Between June 23rd and July 2nd 18 of our departing S6 pupils enjoyed the experience of a lifetime as they volunteered in the town of Woe, Ghana. Working between 2 schools in the local community they taught lessons, moulded bricks for a new school block and finished construction of a perimeter wall.
They blogged about their experience which you can read here. You can also watch their trip video here.
Although some school trips leaving yesterday were cancelled as the London incident was a designated live issue with ongoing investigations, our trip does not come into that category. As such, the strong feeling from staff is that the trip should go ahead as planned. There is therefore no change to the schedule and we look forward to another successful excursion for our students. Mrs Brown as trip leader will handle any further contacts.
Our April 2017 Newsletter is now available to download here. Printed copies are available from the school office.
South Lanarkshire Council have issued the following letter regarding the removal of school crossing patrollers.
Our Easter School Programme is running on Monday 3rd, Tuesday 4th, Wednesday 12th & Thursday 13th of April between 9am and 3:30pm.
Information regarding subjects and levels on offer will be made available over the next 2 weeks on our Easter School page. Pupils will be required to sign up for each session using forms similar to Friday Study School.
This years’ Easter School Programme is running on Monday 3rd, Tuesday 4th, Wednesday 12th & Thursday 13th of April between 9am and 3:30pm. A variety of subjects and levels will be on offer across 6 sessions each day.
The following subjects are on offer – please sign up using the links provided. A full list of what’s on offer is available by clicking here.
| Accounts |  |
Art | Week 1 only |
| Biology | Week 1 only | Computing Science | Week 1 only |
| Drama | |
Geography | |
| Maths | |
Modern Studies | Week 1 only |
| PE | |
Physics | Week 1 only |
| RMPS | |
Spanish | |
An updated calendar for the remaining session has been added to the calendar page of our website. Reporting dates for S1, 2 & 3 have been amended, as have the dates for graduation, induction and S6 prom.
As part of a focussed approach to enhance the learning opportunities of our pupils, we will be launching a Friday Study School Programme to support our young people beyond their timetabled learning. All pupils in S4, 5 & 6 are invited to enrol in the programme and participate on Friday afternoons in subjects of their choosing.
A letter explaining the full process was issued to pupils and a copy is available here.
The sign up links for week 1 subjects are now live. Please note the subject focus may not be available yet, please see subject teachers if this is the case.
HGS is involved in an exciting project called Polli-nation which is tasked with adapting our school space to encourage wildlife.
We are looking for helpers during the construction phase over the next two terms. We plan to construct bug hotels and green walls filling them with plants. If you feel like you can help us please contact Mrs Michelle Colbourne at the school.
Parents’ Evening bookings are now completed electronically; a letter explaining the booking process was handed out to all S3 pupils last week.
Booking for is open for all remaining evenings as detailed below:
| Year Group | Booking Window | Parents’ Evening |
| S3 | 23/1 6pm – 5/2 10pm | 7th February |
| S4 | 6/2 6pm – 20/2 10pm | 23rd February |
| S5/6 | 6/2 6pm – 24/2 10pm | 1st March |
You can make your appointments online at https://www.parents-booking.co.uk/hamiltongrammar.
Only the main emergency contact’s name will be accepted; Mr Richardson, Ms McCabe, Mrs Jones etc. If you are having difficulties please try known emergency contacts. If you are still having difficulties then please contact the school office.
A full set of instructions were also handed out and is available here.
Once you have logged in, we suggest you use the ‘Automated Booking’ wizard to make your appointments. There is a help-sheet attached or you can watch the tutorial video on the automated wizard below.