Come along to Menzieshill High School at 7.30 on Thursday 12th December for an evening of music and performance from our talented pupils. You can see a full-size poster here.

Information about study support opportunities for pupils can be found here This contains details of the subject specific sessions run by departments and of the whole school support available.

The Corner runs a wide range of drop-in services for young people covering a variety of health and other issues that young people face today. Their website has details of these and also a great deal of useful information and links to further help.

Parents of P6 and P7 pupils are invited to come along and find out what Menzieshill High School has to offer.  During the evening prospective parents will gain a first-hand experience of what education is like in our school, visit a variety of departments, take part in a whole range of activities and talk to staff and pupils of the school.

ChildLine and the Internet Watch Foundation have joined together to provide help and advice for young people about how they can get sexually explicit images of themselves removed from online. "Sexting", sending explicit images to friends, is increasingly common and young people often do not appreciate the risks of this behaviour and how these images may end up in places they never intended and may become public. This new initiative aims to show young people what they can do about it.

ChildLine have also developed an app for young people called Zipit. "The app offers witty images to send instead of explicit ones, advice for how to engage in safe chat, what to do if you feel threatened or if an image becomes public and a direct link to call ChildLine." The app will be available later this month.

This Press Release gives more detailed information. There is useful information for parents and carers on sexting on the NSPCC website

Interact at the Oktoberfest

Robson St Clair and Shaun Falconer of Menzieshill High’s Interact group helped out at the Rotary Club Oktoberfest, an event which raised between £10,000-£12,000 for charities. A report and photograph can be seen here. http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/news/local/dundee-oktoberfest-raises-record-sum-for-charities-1.137065

Menzieshill High School has just published a new guide for parents outlining the school's homework policy and the supported study opportunities available to pupils.

The homework guide can be found here.

 PC Frank Sturrock dropped in to MHS to answer questions from the Modern Studies S4 class as part of their AVU. Questioned about his views on the death penalty to the legalisation of cannabis, Frank later tweeted on the quality and range of the pupils’ questions.  The department would again like to thank Frank for taking the time to visit.