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The annual PSA Pamper evening will be held at Inveralmond Community High School on Friday the 15th of June, 7pm – 10pm. £5 per ticket including a free glass of wine. Treatments should be booked at Community Reception (01506 438093) There are a range of treatments available including Facials, Massage, Fortune Telling, Reflexology, Waxing, Hot Stones and more. If you fancy a relaxing evening in a friendly environment please come along.
Livingston schools were invited to submit a piece of artwork expressing “what Livingston means to me”. The two best entries from each school were displayed at Howden Park centre from 17 April to 23 April. Scott Rutherford and Elise Tucker were the winners from Inveralmond. Follow this link to see pictures of the artwork displayed in the Howden Park Centre and a picture of both students collecting their certificates from Councillor Peter Johnston.
ECO Club Celebrate Livingston’s 50th Anniversary Last Friday afternoon Inveralmond’s ECO Club planted two Royal Oak saplings as part of the Livingston 50th Anniversary celebrations. The group, run by Mr V.Bethune, can be seen putting the finishing touches to their hard work. Plans for four allotments are being progressed for later this year and shrubs will be planted to commemorate the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations in June.
Inveralmond has been chosen for The School of Football project, run by the Scottish Football Association. The School of Football is first and foremost a project aimed at developing the social and academic skills of young people during their first and second year of high school. Students will be coached by a fully qualified Scottish Football Association coach. The project will begin at the start of our new term in August.
Three Inveralmond students recently took part in the ‘Extra Time’ project in collaboration with Heart of Midlothian Football Club. Liam Hunt, Arron Gunn and Jordan Douglas (Pictured left, L-R) took part in the project which Education Services worked with Heart of Midlothian FC to create. This project aims to provide young people requiring ‘More Choices, More Chances’ with a programme of activities designed to increase their motivation, self esteem and aspirations.
Six of Inveralmond’s Mathematics teachers agreed that if £500 were raised to go towards the school’s trip to Hong-Kong that they would have their hair shaved off. Today the £500 mark was reached and the teachers met their fate. Around 22 students from Inveralmond will be visiting Hong Kong in the Summer of 2013. In order for the trip to take place each student must raise £1,200. Students have been involved in many fundraising events so far and today was the teachers turn! For pictures from the hair raising event please click on the Link
Due to the very succesful participation of Inveralmond’s pupils at the annual MUN (Model United Nations) Conference in March it has been decided that the Debate Club be renamed the MUN Club. The pupils who attended wanted to alter how the club was run to reflect the skills needed to participate in future conferences. Inveralmond will be attending a one day conference at Earlston School on Tuesday 12th June. It is also hoped they will be attending Penicuik High School’s Conference in September.
Our Cashless Catering System for school meals will be going live today. We will now integrate with Young Scot Cards which have wider use than within school. Unfortunately for the time being students will be issued only with a pin number, with the Young Scot cards to follow in due course. Students will receive their pin number from their tutor this week and these must be kept secure. The pin number will be requested whenever anything is purchased from the dining area.
The Baldy Bane Theatre Company were at Inveralmond on Thursday the 18th of April to present the hard hitting production of ‘Wee Andy’ as this is a West Lothian backed initiative to highlight the dangers of knife crime. This play examines what happens to an innocent young lad whose life is shattered when he is attacked by a gang.
As of today, Monday the 23rd of April, S1-S3 PSE classes will be involved in SHARE (Sexual Health and Relationship Education) classes. This will be delivered during their Social Education period, the programme being used is ‘SHARE’ which has been published by Health Scotland.
For two months eleven pupils from the school debating club have been researching and preparing for the annual Model United Nations Conference at George Watson’s College in Edinburgh. The Conference was held on 23rd to 25th March and involved over 600 pupils from schools in Scotland, UK and some as far as Norway, Germany, Portugal, Turkey and Greece. Each school was to represent 1 of 50 different countries and were required to debate in the conference whilst presenting their arguments from that country’s position. Continue reading Inveralmond Pupils at International MUN Conference
Congratulations are in order for Ms Tammalynn Hassell who recently won Runner-up in the National Youth Worker of the Year Awards 2012! On Thursday the 15th of March Ms Hassell attended the National Youth Worker Awards at the Crowne Plaza, Glasgow. Ms Hassell was nominated by Hilda Doran. The awards ceremony was chaired by Glenn Campbell, Political Correspondent, BBC Scotland. Ms Hassell can be seen pictured, third from the left. Continue reading National Youth Worker of the Year Awards 2012
Third year student, Hannah-Jade McInnes, is entering the ITF (International Taekwondo Federation) World Cup 2012. The championships will take place in Brighton from the 4th until the 7th of October. Hannah-Jade is entering in the 15-17 years category, blue to black belt and over 50Kg. Hannah-Jade has been training in Taekwondo for four and a half years and has been competing since 2010.
S4 Modern Studies students from Inveralmond visited the Scottish Parliament as part of their revision for their Scottish Politics course. The students were greeted by the Scottish Parliament education service on arrival and spent the morning taking part in interactive learning sessions about the history and business of Parliament. In the afternoon the education service provided a guided tour of the Parliament which included the main debating chamber and garden lobby.
Inveralmond’s English department had the pleasure of taking two of our Higher classes to a special workshop production of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ at Howden Park. This fantastic innovative education project was an interactive workshop in which key scenes from Romeo and Juliet were performed. The actor’s and director brought Shakespeare to life for our pupils, in a highly dynamic and enjoyable way. Our Higher classes were totally engaged by it, and it was of invaluable help to them for their exams which lie ahead! |
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