Classes have been working on cross country during PE for the last block and we finished off with some in-school competitions. All of S1 and some keen S2 pupils competed in the cross country event this week:
S1&2 Winners Boys – Anndra Cumming (S1) Girls winner – Izzy Macdonald (S2)
A couple of weeks ago S3-6 pupils competed against each other and the results were:
S3-6 Girls winner – Nadia Fenton (S5) Boys winner – Eoin Cumming.
A report will follow in the next newsletter.
Our latest newsletter for Parents is now available! Have a look to see an update from the headteacher, news of our latest fundraising activities & what’s been going on across the school.
Our first trees were added to the Gairloch High edition of the Wester Ross Pocket Orchards project by the S1B SMART class this morning, who did an fantastic job despite the rain, wind and cold! We planted eight trees including pear, apple, plum and cherry. A great legacy for them to leave the school and hopefully for everyone to benefit from in the future!
First crop of fruit should be in 2020, with both the school and community able to benefit. A huge thank you to John from the project for his expertise and providing trees.
More photos on Flickr!
Our S2 music class have been working on group performance. Here’s them playing – with two sets of different drummers – Dirty Old Town.
Our Parent Council have been working hard to support our school, in both being involved in driving change, recruitment, running & supporting events and engaging with partners.
Find the minutes of their latest meeting (January 2019) here.
The next meeting will take place on Tuesday 30th April.
Twenty five pupils travelled to compete in the festival against other Highland schools. Many medals came home with us along with personal bests for individuals but mainly everyone enjoyed the experience. We had competed in the online league as well throughout the year and were presented with a top school prize for that too – Well done everyone!
Our GHS Newsletter March 2019 is available on our school website. It has some dates for your diary, an update on school activities (including our upcoming S1 Bring and Buy Sale) and a farewell to Chemistry Teacher Dr Caley.
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Please find below a copy of the newsletter sent to parents/carers today. It includes a one-year on update, information about school activities and dates for your diary.
We are also inviting parents/carers to fill in a short survey which will help us to continue to work with parents, staff and students to ensure that the students are receiving the best possible provision in Gairloch High.
S5/S6 Higher Human Biology pupils were using yeast embedded in Alginate beads to test whether metal’s could inhibit an enzyme called Catalase which is found in all living cells.
The Catalase containing beads were soaked in the metals for 10 minutes and then placed in Hydrogen peroxide solution and the time taken for the beads to rise up the top of the tube measured.
Slower times mean more inhibition of Catalase.
Hydrogen peroxide is broken down to water and oxygen by Catalase and the oxygen makes bubbles in the beads which makes them float.
