Rural Skills Update
April and May have been busy months for the S3 and 4 Rural Skills pupils.
After sowing seeds early in March the S3 and 4 pupils have been busy planting up hanging baskets and pots to be sold at the Inverness Flower Show in August.
S3 have been brushing up on their Estate maintenance skills up at Abriachan Forest Trust, unblocking field drains and installing water butts. Many thanks to Suzann and her team for making the trips an enjoyable and rewarding experience.
S3 also had the once in a lifetime experience of leading a horse drawn plough. They became very friendly with Morgan and Tommy the 18 hand Clydesdales, through a grooming and taking session before taking it in turn to command ‘shoe over’ and ‘high over’ under the watchful eye of Nick Molnar. It was an amazing opportunity and the group was brimming with confidence and a real sense of achievement.
A sad farewell was bid to the S4 class who has really gelled as a team during this course and has shown that they can tackle many new skills. We wish them all the best.
Last but not least, the S3 class has begun to work with the Merkinch community partnership and the Corbett centre to maintain their community garden. Eilidh MacPhail represented the group; planting heathers and lavender in what is hoped to become a reading garden for the local children.
Sunday 17 May 2009
Wednesday 6 May 2009
Partnership with Lifescan
Inverness High School are developing a relationship with Lifescan, one of the Highland's largest employers. We have recently started up a "REAL Food" stall in the Lifescan premises and recently a team of employees visited our school farm for a "team-building" day and apart from enjoying the fresh air they put in a power of work on the farm.
Nomad Cage Football
Nomad Cage football visited Inverness High School for the second time in April. The 2 on 2 football inside the cage was fast and furious and enjoyed by classes of all ages. Thanks to YFC for organising the events and Merkinch Partnership for their generous sponsorship of the Nomad visit.
S2 LEADERSHIP PHONE RECYCLING
Our S2 Leadership group have been trying to raise money towards their project – a school radio show! They have teamed up with the company ‘Envriostudents’, and have started a mobile phone recycling campaign which we want you all to get involved with! It is very simple – you sell your old mobile phone on the website - www.invernesshigh.envirostudents.com
and you receive the amount of money the phone is worth. Envirostudents then donates £3.00 per phone to the High School. Once you have registered (for FREE) on the website above, you will be sent a free post envelope so you can send your phone to Envirostudents for FREE. They will then give you your money, and the donation to the school, within 7 days! So if you have any old phones lying around now that you have a better one, why not see if you can make some money, for yourself and the school at the same time! And you’ll be being eco friendly too!
and you receive the amount of money the phone is worth. Envirostudents then donates £3.00 per phone to the High School. Once you have registered (for FREE) on the website above, you will be sent a free post envelope so you can send your phone to Envirostudents for FREE. They will then give you your money, and the donation to the school, within 7 days! So if you have any old phones lying around now that you have a better one, why not see if you can make some money, for yourself and the school at the same time! And you’ll be being eco friendly too!
Visit from Botkyrka Friskola
For a third time students and teachers from Sweden have visited Inverness High School on their tour of Scotland. This year the group of 47 joined us on 5th May and the S2 Leadership Group welcomed the group with some warm-up activities and a tour of the school. The group departed after lunch in the canteen.
Tuesday 28 April 2009
News from the prefects
BLYTHSWOOD RECYCLING BIN
As part of our Eco Schools programme, we are hosting a recycling bin which has been provided by the Blythswood charity. It is located near the Dochfour Drive entrance, near the new bike shed, and takes a large variety of goods such as clothes, shoes, handbags, small toys, ink cartridges etc. Please put things in a plastic bag before putting them in the bin. The bin is available for deposits from 8.30 am- 5.30 pm. Blythswood use the items collected in a variety of ways, and any money raised goes towards their projects in Mozambique and Malawi. Let’s get recycling!
S2 LEADERSHIP GROUP
The last day of last term saw the S2 Leadership Group out washing staff cars to raise money for equipment for their radio show. This was a great success and good fun, and staff appreciated their clean cars! This raised around £80 for the group.
The S2 Leaders had a visit from the RAF at the beginning of term, who ran a session of activities aiming to develop teamwork and leadership skills. They really enjoyed the session, and it is hoped that the RAF will be back to do more of these later on in the term!
S2 LEADERSHIP PHONE RECYCLING
Our S2 Leadership group have been trying to raise money towards their project – a school radio show! They have teamed up with the company ‘Envriostudents’, and have started a mobile phone recycling campaign which we want you all to get involved with! It is very simple – you sell your old mobile phone on the website - http://www.invernesshigh.envirostudents.com/
and you receive the amount of money the phone is worth. Envirostudents then donates £3.00 per phone to the High School. Once you have registered (for FREE) on the website above, you will be sent a free post envelope so you can send your phone to Envirostudents for FREE. They will then give you your money, and the donation to the school, within 7 days! So if you have any old phones lying around now that you have a better one, why not see if you can make some money, for yourself and the school at the same time! And you’ll be being eco friendly too!
PUPIL COUNCIL
Having done the filming for their DVD which is aimed at informing P7 pupils about what to expect when coming to the High School, members of the pupil council are now working down at MP33 with Gus MacIver to edit it. We look forward to seeing the finished version!
Congratulations to Rhys Davies 2K who represented Scotland in the Tang Soo Do World Championships in March. Rhys won a Silver medal in his Bo Staf category. Well Done.
Also congratulations to Emily Ross and Garry MacKenzie who have recorded the first examination successes of the session by passing their Open University courses in Molecules, medicines and drugs and Design and the Web respectively.
CRAZY HAIR DAY
This Friday (May 1st) the High School will be having the first of what will hopefully be an annual event where pupils and staff try to get their hair into the craziest style they can! We look forward to seeing everyone’s attempts!
S4 STUDY LEAVE
Our S4 pupils will leave for their study leave on Friday 1st May before taking their Standard grade exams. We wish them all lots of luck, and are sure they will do really well. We hope to see lots of them back into S5 in June!
As part of our Eco Schools programme, we are hosting a recycling bin which has been provided by the Blythswood charity. It is located near the Dochfour Drive entrance, near the new bike shed, and takes a large variety of goods such as clothes, shoes, handbags, small toys, ink cartridges etc. Please put things in a plastic bag before putting them in the bin. The bin is available for deposits from 8.30 am- 5.30 pm. Blythswood use the items collected in a variety of ways, and any money raised goes towards their projects in Mozambique and Malawi. Let’s get recycling!
S2 LEADERSHIP GROUP
The last day of last term saw the S2 Leadership Group out washing staff cars to raise money for equipment for their radio show. This was a great success and good fun, and staff appreciated their clean cars! This raised around £80 for the group.
The S2 Leaders had a visit from the RAF at the beginning of term, who ran a session of activities aiming to develop teamwork and leadership skills. They really enjoyed the session, and it is hoped that the RAF will be back to do more of these later on in the term!
S2 LEADERSHIP PHONE RECYCLING
Our S2 Leadership group have been trying to raise money towards their project – a school radio show! They have teamed up with the company ‘Envriostudents’, and have started a mobile phone recycling campaign which we want you all to get involved with! It is very simple – you sell your old mobile phone on the website - http://www.invernesshigh.envirostudents.com/
and you receive the amount of money the phone is worth. Envirostudents then donates £3.00 per phone to the High School. Once you have registered (for FREE) on the website above, you will be sent a free post envelope so you can send your phone to Envirostudents for FREE. They will then give you your money, and the donation to the school, within 7 days! So if you have any old phones lying around now that you have a better one, why not see if you can make some money, for yourself and the school at the same time! And you’ll be being eco friendly too!
PUPIL COUNCIL
Having done the filming for their DVD which is aimed at informing P7 pupils about what to expect when coming to the High School, members of the pupil council are now working down at MP33 with Gus MacIver to edit it. We look forward to seeing the finished version!
Congratulations to Rhys Davies 2K who represented Scotland in the Tang Soo Do World Championships in March. Rhys won a Silver medal in his Bo Staf category. Well Done.
Also congratulations to Emily Ross and Garry MacKenzie who have recorded the first examination successes of the session by passing their Open University courses in Molecules, medicines and drugs and Design and the Web respectively.
CRAZY HAIR DAY
This Friday (May 1st) the High School will be having the first of what will hopefully be an annual event where pupils and staff try to get their hair into the craziest style they can! We look forward to seeing everyone’s attempts!
S4 STUDY LEAVE
Our S4 pupils will leave for their study leave on Friday 1st May before taking their Standard grade exams. We wish them all lots of luck, and are sure they will do really well. We hope to see lots of them back into S5 in June!
Thursday 23 April 2009
REAL FOOD ACTIVITY
REAL FOOD Opens a new outlet at
Lifescan in Inverness
Real food our Social Enterprise runs food shops in a range of locations locally, including SNH, Raigmore Hospital and local villages. Lifescan the city’s largest business recently invited us to open a weekly food stall in their premises, for their staff. We are looking forward to a strong relationship with Lifescan and some of their staff will be working on our school farm as part of their employee development programme.
Lifescan in Inverness
Real food our Social Enterprise runs food shops in a range of locations locally, including SNH, Raigmore Hospital and local villages. Lifescan the city’s largest business recently invited us to open a weekly food stall in their premises, for their staff. We are looking forward to a strong relationship with Lifescan and some of their staff will be working on our school farm as part of their employee development programme.
At a recent HISEZ conference in Aviemore for Social Enterprises, pupils explained the High School enterprises to delegates and took the opportunity to sell! some produce.
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