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![Three pupils sitting with former Chair of the Board of Governors, Mr Brian Adair.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1700136469/highschoolofglasgowcouk/cxyial1ckrnvsj8kjtpf/CollaborativeWorkingZoneMainImage.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1700136469/highschoolofglasgowcouk/cxyial1ckrnvsj8kjtpf/CollaborativeWorkingZoneMainImage.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1700136469/highschoolofglasgowcouk/cxyial1ckrnvsj8kjtpf/CollaborativeWorkingZoneMainImage.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1700136469/highschoolofglasgowcouk/cxyial1ckrnvsj8kjtpf/CollaborativeWorkingZoneMainImage.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1700136469/highschoolofglasgowcouk/cxyial1ckrnvsj8kjtpf/CollaborativeWorkingZoneMainImage.jpg","width":1500}])
A £25,000 donation in memory of Mrs Elaine Adair, wife of former Chair of the Board of Governors, Mr Brian Adair (2006-2018), has transformed a previously underused Junior 6 ‘open area’ in the Junior School into a Collaborative Working Zone, designed by pupils, for pupils.
![Bannerman House Captains and Bannerman Heads of House.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1699886487/highschoolofglasgowcouk/xzqkwalsojcx7tb8f8dg/BannermanFundraisingMainImage.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1699886487/highschoolofglasgowcouk/xzqkwalsojcx7tb8f8dg/BannermanFundraisingMainImage.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1699886487/highschoolofglasgowcouk/xzqkwalsojcx7tb8f8dg/BannermanFundraisingMainImage.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1699886487/highschoolofglasgowcouk/xzqkwalsojcx7tb8f8dg/BannermanFundraisingMainImage.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1699886487/highschoolofglasgowcouk/xzqkwalsojcx7tb8f8dg/BannermanFundraisingMainImage.jpg","width":1500}])
Before the October break, Bannerman House ran the first of four House Fundraising Weeks. Hear from Bannerman House Captains Emma and Paddy on their hugely successful fundraising activities…
![Three girls sitting at a table, giving a big thumbs up!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1698833406/highschoolofglasgowcouk/ibchs8keosm0goczrgui/BookfestMainImage.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1698833406/highschoolofglasgowcouk/ibchs8keosm0goczrgui/BookfestMainImage.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1698833406/highschoolofglasgowcouk/ibchs8keosm0goczrgui/BookfestMainImage.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1698833406/highschoolofglasgowcouk/ibchs8keosm0goczrgui/BookfestMainImage.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1698833406/highschoolofglasgowcouk/ibchs8keosm0goczrgui/BookfestMainImage.jpg","width":1500}])
BookFest is our in-house book festival run as a collaboration between the Senior School Library and the English Department, with staff from across the whole School getting involved. It was created as a way of celebrating the power and joy of reading and all of its associated benefits.
![Two Junior School pupils standing next to a table filled with food provisions donated for the Junior School Harvest Appeal.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1696502842/highschoolofglasgowcouk/skkwvagrm0huqpyhptum/JuniorSchoolHarvestMainImage.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1696502842/highschoolofglasgowcouk/skkwvagrm0huqpyhptum/JuniorSchoolHarvestMainImage.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1696502842/highschoolofglasgowcouk/skkwvagrm0huqpyhptum/JuniorSchoolHarvestMainImage.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1696502842/highschoolofglasgowcouk/skkwvagrm0huqpyhptum/JuniorSchoolHarvestMainImage.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1696502842/highschoolofglasgowcouk/skkwvagrm0huqpyhptum/JuniorSchoolHarvestMainImage.jpg","width":1500}])
Junior School pupils donated 753 items to local charities as part of this year's Harvest Week.
![‘Week of Languages’ helps pupils discover the joy of learning]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1696427723/highschoolofglasgowcouk/hgx12u9jtbftl29hrnhb/DayofLanguages-10.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1696427723/highschoolofglasgowcouk/hgx12u9jtbftl29hrnhb/DayofLanguages-10.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1696427723/highschoolofglasgowcouk/hgx12u9jtbftl29hrnhb/DayofLanguages-10.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1696427723/highschoolofglasgowcouk/hgx12u9jtbftl29hrnhb/DayofLanguages-10.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1696427723/highschoolofglasgowcouk/hgx12u9jtbftl29hrnhb/DayofLanguages-10.jpg","width":1400}])
The Senior School Modern Languages Department ran a week-long celebration of Languages to mark the ‘Day of European Languages’ held on Tuesday 26 September.
![Seven Junior School pupils holding up a Fairtrade award in front of a plain white wall.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1695200342/highschoolofglasgowcouk/wspl0mqxxlsm3rjauuvg/JSFairtradeAwardMainImage.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1695200342/highschoolofglasgowcouk/wspl0mqxxlsm3rjauuvg/JSFairtradeAwardMainImage.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1695200342/highschoolofglasgowcouk/wspl0mqxxlsm3rjauuvg/JSFairtradeAwardMainImage.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1695200342/highschoolofglasgowcouk/wspl0mqxxlsm3rjauuvg/JSFairtradeAwardMainImage.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1695200342/highschoolofglasgowcouk/wspl0mqxxlsm3rjauuvg/JSFairtradeAwardMainImage.jpg","width":1500}])
The Junior School has been awarded the FairAware Award from the Fairtrade Foundation which recognises schools that are supporting Fairtrade.
![Teacher of History, Mr Chris Mackay, standing in front of the School War Memorial]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1694347819/highschoolofglasgowcouk/b0hgqfqbohp30txnjicp/ChrisMackayWFAQualityMarkMainImage.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1694347819/highschoolofglasgowcouk/b0hgqfqbohp30txnjicp/ChrisMackayWFAQualityMarkMainImage.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1694347819/highschoolofglasgowcouk/b0hgqfqbohp30txnjicp/ChrisMackayWFAQualityMarkMainImage.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1694347819/highschoolofglasgowcouk/b0hgqfqbohp30txnjicp/ChrisMackayWFAQualityMarkMainImage.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1694347819/highschoolofglasgowcouk/b0hgqfqbohp30txnjicp/ChrisMackayWFAQualityMarkMainImage.jpg","width":1500}])
The High School of Glasgow is the first recipient of the Western Front Association’s (WFA) newly introduced Quality Mark which the School has achieved under the leadership of Mr Chris Mackay, Principal Teacher of History.
![Pupils and staff posing for a photo with some of the locals in Zanzibar]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1695819051/highschoolofglasgowcouk/hhc7xfls1ze2c5bhiv45/ZanzibarMainImage.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1695819051/highschoolofglasgowcouk/hhc7xfls1ze2c5bhiv45/ZanzibarMainImage.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1695819051/highschoolofglasgowcouk/hhc7xfls1ze2c5bhiv45/ZanzibarMainImage.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1695819051/highschoolofglasgowcouk/hhc7xfls1ze2c5bhiv45/ZanzibarMainImage.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1695819051/highschoolofglasgowcouk/hhc7xfls1ze2c5bhiv45/ZanzibarMainImage.jpg","width":1500}])
More than 40 members of High School pupils and staff took part in an unforgettable community service trip to Zanzibar during the summer break.
![The Captains' Committee, standing on the Old Anniesland playing fields, with the Pavilion building behind them.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1691765278/highschoolofglasgowcouk/tj8vxkwatfilhbohneud/2023ExamResultsMainImage.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1691765278/highschoolofglasgowcouk/tj8vxkwatfilhbohneud/2023ExamResultsMainImage.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1691765278/highschoolofglasgowcouk/tj8vxkwatfilhbohneud/2023ExamResultsMainImage.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1691765278/highschoolofglasgowcouk/tj8vxkwatfilhbohneud/2023ExamResultsMainImage.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1691765278/highschoolofglasgowcouk/tj8vxkwatfilhbohneud/2023ExamResultsMainImage.jpg","width":1500}])
The School is delighted to be able to report an impressive set of SQA results for session 2022-23.