Yesterday, our fantastic team took part in the final of the competition they qualified for in September.  64 teams from across Scotland met at Glasgow Science Centre, tackling a variety of puzzles and problems, including team questions, practical tasks and calculations, logic games and relay races.  All other schools had also qualified from regional events across the country.

The pupils performed superbly again, finishing 12th overall, putting them in the top 3% in Scotland (ALL schools, both state and private, had the opportunity to take part in this event). Another outstanding achievement!

The pupils involved were:

•  Mhairi Dickie (S4)
• Daniel Farrow (S3)
• Sara Leszczynska (S3)
• Benjamin Sterratt (S4)

Drummond’s DEC “Design Jamie’s” competition entry: DCHS Submission (PDF, 24.1MB)

Please see feedback from the judges: Drummond CHS Judges Feedback (PDF, 2.41MB)

Read about the competition: http://designengineerconstruct.com/competitions/design-a-restaurant-challenge-with-jamies-italian/

Please see PE Core Curriculum outlines for S1-S4 students:

s1-2016-17 (PDF, 205KB)

s2-2016-17 (PDF, 189KB)

s3-2016-17 (PDF, 189KB)

s4-2016-17 (PDF, 210KB)

After an incredibly successful day last Friday, the total received for our Religion, Beliefs and Values Award was a massive £791.80 – our highest ever total!!

Break down of funds raised:

• Dress Down Day: £222.14
•  Medical Aid for Palestine: £79.50
• National Trust for Scotland: £31.00
• Stonewall: £8.40
• Cancer Research UK: £89.24
• Macmillan Cancer Care: £32.90
• Down’s Syndrome Scotland: £68.07
• Scottish Autism: £69.35
• Alzheimer Scotland: £14.05
• Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament: £25.22
• Oxfam: £18.06
• Children with Cancer & Leukaemia: £70.78
• Water Aid: £21.46
• Crones & Colitis: £3.70
• Prostate Cancer: £37.93

An enormous thank you to all of the staff and students who participated in soak the teacher, bake sales, guess the baby photo and trying to outdo Louie as a goalie!

As part of the L&T group, Mr Cockburn and Miss Drummond will be running a study skills workshop for senior students and their parent/carer.  The event will run in the concourse, 6.00-7.30pm on Wednesday 16^th November (NB: a day later than was stated on Monday morning).  Please see the above flyer for information.

The aim of the workshop will be to offer practical advice and support to parents and pupils on how best to prepare for exams.

The workshop will cover topics such as –

• Working out what learning strategies work best for you
• Planning your study and time management
• Ways to ensure health and wellbeing
• Creating the right environment
• Practical strategies for studying
• How parents/carers can support you.

The evening will be relaxed and informal and we hope that it will be an enjoyable experience for all who participate.  Those wishing to attend should register interest at the main office.  Places will be limited so students should sign-up as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

Thank you,

Mr Cockburn and Miss Drummond

An important date for your diaries:

Open doors evening for all parents of our cluster primaries to meet pupils and staff on Thursday 10 November between 4:30pm and 8:30pm.

Please see Drummond Booklet  (PDF, 2.71MB) for more information.

The run was to raise money for several charities, in line with the Religion, Beliefs and Values Award (RBV) at Drummond CHS.

The charities represented were –

• The National Autistic Society Scotland
• MacMillan Cancer Care
• Cancer Research UK
• Down’s Syndrome Scotland

All of the young people did us proud and some even surpassed the 5k mark- all were completed within 40 minutes.

YP- Ryan Gordon, Layza Mirhadi, Sara and Amy Anderson, Erin Youngs, Josh Westwood and Charly Miller.

Teachers- Miss Tonner and Miss Fry.

Completed portfolio of writing (All levels): 10^th March 2017

National 5 and Higher Analysis and Evaluation unit to be completed by: 2^nd December 2016

National 5 and Higher Creation and Production unit to be completed by: 31^st March 2017

National 3, National 4 and National 5 Literacy Award to be completed by: 31^st March 2017

National 3 and National 4 course will be completed by: 28^th April 2017

Advanced Higher unit assessments complete by: 22^nd December 2016

Advanced Higher Dissertation deadlines:

First Draft: 13^th December 2016

Final Draft: 2^nd February 2017

National 5, Higher and Advance Higher Prelims: 12-20^th January 2017

National 5 final exam: 12^th May

Paper 1: 9.00-10.00am

Paper 2: 10.20-11.50am

Higher final exam: 11^th May 2017

Paper 1: 9.00-10.30am

Paper 2: 10.50-12.20pm

Advanced Higher exam: 11^th May 2017

Paper 1: 13.00-14.30pm

Paper 2: 14.50-16.20pm

We are re-launching our Vision and Values here at Drummond Community High School.

What 3 values would you consider to be the most important for Drummond Community High School? Respect? Commitment? Excellence? Opportunity? Confidence? Aspiration? Recognition? Loyalty? Ambition?

Please follow us on Twitter (@Drummond_CHS) and use the hashtag #valuesdchs in your response.