News and Forthcoming Events
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A very warm welcome to Andy Heron who has joined Glenalmond as our new Head of Learning Support.
Mr Heron takes over this important role after working as Principal Teacher of Pupil Support in Additional Support Needs at Kinlochleven Primary and Secondary School, near Glencoe where he worked for the past four years.
Our GCSE Drama pupils have been delighted to get back on stage this week to rehearse for their exam performance of ‘Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time’.
Our GCSE girls have also been enjoying trying on their costumes for ‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’.
Our Director of Sport, Graham Smith (affectionately known as Smudge), is looking forward to the Trinity term and to pupils getting back to school and sports and the mental and physical health benefits that will bring.
In this short blog, he reassures any pupils who may have lost some fitness during Lockdown, that they will very quickly find themselves becoming much fitter with a term ahead full of sport, activities and, most importantly, great fun!
Our little, eco-friendly, branded car is the perfect vehicle to lead families interested in a Glenalmond education through our grounds! You can enjoy a COVID-safe, drive through tour of our 300 acre campus taking in our magnificent Front Avenue, our beautiful Quad, our boarding houses, Library, Chapel, Golf Hub, rugby and lacrosse pitches and our fantastic astro pitches.
Our very best wishes to two pupils, current and former, who are taking part in a very important swimming trials event this week.
Katherine B in Lower Sixth will be competing at the British Swimming Selection Trials this week where swimmers are hoping to achieve consideration times for the Tokyo Olympics.
Katherine will be competing in the 800m freestyle on Thursday and 400m freestyle on Friday.
Former Glenalmond pupil Tobermory MacKay-Champion is also competing on Friday morning in the 200m breaststroke.
Welcome to issue four of Floreat, the e-newsletter dedicated to Glenalmond's global community of former pupils.
The theme for this year's Glenalmond Big Draw challenge was "Springwatch". With the rebirth of nature, spring is often a huge source of inspiration for artists and so, as a school community, we got together to show what spring means to us. Our Art Department was very pleased with the number of entries this year and also with the innovative interpretations of the theme. Well done to all who entered - you have put us all in the spirit of spring and fresh starts!
As part of the #ExpressYourselfInLockdown initiative launched on social media by the British Council, we invited our linguists to create a video or audio file in which they had to perform in French or Spanish.
Our Head of Modern Languages, Dr Caroline Murie, described the excellent response of young Glenalmond Linguists to the challenge.
"We don’t just teach students to be artists, we teach them to be inquisitive, to be powerful observers of life and with their ideas, to act and to create."
Something which is often observed about the Artwork at Glenalmond is how different the work is compared to other schools, how the work is truly personal and shows the passions of each student.
Our Head of Art, Keir Downey, explains why he thrives on this and highlights why Art as a subject remains highly relevant to young people in modern society.
Our science and technology staff have been enjoying judging the posters produced by our pupils during British Science Week and selecting the best posters to represent Glenalmond College in the national competition.
The poster title is based on the theme of this year’s science week, “Innovating for the Future".
Pictured are some of the entries from Fourth Form Technology and Third Form Chemistry. Well done all!
Learning languages is important, not only for communication, but is also the best way to celebrate diversity and to broaden our horizons, according to Glenalmond's Head of Modern Languages, Dr Caroline Murie, who is delighted by our pupils' exceptional performance in recent national initiatives.
These include the #ExpressYouselfInLockdown competition and the UK Linguistic Olympiads.
Another 14 Glenalmond pupils have become fully qualified The Diana Award anti-bullying Ambassadors.
Thanks to all our new ambassadors and to Paul from The Diana Award for a great afternoon of online training.
All the pupils involved were fully engaged and enjoyed the thought-provoking material presented by The Diana Award.
We are delighted to be able to offer two Easter camps for children with some golf experience, aged under 12 with suitable golfing experience).
The camps will be led by our Head of Golf, Tim Mitchell, and will run as follows: March 29 - April 2 (inclusive) and April 5 - 9 (inclusive) from 9.30am to 3.30pm.
Glenalmond pupil Katherine B made an exciting return to racing at British Competition level in Manchester this weekend.
In this short article, Katherine explains how she has been managing to train during Lockdown and how good it is to be back competing. She also extends her thanks to teachers at Glenalmond for being "brilliant" in their support and helping her work round her training - even taking part in online lessons while travelling south at the weekend.
This week, Coll@Home has celebrated British Science Week, and International Women’s Day.
Dovetailing these events perfectly, on Thursday 11th March, we were delighted to welcome Dr Claire Skentelbery to the first online William Bright Society lecture as part of Coll@Home programme.
Our sincere thanks to Dr Skentelbery.
The life-transforming impact of Glenalmond bursaries on young people is powerfully highlighted in this article written for The Chronicle by our former pupil, Ryan Bromilow, a fantastic ambassador for Glenalmond.
Our thanks go to everyone who is supporting #Challenge175 and helping us support more young people, like Ryan, to benefit from the transformational experience of a Glenalmond education.
Two Glenalmond pupils have had their writing talents recognised with Highly Commended awards in the Scottish Young Writer of the Year competition, placing them both in the top 11 nationally.
The pair - Niall D (17) and Honor R (17) - chose two powerful and engaging subjects for their entries which have caught the judges’ attention.
We are looking forward to welcoming families to our Online Open Day this Saturday, March 13 at 10am.
There is still time to register to hear more about what sets a Glenalmond education apart and join around 50 other families from as far afield as Crieff and Edinburgh to Spain, Hong Kong and New York.
The sustained effort to increase pupils' interest of in STEM subjects at Glenalmond College is reaping rewards, according to Glenalmond's Head of Physics, Dr Stephen Kinge.
Dr Kinge is pleased to report that in Physics the average intake of girls has slowly and steadily increased, and in recent years girls have often outperformed the boys, with 50% achieving an A* at A-level last year.
Third Form pupil Freya F produced a stunning result in the UK Intermediate Mathematics Challenge this week.
Although she was one of the younger pupils entering, her score was the "Best in School" and earned her a Silver Certificate. This was her first attempt in this competition and she will be eligible for the next two years to compete again.