Youth & Philanthropy Initiative finals

All S6 pupils participated in the above event in their PDT class from August to October this year.  Within class, pupils formed their own teams and thoroughly researched the local charities which they felt passionately about. The pupils then approached the charities and met with them to gather data to use whilst representing them in the initiative. All teams performed extremely well and did such a fantastic job for their charity.

The CCHS Youth & Philanthropy Initiative final was held on Tuesday 8^th October. The final 4 teams representing RDA – Ravelrig Riding for the Disabled, Friends of Braidburn School and Simpsons Special Care Babies (x2) presented against one another for the incredible prize of £3000 for their charity.  The judges had a very difficult job to decide the winner but the winning team consisting of Mara Milne, Kirsten Macmillan, Rachel Hay, Louise Rorke, Shannon Duffy, Leigh Corstorphine & Yasmin Piatkowski were presented with a cheque for £3000 to give to their chosen charity, Simpsons Special Care Babies.  A huge well done to all involved.

 

Bumper harvest at school this year

The oats planted this spring have definitely ripened. We harvested them today and have put them in the greenhouse to properly dry out. Then we'll thresh them to remove the actual oats and hopefully make some very tasty oat cakes!

 

We have had a really successful harvest at school this year, as Ms Avery and Ms Stuart are demonstrating, with multi-coloured carrots, beetroot, tomatoes, peppers, courgettes, fresh herbs like basil and more!  All of them have been used to cook up some delicious and healthy dishes in Health & Food Technology classes.

 

 

Learning for Sustainability workshop

A group of staff spent all day on Thursday 26 September working on a school vision for 'Learning for Sustainability'. This is a combined, holistic whole-school approach to outdoor learning, sustainable development education and global citizenship.   We do lots of great things as a school at the moment, but we want to improve and make sure every learner at Currie High has lots of high quality learning experiences outside the classroom, and making links to citizenship and sustainability.   We believe its a great way to provide a real-life context for learning, and give opportunities for learners to develop skills they will need in life after school.

During lunchtime, staff and pupils were invited to an open session in the community lounge where they could comment on the working group's thoughts so far. Thanks to the 40+ pupils and 20+ staff who came along and shared their views. Everything will be written up properly and shared soon!

John Muir Graphic Novel

A group of S2 and S3 pupil volunteers recently met an illustrator working on a graphic novel about the life of John Muir, the Scottish environmentalist.  They looked at a draft of the new novel and gave William Goldsmith the illustrator their ideas about his illustrations and the captions for the book. The Scottish Book Trust is going to give a class set of the novel to every secondary school in Scotland when it is published next year.  William and the author Julie Bertangna will return in October to show the pupils the next draft of the book.

The illustrator William Goldsmith showing pupils how he came up with design of John as a young boy

Shelters in S3 xl

The S3 xl group have decided to work towards their Discovery John Muir Award this year. They have learnt about who John Muir was, and been testing out their survival skills in some woodland in the school grounds. Last week was very wet but they tried out their first tarpaulin shelter to great effect.