Extra-Curricular Activities
The school supports a wide range of sporting activities including rugby union, hockey, football, athletics, cricket, target rifle shooting, curling, squash, aerobics, tennis, and golf. The school owns the Balgray Playing Fields, a short distance from the main site. An all weather playing facility has been created at Balgray and was formally opened on 2 September 2006 - the school's 128th Anniversary. A Pavilion and refurbished stand was completed in 2010.
The school also encourages a wide range of non-sporting activities, such as drama, music, public speaking, debating and many others. The Gilchrist Theatre, named after a former pupil, has played host to a number of school productions. These include, the musicals Grease and Guys and Dolls, Don Quixote, The Glass Menagerie, Anything Goes, Blood Brothers and many musical concerts, of both school performers and other musicians including the Glasgow Gospel Choir.
There is also a CCF contingent. The three sections Army, Navy and RAF meet on a Thursday after school in the school grounds.
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