S1 Inter House Netball Tournament

Yesterday Friday 31st January, all S1 girls took part in the Inter House Netball Tournament. For many of the girls this was their first taste of Netball. The 5 a side games were very competitive with all girls picking up the rules and positions very quickly. Scarp won the tournament by winning all their games. Muighlaigh were 2nd, Roniagh 3rd and Hiort were 4th. Well done to all girls who took part. There will be a similar competition for the girls in March. 

School Cross Country Championships

The Sgoil Ghaidhlig Ghlaschu Cross Country Championships will take place in Bellahouston Park on Friday 7th February. This championship is for S1-3 pupils and will be run over 2 laps of a 1000m course. At the moment there are 80 pupils taking part which is a fantastic entry, up 30 from last year. Results and photos will be posted here in due time. 

Sports Leaders

A big well done to all the S3 pupils who lead fitness classes for all primary 4 pupils. The sports leaders were in groups of 4 and planned and practiced their 30min session before all 53 of the primary 4s arrived enthusiastically and ready to take part. It is hoped that the the sports leaders will get more practice in planning, organising and taking parts of lessons with the primary in future. 

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.