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As of 1 January 2016 the First Minister has announced that the income thresholds for eligibility for EMA will increase to £24,421 for households with one dependent child and £26,884 for households with more than one dependent child.  Applications are available from school or Customer Service Centres.       If you would like more information please …
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A big thanks to all staff, pupils  and their families for their contributions to our foodbank collection.  Our S6 Leadership Team organised the collection and set a target of 2000 food items.  If it  was reached pupils were to be given an ‘own clothes’ day today.  The target was met and the food has been …
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  Mr Jim Young (Depute Head Teacher)  retired from PMHS today.  Mr Young has been a key member of the Mathematics Department and also the Senior Management Team in the school for 18 years and he will be greatly missed.  Over the years M Young has had responsibility for many yeargroups and was the DHT or …
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      Modern Languages Over the last few weeks our Modern Languages department has run a couple of events which proved very successful for our pupils.  French restaurant visit Before the September weekend a group of S4 pupils visited a French restaurant in Glasgow and were given the opportunity to taste such delicacies as snails and …
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    Staff vs pupils’ charity football match This was scheduled to take place last Thursday (24th September) but had to be postponed due to bad weather.   Weather permitting, this will take place next Thursday (8th October).   Foodbank collection It is a sad reflection of the times we live in but more frequently people …
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    Parent Council meeting and AGM – 21.9.15 Our Parent  Council met as arranged this week on Monday 21.9.15.  This meeting also incorporated the AGM. During the AGM the following positions were agreed – Chairperson – Colin Rodger Secretary      – Caroline Devlin Thank you to Colin and Caroline for agreeing to continue in these posts. Treasurer     …
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      Senior Awards Ceremony On the evening of Thursday 10th September we held our annual Senior Awards Ceremony to celebrate some of the many achievements of our senior pupils last session.  Before the ceremony began the S5 Hospitality Team provided a lovely buffet in the library for staff and invited guests.       …
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      This week there have been a lot of pupil achievements to celebrate. Young Writers’ Competition Eve Sutherland  (S2) has been awarded third prize in a competition organised by the Association for Scottish Literary Studies for her story “‘Heel Hell”.  Congratulations to Eve who has been invited to a presentation of awards event Glasgow …
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Lockers 2015

      Parent Council As intimated in a previous blog the Parent Council met for the first time this session on Monday 24th August. We were delighted to welcome some new members and would be keen to see more new faces. The next meeting is at 7pm on Monday 21st September and will also …
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