News from Hutchesons’
This is the main news section for Hutchesons’ Grammar School.
Languages news stories:
Assessment and the building blocks of learning
Following the School Association AGM on the Tuesday the 11th of October, Kingarth Street hosted two valuable workshops on the building blocks of language teaching and the assessment process.
14 October 2011
Primary Pupils enjoy Dance Workshop with Choreographer
Choreographer Susanna Curtis ran dance workshops for P5 pupils at Kingarth Street in June. Born in Glasgow, but based in Nuremberg, Glasgow's twin city, Curtis draws inspiration from her trips between the two cities to create original danceworks.
22 June 2011
"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 Word of the Week: singen, chanter, cantare, cantar
The 'word of the week' was evident at a special November assembly at which Superbär hosted a Eurovision Song Contest.
4 November 2009
Gordon Smith, Chief Executive of the SFA, urges Hutchesons' pupils to speak foreign languages
Pupils at Hutchesons' celebrated European Day of Languages in style, with presentations from three of Scotland's top professionals on why languages have been so important to their lives.
23 September 2009
Paris in May for Urban Geography
A group of S3 Urban Geography pupils ventured to Paris for four days at the end of May in order to gain field experience of urban settlement and related problems such as traffic congestion.
11 June 2009
Anniversary of The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The hall at Kingarth Street was a mass of antennae when the Hutchesons' celebration of the 40th anniversary of Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar came to a rousing conclusion on 3 June with a celebratory assembly and lunchtime fair.
9 June 2009
German Serenade
Hutchesons' has enjoyed a warm relationship with the Hans-Sachs-Gymnasium in Nuremberg, Germany, for many years, during which time pupils have spent time in each others' countries. This Autumn it was the turn of the German singers to visit Hutchesons'.
30 October 2007