Thanks to our student teachers for showing us how to write in Arabic and Chinese at lunch time today! 🧧

Today we bid farewell to our wonderful Librarian @fionakindness3.bsky.social We thank her for everything she has given to Holyrood. She really has lived and breathed Holyrood since her arrival in 2017. We will miss her dearly but wish her all the best in her new post!

Holyrood colleagues, it is #ReadingSchoolsWeek - it would be great to share our love of children’s literature📚💖 What have you been reading? What have our yps been recommending? I’m reading ‘Evander and the Cesquill’s Blade’ by our own Emmanuel in S2. It is superb🎉 #RoodReads

Drummer highlights reel!

And we're off!!!

Well done to all of our performers! Special congrats to our winners Rebecca and Mara, and runner ups Frank and Nicola. We are proud of you all! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

A few more from our workshop. Also, thank you to @fionakindness3.bsky.social for facilitating! Great morning 🎨

Brilliant workshops with some Sustainability Leaders and artist Abi this morning. We created clay artwork that will be part of the wider "Painting for Peace" project that is happening in our local community ♻️☮️ can't wait to see it all come together!

Starting the new year with positive results from our plastic waste audit. We are pleased single use plastic bottles continue to decrease, and many still choose our reusable option ♻️ thank you to our Sustainability Leaders who conducted the audit and helped collate the results at the end of 2025!

Could not be prouder of our Emmanuel, our very own published author. Get on Amazon and buy his book now, you won't be disappointed!

Absolutely loving all of the reused Christmas door designs from previous years, huge thank you to the Art department for sharing some Christmas cheer and promoting sustainability 🎄🎨♻️ @holyrood-art.bsky.social

I could not be happier with my new Christmas Wreath and Tree.

A massive thank you to Caritas young people @holyroodsecondary.bsky.social who gave their Saturday for volunteering at St Mirin's Christmas fete.

Great night with S6 at our Snowball at Hampden this evening!

Thank you to Ellisa and Liza who launched our Festive Campaign on the school tannoy, and the 30+ young people who volunteered during their free time to distribute posters and information today. Any donations should be sent to Social Subjects 2 ✨🎄♻️

Well done to all young people and staff who featured in our concert or helped backstage tonight! A great concert and you have all done yourselves proud! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

Well done to our young people @holyroodsecondary.bsky.social who spoke at the the Scottish Parliament on the 60th Anniversary of SCIAF

S6 Drama Leaders looking fresh in their new leadership hoodies! @holyroodsecondary.bsky.social

Lois and Ozal were honoured to contribute to the Young Scot Attainment and Youth Voice Workshop with the YSEquity Panel today. The views expressed at the workshop will be taken forward to the Scottish Govt and will inform future policy. Well done girls 💪

We have some fabulous books still left from our Holyrood #BookWeekScotland staff Book Swap. Helpers can deliver to your classroom if anyone missed out 😄📚

Well done to S1 who litter picked this morning in the winter sunshine. We visited Dixon Rd, Aikenhead Rd and Boyd St - brilliant effort by all involved! ♻️

I loved these sustainable Christmas wreaths made by our EAL learners at Urban Roots this morning. 🎄

Tonight Kilali of S6 is representing us in the Glasgow Speakers Public Speaking first round. #hocvince @holyroodsecondary.bsky.social

Thank you to our Parish Priests for allowing our young people to talk about Catholic Education at Masses over this weekend and last.

Lovely way to start the weekend, popping in to our very own Art Exhibition. Well done and thank you to @holyrood-art.bsky.social for pulling together all the work of our wonderful young people into such a fantastic exhibition!

Our Holyrood group had a fantastic time at this special poetry event at Hampden Bowling Club today. Thank you so much to Donna Matthew and @juliemcneillwrites.bsky.social #BookWeekScotland #Poetry

Thank you to our Sustainability Leaders for a productive Eco Committee meeting this afternoon. Updates to follow on our plastic waste and festive campaigns ♻️🤩

Lovely prayer breakfast for Catholic Education Week @holyroodsecondary.bsky.social

It’s that time of year again! Please join us in the assembly hall this Thursday evening for the opening of our annual Exhibition! 🎨🖌️🖼️

Lovey mass for Catholic Education Week @holyroodsecondary.bsky.social

Fantastic performance at GCC @glasgowcreate.online guitar and bass play day...amazing! Well done to our Holyrooders and thanks to Mr Train for organising!

The Orchestral Ensemble at Christ the King Church hall for Father Michael's retiral. Well done to all of you! Special well done to Egbert, Matylda, Charlie & Orlaith for their solos and Ms Panaretou for her work putting everything together. Happy weekend!

The best kids in Glasgow! Giving up their Friday night to play for Father Michael's retrial. Fantastic work from all of them, lots of the audience told me what a credit they were to themselves and the school. Proud 🫶🏼

Holyrood students celebrate #Interfaithweek with creativity, dialogue & artefacts- building unity through action. youtu.be/lFTeQcvkqJQ?... @holyroodsecondary.bsky.social @

Made it onto the board! Well done again to these Music Champions. Next time it could be you!

Nothing gets you talking English like the great outdoors!! Blue skies, teamwork, halal marshmallows and hide n seek amongst the trees at Urban Roots. Best school day I've had in a long time! 🌳🍂🔥 #outdoorlearning #EAL

Loads of fun at Chinese Club today. The chopstick challenge was a hit!! Miss Zhifan's paper cutting went down well too!! Next week, Chinese tea 🍵

A great afternoon with our 50 S3s taking part in Havana Film Festival learning about Cuban language, culture and history

Well done to our new S1 members who promoted the start of Anti Bullying Week with a well read tannoy. Great work team! 💪

We were privileged to attend the Mass for COP30 today, a lovely service with a powerful message on climate action. Thank you to our Sustainability Leaders Zara and Melissa who represented @holyroodsecondary.bsky.social ♻️

A trully inspiring Saturday spent at the SALT conference in Glasgow. @unistrathclyde.bsky.social #lovelanguages #EAL

A fun CPD Saturday at the SALT conference today. Important networking and exchanges with languages colleagues across the country sharing ideas for « evolving practice fir a changing world » Some superb workshops as always! Thank you SALT

4 of our young people are heading to Malawi next June to help lead learning with primary pupils. If you are able to support them by making a donation it would be much appreciated. www.justgiving.com/campaign/jun...

Well done to Brooke who last night represented @holyroodsecondary.bsky.social in the Articulation final at Stirling Uni. You spoke beautifully and it was a pleasure to watch. Well done to the other speakers too! Special thanks to @mrcharlick.bsky.social for assisting us in Brooke’s preparation

What a truly fantastic night! Every instrumentalist and vocalist put in an amazing performance! Holyrood Young Musician winners have been chosen but you have ALL made us proud ❤️

Well done to Ava Rose, our winner for Junior instrumentalist of the year. Isabella a very close second! Great work!

Well done to Al Monzer, our winner of Senior instrumentalist of the year for his performance on clarinet. Well done to Daniel our runner up for his performance on xylophone - two amazing performances! Al Monzer will now go into the Glasgow competition next year 🤗

What competition is complete without the tech team!! Well done to Irim and Ayesha for their work on sound, and huge thanks to all music staff & instructors for their efforts preparing & accompanying pupils, and their work to make the evening run smoothly. We ❤️ you all!

Finally a huge well done to Rose, our Vocalist of the year with Lucy a close second! Rose will now compete in the GCC competition next year. Fantastic work!

Our Advanced Higher Chemistry students were kindly invited to Langside College for some soooky escape room fun in their chemistry department. All pupils escaped successfully and had a great time. Thank you to the team at the college for the invite 👻🎃