St Andrew's Day

A big well done to the group who organised today's St Andrew's Day festivities. £315.50 was raised, bringing our grand total up to £613. Keep it up!

S1 Halloween Party

The S1 Halloween Party raised £175 for the South Africa fund (£350 in total). Well done to those involved... not sure who enjoyed it more, the S1 or the S6!

Remember to let the staff know about any money you have raised so we can add this to the total.

St.Andrew's Day Fundraising Ceilidh

 

THURSDAY 28^TH NOVEMBER at 7-10pm

This year’s South Africa Fundraising Ceilidh is being held at the Bainfield Bowling and Social Club (Hutchison Crossway just off of Gorgie/Balgreen Road) due to the school’s current decant.

All S5/6 pupils and parents and staff are welcome.  Tickets are £5 and go on sale the week beginning 18^th November.  No tickets will be available on the night and entry will not be permitted to anyone who has not purchased a ticket.

There will also be a raffle/bake sale as well as a chance to purchase artwork and other South Africa merchandise.

We are also accepting donations for raffle prizes in any shape or form so if you are able to help please get in contact with the school!

Important meetings

Miss Gray's family group - you have to see her today (Thursday 31st) or tomorrow. You are running the bake sale at the S1 parents' evening next week. Please pass this on to anyone who doesn't see it!

School uniform group - join Miss Smith's Edmodo group (code :x2k7rb)

Fundraising group - each of you need to come up with at least 1 fundraising idea for next week. Meet with Mr Alexander and Miss Smith in W23 on Thursday 7th November to discuss fundraising targets and events, and to delegate roles and responsibilities.

Jabulani Project Contact Details

Following on from Isaac's talk today, he asked me to share the contact details for the Jabulani Project with everyone.

jabulaniproject.org
Facebook.com/jabulaniproject
Twitter.com/jabulaniproject

He also asked that if anyone has any questions about any aspect of their work in South Africa, or his experiences of the JGHS trip, you can email him at: ansellforsyth (at) gmail.com

South Africa Project Twitter

In addition to this blog, you can now find news, events and other updates on the South Africa project's Twitter account. This will also enable us to post more regular updates during the trip in February, as writing full updates on the blog is not always possible.

Follow us here - https://twitter.com/JGHSSouthAfrica

Information Evening

Parents of any pupil taking part in the South Africa project this year are invited to an information evening, during which the staff will share more details about the trip and answer any questions.
This will take place on Thursday 10th October at 18:30 in the dining hall, located in the temporary units in the Lauderdale Street campus. We look forward to seeing you all there!