Holy Rood Rc High School

HOLY ROOD RC HIGH SCHOOL

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

ACTIVITY YEAR TEACHER/DEPT PROMOTION METHOD DAY/TIME GROUP (pupils and parents) Jewellery Club S2 Mrs Highton Assembly Monday lunchtime Fair Trade S1-S6 Miss Hind Awareness raised through Monday articles in newsletters/ lunchtime assemblies/word of mouth & big screen ECO Group S1–S6 Miss Hind Tutor Time Thurs lunchtime Ski trip S4-S6 Mr Shaikh Through Department Feb. Break, Geography every 2 years Future Chef S3 Food and Textile Announced at assembly One Friday competition Technology Promotion in department Sept/Oct Tutor Teachers Masterchef S2 Food and Textile In class, assembly, Tutor 1-2 Fridays pm Competition Technology Teacher in Jan/Feb Craft Club S1 Food and Textile In class, assembly, Tutor Lunchtimes Technology Teacher Nov/Dec Italian S3-S6 Food and Textile In department, letters home Last week of Cookery Trip Technology June every other year Girls’ football S1–S3 Ms McCabe PE Dept Training Thurs (co-ordinator) & Word of mouth after school: L Dickson (ASC) Assemblies 4-5pm. Games Rebecca Dunney S6 & Louise whenever but Pearce S6 usually Fri pm Football S1 Mrs Dickson PE Dept Games usually (ASC), Word of mouth on a Saturday Mr Downie, Max Assemblies/Notice Boards Rowell S6 & D McSorley S6 Boys’ Football S4 Mr Slater Word of mouth Games usually (parent) Assemblies/Notice Board at PE, on a Saturday S5/6 Mrs Dickson Mrs Fairnie (parent), L Dickson (ASC) (ASC) & Ben Stobbart

Football S2/S3 Organised by No training dates at present Games usually parents & PE Department on Friday PM or Mrs Dickson Notice Board Saturday (ASC) morning Mechanics S4-S6 Mr Stanley Posters Friday: 1 pm– Club Mr Smith Assemblies 3pm Staff/Parent Newsletter Brass/ S1–S6 Mr & Mrs Pupils will walk to Portobello Thursday after Woodwind Barker High School to participate in a school 3.45- Band Mr Rankin joint school orchestra 4.45 Art Club S1-S3 Mr Simmonds Posters advertising event Monday after school, any lunchtime Book Group S1-S4 Ms McCabe Via English Department & word Monday of mouth lunchtimes Book Group S5/6 Ms McCabe Via English Department & word Meet Termly of mouth Strings Group S1–S6 Pupils under instructions with Tues lunchtimes some additional pupils (provisionally Thurs lunchtime) Guitar S1–S6 Mr Linfoot Pupils under instruction Wed lunchtime Ensemble Folk Group Mr Pagan In department Tuesday lunchtime Wind Band Mr & Mrs In department Tuesday Barker lunchtime Keyboard S1–S6 Mrs Brown In department Wed 3.50pm – Study Support 4.50pm Junior Choir S1–S3 Mrs Brown & In department Wed lunchtime Mrs Howgego Staff Choir Mrs Brown & Thurs lunchtime Mrs Howgego SG Music S3/4 Mrs Howgego In department Wed 3.50pm – Listening 4.50pm Study Support Poetry Club S1 TBC Within department TBC Creative S4–S6 Ms Allison In department Thursday Writing Club lunchtime Drama Club S1 Mr Cunningham Within department Thursday Mrs Hunter 3.40 – 4.40pm Drama – S5/6 Drama Dept – Within department Wed after Supported The House of school Study Bernarda Alba Drama – Adv S6 Special Study Within department Monday after Higher school Supported Study Drama Adv/ Mrs Crichton Within department February and Revision Higher Easter break Classes for Drama Exams Maths Clinic S1-S6 Maths Within department Tues – Thurs Department break time & Mon – Thurs after school for 1 hour for all levels Debating Club S1–S6 Mr Kerr Posters & word of mouth Thursday after school English S4 Mr Munro, Year Head Wed lunchtime -Supported English and through the department during lead up Study for Department to folio Folio completion date Completion English - S5/S6 Mr Munro, Year Head Thursday Supported English and through the department lunchtimes in Study Department the lead up to prelims and finals IT - Stock Miss Ayres/ In department Preparation for Market S3 Mrs Campbell Edinburgh Challenge Schools’ Stock Market Challenge – Mon/Tues Lunchtimes (Jan) Computing S3-S4 Mrs Nakau In department Thursday Supported lunchtimes Study for folio work Fitness S4–S6 Ms Somerville Posters/word of mouth Monday after Classes girls PE school Fitness S4 boys Mr Campbell Posters/word of mouth Thursday after Classes PE school

Dance S1/2 Alana Jamieson Assemblies Wednesday/ Mrs Dickson PE Dept/Active Schools Thursday (ASC) Lunchtime PE Department Tennis/ All year Mr Campbell Assemblies Monday after Badminton Groups PE Posters school PE Dept Basketball S1/S3 PE Dept Assemblies, Scottish Cup Wednesday boys posters around School, L After School S1–S6 Dickson (ASC), D Ferguson & Games/through girls D Courto week Basketball S4/5/6 Laurie Blyth Assemblies Thursday Laura Bald Scottish Cup After PE Department Word of mouth School/Games Mrs Dickson (ASC) Basketball S1–S6 Steph Lynch & L PE Dept Wednesday girls Dickson (ASC) after school Volleyball All year C Connelly, PE Dept Monday groups D Graves & lunchtime Mrs Dickson (ASC) Table Tennis All year Mr Downie, PE Dept Thursday groups Mrs Dickson lunchtime (ASC) Supported S3-S6 Modern In department Lunchtimes Study Languages Dept Assemblies Prior to completion of SQA Speaking and Writing Assessments Physics S3-S6 Mrs McGarty In department Mon and Tues Homework SG/H Miss Williams Lunchtime drop- Support classes in Physics drop-in S2-S6 Physics Dept In department Tues and Thus study support and S6 prefects lunchtime Science drop- S1 Science Dept In department Tues and Thus in study and S6 prefects lunchtime support Science Club S1–S6 Run by Higher & TBC TBC (TBC) Adv Higher pupils Biology S3/S4 Miss O’Connell In department Monday after Revision Club school Biology Banter S4/5/6 Mrs Gulliver- In department Wednesday Sloan after school Biology Self/ S1–S6 Science Dept In department Every lunchtime Supported Study Chemistry Science Dept In department Lunchtimes by Clinic arrangement with staff Mod Lang S4-S6 Mod Lang staff In department Lunchtimes Supported Study Higher S5/6 Modern Pupils informed by class 1st/2nd Friday French/ Languages teacher. Parental letter in February Italian Department 9.00 – 3.30 Immersion Days Cinema visits : S3-S6 Modern In department. Parental Evenings. During French/ Languages letter French/Italian Italian films Department Film Festivals Meal at S5/6 Modern Invitation to H & Adv Higher Evening in French/Italian Languages Mod Langs students Term 3 restaurant Department Immersion Day S6 History Through department Identified day – Edinburgh Department University Library Alton Towers Mrs McGarty Letter September Chemistry All years Chemistry Through department Lunchtime drop- Support Department in Biology S3-S6 Biology Within department Tues and Wed Drop-in Department lunchtime sessions Deep Sea S3 Biology Dept In class May World Business S5/6 PT Business Through department Enterprise Education and Event Year Head Social S4–S6 Mr Gray In department From March Subjects onwards in the Supported dept – times tbc Study History – Trips S1-S6 Mr Gray/Mr Through the history classes Every 2 years to the Great Mulligan War Battlefields Geography S4–S6 Mrs Liggins & In department & poster Various - see Supported Mr Shaikh poster notices Study Chaplaincy S1-S6 Sr Christine Tutor Time, Assembly, Tuesday Quiet-time Triay and Sr Posters Lunchtimes Jeannette Mcglone In addition to the above there are various other opportunities for pupils to be involved in activities out with the normal timetable e.g.

 Planned library programme for each year group  Talent competitions  Liturgies  Celebrations  Pupil Councils  Hosting guests/visitors  Biology Topics from The Royal Society of Edinburgh lecture series

Lorraine Legrix (Updated January 2013)