Christmas Concert

In the absence of our school hall pupils have continued to rehearse for our next musical - "Annie" and took to opportunity to put on a lunchtime concert in the Town House at Christmas. An excellent concert which shows the enthusiasm of pupils and staff. We look forward to the next musical event in our own hall. Well done to all who participated.

INVERNESS HIGH SCHOOL NEWS

INVERNESS HIGH SCHOOL NEWS 7/1/09
FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL PREFECTS

MUSICAL THEATRE
Our musical theatre group performed a variety of songs from the show ‘Annie’, in their costumes, in the Town House on the 18th of December. The songs were ‘I Think I’m Gonna Like it Here’ (performed by the cast), ‘Easy Street’ (Performed by Connor Fraser, Megan Wemyss and Kadee Fraser) and ‘The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow’ (performed by ‘Annie’ played by Sadie Stoddart). The choir also performed ‘La Bamba’, and ‘Here I am to Worship’. There were also some solo musical performances. The performers put on a great show, and did the High School proud!


S2 LEADERSHIP GROUP
The second year leadership group ‘Action S2’ sold Candy Canes at the end of terms. The idea was to buy one for your friends, tell the organisers who it’s for and what class they’re in, and they were then given out on the last day of term! The group raised over £40, which they want to put towards equipment for their radio show which they are planning at the moment.


CHRISTMAS PARTY
The Christmas dance for S4-S6 was held on the 17th December. It was a great night with over 70 young people turning up, with the girls all in gorgeous dresses, and we even had a few boys in kilts! We had a live band headed up by one of our music teachers, Mr Webster, which really made the night special. A big thank you to Tesco Extra who kindly donated us a 10 foot Christmas tree, and Marks and Spencers who also donated us £25 towards the party, which we used to help decorate the Games Hall. Thank you very much to them!
We are now looking forward to planning an S1-S3 party for when our Assembly Hall re-opens…watch this space!

REAL PROJECT
The young people involved with the REAL Project worked hard at the end of last term to pack hampers and Christmas orders.
Training has just started for the new group of young people wanting to become involved with the project. So far this is going really well, and we have a big group who are really keen to get into REAL!

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).

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.

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.

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!

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!