1. Parent/Carer Newsletter
Spring 2018
Heedie’s Hello!
In this issue…
by Mr Anderson (HT)
Inside, you’ll read, amongst other things, about our two-day ‘Rowathon,’ which showed what Bella is all about. The spirit in the Assembly Hall over the two days was fantastic, with pupils encouraging their fellow-rowers to post the best distance they possibly could in pursuit of House points. Staying on a sporting theme, I’m delighted to be able to announce – at long last – that our red ash pitch will soon be a thing of the past, being replaced by a high-quality artificial surface. I’d also like to thank the Parents’ Council for their assistance over the last few months with our efforts to get this upgrade over the line.
Finally, Bellahouston Academy will be hosting a Scottish Government Conference on Adverse Childhood Experiences from – on Monday 26th March. This will be Chaired
Rowathon
Sport and Health council
A special guest visits Bellahouston Academy
Pitch Proposal Success and impact of Parent Council
Success Stories
Easter School
Welcome to the Spring edition of the Bellahouston Academy Newsletter. As ever, things have been extremely busy and I hope that this Newsletter gives you a flavour of what’s been happening. We’re in the run-up to exams and everyone is working flat-out to make sure that our young people are as well prepared as they possibly can be, especially with the enforced 3-day lay-off brought about by the snow closure. We held a Study Skills Evening on 12th March and there will be a programme of Spring Break Revision classes running throughout the holiday. I’d urge parents/carers to make sure that their daughter/son attends as many of these sessions as possible – they really can make a difference.
by the Deputy First Minister and will also be attended by many of the Scottish Cabinet as well as other well-known figures from Scottish civic life.
Enjoy the Newsletter and have a very pleasant Spring Break Holiday when it comes.
Ian Anderson
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Twitter:
@BellahoustonAc

2. Sport and Health Council
by Chloe Marshall, S&H Captain
It has been such a busy term for the Sport and Health Council.
On the run up to the Christmas period we planned and organised a House Challenge called the Jingle Jog. This was a huge success and we raised £500 for our charity, Save the Children.
We had the bug and asked Miss Dickman if we could organise another event this term.
We chose to celebrate the upcoming Glasgow European Championships 2018 and decided a House Rowathon would be a good challenge. We invited Bonnie the Seal as our special guest and Bonnie opened our event!
We would like to say a big thank you to all the staff, pupils and our local primary
pupils from Lorne Street and St Albert’s who signed up for the challenge and came to celebrate with us! You were fantastic.
Our 3rd and final piece of news for the newsletter is very exciting!
We found out this week, after years of preparation, campaigning with our Parent Council supporting us that Bellahouston Academy is finally getting a new synthetic pitch, replacing the old, often waterlogged or flooded blaes pitch. This is a huge step forward for PE and after school clubs at the school. Building work begins on March 26th and it will be ready for us to use in August after the summer holidays!

4. International Women’s Day
Celebrating success…
A HUGE congratulations to Madame Albarracin, her Modern Languages team and our 4 Bella superstars who scooped a number of awards at the Glasgow Language Awards hosted in the stunning City Chambers. The event was hosted by Councillor Ricky Bell and Councillor Chris Cunningham.
Pictured are each of the winners.
Ben
S2 Language Ambassador
of the Year
Mr Turner
Languages Teacher
of the Year
Shahtaj and Emmanuel
S1 Language Learner
of the Year
International Women’s Day
Bushra Naeem and Sangeeta Kaur representing Bellahouston Academy at the International Women’s Day event in Glasgow City Chambers alongside 200 school girls & success business women.
Language Partnership Award in Health and Wellbeing and Language Development
Congratulations to our Senior Maths Challenge Team, who won second place in the West of Scotland Maths Challenge.

5. School of Sport @ 2018 Commonwealth Games!
As we reach our 20 year anniversary, we are delighted to see so many Glasgow School of Sport alumni named in Team Scotland, Team Australia and Team Northern Ireland squads. 13 talented student athletes are jetting off to the Gold Coast in Australia for the 2018 Commonwealth Games. 
We are very proud of our former pupils and it is great to see the hard work during their time at School of Sport having a lasting legacy! Congratulations and good luck to all!
In GYMNASTICS: Cara Kennedy, Kelvin Cham and Shannon Archer
In BADMINTON: Eleanor O'Donnell, Adam Hall and Kirsty Gilmour
In MEN'S HOCKEY: Lee Morton, Kenny Bain and William Marshall
In WOMEN'S HOCKEY: Kareena Cuthbert (Marshall) and Amy Gibson.
Representing Australia in TRIATHLON is Charlotte McShane
Representing Northern Ireland in SWIMMING is Jamie Graham.

6. Parent-Pupil Study Skills Night
Bella Parent Council
Welcome to the Bella Parent Council section of the newsletter.
The Minutes of meetings are available on the school website.
This month, amongst a strong turnout from parents, we discussed some pressing issues for the school including staffing, post prelim discussions around level changes, litter and possible interventions involving the local community, and how we can support the school.
An item that has been ongoing for PC is the school PE facilities.
Next Meeting: 25th April, 7pm
After a very hard hitting presentation from the Sport and Health Council, we joined the
school campaign in support of their new full size synthetic pitch replacing the awful Blaes pitches still in place at the school.
Following very recent communication with contractors, the school would like to offer their sincerest thanks to the Parent Council. After years of planning, meetings and more recently the successful communication between Parent Council and the Director of Education, we can confirm a start date for the new pitch – 26th March.
Finally, after lengthy service, we will be offering our thanks to current Treasurer Harris, Secretary Briony who are stepping down at this years AGM (Wednesday 13th June at 7pm) and we will look to appoint members into those positions. If you feel you could offer valuable services to the Parent Council, please get in touch/attend the next meeting.
Parent-Pupil Study Skills Night
On Monday night we welcomed Senior pupils and their parents/carers to school for an evening of Study skills, hints and tips as momentum builds towards the final exams. Parents learned how to access lots of resources and support their children during this time. If you missed the night but would like to access some of the material,
you can find the booklets and lots of resources on the school website. Easter school will also be running over the 2 week break. Pupils can access extra support, complete portfolios, undertake exam preparation etc. Timetables of classes will be issued very soon.

7. Easter School Programme Week 1
English
Health & Wellbeing
Creative Arts
Tues 3rd N5
12.30 – 3 N5
A Greer
Higher
Higher
C Duncan
10-2 N5 PE
T McWaters
10-3 H PE
A Dickman
10-2 N5 Practical Cake
L McConnell
Music
N5 Listening
H Listening
AH Listening
G Fraser
Health & Wellbeing
Technologies
Humanities
Wed 4th
10-2 N5 PE
T McWaters
9-12 H Admin
1-3 N5 Admin
P Gibson
9-3 Graphic Communications
Design & Manufacture and
Practical W/working Mr McCunnie
12-3 H Accounting
Mr Coyle
10-3 N5 and H Mod Studies
P Devlin
Maths
Health & Wellbeing
Sciences
Thurs 5th
10-12 H
1-3 N5
R McCarthy
10-1 N5 PE
A Dickman
9-3 N5 Bio
N Scobie
Sciences
Fri 6th
H Physics
S Dadgostar

8. Easter School Programme Week 2
Health & Wellbeing
Sciences
Humanities
Mon 9th
10-1 H + N5 PE (Typing only)
A Dickman
H Physics
S Dagostar
9 - 3pm H+N5 History
A Notman
L Kennedy
Health and wellbeing
Technologies
Languages
Tues 10th
9-12 N5 PE
N5 PE
P McCloy
9-12 N5 Bus Ed
S Atha
H/N5 French
H/N5 Spanish
L Albarracin
J Boyle
Techologies
Humanities
Wed11th
10-3 Bus Ed
S Atha (UWS Trip)
Graphic Communication,
Design & Manufacture
Practical Woodworking Skills
9-3pm
Mr McCunnie
10-1 H/N5 RMPS
C Thomson
Sciences
Thurs 12th
N5 Physics
E Henderson
Technologies
Fri 13th
Graphic Communication
Design & Manufacture
Practical Woodworking Skills
9-3pm
Mr Georgonikos