\Beaconhurst School
\Stirling High
Strathcarron Hospice 10k winner One of our S4 pupils, Craig Palmer came first in race in the Strathcarron Hospice 10k Road Race that took place on Sunday September 25. He was also the first person aged 16 to cross the line. Dennis Canavan, who works closely with Strathcarron, came into the school last week to present Craig with both his trophies and to speak to our senior pupils about the good work the hospice does to help patients, their families and carers. S4 Parents’ Evening S4 parents’ evening is being held on Tuesday December 6 from 4.30pm-7pm. The online booking system will be available to book appointments with teaching staff from now until Friday December 2 inclusive. Children in Need 2016 We had a very successful day of fundraising for Children in Need on Friday. We had bake sales, Pie the Teacher events at lunchtime and a non-uniform day for staff and pupils. We raised a grand total of £1,064.07 for this worthwhile charity. Well done to all everyone who took part. Pupils Meet Tim Peake A small group of pupils travelled to the University of York recently to take part in the Principia Schools’Conference. Organised by the UK Space Agency, the conference celebrated and reported on the many different educational activities and projects carried out in schools across the UK in support of ESA astronaut Tim Peake’s Principia mission to the International Space Station. Stirling High was one of only two secondary schools from Scotland at the conference. The six pupils from across the year groups had all taken part in Principia events. Keynote speaker and guest of honour was Tim Peake, who gave a wonderful insight to his six month stay on the ISS. He then took the time to meet with every one of the 400 delegates at the conference to shake hands and patiently answer many questions. He had a special word of thanks to the Stirling High School pupils for coming such a long way to support him. Spanish visit On November 15, pupils who study Spanish enjoyed a visit from 19 students and three teachers from Colegio Kostka, Catabria, Santander Northern Spain. The Spanish guests were welcomed by head teacher Paul Cassidy and the Modern Languages faculty. The visit organised by faculty teachers Mandy McMillan and Amy Lochhead was a huge success. Firm friendships were established. It’s hoped one day, our pupils will enjoy a visit to their school in Northern Spain. Tempori Parendum ‘Be Prepared For Your Time’. Can all pupils ensure you are ‘prepared for your time’ when you come to school. It is vital you have your PE kit, home economics tubs, lunch money, musical instruments, lunch card, locker keys, timetable, school bags, pens, pencils etc. when you arrive at school. Can parents/carers please also ensure all school uniform is marked clearly with your child’s name, in particular school blazers. Junk Kouture Fashion Show Buy tickets now from SHS Art Dept or the School Office, price £5. Reminder to all pupils taking part in Junk Kouture Club, it is on every lunchtime and Thursday after school. Fashion Show takes place on Wednesday December 7 at 7pm. Diary Dates November 24-25 Staff Development Days, school closed to pupils; December 6 S4 Parents’ Evening 4.30-7pm; December 7 S1 Christmas Panto at MacRobert; December 8 Senior Dance; December 13 S1/2 Christmas Dance; December 14 S3/4 Christmas Dance; December 16 S2 Full reports issued via school bag mail; December 21 last day of term.
\Wallace High
Senior Football Wallace High School’s Senior Boys Football team progressed in the Scottish Cup after beating Grangemouth High School 4-0 on Wednesday November 2. The team played impressively to continue a remarkable run of form. Wallace’s scorers were Jake McGinley, Fabian Borcz and Ruaridh Henderson with Ruaridh scoring twice. The seniors will want to continue their dominance in the next set of fixtures including a home game against Dunblane High School. S1 Rugby The school’s S1 rugby team completed an interschool rugby tournament held at Forthbank on Wednesday November 2. The S1’s dominated the play, winning all of their games. They beat Lornshill and Larbert High School 5-1, Alloa High School 9-1 and Alva High School 2-1. Man of the Match for the S1’s was Ethan Notman. S2 Football Wallace High School’s U14 boys won 6-0 in the Scottish Cup against St Margaret’s High School on Wednesday November 2. Wallace controlled the match with goals coming from Lucas Williamson (twice), Declan McFarlane (twice), Rob Dryden and Fraser MacLellan. This result allows the team to advance into the next round of the Scottish cup. Table Tennis Tournament Mr Burke has organised a table tennis tournament involving teachers and students from all year groups. The knockout games are being played at lunchtime in the games hall and the theatre. The entry fee of £1 will be donated to SAMH (Scottish Association for Mental Health) as part of Wallace’s effort to increase awareness of mental health. The tournament has 64 participants overall, meaning the competition will take several weeks to complete. Engineering Education Scheme (EES) The Engineering Education Scheme (EES) open day was held at the University of West Scotland in Hamilton on Thursday November 17. S5’s Rachel Potts, Rachel Gordon, Abishek Jason and Katy Francis represented Wallace High School. The team met with Calnex Solutions, the partnered company, and were briefed on the team on the project specifications and led through various team building exercises. The scheme provides pupils with valuable experience within industry including the opportunity to visit the partnered Zoo Lab Pupils from J1 enjoyed a visit from Zoo Lab as part of their Senses Topic. The children had the chance to explore and understand how animals use their senses within their habitats. They also began to learn how some animals perceive their surroundings differently to us and even got the chance to handle or touch some real animals. The animals they saw included a hissing cockroach, baby tortoise, tarantula, Columbian Rainbow Boa, bearded dragon and a poisonous dart frog. The children all showed great respect towards the animals and enjoyed feeling their different textures during the experience. Their teachers Miss Hargreaves and Miss Coey even got to hold the snake. Remembrance Sunday Beaconhurst School Authority and some of the prefects attended last Sunday’s Remembrance service in Bridge of Allan’s Memorial Park. They were proud to lay a wreath at the War Memorial and also to see so many of the school’s pupils representing other community groups including air cadets, scouts, guides, cubs and brownies. Despite the weather it was a wonderful service.