Tuesday 30 December 2008
Swimming Successes
Two of our pupils recently excelled in the Highland Schools Swimming Gala. Pupils are restricted to only two events and of the four events taken part in, they scooped three gold medals and one silver. Janis MacDonald (S5) won Gold in both the 200 and 100 metres freestyle for 16+ and Lewis Meeks won Gold for the 400m freestyle and Silver for the 200m freestyle (13-14).
Friday 12 December 2008
Spicy Salmon Noodles for sale!
School lunches had a treat on Tuesday 9th December a recipe designed by pupils was served up in the school dining hall. The healthy eating dish designed by Ugis Laimins, Erin McGregor and Scott Fraser was inspired by a visit to Aquascot, a seafood company in Alness. The project involved teaching staff in English, Home Economics, Science and Support for Learning. Teams of pupils competed to design a healthy dish undertaking market research and investigations in science before producing the final dishes which were judged by the Council Catering Manager, an NHS dietician and Aquascot's product development manger.
This project required pupils to combine their learning from a range of subject disciplines to produce the final product.
This project required pupils to combine their learning from a range of subject disciplines to produce the final product.
Thursday 11 December 2008
REAL Food in Falcon Square
The School's social enterprise REAL Food has opened a stall in Falcon Square for the Christmas period. This is in addition to the shop we currently occupy in the Victorian Market. No excuse -buy your Christmas veg and much more from REAL Food.
Thursday 4 December 2008
INVERNESS HIGH SCHOOL NEWS
FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL PREFECTS
SPORTS
Girls shinty club has started on Monday lunchtimes. All Welcome!
The girls football club practise on a Thursday after school, and the team is training hard!
One of our students, Megan Weymss, has made the Scottish Cheerleading Team, and she has also started to run cheerleading sessions on Thursday lunchtimes, which are open to everyone.
Basketball practice is held from 5 till 6 pm on Wednesdays.
MUSIC
As we don’t have a hall at the moment our Christmas musical has had to be postponed, but the cast and school choir are performing in a 45 minute slot at the Town House on Thursday 18th December.
STUDY
There are study periods for 5th and 6th years during free periods, and for other years at lunchtimes or after school. See teachers for more info!
Our 4th years are taking their prelim exams starting 8th December – we wish them luck!
REAL PROJECT
The REAL Project, our enterprise project, is recruiting new members for their team. Their training will start before Christmas. They will also be running a stall in the Christmas market in Falcon Square throughout December, and are making up and selling hampers for Christmas.
ECO SCHOOLS
The Eco Schools committee is up and running, and we have loads of new and exciting projects in mind! The Gardening Club is also beginning on Wednesday lunchtimes taking on practical projects around the school grounds!
S2 LEADERSHIP GROUP
The second year leadership group have set up a phone recycling campaign so you can get money for yourself and the school by recycling your old phone. Details on how to do this are coming soon! They also want to set up a radio blog…watch this space!
S3/4 BASE
The 3rd and 4th year base is now open after school for an hour on Wednesdays for a game of pool or just a chat!
CHRISTMAS PARTY
We have decided that the 4th, 5th and 6th years are having their Christmas party on the 17th December from 7:30-10:00pm, and costs £3.00. It’s going to be in the games hall as we don’t have an assembly hall at the moment, but we have a live band performing and we’re going to put loads of Christmas decorations up to make the hall look as good as possible. It should be a great night. We want as many 4th 5th and 6th years along as we can! Get out your glad rags and get ready to boogie!
Important Dates
School finishes on December 19th for Christmas and we will return on Monday 5th January. Happy Christmas everybody!
FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL PREFECTS
SPORTS
Girls shinty club has started on Monday lunchtimes. All Welcome!
The girls football club practise on a Thursday after school, and the team is training hard!
One of our students, Megan Weymss, has made the Scottish Cheerleading Team, and she has also started to run cheerleading sessions on Thursday lunchtimes, which are open to everyone.
Basketball practice is held from 5 till 6 pm on Wednesdays.
MUSIC
As we don’t have a hall at the moment our Christmas musical has had to be postponed, but the cast and school choir are performing in a 45 minute slot at the Town House on Thursday 18th December.
STUDY
There are study periods for 5th and 6th years during free periods, and for other years at lunchtimes or after school. See teachers for more info!
Our 4th years are taking their prelim exams starting 8th December – we wish them luck!
REAL PROJECT
The REAL Project, our enterprise project, is recruiting new members for their team. Their training will start before Christmas. They will also be running a stall in the Christmas market in Falcon Square throughout December, and are making up and selling hampers for Christmas.
ECO SCHOOLS
The Eco Schools committee is up and running, and we have loads of new and exciting projects in mind! The Gardening Club is also beginning on Wednesday lunchtimes taking on practical projects around the school grounds!
S2 LEADERSHIP GROUP
The second year leadership group have set up a phone recycling campaign so you can get money for yourself and the school by recycling your old phone. Details on how to do this are coming soon! They also want to set up a radio blog…watch this space!
S3/4 BASE
The 3rd and 4th year base is now open after school for an hour on Wednesdays for a game of pool or just a chat!
CHRISTMAS PARTY
We have decided that the 4th, 5th and 6th years are having their Christmas party on the 17th December from 7:30-10:00pm, and costs £3.00. It’s going to be in the games hall as we don’t have an assembly hall at the moment, but we have a live band performing and we’re going to put loads of Christmas decorations up to make the hall look as good as possible. It should be a great night. We want as many 4th 5th and 6th years along as we can! Get out your glad rags and get ready to boogie!
Important Dates
School finishes on December 19th for Christmas and we will return on Monday 5th January. Happy Christmas everybody!
Tuesday 2 December 2008
INVERNESS HIGH SCHOOL NEWS
FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL PREFECTS
SPORTS
Girls shinty club has started on Monday lunchtimes. All Welcome!
The girls football club practise on a Thursday after school, and last week went to a tournament in Drumnadrochit where they won one of their three games.
One of our students, Megan Weymass, has made the Scottish Cheerleading Team, and she has also started to run cheerleading sessions on Thursday lunchtimes, which are open to everyone.
Basketball practice is held after school on Wednesdays.
MUSIC
As we don’t have a hall at the moment our Christmas musical has had to be postponed, but the cast and school choir are performing in a 45 minute slot at the Town House on Thursday 18th December.
STUDY
There are study periods for 5th and 6th years during free periods, and for other years at lunchtimes or after school. See teachers for more info!
Our 4th years are taking their prelim exams starting 8th December – we wish them luck!
REAL PROJECT
The REAL Project, our enterprise project, is recruiting new members for their team. Their training will start before Christmas. They will also be running a stall in the Christmas market in Falcon Square throughout December, and are making up and selling hampers for Christmas.
ECO SCHOOLS
The Eco Schools committee is restarting this week, and we have loads of new and exciting projects in mind! The Gardening Club is also beginning on Wednesday lunchtimes taking on practical projects around the school grounds!
S2 LEADERSHIP GROUP
The second year leadership group have set up a phone recycling campaign so you can get money for yourself and the school by recycling your old phone. Details on how to do this are coming soon!
SPORTS
Girls shinty club has started on Monday lunchtimes. All Welcome!
The girls football club practise on a Thursday after school, and last week went to a tournament in Drumnadrochit where they won one of their three games.
One of our students, Megan Weymass, has made the Scottish Cheerleading Team, and she has also started to run cheerleading sessions on Thursday lunchtimes, which are open to everyone.
Basketball practice is held after school on Wednesdays.
MUSIC
As we don’t have a hall at the moment our Christmas musical has had to be postponed, but the cast and school choir are performing in a 45 minute slot at the Town House on Thursday 18th December.
STUDY
There are study periods for 5th and 6th years during free periods, and for other years at lunchtimes or after school. See teachers for more info!
Our 4th years are taking their prelim exams starting 8th December – we wish them luck!
REAL PROJECT
The REAL Project, our enterprise project, is recruiting new members for their team. Their training will start before Christmas. They will also be running a stall in the Christmas market in Falcon Square throughout December, and are making up and selling hampers for Christmas.
ECO SCHOOLS
The Eco Schools committee is restarting this week, and we have loads of new and exciting projects in mind! The Gardening Club is also beginning on Wednesday lunchtimes taking on practical projects around the school grounds!
S2 LEADERSHIP GROUP
The second year leadership group have set up a phone recycling campaign so you can get money for yourself and the school by recycling your old phone. Details on how to do this are coming soon!
Monday 1 December 2008
Teacher training
Ever wondered what teachers do on in-service days? - well here is a sneaky look.
Yes it looks like a class - Teachers were sharing ideas on classroom techniques and were trying them out for themselves. The periods were long! but great fun and whether you are a teacher or a pupil learning should be fun - at least some of the time.
Yes it looks like a class - Teachers were sharing ideas on classroom techniques and were trying them out for themselves. The periods were long! but great fun and whether you are a teacher or a pupil learning should be fun - at least some of the time.
Chemical Connections
Science students got a visit from staff of Chemical Connections on 1st December. This is the third time Chemical Connections have visited the High School and their experiments are always well received. Pupils pictured here got a chance to investigate how energy is stored in fruit and vegetables!
High School OU students
Inverness High School was one of the first schools to offer Open University, introductory courses to S6 pupils as a preparation for further education and a way of expanding their curriculum. This year Emily Ross is studying a Medicines, Molecules and Drugs course which is a very useful extension to a Higher Chemistry course. While Garry MacKenzie is studying Web Design where the course requires him to design a website from scratch. Both pupils were recently interviewed by the Times Educational Supplement Scotland (TESS) [the education newspaper] about their impressions of the OU courses. The OU hopes that schools all over Scotland will follow suit and offer these interesting but challenging courses to S6 students.
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