Grange Academy Weekly Bulletin Tuesday 19th

April 2016

FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS

A reminder for

the family group

photo order

forms - deadline

is end of this

week.

Pupils with SQA exam

concessions can get their

timetables from Miss Reid’s

office from Wednesday 20th

April onwards.

SQA EXAM CONCESSIONS

Ayrshire College Information

Pupils who applied for Skills for Work college courses can find out the date and time of their interview by checking the lists in the notice board at the top of the stairs next to PE (opposite the lift). You should also collect your consent form* from Miss Reid’s office on Friday 22nd April – signed consent forms should be returned to Miss Reid no later than one day before your interview.

Pupils should note that they will be travelling independently to the college and from college home. Pupils who would normally travel on the school bus can collect a bus warrant from Miss Reid or Mrs Harper for bus travel home if required.

*Pupils hoping to study:

Engineering or Early Education and Childcare

Please note your interview will take place on THURSDAY 21ST APRIL BETWEEN 4-5PM AT KILMARNOCK COLLEGE CAMPUS. Your consent form can be collected from Miss Reid’s office P5/6 today - it is important that you collect this and return your signed consent form to Miss Reid tomorrow Wednesday 20th April.

Advanced Higher dates and times to be confirmed.

Any questions, please see Miss Reid, Mrs Harper or a Classroom Assistant.

Panini Meal Deal

Choose a Panini and a drink with a free

biscuit for only £2.00

Order at morning break and pay. Pick up at

lunch with no queuing

Les Miserables Tickets

Tickets are already selling fast for our

school show in June, Les Miserables School

Edition.

Book now to avoid disappointment.

Thursday 16th June - Saturday 18th June

£9/adults £6/pupils and concessions

@ Grange Academy

My Stickers This is the last week of My Stickers.

Next week, at assembly and in Mentor, we will reveal the top achievers in S1-3 and in each house group.

These pupils will win a prize.

Use the rest of this week to gain as many points as you can.

My Stickers You have this week, and next, to swap your points for

prizes in the school shop.

At the end of next week, the trial will end and you points will be locked so don’t waste them!

Thank you for taking part in My Stickers and congratulations on earning all these points!

The 2016 Reach S5 campus week at the University of Glasgow will run from the

13th - 17th June. Below is a list of pupils who have completed the S5 written assignment to the standard required and are

therefore eligible to attend. Please see slide below for dates and times

s5 data entry

Forename Surname School ref Reach subject

Chloe Bagg Grange Medicine

Hannah Young GRANGE Medicine

Iona Dodds Grange Medicine

Melanie Grant Grange Medicine

Charlotte Steele GRANGE Law

Milana Bowes GRANGE Vet

Erin Mills GRANGE Medicine

Hannah Callaghan GRANGE Vet

Niamh Deans Grange Medicine

:

2016 REACH S5 CAMPUS WEEK CONT: Pupils have been informed of the dates and many have replied to say they can attend. However,

please could you come and see Mrs Gillespie and confirm your attendance as soon as possible so I can let the university know who will be attending.

Details of the week

Pupils will spend the week in subject-specific groups - at the Law, Medicine, Dental and Vet Medicine schools. Pupils attending the Medicine or Law campus week will be based at the main university campus. Pupils interested in Dentistry will spend Tuesday and Wednesday at the Dental School on Sauchiehall Street and those interested in Veterinary Medicine will spend time Monday-Wednesday at the university's Garscube Campus where the Vet School is located. A bus will be provided to take pupils to and from the School of Veterinary Medicine. More details, including a film with footage from last year's Reach campus week, can be found on our website: www.gla.ac.uk/reach

The final timetable is yet to be set but the schedule is likely to be:

MONDAY - 9.30am-3pm

TUESDAY - 9.30am - 3/4pm

WEDNESDAY - 9.30am - 3/4pm

THURSDAY - Attend the Open Day at the University of Glasgow

FRIDAY – 9.30am - 1pm

Scottish Secondary Schools Football

Association

S4 Grange Academy Squad

No Name Date of Birth

1 Rian Smith 15/01/01

2 Ben Mathieson 10/04/00

3 Josh Edwards 27/05/00

4 Lochlan Miller 03/04/00

5 Logan Smith 13/6/00

6 Deri Thomson 01/04/00

7 Gavin Scott 02/03/00

8 Craig Philips 29/07/00

9 Ewan Farrell 30/05/00

10 Jordan Mason 12/5/00

11 Callum Peters 25/09/00

12 Robbie Handling 06/10/00

13 Christopher Law 16/12/00

14 Ally Mclean 29/02/00

15 Kerr McKinley 19/05/00

Team Grange Academy Under 16’s

Fixture Ayrshire Cup Semi Final

Date 20th April 2016

Grange Academy V Greenwood Academy

3:30pm kick off.

Meet at PE dept end of Period 6.

The Space seeds have landed!

Seeds that have been floating on the International Space Station, along with

Tim Peake have finally completed their 6 month mission and have returned to

Earth ready to be planted! Grange Academy has been selected to grow these

seeds as part of a nationwide study to discover the effects of weightlessness

and cosmic radiation on seeds in space. If you are interested in taking part

please come to Miss Kadel's classroom S024, at lunchtime on the 19th April

(Tuesday after the holidays). This experiment has never been attempted on

such a large scale - who knows what we will be growing?

Extra Curricular Clubs

A reminder to all pupils that extra

curricular clubs are up and running

in the PE department. Short tennis

on Mondays, Badminton on Tuesdays

and Basketball on Thursdays. All

clubs are free of charge and run

from 3:30-4:30

Employment Fair

Wednesday 1st June, Grand Hall, Kilmarnock, 9.30am-12.30pm

East Ayrshire Council in partnership with DWP, Ayrshire College Skills Development Scotland and a number of other third sector organisations and training providers is organising an Employment Fair taking place in the Grand Hall, Kilmarnock on Wednesday the 1st June 2016.

The first hour of the event (09.30-10.30) has been reserved for school pupils only – the general public will not be able to gain admittance until 10.30.

The event will give pupils the opportunity to find out more about potential employment opportunities both in East Ayrshire and nationally, college courses, uniformed services and the range of training opportunities available to them.

A number of employers have live vacancies and will be present on the day.

Please note the event is aimed at young people who are not considering Higher Education as a post-school destination.

Spring Concert

This will take place on Wednesday 20th

April at 19:00. The concert will feature

performances from the Choir, Orchestra,

Folk Group and a short medley from the

cast of Les Miserables. It is also an

opportunity for Higher and Advanced Higher

Music students to perform items from their

SQA performance examinations. Please

come along and support. Tickets are priced

at £3/£2 and are available at the door.

Grange Basketball Team

Well done the Grange

Basketball teams who

played Auchinleck last

Thursday. The boys

won 24-20 and the girls

lost 31-34 in 2 very

close games. MVP's

were Laura Wilkie and

Archie Scott.

DROP IN SESSIONS

The school nurse will not be in

school on Tues 19th April.

Next visit planned for Tues 26th.