News from Hutchesons’
This is the main news section for Hutchesons’ Grammar School.
S3 Pupils in the Spotlight at Hutchesons'
Hutchesons' stage stars of the future were on show in the S3 Drama competition held in the Fotheringay Auditorium on 4 March in a display of theatrical prowess that extended from Shakespeare to Monty Python.
5 March 2010
A-Head of Fashion
Primary pupils modelled their home-fashioned hats on 5 March for an EcoSchool show. Pupils designed their hats using recycled materials.
4 March 2010
Sensational Swimmers
Primary pupils from Hutchesons' brought home seven Gold, two Silver and five Bronze medals from the Glasgow Schools Primary Swimming Finals at Whitehill Pool on 1 March. The Primary 7 Girls won every race available to them, including the Relay!
4 March 2010
Pianists and Flautists take Prizes in Biggars Music Competition
It's clearly a difficult task having to choose between a pianist playing Shostakovich and a saxophonist playing the blues. That was the unenviable task of Michael Bawtree, adjudicator in the Biggars Music Competition.
26 February 2010
Mathematics and Science in the Modern World
Journalist Simon Singh was one of four speakers who attracted hundreds of pupils from schools across Scotland to attend a colloquium organised by the Maths department on 9 February.
15 February 2010
Hutchesons' make History in the Brewin Dolphin Scottish Schools Cup
Hutchesons' broke the dominance of Edinburgh schools in Scottish Schools Rugby when they became the first Glasgow side to win the Brewin Dolphin Scottish Schools Cup at the Under 15 level.
12 February 2010
"C'était fantastique!" S6 Pupils at Paris Conference
Fourteen pupils in S6 - all studying AH French, Spanish or German - attended ‘Your Future in Europe', a Sixth-Form conference held at the Palais des Congres at Porte Maillot in Paris.
11 February 2010
Primary Pupils rise to the Challenge of the Scots Verse and Music Competition
Although only two pupils left with the quaichs, the Scots Verse and Music Competition at Kingarth Street was an event for everyone.
9 February 2010
The Sir Alexander Stone Memorial Lecture 2010: Alexander Stoddart, Sculptor
In a whirlwind tour of his classically inspired sculptures in Scotland and the USA, Stoddart began and ended in the town of Elderslie, using the idea that the view from his childhood home of a a fine stone monument to William Wallace was the catalyst for
9 February 2010
P1 Pupils explore Scottish and Local Culture
All the Primary one classes enjoyed their January ceilidh, singing Scottish songs such, dancing a highland fling and reciting Scottish poems, while dressed in their tartan best.
5 February 2010
'Bite-Sized' Burns Supper organised by S1 Pupils
Parents of pupils in S1 were treated to a night out last week, when their offspring organised what they called a 'Bite-Sized' Burns Supper for them.
1 February 2010
Remembering the Holocaust through Paper Clips
The day after Holocaust Memorial Day, the whole of S3 gathered to hear the story of what one small school in the USA achieved to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust.
28 January 2010
Maggots to Manchester
A second-year pupil who won a national competition last year with his 'Magical Maggots' visited the biosurgical company responsible for producing medicinal quality larvae. Scott Griffiths represents Scotland at a national competition in March.
27 January 2010
Primary 5 Pull out the Stops for the Teenage Cancer Trust
Primary 5 pupils at Hutchesons' worked flat-out last Thursday 21 January to raise funds for the Teenage Cancer Trust, the charity Hutchesons' has chosen to support this year.
25 January 2010
Hutchesons' Under 15 Rugby Squad through to Scottish Schools Final!
Hutchesons' Under 15 Rugby squad are bound for Murrayfield on 11 February! They beat last year's finalists, George Watson's, 10-7 in a thrilling semi-final on Saturday 23 January at Auldhouse.
23 January 2010