morgan Friday 09:00 Ella Mealyou S5 Maya Stone 09:40 Freya Malcolm S5 Maya Stone 11:05 Martyna Zakrzewska S4 Maya Stone 12:05 Lois Leaver S5 Maya Stone 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. 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.