Taylor High School

Internet Fantasy Football Competition
This competition has been running since the 03/04 season. This year saw the usual
fierce competitiveness as always with transfer strategies being closely scrutinised
throughout the season. This year winners were:-
1st Mr Price £ricey XI 1248
2nd Robbie Jarvie Stretford Enders 1202
3rd Talha Bashir Francis Coquelin 1188
4th Brandon Ferrie Ferrie's XI 1179
5th Mark McEwan McEwan's XI 1168
Staff Wooden Spoon Winner
Last Place
Mr Richardson The Illuminati Strollers 632
Congratulations to Mr Price on his victory. Rumours are circulating that a certain Mr
van Gaal will be sacked during the close season and Mr Price will be replacing him as
manager of Manchester United. Hopefully for Taylor HS these rumours are false.
Staff Winner Mr Price (3 years running!)
Professional Development
Mrs Lorna Brand of BCT department has successfully managed the S6 Personal
Development Higher course for many years now in conjunction with Ian McFarlane,
Home Partnership Officer. A number of regular events during the course are always
worthy of mention:
S1 Hallowe’en Disco
One of the highlights of the course was the S6 organised Hallowe’en Disco for S1
which has long been one of the most important dates on Taylor’s Social Calendar. A
regular frightnight ensued as the fun and games flowed throughout the evening with
everyone involved having a wonderful time.
Adopt a Station Project, Holytown Station
Pupils from the Personal Development Higher took part in the Adopt a Station Project
as part of their Self and Work within the Personal Development Award. The project
was coordinated by Clydesdale Community Initiative in conjunction with Scotrail and
involved collaborative work with pupils from Taylor High School and Brannock High
School. The project centred on making improvements to a chosen area of Holytown
Station as well as placing planters containing a variety of flowers throughout the
Station.
The Taylor High pupils really enjoyed working together with the pupils from Brannock
High. They could see how it made sense to work together especially on community
projects which affect us all. It sends a signal to the pupils and the wider community
that we are all working together for the benefit of our community and are jointly
responsible for actively making a difference where and when we can. The pupils also,
importantly, were able to use their experiences to achieve their SQA Personal
Development qualification and their John Muir Award.
Next time you’re ay Holytown train station please take some time to look at the work
the pupils have done. In particular the mosaics they designed and installed.
Off Timetable Day
The Personal Devlopment group also organised Taylor High School’s first OTT day,
which was organised on 21 December 2015. Taylor High Pupils had the opportunity to
sign up for different activities run by different departments within the School.
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