Novel day when pupils met writer
Literature event let students mingle and discuss books
the SYP sittings, the first of which will take place on June 24 and 25.
She will also take part in the fortnightly Wishaw and Shotts Youth Forum and the Youth Council every other Monday.
Sarah said: “I’m really happy about the opportunity to represent young people at the Youth Parliament.” Sarah will be the first MSYP from the Shotts area in 10 years.
Sarah is aiming to complete numerous goals.
One of her goals will affect people all across the country as she looks to improve the National Minimum Wage for young people.
Others are a little closer to home as she wants to improve public transport in and around the Shotts/Airdrie area including actually getting a bus link between the two towns.
One of the subjects closest to her heart is her desire to improve the standard of mental health care for young people and to decrease the wait times for care.
Sarah is “really excited” about the fantastic opportunity to represent people and said she is thankful to everyone that went out and voted for her. Sporting Success
Third year students Thomas Smith, Aidan McKeown and Ruaridh Carlin put in a great performance in extremely muddy conditions to secure a bronze team medal in the North Lanarkshire Schools Cross Country race. Thomas, who placed fourth in the individual race said: “I couldn’t believe how muddy it was in places but we put in a great team performance.”
The Under-14 football team also put in a great performance, beating Carluke High School 8-2. The goals came from J.Craig (4) M.Musiza (2) and A.Langan (2). Charity Fundraising The huge commitment that Saint Aidan’s makes to charity fundraising was recognised when Mark Brooker of SCIAF went to the school to talk to pupils during Lent.
The school has raised over £ 13,000 for SCIAF in the last five years. Third- year students also celebrated their success in the Micro-Tyco challenge. MicroTyco is a month long challenge that enables participants to practice and learn fundamental business principles in a safe, ‘micro’ environment.
Teams from schools, universities or businesses have one month to turn £1 seed capital into as much money as possible.
All money created by the Micro-Tycos is invested by WildHearts in micro-loans for poor entrepreneurs in the developing world. Participants ‘become entrepreneurs to fund entrepreneurs’.
Third -year students really rose to the challenge and used their entrepreneurial acumen to turn an initial investment of £50 into £1,367. Fairtrade Event
Third- year students also shared their business expertise with primary seven pupils from our local primary schools when they organised a Fairtrade event. The students organised and delivered a workshop called the “Orange Trading Game” for the primary sevens who all got really involved in the activity.