KGS at Young Weir-Wise: Discovering Engineering at Strathclyde University
Well done to s2 pupils Erica & Lauren who were successful in a very competitive application process to the Young Weir-Wise: Discovering Engineering at Strathclyde University. The programme, a partnership between the Faculty of Engineering and The Weir Group, is designed to inspire young female students to discover the excitement and personal satisfaction behind a career in engineering. Last month the girls attended the University for the outreach programme where staff from The Weir Group & Strathclyde gave an insight into studying and working in the field of engineering, and the pupils took part in a series of practical activities developed by a number of Engineering departments in the Faculty, including creating nano polymer bouncy balls, and building their own moveable hand.
A huge thank you to EMEC and West of Orkney Windfarms for financially supporting the girls to travel to Glasgow to take part in this amazing STEM opportunity.
More information on the different Engineering outreach opportunities Strathclyde offer to school pupils, including the Scottish Space School, can be found here: https://www.strath.ac.uk/engineering/outreach/
A huge thank you to EMEC and West of Orkney Windfarms for financially supporting the girls to travel to Glasgow to take part in this amazing STEM opportunity.
More information on the different Engineering outreach opportunities Strathclyde offer to school pupils, including the Scottish Space School, can be found here: https://www.strath.ac.uk/engineering/outreach/
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BUY FAIR AND LOCAL PROJECT TRIP - Monday 30th January 2023
As part of their ‘Values in Action’ unit of the RBV (Religion, Belief and Values) Award @ level 5, the S4 (C1, E1, F2) College class have been learning about Fairtrade as an avenue through which they can put their values into action. The class visited a local Fairtrade café, SunBean Coffee House (Victoria Street), to continue to encourage and support their usage of Fairtrade products.
PAKISTAN FLOODS APPEAL @ KGS
Pakistan is only one of many countries that are now living with the effects of climate change. Over one third of the country has been devastated, with 35 million people affected. As global citizens, we carry the responsibility to fight climate change and help support those being affected.
We had a dress down day on Friday 25th November 2022 with donations going to Government Secondary School, Jajjah Abbasian in Pakistan (the school we partnered with for the Connecting Classrooms Through Global Learning British Council project). Government Secondary School suffered great damage as a result of the Pakistan floods.
Pakistan flood appeal dress down day and other donations totalling £450.00 were received by Muhammad Idrees (The CCGL coordinator in the local school in Pakistan).
Below are photos from the foodstuff sharing ceremony.
We had a dress down day on Friday 25th November 2022 with donations going to Government Secondary School, Jajjah Abbasian in Pakistan (the school we partnered with for the Connecting Classrooms Through Global Learning British Council project). Government Secondary School suffered great damage as a result of the Pakistan floods.
Pakistan flood appeal dress down day and other donations totalling £450.00 were received by Muhammad Idrees (The CCGL coordinator in the local school in Pakistan).
Below are photos from the foodstuff sharing ceremony.
Please join us tomorrow at 7pm to watch the Holocaust Memorial Day 2023 UK Online Commemoration.
The event will be streamed here
We are also delighted to include the digital programme for the Online Commemoration for you to download if you wish.
Since the onset of the pandemic, this special event has given us all a focal point for the commemoration of Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD). The online format enables even more people to join us virtually and learn from genocide for a better future. We look forward to joining you virtually on Thursday 26 January at 7pm. Please share the link to the Online Commemoration with your family and friends and encourage them to watch from the comfort of their homes.
The event will be streamed here
We are also delighted to include the digital programme for the Online Commemoration for you to download if you wish.
Since the onset of the pandemic, this special event has given us all a focal point for the commemoration of Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD). The online format enables even more people to join us virtually and learn from genocide for a better future. We look forward to joining you virtually on Thursday 26 January at 7pm. Please share the link to the Online Commemoration with your family and friends and encourage them to watch from the comfort of their homes.
Are you or someone you know struggling with their mental health? Try free online deciders skill programme.
The Decider Skills use cognitive behavioural therapy to teach children, young people and adults, skills to recognise their own thoughts, feelings and behaviours, allowing them to monitor and manage their own emotions and mental health.
The Decider Skills use cognitive behavioural therapy to teach children, young people and adults, skills to recognise their own thoughts, feelings and behaviours, allowing them to monitor and manage their own emotions and mental health.
Decider programme starting on the 9th Feb.
Barnardo's will continue to run programmes throughout the year in April, June, September and November.
The link to sign up is here: https://forms.office.com/e/ncfy9E9EMK
This course will run for 4 weeks online and will cover skills for parents/carers to utilise themselves as well as look at how they can use the skills to support their child/young person.
Contact wellbeinginfife@barnardos.org.uk if you have any further questions.
Barnardo's will continue to run programmes throughout the year in April, June, September and November.
The link to sign up is here: https://forms.office.com/e/ncfy9E9EMK
This course will run for 4 weeks online and will cover skills for parents/carers to utilise themselves as well as look at how they can use the skills to support their child/young person.
Contact wellbeinginfife@barnardos.org.uk if you have any further questions.
KGS SKI TRIP SPONSORS
The KGS Ski trip would like to thank Claire Louttit (representing G.J. Louttit Builders) and Karen Groat (Representing Northlight Apartments) for their amazing sponsorship of the tremendous hoodies that the pupils now have for their trip to Alpe de Huez , France (from the 3rd to 12th of February).
Some of the pupils going on the trip worked hard on finishing the hoodies with the sponsors' logos and the trip logo being put on the hoodies in the school utilising a heat press kindly donated to the school by David Foulis (Trek and Travel).
The trip has been supported by many local businesses and the community as a whole, it is the first major trip to go away from KGS since Covid and it is brilliant to know that the community sees the value in school trips.
Some of the pupils going on the trip worked hard on finishing the hoodies with the sponsors' logos and the trip logo being put on the hoodies in the school utilising a heat press kindly donated to the school by David Foulis (Trek and Travel).
The trip has been supported by many local businesses and the community as a whole, it is the first major trip to go away from KGS since Covid and it is brilliant to know that the community sees the value in school trips.
PRELIM UPDATE
Due to the possibility of further strikes next Wednesday, and to give pupils certainty and as much notice as possible, the prelims on the 18th of January will be cancelled and will be held on Monday 30th January instead.
Study leave will still finish on Friday 27th and all S5/6 pupils will return to school on Monday 30th January and will be back in classes except those sitting the postponed prelims.
Study leave will still finish on Friday 27th and all S5/6 pupils will return to school on Monday 30th January and will be back in classes except those sitting the postponed prelims.
New Maths Courses at KGS
Fereday Prize Giving 2022
Each year the top projects from the year group are judged by members of the Orkney Heritage Society.
This year the top prizes went to:
1st Sophie Rendall
2nd Finlay Moar
3rd Katie Brewer
Well done to all S2 pupils in KGS who continue to impress us with their commitment and originality when completing these projects. Many thanks to parents and carers who have supported young people during the research process.
This year the top prizes went to:
1st Sophie Rendall
2nd Finlay Moar
3rd Katie Brewer
Well done to all S2 pupils in KGS who continue to impress us with their commitment and originality when completing these projects. Many thanks to parents and carers who have supported young people during the research process.
Lest we forget
Today senior pupils, along with the History department, led the annual school remembrance event. Advanced Higher pupils Ellie, Jess, Oliver and Dillon shared their own heartfelt words of reflection and the poem 'For the Fallen' by Laurence Binyon. Accomplished musician Jamsie, who studies N5 History, played the last post. Lest we forget.
KGS coding prodigy wins national competition prize for the second time
An S5 student from Kirkwall Grammar School has become a second time winner in a series of national competitions aimed at raising the profile of Computing Science in schools.
Mansie was selected as a winner for the <SUMMER OF CODE/> competition with his recent entry of an AI bot that communicates using voice recognition. Inspired by Marvin from The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, the bot gets its responses by searching the web and uses a graphical interface Mansie designed to give a feeling of having an emotional response.
Mansie was selected as a winner for the <SUMMER OF CODE/> competition with his recent entry of an AI bot that communicates using voice recognition. Inspired by Marvin from The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, the bot gets its responses by searching the web and uses a graphical interface Mansie designed to give a feeling of having an emotional response.
KGS Ski Trip Bingo
We had a great turnout for the KGS Ski Trip Bingo last night with well over 100 people there.
Massive thanks to all the parents, pupils, staff and folks in the community that provided prizes,
helped run the night, baked and came in to support us.
We raised an amazing total of £1721.
Massive thanks to all the parents, pupils, staff and folks in the community that provided prizes,
helped run the night, baked and came in to support us.
We raised an amazing total of £1721.
Bud, the Travelling Poppy Scotland museum, visits KGS.
S3 Historians took part in workshops throughout the day and were encouraged to explore the theme of remembrance, and the poppy’s role as a symbol of unity and hope. Exhibits included historical artefacts, interactive displays, and the moving stories of veterans and their families who have been supported by Poppy Scotland. KGS pupils also had the opportunity to make their own poppy, using the same methods as the team of disabled veterans at Lady Haig's Poppy Factory in Edinburgh.
Japanese Taiko Drumming Workshop in KGS!
HOUSE POINTS
Pupils at KGS are awarded House Points by class teachers in recognition of effort, good work and behaviour. Each week the tutor group with the most house points awarded for the previous week receive a prize.
This week congratulations to the pupils in Eynhallow B who amassed 90 House Points this week!
This week congratulations to the pupils in Eynhallow B who amassed 90 House Points this week!
The House Totals for the past week are:
Copinsay 469
Eynhallow 711
Fara 491
Copinsay 469
Eynhallow 711
Fara 491