Our Lady's High School, Cumbernauld

Our Lady's High School
Address
Dowanfield Road, Cumbernauld
Glasgow
Scotland
Information
Type Secondary
Established 1968
Grades Scottish Qualifications Certificate
National 5
Higher
Advanced Higher
Affiliations St Mary's Primary School
Website http://www.ourladys.n-lanark.sch.uk/

Our Lady's High School is a six year Roman Catholic co-educational comprehensive school which opened in 1968. Liam Arkley and Jack Traynor run the show.It caters for pupils living in Cumbernauld, Muirhead, Cardowan and Stepps and in addition to pupils from Condorrat, Dullatur, Moodiesburn and Castlecary.[1] The school's emblem is a post-modern artistic recreation of the Virgin and child.

History

The school was reputedly built on the site of a derelict convent, the ruins of which stood in the grounds behind the first stage building of the secondary school which was completed in 1968. It was designed by the architects, Gillespie, Kidd & Coia who designed a number of buildings in the New Town. The exterior of the building was clad in copper sheet with the intention that it would turn from coppery brown through to green due to weathering after several years. A similar looking extension block running perpendicular to the first block was completed in 1974. They were linked by an enclosed passage at the first floor level. The extension contained a small theatre, specialist accommodation for the biology, physics and technical departments, the school library and games hall together with general classroom accommodation.

Prior to its opening in 1968 there was no Roman Catholic high school in Cumbernauld and pupils had to make a 10-mile bus journey to Kirkintilloch to attend St. Ninian's.

On opening the school accepted eligible pupils mainly from the Cumbernauld, Condorrat and Croy areas, but only commenced with years 1, 2 and 3. The pupils in year 3 went on in subsequent years to form years 4, 5, and 6. In 1969 the school's first-ever prefects were chosen from the newly formed year 4.

The school has always maintained a strong link with the surrounding community, and through pupils, parents and teacher links they are associated with several primary schools from which the intake is drawn:

The former Sacred Heart Primary in Kildrum was also an initial feeder primary till its closure in 2000.

Houses

The pupils are split into 5 different Houses - St Margaret of Scotland, St John Ogilvie, St Thenew, St Mungo and St Columba.

Houses in the school compete in events against each other. Inter-House Soccer is one of the competitions. One teacher is designated to be leader of a particular house. This teacher will lead the house assembly in which every pupil in the certain house gathers in the assembly hall to discuss important matters relating to that house.

Around the month of June during that of a three day visit for Primary 7's there is that of a House Championship, this is usually consisting of sports and questions which will challenge the child's mental and physical abilities.

Also there was a House Quiz in 2013, which raised money for a charity known as SCIAF. Pupils where required to bring in one pound to watch their associate house battle in the quiz itself. A student from every year was nominated to make the team. In the year 2013, Saint Mungo took victory.

Notable former pupils

References

  1. ↑ School Handbook 2014-15; URL last accessed 2014-08-26.

External links

Coordinates: 55°56′39″N 4°0′7″W / 55.94417°N 4.00194°W / 55.94417; -4.00194

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