News from Hutchesons’
This is the main news section for Hutchesons’ Grammar School.
English news stories:
Award winning author shares research secrets with pupils
Beaton Road Librarian, Mrs Hume, reports on a fantastic visit from Helen Grant, whose debut novel, 'The Vanishing of Katharina Linden', won an ALA Alex Award in 2011.
8 February 2012
Voting starts for the Scottish Children's Book Awards
Kingarth Street Librarian, Mrs Denham, shares how Hutchesons' Primary pupils are helping to choose the nation's favourite children's book.
24 January 2012
Senior pupil wins Glasgow schools public speaking contest
Lucy McCracken (S4) took to the podium last week to become the Senior Winner of the Rotary Club of Glasgow Schools Public Speaking Competition.
28 November 2011
Big Writing makes a big impact at Hutchesons'
Pupils from P3H hosted a special assembly to introduce the Big Writing super heroes, who provided tips on vocabulary, connectives, openers and punctuation.
21 October 2011
What’s in a word?
Mrs Waugh’s class (P5W) have been undertaking a rather unusual homework, to improve their spelling by using different objects to form words.
17 October 2011
Multi-coloured Elephants on parade!
On Wednesday the 21 September Kingarth Street became a sea of colour as the Primary One took part in a special Elmer parade, inspired by the story of Elmer the Patchwork Elephant a children's picture book by British author David McKee.
28 September 2011
The John Buchan Memorial Lecture: Beatrice Colin, Author
Peter Aitken [S6] reports on the 2011 John Buchan Memorial Lecture, delivered by author Beatrice Colin.
14 March 2011
Award-winning children's author visits Hutchesons'
Award-winning children's author Theresa Breslin visited Hutchesons' on 3 November to talk to P5 and S1 pupils.
4 November 2009
Brush up your Shakespeare!
Primary 7 pupils (and their class teachers) donned Elizabethan garb on 21 May and entered the parallel world of Shakespearean England, relocated for the day to the Fotheringay Centre for the second Hutchesons' Shakespeare Festival.
29 May 2009
The Pod Pupils
Hutchesons' pupils hope that a podcast they have created will encourage residents and visitors to learn more about their local area and to walk the Langside Heritage Trail.
10 July 2008