Higher Modern Studies pupils examined Global Citizenship and Political Participation by completing an Issue Tree addressing 'Voter Apathy'.

S6 pupils Lesley Nicholson and Justine McCluskey triumphed in the regional round of the STV Independence referendum debate and have booked their place in the national grand final.

The event which took place at Discovery Point on Tuesday 5^th November saw the girls see off stiff competition from Madras College and Blairgowrie High School to rightfully earn their place in the final. The first debate centred around the motion of “Scotland has more in common with other small nations than England” where the girls argued in favour of this motion. After a tough debate the girls then answered some tough questions from the judges and provided answers that Alex Salmond himself would have been proud of.

After winning this debate against Madras the girls then faced Blairgowrie High School arguing the referendum question itself which is “Scotland should become an Independent country”, where once again they argued in favour of the motion. Again it was a tough debate and they were asked questions that even the Yes Campaign would have found difficult to answer. With Justine focusing on the economic impact of an independent Scotland would have and Lesley going for the soccer punch of reaching the hearts and minds of the Scottish people in her arguments the girls were once again announced the winners and are set for the national final which will take place on the 22^nd March 2014 at the STV television studios in Glasgow.

After excellent performances from both pupils it was no surprise to all involved that Lesley was announced as the winner for best consistent individual performance of the day. Both girls did extremely well and are now looking forward to taking on the other regional winners in the grand final.

A big congratulations to both Justine and Lesley who not only did themselves proud but are also excellent role models and representatives of Grove Academy.

Mr Robertson and Mrs Lauder recently visited Kaunas in Lithuania to complete phase of the Teach Global Ambassadors project. TGA is 30 month project was developed by IDEAS (the International Development Education Association of Scotland) in collaboration with JKC in Lithuania.

TGA is designed to help address the challenges young people face in our increasingly globalised and unequal world, with its key purpose being to establish networks of Teach Global Ambassadors (TGAs) who will support and develop Global Citizenship in their respective countries.
 

The annual Modern Studies Association Powerpoint Challenge 2013, sponsored by Claverhouse Rotary Club, took place on 20 February.   Grove Academy team consisted of: Liberty Hunter, Lucy Boylen and Ammarah Valimohamed all S4). The Grove team had just one morning to prepare and deliver their presentation to the judges, they performed exceptionally well in a competitive field, utilising excellent teamwork and presentation skills. Ultimately triumphing over teams from all other Dundee Secondary schools with their presentation on’ Political Representation in the UK’ bringing home the Claverhouse Challenge Cup to Grove.