Please follow the link to the report.

http://resolveuid/1392beaa80d04ff998b4324c188c33be

Monday 29th August 2016

Author Events include Lisa Heathfield, Katherine Howe and Anne Cassidy.

Bus leaves at 8am and should return by 4pm.

Mrs McLagan, Mrs Sinclair, Iain Jenkins and Liam McGraw attended the Graduation Ceremony of our first intake of SFA Elite Performance Players on Saturday 21^st May 2016 at Hampden Park.

Since joining us in August 2012 the young people have developed into fine young adults.  We were very proud to join them and their families in celebrating their achievements.

The Players were presented with the medals and certificates by Gordon Strachan and Brian McClair

Find out more about music education opportunities in your local schools and community.  Followed by Q & A session.

Free tuition – Bands, Orchestras and Ensembles – Music Centre

St John’s RC High School

Harefield Road, Dundee

 Thursday 23rd June 2016 – 7.00 pm

With Kenny Christie, Education Support Officer

And members of

Dundee Instrumental Music Service

Click here to link to the UCAS information site.

https://www.ucasdigital.com/widgets/advisers/ucas-adviser-widget.html

Our school will go-live with ParentPay on 25^th April 2016

The system is easy-to-use and offers parents the freedom to make online payments by credit or debit card, whenever and wherever they like, 24/7.

Parents will be sent individual letters detailing the account activation procedure nearer the time and user guides will be available online.

Can parents who haven’t already done so, please complete the annual data form issued on Friday 18^th March and return to school ASAP with the email address included.

More details will follow but in the meantime, if you want to find out more about the ParentPay system, go to www.parentpay.com

We will of course continue to accept cash and cheque payments as necessary but we do hope that parents will use the new online facility. Less time spent in school on cash handling means more time is available to support the smooth running of the school. 

The Scottish Government has published a leaflet about a new law - the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 - and how it will help children, young people and their families to get more support if they need it.

You can access this leaflet by clicking on the link below:

http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0046/00469648.pdf

The Scottish Government is currently consulting on detailed guidance that supports parts of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014. This Act is a new law that will give children, young people and their families extra support and will encourage everyone to talk about children’s wellbeing using the same words. The consultation on the guidance is due to run until 1 May. It is mainly aimed at the people who support your child – including parents’ organisations – but individual parents are welcome to get involved if they wish. You can take part in the consultation via this link:

http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2015/02/1851

After all our hard work fund-raising last year we are not doing too much this term. 

However, following the visit of our Indian Brothers we have been approached by a theatre company called Act IV to support their next theatre production and they will donate the funds raised from the sale of tickets and programmes etc. on the first night to our Project.

They have asked for us to sell 150 tickets, for the first night only for the show, on Wednesday 6th May 2015 in the Gardyne Theatre. The production that they will present on that night and for a further 3 nights is “UP POMPEII ", please see the attached poster. 

We have been allocated 150 tickets to sell, and we would be delighted if you could help either by selling tickets for us of by buying tickets and coming along to enjoy the show. 

As you can guess, the more tickets we sell the more profit we make. The show is on a similar vein to the Frankie Howard version and is designed to entertain. It is suitable for the family just not youngsters of toddler age. 

Tickets are available at a cost of £12.00 each from Charlotte Jones in St. John's RC High School: ddcjones526@glow.sch.uk.

We would be grateful for any support you can offer.

God bless

Brother Douglas and CJones

Mary Slessor Writing Competition

S2 pupils have been invited to submit entries. There will be 2 categories-fiction and non-fiction. This is to reflect the new school curriculum.  It enables equal importance to be given to fiction and non-fiction in the new exam structure and to equalise gender differences. Word limit 800 words.

The aims are:

• To promote a wider awareness of Mary Slessor, her life, times and her accomplishments through a fictional narrative.

• To honour a Dundee weaver who gave a powerful example of the impact women can make in adversity.

• To provide a personal insight into Mary’s struggle to be accepted as a missionary. To highlight the culture and practices she faced in Calabar.

• To inspire pride in the City of Dundee in the young people taking part in the competition.

The choice of genre will be left to the writers. Some pupils may wish to enter a play script, poetry, a fictional narrative, newspaper article or other forms as it suits individual styles and strengths.

Good luck to all our entrants!