New resources from the National Parent Forum of Scotland for high school parents and pupils, especially S3 and S4

Two new resources from the National Parent Forum of Scotland to help parents and learners with the new National qualifications have been added to the Parents' page of our website.  

'Pointers for Parentsand Pupils'  supports learning and revision in the Senior Phase (S3 and S4 in particular)

'Nationals in a Nutshell: Assessment' explains assessment for National qualifications.  

These are particularly relevant to S4 pupils/parents who are doing National qualifications this year.

The Scottish Government is due to circulate hard copies of these to every S3 and S4 parent at the end of January but we thought it would be useful to circulate these electronically now.

The website www.parentforumscotland.org also has both of these available.

The Pointers document is designed to fold concertina-style, in case you wonder about its layout.

Children 1st Fundraising Thanks

Thanks and Congratulations to everyone who was involved in the fundraising for Children 1st.

Children 1st have published a lovely thank you on their website for the £329 raised in school for them before Christmas.

December edition of The Spark

The December edition of the student newspaper The Spark is now available.

An archive of all previous editions can now be found at

http://www.jamesgillespies.edin.sch.uk/thespark/thespark.html

Children 1st supporting Radio Forth Christmas Appeal

Children 1^st have advised that they are a collection point for Radio Forth Christmas Appeal.

Their offices are behind JGHS on Whitehouse Loan for anyone wishing to contact them.

Chinese Youth World Final

Following success at a talent competition in London in October, Lisa He will be one of five young people to represent the UK Chinese Youth in the World final in China from 16 – 30 December 2013.

Lisa’s prize for winning the UK competition is an ‘all expenses paid’, 14 day trip to Xiamen, China.

This is a fantastic achievement given the level of competition across the entire UK.

James Gillespie's High School is immensely proud of her achievement!