Fighting fire with learning
S3 pupils from Calderhead High and Taylor High School attended an intensive five-day Fire Reach course with Scottish Fire and Rescue Services.
The pupils learned about teamwork, resilience, health and safety and first aid as well as experiencing the role of being a firefighter.
Multilingual debate at Heriot Watt
S3 linguists from Calderhead High School’s modern languages department recently attended Heriot- Watt University’s multilingual debate at their campus in Edinburgh.
The debate is an annual event that showcases the interpreting skills of students on the university languages (interpreting and translating) degree programmes, and takes the form of a formal debate with two multilingual teams arguing for and against a motion of topical interest in a range of languages.
The motion this year was: “This House believes that social media present a serious threat to the health and safety of young people.”
Our pupils participated in the debate by listening to the arguments, putting questions to the speakers in the languages represented and voting on the motion.
Pupils also enjoyed a Confucius Workshop, particularly the free food samples on offer. Everyone really enjoyed their day at Heriot Watt University.
Happy Pi Day
S1 pupils had great fun investigating the properties of circles during ‘Pi’ day recently.
Judo champion
More than 700 keen judoka competed in the British Schools Judo Championships at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield.
Around 400 schools were represented over the course of the two day competition and S2 pupil, Emma Pringle, was awarded a gold medal in the Girls ( years 8/ 9) Under 52kg category. Congratulations Emma.