Man City vs Arsenal

A group of 33 pupils and staff travelled down to Manchester on Saturday December 14th to watch Manchester City vs Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium. For many of the group it was their first ever experience of going to a football match, they could not have asked for more. The seats were amazing and the pupils were able to clearly see all 9 goals which were scored (not including the 2 dubious offside decisions) with the final score Manchester City 6 - 3 Arsenal! 

What a game! Everyone who travelled had an enjoyable time and I think Sgoil Ghaidhlig Ghlaschu my have a few more Man City fans now. 

Schools Baton Relay

A big well done and thank you to Mrs Campbell bun sgoil for organising a fantastic number of events celebrating the schools baton relay. The baton arrived with the school on Friday 22nd November. The baton was enthusiastically welcomed by the whole school in the playground. On Monday the school had assemblies to celebrate the baton, the assemblies included parents who had lived in New Zeland (bun sgoil twinned country), who talked about what it was like to live there. Rory Macdiarmid sang the New Zeland national anthem and there were performances from Pol Monk, and a fantastic dance from highland dancers Caragh Mackinnon, Iona MacKay and Abbie MacNeil. The girls created their own dance for this event and it was so good they were asked to perform at the Glasgow schools dance competition on Thursday 28th and received a standing ovation from the judges. 

Wednesday 27th saw the baton depart the school. We had to take the baton to Cadder Primary. Bun Sgoil and Ard Sgoil were both involved in this. The baton was first taken through the park by the bun sgoil cross country team. Fionn Whyte, Finlay Benton were also selected to run with the baton due to their achievements in sport.  Mia and Robyn Paton were on their BMX bikes. Both Mia and Tobyn are competing at international level in BMX so deserved to be involved. 

After running through the park the baton was handed over to the pupils on the bus who were taking it to Cadder. The bus had a number of pupils including Zach Ronan, Pol Monk, Rory MacDiarmid and Andrew Grossart who did a number of tunes for Cadder. 

Well done to all pupils and staff involved with the Baton organisation and performances. The commonwealth games is next summer with many events taking part close to the school itself. A lot of the pupils and staff will now be aware of the games thanks to the events this week. This was helped also by a surprise appearance by Clyde the official mascot for the games. Clyde appeared at the bun sgoil assembly and got the pupils into a frenzy with his high 5s and dancing! 

Update on extra curricular clubs

There are a variety of clubs throughout the week at the Gaelic School:

Monday Table Tennis Lunchtime S4-6, girls football after school

Tuesday Dodgeball lunchtime, Netball after school

Wednesday Gym before school, netball lunchtime, Athletics after school

Thursday Basketball lunchtime, Boys football after school

Friday Gym before school, table tennis and rowing lunchtime

If you fancy a game of table tennis this is usually on every break throughout the week.

Schools Baton

The Glasgow Gaelic School welcomed the schools baton on Friday. The baton was piped in by Pol Monk and the whole primary were awaiting the baton bearers in the playground. The school has lots of events on Monday - Wednesday next week to celebrate the arrival of the baton.

Netball

Congratulations to the girls netball teams who played against Castlemilk on Thursday night

S2 Team
Tamlin Dhinsa
Rebecca Smith
Yvonne Conley
Lauren McDougall
Karen MacDonald
Robyn Paton
Skye McKenzie

S3/4
Katie Blaine
Sophie Grossart
Frances Driscoll
Eilidh Macaulay
Mia Paton
Mairead MacLennan
Mairi MacDonald

The girls faced tough opposition in Castlemilk. The S2s did manage to win 11-6 with Tammy getting 8 points and Yvonne getting 3. The S3/4 lost 13-4 but shouldn't be too disheartened as they played some great netball. Considering both teams only started netball before the summer they have done extremely well.

Netball is on after school on Tuesdays , there is competition for each place in all teams so its important to keep attending each training session.

Adidas donates 20 pairs of trainers to SGG

Pupils at the Glasgow Gaelic School will now be kitted out in brand new Adidas trainers! A special thanks to Kevin Kealey who is Project Manager in the running footwear development team at Adidas and is based at the Global Headquarters in Herzogenaurach in Germany. Kevin who is from Glasgow sent 20 pairs of shoes over so the pupils can use them in a variety of sporting environments. This is a huge contribution to the Glasgow Gaelic School! Moran Taing Adidas agus Kevin!

Netball vs St Thomas Aquinas

On Tuesday the 29th October the S1, S2 and S3/4 Teams will be playing against St Thomas Aquinas away. These Teams will be selected based on pupils attending the after school Netball Club. Currently we have 30 plus girls attending Netball from S1-6, please come along and join in!

Athletics Dates for 2013/14 - Primary and Secondary

Dates and Convenors for 2014

Primary XC – Fri 7 March N Pollok – 10.30am start

Secondary XC – Fri 28 Feb N Pollok, 10.00 start

Primary Track and Field heats – Tue 3/Wed 4/Thurs 5 June Scotstoun

Primary Track and Field Finals – Wed 18 June, Scotstoun, 6pm start. 

Secondary Track and Field heats – (S1-S3) Mon 2 June, 10.00-16.00

Secondary Track and Field Finals – Wed 11 June, 10.00am start

Multi events – Mon 23 June –  Hutchesons’ GS, 10.00am start

Inter-Area – Thurs 19^th June, 11.00am start Grangemouth

Lewis Miller Selected for U17 South of Scotland Team

Lewis Miller from S6 has been selected to play for South of Scotland Under 17 Shinty team against the North of Scotland on Sunday 29^th September at Mossfield Stadium in Oban, throw up 3pm.

This follows on from another successful year of shinty for Lewis, as a regular second team player for Glasgow Mid Argyll, being voted as vice-captain and captaining their under 17 side too.

He has played twice before for the South of Scotland at Under 14 level and was consistently voted for player of the year when playing for the school team at each age level. I’m sure it won’t be long before he has a place in the first team, who have just won promotion to the Premiership for next season.

So who knows? We could have a school shinty player, playing against the likes of Newtonmore, Kingussie and Fort William, to name but three!

More to follow on how the game went for Lewis on Sunday. 

Glasgow School of Sport Open Day 2013

GSOS Open Day

The Glasgow School of Sport at Bellahouston Academy is a National Centre of sporting excellence funded by The Scottish Government. Applications are open to talented youngsters from throughout Scotland. Talented sports pupils follow specialist training together with a balanced curriculum of academic studies.

Applications are now being accepted for entry in 2014 into S1, S3, S4 and S5/S6 in the sports of Athletics, Badminton, Gymnastics and Hockey. Swimming applications will be accepted for entry into S3/S4/S5/S6.

An Open Day will be held at 10am on Saturday 16 November 2013.

Any interested pupils, parents/carers, teachers or coaches are invited to learn about the school. If you would like to attend please fill in the tear-off slip on this flyer and return it by Monday 11 November 2013 to:

Open Day
Glasgow School of Sport
Bellahouston Academy
30 Gower Terrace, Glasgow G41 5QF
email: Loraine.henderson@glasgowlife.org.uk
Tel: 0141 582 0034

Samuel and Rory attend Valencia Coaching Day

Samuel Dow and Rory Connelly both attended a full day of football run by Valencia. This was a fantastic opportunity for the two boys who were selected based on their hard work throughout the year and their commitment to the football team. Mr Smith also attended the day along with the boys and got some coaching help and documents so they can applied in the football training after school for girls and boys. A report by Samuel and Rory will follow shortly.

SGG Young Ambassadors

Abbie MacNeil and Angus Jenkins have been selected by the Physical Education Department to be the school's Young Ambassadors. This programme engages young people aged between 14-19 as role models and leaders in sport. Angus and Abbie have been selected due to their impressive performances in sport both within and out with school hours and for their hard work in their classes last year. They will be motivating and inspiring other pupils to participate in sport throughout the year.

This programme is being run by sportscotland, Glasgow City Council organised a Young Ambassadors launch day at Tollcross where all selected pupils were brought together to listen to some motivating stories from previous young ambassadors as well as get some ideas on what they can do for the year. Good luck to Abbie and Angus. 

Robyn takes Top Honours at Scottish Championships...again

 

Robyn Paton S1 won the Scottish Open BMX Championships and Scottish Regional BMX Series for the second year in a row. Robyn also impressively finished 8th overall in the UK!!  Mia, Robyn's sister came 2nd in the Scottish Open and Scottish Regional Series.  The Scottish Open was a competition open to all riders from the UK some coming as far as Peckham with riders from the British Cycling Talent Team competing and Olympic squad too, it is the most prestigious BMX Racing event in Scotland which makes Robyn and Mia's success even more impressive.

In addition it is looking very likely that Robyn has qualified for next years UCI  World Championships in Holland, she will find out by the end of November. Fantastic performances from both Robyn and Mia! Keep up the good work girls!

Mr Shand raises money for trip to Loch Eil

Mr Shand completed his fundraising cycle last weekend along the 50 mile route from Glasgow to Edinburgh. Mr Shand was raising funds for the S3 outward bound trip to Loch Eil. Mr S  has managed to raise over £300 pounds so far! Math thein! Fantastic acheivement Mr S! If you would like to donate to this trip you can contact the school office for more details on transfering money to the school fund: 0141 276 8500.

Congratulations also to Angus Jenkins and Adam Smith S6 for completing the cycle too. Next year Angus Jenkins, Mr MacCorquodale and Mr MacKay have already unofficially signed up for the Glasgow - Edinburgh - Glasgow cycle....unofficially.

The Idiot at the Wall - A play by Elspeth Turner

 

We are about to embark on a Highlands and Islands tour of 'The Idiot at the Wall'. This is a new play in English and Gaelic, and features a beautiful score of traditional Hebridean music and songs, performed by the wonderful Annie Grace and the cast. This show is suitable for all ages! We are opening in Greenock this coming Saturday, and I wondered if you might be interested in seeing the show, and also if you might possibly have time to forward our E-flyer, below, to others who may be interested in attending? There is a preview show (tickets 6 pounds) at 2.30 p.m. and we open with an evening show at 7.20 p.m. See below for more information on the play, production and tour.

Moran taing, agus le gach deagh dhùrachd,

Ealasaid Nic an Tuairnear

BOOK YOUR TICKETS NOW! Find complete tour details for The Idiot at the Wall below. Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. The Idiot at the Wall 2013 Tour Details! The Idiot at the Wall By Elspeth Turner Directed by Emily Reutlinger Design by Jan Bee Brown Music by Murdo Turner, Tim du Feu, Annie Grace & Aly Macrae Featuring: Tim Barrow, Simon Eilbeck, Lucy Goldie, Kenny Linsay & Elspeth Turner Music Performed by Annie Grace September, 1918. A Hebridean island. This story of two sisters sees a traditional way of life struggle against the encroachment of the modern world and challenges us to consider the power of prophecy over reason. Gaelic songs and music of the period, performed live by the cast, enrich this production of a beautifully haunting tale.   Please follow the links below to book tickets online, or call the number listed to book by phone. Looking forward to seeing you there! For more information on the show, cast, creative team, and the company, visit www.stoirm-og.com Sat 14 Sep @ 2.30pm & 7.30pm Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock   Tickets: matinee £6, evening performance £10 (£8) Box office: 01475 723723 www.beaconartscentre.co.uk   Sun 15 Sep @ 7.30pm Craignish Village Hall, Ardfern Tickets: £9 (£6) £20 family ticket Box office: 01852 500746 www.craignishvillagehall.org.uk   Tues 17 Sep @ 7.30pm Talla Shomhairle @ The Aros Centre, Skye Tickets: £12 (£10/£6 under 16s) Box office: 01478 613750 www.aros.co.uk   Wed 18 Sep @ 7.30pm Applecross Community Hall, Applecross Tickets: £10 (£6) Tickets available on the door www.applecrosshall.co.uk   Fri 20 Sep @ 7.30pm Berneray Community Hall, Isle of Berneray Tickets: £10 (£8) Tickets available on the door www.isleofberneray.com   Sat 21 Sep @ 8.00pm An Lanntair Arts Centre, Stornoway Tickets: £10 Box office: 01851 708 480 www.lanntair.com   Mon 23 Sep @ 7.30pm Lochinver Village Hall, Lochinver Tickets: £8 (£6) Tickets available on the door www.lochinver.bordernet.co.uk   Tue 24 Sep @ 7.30pm Timespan Arts Centre, Helmsdale Tickets: £8 (£6) Box office: 01431 821327 www.timespan.org.uk   Wed 25 Sep @ 7.30pm Eden Court Theatre, Inverness Tickets: £10 (£8) 01463 234234 www.eden-court.co.uk   Thu 26 Sep @ 7.30pm Glengarry Community Hall, Invergarry Tickets: £10 (£6) Box office: 01809 511220 www.glengarrylife.com   Fri 27 Sep @ 7.30pm Craigmonie Centre, Drumnadrochit Tickets: £10 (£5) Boxx office: 01456 459224 www.craigmoniecentre.co.uk   Sun 29 Sep @ 7.30pm Camus Arts Centre, Isle of Canna Tickets: £12 (£8) Box Office: 01687 462474 www.tighard.co.uk   Tues 1 Oct @ 8.00pm Mull Theatre, Isle of Mull Tickets: £9 (£6) Box office: 01688 302828 www.mulltheatre.com   Thu 3 Oct @ 7.30pm Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Tickets: £15.50 (£12.50-£8) Box office:  0131 2281404 www.traverse.co.uk   Fri 4 Oct @ 7.30pm New Deer Public Hall, New Deer Tickets: £10 (£8) Box office: 01771 644217 / 01771 644366 www.neatshows.org.uk   Sat 5 Oct @ 7.30pm Kemnay Village Hall, Kemnay Tickets: £8 (£6) Box office: 01467 642177 / 01467 643906  www.neatshows.org.uk   Sun 6 Oct @ 3.00pm Portsoy Town Hall, Portsoy Tickets: £9 (£7) Box office: 01261 842279 / 01261 842307 www.neatshows.org.uk                                                                                                                        Follow on Twitter    Friend on Facebook    Forward to Friend    DONATE HERE! Copyright © 2013 Stoirm Òg, All rights reserved. Hello! You're on our list because you've been to one of our shows, or have expressed an interest in hearing what we're up to! Our mailing address is: Stoirm Òg 7 Iona Street 2F1 Edinburgh, Scotland EH6 8SG United Kingdom Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences

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Netball teams for Glasgow Schools Tournament

The following girls have been selected for the School Netball team to take part in the Glasgow Schools Netball Tournament on Friday. Good luck to all teams. Remember, Netball training on Tuesdays after school. 

S2

Tammy Dhinsa
Lauren McDougall
Yvonne Connely
Karen MacDonald
Jessica Owen
Jenna Morrison
Cara Honeyman
Rebecca Smith
Skye MacKenzie

S3&4
Eilidh MacAulay
Katie Blaine
Sophie Grossart
Mia Paton
Mairead MacLennan
Eilidh Thomson
Eilidh Miller
Frances Driscoll
Roseanne Urquhart

S5&6
Joanna McDougall
Rachael Lyons
Brittany Loudon
Shannon McShane
Ashley Carnwath
Chloe Jenkins
Alison MacGregor
Heather Neil
Kelsey Dhinsa
Abbie MacNeil

First week of Football for the Boys at Toryglen

The following boys played the first round of games at Toryglen last night. There was 3 teams involved with the numbers well up from last year. The boys performed very well and have training on Thursday nights too, to gain some more experience. Mr Crichton


1A
Andrew Carey
David Comerford
Callum Douglas
Cameron Simpson

1B
Calum Brown
Aidan Dow
Alexander Findlay
Morgan Kelly
Ian McArthur
Lewis McArthur
Ewan Michie
Daniel Moran
Josh Soutar

2A
Jacob Connelly
Ludovic Howison
Zach Ronan
Adam Stewart

2B
Donald MacDonald
Kashel Mayne

3A
Iain Campbell
Fraser Watt

3B
Samuel Dow
Eoghann Gibson

Spòrs Ghlaschu Annual General Meeting

A chàirdean (Beurla gu h-ìosal/English below)

Tha Spòrs Ghlaschu a' cumail an Coinneamh Choitcheann Bhliadhnail Disathairne sa tighinn (7mh Sultain) agus tha fàilte mhòr oirbh uile gus cluinntinn mu na rinn am buidheann thairis air a' bhliadhna agus gus planadh a dhèanamh son an ath-bhliadhn'. Tha am buidheann a' sireadh dhaoine ùr a bhith an sàs ann an Spòrs Ghlaschu, mar sin ma tha ùidh agaibh ann an spòrs agus Gàidhlig nach tig sibh dhan choinneamh.

Bidh an coinneamh a' tachairt san leabharlann aig Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu eadar 10:30 - 12:30.

Ma tha fiosrachadh sam bith a dhìth oirbh, cuiribh fios gu sporsghlashu@gmail.com agus gu dearbh ma tha sibh eòlach air duine sam bith aig am biodh ùidh anns a' choinneamh, nach sgaoil sibh am post-d seo thuca.

Leis gach deagh dhùrachd

Josie

Co-ordanaiche
Spòrs Ghlaschu

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Spòrs Ghlaschu is holding its Annual General Meeting this Saturday (7th September) to which you are all welcome to hear about the progress of the group until now, the activities of the group in the past year, and its plans for the next year. Spòrs Ghlaschu is always looking for new members to join the group, therefore if you have an interest in sport and Gàidhlig then please come along to the meeting.

The meeting will take place in the library at Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu between 10:30 - 12:30.

If you have any questions, please email sporsghlaschu@gmail.com and if you know of anyone else who would be interested in attending the meeting, I would appreciate if you could pass on this email.

Kind Regards

Josie

Coordinator
Spòrs Ghlaschu

Girls Netball Tournament

On the 13th September teams from S2, S3&4 and S5&6 will be competing in an inter school netball tournament at the Emirates Arena.

All girls interested in playing in this tournament please speak to Mr MacCorquodale and try and come along to training after school on Tuesdays.

After School Clubs

This week sees the return of after school sports clubs. Here is the list of clubs that are running at the moment:


Monday - Girls Football S1-6
Tuesday - Netball, Toryglen Football
Wednesday - Athletics
Thursday - Boys Football S1-3


There will be more clubs running soon such as Rowing and Table Tennis. We hope to get a basketball coach in also. Keep checking back online and with the PE Department for more.

Welcome Back!

Welcome to the Sgoil Ghaidhlig Ghlaschu session 2013-14!

This blog will be your resource to keep up to date on what's going on in and around the school and its departments! 

All the best to you all for the coming year! 

Sgoil Ghaidhlig Ghlaschu - PE Dept Hall of Fame

Congratulations to the following pupils who have made it into the PE Department's hall of fame for 2012-13! To get inducted into the hall of fame you must have had some major sporting achievement over the last school year. Congratulations to the following pupils: 

Cameron Kirkwood Golf

Abbie MacNeil Highland Dancing 

Mia Paton BMX

Anna Smith Rugby

Finlay Benton Tae Kwon Do

Caitlin Paul Handball 

If you feel you should be included in the Hall of Fame or you're competing in a sporting event on a regular basis please let Mr MacCorquodale or Mr Mackay know so we can publish your achievements on the blog! 

Youth Games

Congratulations to all the S1&2 pupils who competed at the Glasgow Youth Games last Friday. This was a fantastic event with the various competitions taking place at both Scotstoun and Kelvin Hall! Sgoil Ghaidhlig Ghlaschu had pupils taking part in Rugby, Athletics, Tennis, Netball, Basketball and Orienteering! Some of these events our pupils had never played competitively before but across the board our pupils did very well! Results and Photos to come. Congratulations to all who took part, you were a credit to the school! 

S1 & 2 Boys Rugby Success

Mr MacKay returned from the Rugby competition yesterday because his boys rugby team came 3rd in ye Glasgow Plate competition. The boys who are all new to the sport have been impressing not only Mr MacKay but other schools and coaches too. The rugby coaches and development officers have praised the boys for their hard work and improvement over the last few months and they will no doubt get better as they gain more experience in the sport. Well done boys.

Abbie MacNeil wins the European Highland Dance Championships

A big congratulations to Abbie MacNeil who won the European Highland Dancing Championships recently over in Ireland. This win is probably Abbie's greatest achievement to date along with her 2nd place at the World's last year. The European Championship win is even more impressive considering she had to beat the World Champion to do it. Abbie had to compete in 4 different dances and placed first in all 4. A huge congratulations to Abbie, everyone at the school wishes you all the best for future events.

Spòrs Ghlaschu Cùrsa TOPs/TOPs course

A chàirdean (Beurla gu h-ìosal/English below)

Tha Spòrs Ghlaschu a' toirt an cothrom dhuibh cùrsa trèanaidh a dhèanamh ann an TOPs air Diciadain an 17mh den Ghiblean eadar 6 & 9:30 aig Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu. Tron chùrsa TOPs thathar ag ionnsachadh mar a chuirear seiseanan spòrs ri chèile airson clann sa bhun-sgoil, tro geamaichean is eile.Tha fàilte air duine sam bith aig a bheil Gàidhlig (de dh'ìre sam bith) agus a tha aig aois 16+ pàirt a ghabhail sa chùrsa seo.

Tha barrachd fiosrachadh mun chùrsa an luib am post-d seo, agus mar a chithear, tha an cùrsa seo an asgaidh. Mar sin ma tha uidh agaibh ann an bhith an lathair airson an trèanadh seo, nach cuir sibh fios gu sporsghlaschu@gmail.com RO 10mh GIBLEAN.

Bhithinn fada nur comainn nam b' urrainn dhuibh seo a sgaoileadh do dhaoine sam bith aig am biodh uidh sa chùrsa seo, agus ma tha barrachd fios a dhìth oirbh, tha fàilte oirbh fios a chur thugam cuideachd.

Le deagh dhùrachd

Josie

Co-ordanaiche
Spòrs Ghlaschu

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Dear All

Spòrs Ghlaschu are running a TOPs training course on Wednesday 17th April, between 6 & 9:30 at the Glasgow Gaelic School. Through this course you learn how to structure and run simple games sessions for primary school children. We welcome any Gàidhlig speakers (of any level) of age 16+ to take part in this course.

Additional information is attached to this e-mail, and as you will see, this course is free of charge.

If you are interested in taking part in this training, I would appreciate if you could send an e-mail to sporsghlaschu@gmail.com by 10th APRIL.

I would also appreciate if you could circulate this e-mail to anyone who may have an interest in this training, and if you require any further information, please do no hesitiate to contact me.

Many Thanks

Josie

Co-ordinator
Spòrs Ghlaschu

Rugby Success for Anna Smith S2

Congratulations to Anna Smith who was part of the winning girls rugby team in the final of the Scottish Schools Rugby Cup Final.

Anna plays tight-head prop for Hillhead/Jordanhill Girls Under 15 (otherwise known as the mini Hill Jills). The competition they won was the Brewin Dolphin U15 Girls Shield on Friday against The Nicolson Institute Stornoway Isle of Lewis.
http://www.scottishrugby.org/community/content/view/5685/1133/

The Brewin Dolphin Girls’ Cup is open to schools, rugby clubs and also to composite teams and is played at two age levels – under-15 and under-18.

Teams move through the Girls’ Cup competition by playing qualifying tournaments in their local region, followed by a seeded knock-out contest that matches teams up with competition on an appropriate level, in either the Cup, Shield or Bowl competition.

The senior Hillhead-Jordanhill women's side are currently top of Premier 1 and have a substantial number of current and former internationalists in the side, several of whom are involved in the girls' training sessions which are held on Wednesday nights at Hughenden.

6 Nations RBS trophy visits SGG

The pupils and teachers at SGG got the chance to hold the 6 Nations RBS trophy last week. Here's Headteacher Mrs McComb with the trophy.

Photos from Glasgow School's Cross Country

Well done to all pupils who took part in the cross country championships last month.

mneTV sponsor Moilidh!

Congratulations to Moilidh who has recently secured a place at the National Youth Orchestra of Senior Orchestra. Moilidh is a phenomenally talent girl who works very hard and fully deserves her place. Moilidh has been also been given sponsorship by mneTV which will help her to attend orchestra events and gain more experience. We wish Moilidh all the best for her future, she's an inspiration to everyone at SGG and she's proof that the hard work pays off.

To read more about Moilidh and her music, please follow the link:

www.mnetv.tv/newsroom/newsStory.aspx?id=1159

Interhouse Girls Football Competition

There will be an Inter House 4 a-side Girls Football Competition on Monday the 11th March from 3pm - 4 pm. The games will be S1 - 3 separate from S4 - S6 games. The sign up sheet is in the foyer, put the names of the players in your team down by the end of Friday.

S1-3 Boys Football Training

Mr Crichton Music will be running football training for all S1-3 boys on Thursday afternoons after school. This is a great opportunity for you to develop your skills from an great coach.

Netball Club

Girls Netball (S1-6) will be on every Tuesday night 4-5pm! Come along and give it a try. If you are in the girls football Team you can come on alternate weeks.

Glasgow Schools Cross Country Championships

SGG are sending a strong squad of cross country runners to the Glasgow Schools event which takes place on the 22nd February.

S1
Conal Whyte
Ludovic Howison
Zach Ronan
Lewis Gilmour
Andrew Grossart
Luc Galanti

S2
Samuel Dow
Fraser Watt
Eoghann Gibson
Rory Connelly
Aidan Fitzpartick
Finlay Benton

S3
Fionn Whyte
Fergus O'Hanlon
Alexander McNeil
Fraser Brown
Thomas Kennedy
Lewis Gibson
Stephen Mallon

S1 Girls
Anna NicGriogair
Rowan Moore
Lauren MacDougall
Karen MacDonald
Jessica Owen

S2 Girls
Mairi MacDonald
Rosie Urquhart
Mia Paton
Eilidh Miller
Mairead MacLennan

Glasgow Gaelic School Cross Country Championships

Congratulations to all S1-3 pupils who took part in the Glasgow Gaelic School Cross Country Championships. The event was held last Monday in Bellahouston Park in what could be described as horrendous conditions. The races were run together due to driving wind and rain and all 57 pupils did well to compete the race.

There was a very exciting race in the Boys event who ran two laps, Fionn Whyte was closely followed by Samuel Down in the first of two laps, the gap to 3rd was 50m and it was Fergus O'Hanlon who was looking strong at he half way point. When the runners were coming into the final 200m, it was still the same order however Fionn was working very hard to hold off Samuel who was appling pressure. Fergus had ran a very well judged race and sprinted past Samuel into 2nd but ran out of time to catch Fionn who held off for the win.


Boys 
1st Fionn Whyte 
2nd Fergus O'Hanlon
3rd Samuel Down 


In the Girls race after the first of two laps Mairi and Rosie both S2 were running together and looking comfortable well ahead of the pack. Mairi pushed hard to create a gap between her and Rosie in the 2nd lap all the way to the finish. Anna NicGriogair S1 did very well to finish in 3rd place, beating all the other girls in the race and even stopping to help Rebecca find her glasses which had flown off in the wind.


Girls
1st Mairi MacDonald  
2nd Rosie Urquhart 
3rd Anna NicGriogair 

Thanks to all those teachers and pupils who helped out on the day to make the event a success.

Glasgow Gaels Shinty Success

The Glasgow Gaels held the First Shinty National Qualifiers on the 3rd February in the Bellahouston Sports Day. We had one team in p7 competition and two in the p5. It was a fantastic day off hints with the winners qualifying for Finals in Fort William on 2nd March. The p7 had already qualified but they still can second in their competition. The p5a team won their competition and now qualify. The p5b team played fantastic considering a lot of them it was their first time in a tournament and with players they hadn't played with. All players got certificates for taking part and the winners and runners up got medals. P5a also won a cup.


For the first time very Glasgow Gaels have a team in both competitions at Fort William. We are very proud of the players and they will go and give their best at Fort William.


Elaine Michie


Photos below are the full P5 team and the P7 team minus Gillies and Lewis

Extra Curricular Clubs

Here's a reminder of the extra curricular sports clubs that we have going on at the moment:

Monday - Running club before school, Girls Football after school
Tuesday - Dodgeball Lunchtime, Girls Netball (starting next week), football games boys an girls alternating weeks.
Wednesday - Athletics and Rugby after school
Friday - Running Club before school, Table Tennis and Rowing at lunchtime

If you would like to come along to any club please feel free to do so, you are welcome to come and go as you please.

Remember to check the notice board in the foyer for any information on any Inter House Competitions. Reminder of the SGG Inter House Cross Country Championships on February 4th, please add your name to the list.

PE Dept

Primary School Shinty Success

Well done to the SGG/Spòrs Ghlaschu Primary School Shinty teams who performed very well at the recent Indoor Central Scotland League!

The Primary 5 team played very well to finish runners up. The Primary 7 team actually won the competition and and now go to Fort William on March 3rd to play in In South of Scotland Finals.

The P5 team play again on February 3rd and may yet qualify for the finals as runners up in the league.

A very well done to all players in involved! Keep up the good work.

Public Lectures on Glasgow in Scottish History and Literature

Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies

Ionad Eòlas na h-Alba is na Ceiltis

Lectures marking the centenary of Scottish History and Literature at the University of Glasgow

Public Lectures on Glasgow in Scottish History and Literature.

An t-Oll. Dòmhnall Meek

'‘An saoghal a’ dol do Ghlaschu, agus an saoghal

a’ teicheadh às’: Goireasan-Siubhail Ghlaschu

tro Shùilean nan Gàidheal'

('The World Converging on Glasgow, and the

World Escaping from it'; Glasgow's modes of transport through the eyes of the Gaels')

Thursday 10 Jan 2013

at 6.00 p.m.

Jeffrey Room, Mitchell Library