Tuesday 24 June 2014
Edinburgh International Festival – Free Tickets Using The Young Musician’s Passport
Calling all young Edinburgh and Lothians musicians!
Now is your chance to enjoy the talents of internationally acclaimed professional musicians performing at the Festival this summer.
Book for any one of up to 40 Festival concerts during August and get your ticket absolutely FREE!
Sign up for free today at: eif.co.uk/ympassport
Find out what concerts you can use this at: eif.co.uk/ympevents
Now is your chance to enjoy the talents of internationally acclaimed professional musicians performing at the Festival this summer.
Book for any one of up to 40 Festival concerts during August and get your ticket absolutely FREE!
Sign up for free today at: eif.co.uk/ympassport
Find out what concerts you can use this at: eif.co.uk/ympevents
Monday 23 June 2014
SQA Post Results Service June 2014
Information about the new SQA Post Results Service as at June 2014 which replaces the former SQA Appeals processes.
The Dloko choir needs you!
Hopefully many of you will have heard that the wonderfully talented choir of Dloko High School are coming to Edinburgh in August to perform at the Fringe festival. James Gillespie's and Dloko High Schools enjoy a close relationship as a result of the JGHS South Africa project, and their visit to Edinburgh this year has been made possible by the work of Andrew Paterson of the John Byrne award, and former JGHS head teacher and founder of the Jabulani project, Alex Wallace.
We are currently looking for families from the JGHS community to host pupils from the choir during their stay in Edinburgh. This is a wonderful chance for Gillespie's pupils to get involved in the project and get to know the learners from Dloko and we would like to extend this opportunity to all pupils across the school, whether or not they intend to visit South Africa. If you think that you can offer accommodation to one or more pupils for any number of nights during the period of 3rd-17th August please contact Lisa Gray who is coordinating the hostings (lisa.gray@jamesgillespies.edin.sch.uk).
In addition, please make sure that you take up the opportunity to come and see one of the choir's amazing performances and bring your friends and family too! Their visit culminates in three concerts at the Assembly Rooms on Augsut 12th, 13th and 14th and the JGHS chamber choir will be joining or South African friends on stage for the finale item. Tickets for these shows are available at a discounted rate of £12 for JGHS pupils, parents, staff and alumni from the school office, and are also available to buy online on the Fringe website (search for 'Township Voices'). The venue has been kindly offered for free so all proceeds from the shows will be fed back into supporting Dloko High School and their local community.
We are currently looking for families from the JGHS community to host pupils from the choir during their stay in Edinburgh. This is a wonderful chance for Gillespie's pupils to get involved in the project and get to know the learners from Dloko and we would like to extend this opportunity to all pupils across the school, whether or not they intend to visit South Africa. If you think that you can offer accommodation to one or more pupils for any number of nights during the period of 3rd-17th August please contact Lisa Gray who is coordinating the hostings (lisa.gray@jamesgillespies.edin.sch.uk).
In addition, please make sure that you take up the opportunity to come and see one of the choir's amazing performances and bring your friends and family too! Their visit culminates in three concerts at the Assembly Rooms on Augsut 12th, 13th and 14th and the JGHS chamber choir will be joining or South African friends on stage for the finale item. Tickets for these shows are available at a discounted rate of £12 for JGHS pupils, parents, staff and alumni from the school office, and are also available to buy online on the Fringe website (search for 'Township Voices'). The venue has been kindly offered for free so all proceeds from the shows will be fed back into supporting Dloko High School and their local community.
Thursday 19 June 2014
Instrumental Lessons During The Last Week Of Term
All instrumental lessons will be suspended the week beginning 23rd June due to the refurbishment of Bruntsfield House over summer and the decant of the music department to facilitate this.
Pupils must check their lesson time for after summer – lessons will resume in August.
Pupils must check their lesson time for after summer – lessons will resume in August.
Tuesday 17 June 2014
Monday 16 June 2014
Calendar and key dates consultation
Key Calendar dates for Session 14/15 (Draft for Parents and Pupils)
Notes Compared with last session several changes have been made to take account of:
• The views of Parents
• The views of Pupils
• The views of Staff
• Decant dates in 2015
Feedback on this (draft) is welcomed. Please include the change requested and the reason for the change.
All feedback to be emailed to Gillian.Chisholm@jamesgillespies.edin.sch.uk to arrive no later than 4 Pm on Wednesday 18 June.
Reports Update
Many thanks to everyone who offered feedback on the format of the reports and their scheduling. The main concerns reported to us were:
1. The period of time between reports when pupils progressed from one year to the next and
2.The format of the reports.
In response we have:
1. Amended the timing of the reports, especially as pupils progress from one year to another.
For S4,5 and 6 the timing of the reports has been adjusted to better fit in with prelims and SQA deadlines.
2. We will amend the format of the reports to make them easier for parents to understand.
For S1 to S4 inclusive, Parents will receive three reports. There will be a full report with detailed comment from each of your child’s teachers and a further two ‘Progress’ reports which will be very brief and will highlight any areas of concern.
For S5 and S6, parents will receive an additional progress report.
Throughout next session we will also be developing an on-line version of a Pupil Profile which will capture each pupil’s reflections on their own learning.
This on-line report will also include details of each pupil’s wider achievements.
Donald J Macdonald (Headteacher)
12 June 2014
Calendar and key dates consultation document
Edinburgh Guarantee Schools Bulletin 9th June 14
Latest edition of the Edinburgh Guarantee opportinities for school leavers.
Thursday 5 June 2014
JGHS MasterChef
We had the final last night of Master Chef, here at
Gillespie’s with some serious contenders in the S2 competition. After much
tasting & deliberating the overall winner was Tabitha Gibb, who made
Tempura & coconut prawns.
The runners up were also highly commended –
Megan Newby 3M1 – Pork loin with pesto & sundried
tomatoes
Alice Potter 3K4 – Vegetarian courgette lasagne
Javiera Toro 3K4 – Meatloaf with vegetable served with
avocado & prawns
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