🎉A huge congratulations to
@StAndrewsRCHS
in
@FifeCouncil
for earning gold in the
#SCQF
School Ambassador Recognition Programme!
🥇They're among just 12 schools in Scotland who have achieved gold -
❓Want to join them? Visit
Today we say goodbye (again!) to Mr Glacken from the CDT department. He retired in 2019 from Guidance, then came back to help during Covid lockdowns & subsequently regained his passion for CDT to end his career for good (he tells us!).
#happyretirementagain
#thankyou
One of our new S1 pupils, Owen Harrower, will be celebrated for his caring & inspiring deeds at Fernlea House care home, Cardenden on the One Show, BBC1, this Thurs 22 July at 7pm. St. Andrew’s would like to share congratulations with Owen & his family & urge you all to watch.
Congratulations to Niall McCorquodale who has been offered five unconditional offers for university in computing, cyber security, ethical hacking and cyber security & forensics.
#celebratingSAHS
@AbertayUni
@EdinburghNapier
After you've 👏for our carers tonight at 8, get out the snacks and settle down to watch our very own 🙌MISS RICHARDSON🙌 on Beat the Chasers on STV tonight at 9pm!
#stv
#BeatTheChasers
Mr Lawrie & Miss Jones were delighted to receive our Reading Schools award, becoming the first secondary school in Fife to do so. Many thanks to all pupils, parents & staff who continue to help us foster a positive reading culture within our community.
#SAHSReads
#ReadingSchools
Our thoughts, prayers and condolences go out to Vicki's family at this sad time. Our Catering Supervisor, Vicki will be greatly missed by all of the St Andrew's RC High School community
Well done to Mrs Waddington, Miss Pitcairn and Mrs McInally for completing the Glasgow Kiltwalk on Sunday. Walking 23 miles from Glasgow to Balloch and raised over £1600 for charity!
#celebratingSAHS
Well done to our Duke of Edinburgh Award pupils pictured who were presented with their Bronze & Silver Award certificates and badges today. You have shown great commitment to achieving your award, you should be very proud!
#DofEaward
#DukeofEdinburghAward
@DofE
#widerachievement
S2 pupils have produced a series of beautiful Poppy studies using a variety of techniques that build on their media handling knowledge & skills, exploring watercolour techniques, stippling, felting, clay, colour & tonal studies. Hope you love them as much as we do!
#LestWeForget
Congratulations to our U16's football team who have made it through to the Cup Final against
@KirkcaldyHigh
Best of luck for the final on 21.04.23 at 4pm at Bayview Stadium
@eastfifefc
🎉
A big congratulations to our S4 rock band, 'Terry Munro', who took part in the Fife Battle of The Bands at Woodmill High School last Wednesday evening. It was a fantastic event!
#celebratingsahs
Last night’s first performance of Les Miserables was a great success. Tickets still available for tonight’s final performance - Adult - £6.50, Concession - £3.50, Family - £20
So proud of our SCQF Ambassadors &staff for working hard to achieve the Gold SCQF Ambassador status. The dedication of young people&staff at the school to embed SCQF into the curriculum is undeniable and very well deserved award. We are over the moon
@SCQFPartnership
@Donnie_SCQF
All pupils marked a two-minute silence today and there was an extended Registration to commemorate Remembrance Day.
Mr Callaghan, together with Mr Millar and representatives from the Senior Prefect Team, held a short reflection and service at 11am.
Lest We Forget
Congratulations to the new St David House Team for 2023/24
Captains: Hannah Fortune & Megan Millar
Depute Captains: Alana Loughrey & Matthew Callaghan
Junior Captains: Kaitlyn Hynd, Kamilka Handzel & Sonny Hancock
Ready to win the house cup next year🎉
#TeamDavid
#celebratingSAHS
Congratulations to Grace McCarroll who has been offered an unconditional offer for university in Food, Nutrition and Textiles Education.
#celebratingSAHS
@ThinkUHI
Four members of staff - Mrs Lindsay, Mr Rhone, Mr McAllister & Mrs De Soyza are taking part in the Hairy Haggis Relay, running the Edinburgh Marathon on Sunday 27th May. They are raising funds for SCIAF. Any donations would be appreciated.
Senior Prefect Team 2023/2024
Head Girl Marianne Bargeton
Head Boy Kieran Forsyth
Deputes
Elisha Abraham
Ciara Gibbons
Matthew Ferguson
Codi Johnston
I am sure you will join me in wishing the new team all the best for the coming session.
Sunset over the school playing fields yesterday evening - photo submitted by F Miller, English dept. Aren't we fortunate to live in such a beautiful country?
Congratulations to Mr Cleland who completed the 96miles of the West Highland Way race on the 17th June, coming in 12th out of over 250 people with a time of 20hrs 15mins!
#celebratingSAHS
to all the new S4 MVP mentors who have taken part in two successful days of training. Looking forward to seeing you deliver the sessions to S1
#celebratingSAHS
@MVPScot
We are so excited to have the RAF in for a STEM where the pupils are making robots out of Lego and doing coding. S2 and S3 having a great time!
#DYWFife
#STEM
@rafyouthengage
@DYWFife
S3 Practical Woodwork have been working hard to create snowmen for their first woodturning exercise. An amazing effort by all and some great work this term.
Looking forward to seeing our pupils for day 1 tomorrow. Miss Ward and Mr Callaghan will meet First Years when they arrive and direct them to their class. Timetables will be given out during period one classes. All the best.
Congratulations to Jake McKay who has been offered three unconditional offers for university in sports & exercise, sports & management and sports development & coaching .
#celebratingSAHS
@AbertayUni
@StirUni
"A great performance from the S3 football team which sees the boys through to the next round of the Fife cup after winning their first game against Glenrothes High School. Well done to all the boys involved who were a real credit to the school."
Amy Blyth and her sister Emma won the Linda Brennan U25 pairs competition in Outdoor Bowls. The event is a qualifying competition for the British Isles Championships.
Amy has qualified to represent Scotland. Well done, Amy!
#celebratingSAHS
Congratulation to Senior Football team who beat St Columba's RC HS 2-1 in first round of Fife Cup. Our home tie was played at Viewforth HS - Windmill Campus.
Goalscorers - Maciej Smyla and Jens Moret
Well done to all boys involved
Congratulations to our S6 Caritas Award winners: Alasdair, Caitlin, Katie, Tiegan, Holly, Megan, Melissa & Ellie who would have been today attending their award ceremony in Glasgow and collecting their medals. We are so proud of you and appreciate all your hard work!
We are so proud of our U16's football team. You might not have won, but you can hold your heads high because you done both yourselves and the school proud!
#CelebratingSAHS
One of the tasks for online core PE was to create and carry out a mini Footgolf course at home. Marianne in S3 made full use of her household items to create a fantastic mini Footgolf course. Here are some examples!
Thank you to the staff, parent/carers and pupils of St Andrew's RCHS who donated to the Kingdom FM Toy Appeal. The donations were collected on 15 Dec by Kingdom FM to give out to families across Fife who will benefit from your generosity this Christmas.
S4's fell short on Tuesday night in their Fife Cup tie against Woodmill HS. It was a close game in very windy conditions. The boys gave 100% for each other and conducted themselves well doing St Andrew's proud. looking forward to getting more games organised soon!
@FifeActiveSch
Huge congratulations to Kyle Falconer and Donovan Westwood for passing their CSCS test! We are very proud. Thanks to
@Raeburntraining
and
@Fifecouncil
for the opportunity.
@DYWFife
Here are some of the S2's kindness posters they have been working on in CDT! Really great work by all pupils who have used a range of styles and medias to create some positivity while working from home.
The PE department's top learners from last month...
Ethan Brownlie S1
James Mackie S1
Olivia Lazarczyk S2
Hayden Wilson S3
Kayla Graham S5
Shaun Miller S6
Elisse Anderson S6
Outdoor Bowls
Amy has qualified to play for the Scotland Under 18’s in August at a National Tournament in Wales. This will be her 2nd Scotland cap this year. The tournament is being played over the 5th and 6th August. Good Luck Amy!
#celebratingSAHS
1 in 6 children and young people have a diagnosable
#mentalhealth
condition. We are supporting children's mental health week, this week and every week to raise awareness and help support our young people
Higher Photography were learning about aperture today whilst taking photographs of Lego men. Building up their knowledge and camera skills. Keep up the hard work!
#photography
#higher
#lego
#aperture
Very proud of 3 of our senior boys who have completed a week with the Fife Civils Project in conjunction with Fife Council and Raeburn Training. They have had an gained their REHIS H&S qualification and will be completing their CSCS test soon.
@RaeburnTraining
@DYWFife
Well done to Mrs Mackay & Kieran Forsyth S6 who both completed and passed their outdoor first aid last week. This will allow Mrs MacKay to be a Duke of Edinburgh leader on expeditions and Kieran is now a fully qualified DofE assessor 🎉
#celebratingSAHS
#dukeofedinburghaward
S2 class have been busy creating felted poppy brooches and painted Poppies, to Remember those who sacrificed their lives for our country. Lest we forget
#rememberanceday
#poppy
#S2
Congratulations to Ethan Bonner and Jayden Stewart for completing their summer internship at Diageo through the Career Ready programme!
#celebratingSAHS
@DiageoGB
@FifeCouncil
"Mr Crawford's soon-to-be S1 CDT showing their creativity on their transition visit yesterday.
Awesome work, guys!
Looking fwd to seeing you all in August 🙂
#CfE
#BGE
"
Today our S1 PSE classes were learning about Remembrance. Some of our senior pupils are keen to go into careers in teaching so are gaining some experience through teaching the lessons to the young people.
#celebratingSAHS
#positivedestinations
@dywfife
@fifecouncil
A big congratulations to Eleora Bogdan in S4 who was a runner up in last night's Fife final of the Scottish Young Musician Competition. Eleora played a beautifully expressive rendition of 'Blumenlied' by Gustav Lange on piano
#celebratingSAHS
Well done to our S1s who took part in a football tournament at Kirkcaldy HS on Thursday. Great performances and results
Respect for their opponents and teammates
Responsible for their actions
Ready to do their best
St. Andrew's R.C High School is delighted to report that Kai Dokurno S3, has been successful in gaining one of only 12 places in the UK to attend a German course for 2 weeks in the summer, funded by UK-German Connection
@ukgconnection
#celebratingSAHS
Best wishes to all pupils today as you receive your exam results. Guidance teachers will be available during the first week back if you need to discuss any matter about your results with them. Mr Callaghan.
Efan has both designed and printed over the last few weeks this staff. He has used multiple techniques including 3D printing. This has taken hours of labour. His dedication and enthusiasm are to be commended.
#celebratingsuccess
#celebratingSAHS
"We were able to hand over our Advent Foodbank collection yesterday, many thanks to the whole school community for contributing and for filling two cars to the brim!"
@kdyfoodbank
Well done to S5 Silver Duke of Edinburgh pupils who completed their qualifying expedition today in the Ochills. Everyone showed great resilience and morale was high even right at the end!
#silverdofe
#qualifyingexpedition
#celebratingSAHS
All Fife schools will open on Tuesday. Still working on some bus routes, more info later here and at Still clearing paths round many schools, please take extra care. Text alerts will follow