ST STEPHEN'S HIGH SCHOOL
St. Andrew's Day
St. Stephen's High School are involved in a St. Andrew's Day raffle, in honour of the Patron Saint of Scotland. The hamper consists of Scottish brand products, such as Tunnock's Caramel Waifers, shortbread and Barr's Irn Bru. The winner of the raffle will be drawn later today.
Enterprising PSE
On Friday 17th November, the theme of S5 PSE was relaxation. The whole class took part in making hand scrub with oats, yoghurt, honey and oranges, as well as wearing face masks. Most of the boys in the class walked around the school wearing bright green self-heating masks. In the next lesson, the class are going to paint nails.
Badges are Part of the Business
Enterprising St. Stephen’s pupils are passing on their business skills to their primary counterparts.
The secondary students learned how to create their own badges before this summer’s World Cup as part of an enterprise project – and now they are giving St. John’s Primary kids the benefit of their experience.
St. John’s is holding a St. Andrew’s Day celebration at the end of the month and the St. Stephen’s pupils have agreed to show them how to make their own saltire badges for the event.
Four pupils visited St. John’s on Tuesday afternoon to give a practical demonstration of how to use the bade-making equipment, meaning the younger children can now go into production on their own.
Adapted from The Greenock Telegraph
Blue Skies
Blue Skies Roadshow
On Wednesday 15th November 2006, I, as an Enterprise Assistant, went to the Blue Skies Roadshow up in the Odeon Quay Cinema, Glasgow. The group consisted of 11 3rd Years and 12 6th Years.
The roadshow was a multimedia presentation looking at how to become an entrepreneur. The main highlight of the event was the quiz which involved questions relating to starting up a business, and if a question was answered correctly, the prize was a voucher for popular stores including Gap and Virgin.
By Paul McCluskey, S6
CAN THEY CUT IT? - St Stephen's music department has been successful in its bid to the Innovation Fund to secure funding to buy mixing decks as part of plans to produce and launch a St Stephen's Record Label. PCs, software and musical equipment including a portable PA system, have been purchased to help progress the after school project.
Pupils will be able to turn their hands to song writing and, eventually, using the new equipment, record the songs to a professional standard. The team will also be equipped to record live performances including school concerts.
Once pupils have recorded and mastered their songs, CDs will be produced for sale at school events and perhaps even through local retailers. This will allow them to independently sustain and expand the record label, possibly releasing CDs in a variety of music genres.
IT'S NEWS BUT NOT AS WE KNOW IT - Chilean assistant, Nelly Herrera Sandoval, suggested a novel way for fifth and sixth year students at St Stephen's High School to express themselves in Spanish. A news bulletin was prepared with pupils assigned different roles. A very capable newsreader was found in Stephen Mitchell, who introduced all the stories, ranging from traffic accidents to success on the football field, and all students loved playing the part. Nelly videoed the final result and intends to show it to her pupils back in Chile .
CRAFTY WORK - St Stephen's fifth year Young Enterprise Group, Thumbs Up, has had a successful year producing baby and gift baskets. The team came second in the Best Display category at the Enterprise event in Braehead Shopping Centre, winning a prize of £100.
Young Enterprise also attend an after school ceramics workshops run at Crafty Cards and Ceramics in Greenock , to help improve their card making skills.
A group of small businesses were also invited to the school to take part in an Enterprise Week lunch. The event was used to discuss the businesses and explore how to be an entrepreneur.
WORK SHADOWING - St Stephen's High sixth year pupil Ashley Deegan completed her Work Shadowing programme and made a place in the final at the Holiday Inn at Glasgow Airport, where she made a presentation on her experiences.
IN THE RING - Greg Doyle has been enterprising by training to be a boxer. The fifth year St Stephen's High pupil hopes to make his career in the ring when he leaves school and is already competing around the country.
AIRPORT SECURITY - A group of senior pupils at St Stephen's High participated in a public opinion meeting on British Airways security, which was held in the Enterprise Centre, located at the school. They were consulted on how they thought airport security could be improved.
QUESTION TIME CHALLENGE - Eight third year pupils entered the BT Question Time Challenge, where they were invited to identify their ideal panel of people and submit questions they would like to pose.
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