As of 6pm tonight, Parents/Carers will be able to make appointments for the S5/6 Parents’ Evening to be held on Monday 28th January between 4.00pm – 6.30pm. Instructions on how to access the booking system were issued to all pupils in S5 and S6 at PLP on Wednesday.
The website can be accessed at:
www.parents-booking.co.uk/hamiltongrammar
The booking system will close at 8.00pm on Sunday 27th January.
We look forward to seeing parents and carers then.
We hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and New Year – our December Newsletter is now available.
Remember that all previous newsletters are available through Glow.
This year we have 3 Christmas events all happening on Wednesday 19th December.
We are once again taking part in Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day. It is not a non-uniform day and pupils should endeavour to bring in a donation (approx. £1) on that day.
Our S6 pupils will spend periods 1 to 5 dressed as Christmas Elves, offering their services to departments around the school in order to raise funds for our Charity Partner LesHoey Dreammaker Foundation.
Our S6 Christmas Lunch will be served periods 6 & 7, after Elf Day duties are complete.
The school’s deadline for UCAS is fast approaching – 21st December. Applicants will be busy with prelims but should be reminded of the time sensitive nature of having their applications completed. All applications need to be checked by our UCAS Co-ordinator before Pupil Support staff can complete references. I am sure you will appreciate the time required to ensure that all applications are correct and that each reference reflects the skills and qualities of the applicant, and so we would ask that, where possible, applicants complete their applications as soon as possible.
Don’t wait until the prelims are over and find your application caught in the last minute rush!
The payment schedule shows the dates that EMA payments should reach pupils’ bank accounts and which weeks are covered by those payments. The full schedule can be downloaded by clicking here.
Please note;
Over the summer we had a 2 great new additions to our PE facilities, a dance studio and an outdoor gym. We understand that it’s important for pupils to know how to use the outdoor equipment correctly, so we’ve put together a playlist of instructional videos explaining how to use each piece of equipment. Pupils will also be shown this as part of their PE lessons over the coming weeks.
Parents of pupils who are applying to higher education this year, for entry in 2019, are cordially invited to a special UCAS evening for parents, and if possible pupils, where there will be a full explanation of the procedure along with the opportunity to ask questions.
The meeting will be held in the Social Area at the school, at 7pm on Wednesday 29th August.
Ms. McKenzie from the Pupil Support team will deliver a presentation on the following;