30th November 2006
St Andrew's Day Events

Staff and pupils associated with Andrew House organised a number of events to celebrate St Andrew’s Day and raise funds for St Andrew’s Hospice.

Thistle brooches were sold around the school and staff enjoyed a coffee morning to the skirl of the bagpipes. Many thanks to Mr Jim Hughes for his excellent piping!

6th year pupils, Jamie Super of OLHS and Diane Currie of Dalziel HS organised an inter-school basketball match, and would like to thank both schools and all the parents who bought tickets and supported their event. The final score isn't really very important (but we lost!).

A cheque for £223 has been donated to St Andrew’s Hospice.

28th November 2006
Men should weep

Higher Drama pupils enjoyed a visit to the People’s Palace for a workshop on Ena Lamont Stewart’s “Men should weep”. The day provided insights into the lives of ordinary people in 1930s Glasgow and invaluable background for one of the Scottish texts being studied by the class.

23rd November 2006
War Memorial Mass

Mass was held in the school’s War Memorial Chapel on 23rd November, in commemoration of the former pupils who died during World War I and World War II. School captains Paul Devlin and Karina Clarke read the Roll of Honour.

Another former pupil, Warrant Officer Gerry Duffy, presented the school with a new Navy Ensign which was blessed by Bishop Devine for use in the chapel.

22nd November 2006
King Lear

The school played host today to HND students from Coatbridge College's Acting and Performance Department. The students' performance of Shakespeare's King Lear in the School Theatre was watched by an appreciative audience of Higher English and Higher Drama pupils.

The performance was a huge success for students studying the play in English as well as understanding ways in which the play could be staged for the Drama students.

Formal links are now being established between the College and our own Drama Department to ensure further ventures can happen as well enabling progression routes for students who wish to extend their studies with Drama.

18th November 2006
Gold Award for Schol Band

The school band is delighted with their Gold Award from the National Concert Band Festival Scottish Finals.

The competition was held at the Caird Hall in Dundee in November and included bands from across Scotland. The Our Lady’s High School Band is now invited to the National Festival in Gateshead in March.

The National Concert Band Festival celebrates each band's performance rather than judging between them. While there can be more than one band receiving Gold, Silver, Bronze and Merit awards, very few are invited to participate in the annual National Festival. The OLHS band are therefore very proud at receiving this honour.

8th November 2006
SCIAF Poetry Competition Results

SCIAF have announced the results of a poetry competition held between schools in Motherwell and Uganda.

The entries were of such high quality that the judges in Uganda decided to choose one winner from each school.

The OLHS winner is Paula Jane Graham, 2A2. Highly recommended certificates are also being given to S2 pupils Robert Sewell, Rachael Liddell, Laura Scott and Lisa Rattigan. Congratulations to all of them.

The 56 winning poems from all schools will be published later in the year.

7th November 2006
Primary 7 Open Night

The Primary 7 Open Night was attended by a large number of parents and pupils from our associated primaries and further afield. 6th year pupils enjoyed acting as tour guides, directing our visitors between departments.

The whole evening was extremely successful and many parents commented on the very positive atmosphere of the school. Many thanks to all the staff and pupils who turned out to help.

3rd November 2006
HMIe Inspection

Our Lady’s has played host to a team of Inspectors from HMIe over the last two weeks.

The Inspectors saw a wide variety of teaching and learning across the curriculum, and spoke at length to groups of staff and pupils.

The school is looking forward to the results of their observations.

2nd November 2006
Fourth Year Parents' Night

Many thanks to all parents of S4 pupils who attended in strength on Thursday night with turnout over 80%.

Headteacher, Mr Bernard Love, expressed his appreciation to all who attended. “It’s a tremendous credit to pupils and their parents,” he said

1st November 2006
Health Promoting School - November Targets

The HPS suggests healthy targets each month for staff and pupils. November’s targets encourage safety around fireworks and remembering to drop litter in bins.

The targets are displayed around the school and in pupils’ homework planners.

1st November 2006
Visit to "The Steamie"

Higher Drama pupils visited Cumbernauld Theatre on Thursday night to see Apex Players' production of "The Steamie".

One of the texts for the Contemporary Scottish Theatre element of the course, pupils were intrigued to see a different interpretation of Tony Roper's classic.

The class are now looking ahead to their "Men Should Weep" workshop at the People's Palace at the end of the month.

1st November 2006
CSLA Certificate

Upper School pupils Katie Smyth (S5) and Collette Whyte (S6) have taken on responsibility for the girls’ football coaching as part of their Community Leadership Sport Award certificate (CSLA).

1st November 2006
Kamwokya Club

The Kamokya Club, organised by Ms Anne Frew, meets every Wednesday lunchtime, to promote the links between OLHS and our partners in Kamwokya, Uganda.

Congratulations to Lauren McKinnon, 1C2, who won the recent Kamwokya Club Treasure Hunt. The latest focus for club members is to update the school Kamwokya notice board and add to the existing information about Kamwokya on the school website.