Pupils enjoy op initiative
Operating Theatre Live
Recently, S4 pupils Mark Grant and Rose Miller from St Aidan’s High School participated in Operating Theatre Live at Falkirk High School.
The programme - aimed at pupils looking to study any fields of medicine - involves dissecting real organs and learning from medical professionals themselves, writes Daphne Miller.
Rose said: “The event would give me a boost into hopefully securing a place to study veterinary medicine at university in the near future and I really love helping animals and find it really rewarding when I am able to make them better.”
Rose and Mark went into detail of what the day involved: Mark said: “We measured out and administered anaesthetic to a figurine and also were given the opportunity to dissect a pig, examine the brain and also examine the respiratory system.”
Mark’s favourite moment was examining the heart whereas Rose enjoyed dissecting the pigs head.
Mark- who hopes to study medicine- said: “I find it really interesting and I just love helping people.”
Go4Set
Six second year pupils from St Aidan’s High came together to develop a smart product for Masters Industrial Cadet Scotland as part of the Go 4 Set competition, writes Sophie Farrell.
The six pupils, Jack Miller, Christopher Cassidy, Niamh Campbell, Nicola Buszka and Mathew Farrell were guided by Miss McLean as they developed a pair of smart safety glasses.
They had to do to 20 hours of work as a team and a report to achieve the Master’s Industrial Cadet Scotland bronze award.
Their work payed off as the team won the pupil’s choice award for their work.
Eight schools were involved, all with their own teams and projects.
Mathew Farrell said: “It was a good introduction to STEM courses and it was a good project to work on.”
First Year Basketball Team are Winners
St Aidan’s entered two first year teams into the North Lanarkshire Active Schools basketball championship held in Caldervale High School.
The eager first year students fought their way to victory in the round-robin league to emerge victorious at the end of a fiercely fought contest.
Student Sam Eccles, who played a big part in the team’s victory was very pleased with the outcome of the competition.
He said: “It was really good winning this one, especially because the opposition were really taking it seriously.”
Laura McKeever, another star performer also enjoyed the experience of victory and we asked her what it was like being in a mixed team and playing alongside boys.
Laura said: “It’s not any different for me as I often play alongside boys in football competitions, so I’m used to it. I thought we would have a great chance in this competition because we are a good team.”
Mr Dunnery, Principal Teacher of PE was delighted with the performance of the first year teams .
Sprinting Star
First Year student Tehillah Okonkwo is having a fantastic year with Law District AAC.
She won two gold medals from victories in a Scottish Indoor Athletics Championship event.
Tehillah secured victory in the U-13 60 metre and 200 metre sprints.
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