Milk 20 points (281 items)
Annan 15 points (209 items)
Dryfe 10 points (145 items)
Kirtle 10 points (145 items)

The running totals for the House Competition are now: -

Milk 83
Annan 79
Dryfe 60
Kirtle 47

Sports News

Scottish Cup – Under 13 Boys Second Round

Lockerbie Academy 4 – Calder Glen High (East Kilbride) 2
Scorers – Dean Smith, Ed Booth, Sean Dunbar
Top performers – Luke Hammond, Kieron McCrudden, Sean Dunbar

In appalling conditions Lockerbie hosted Calder Glen one of the largest schools in South Lanarkshire. After 10 minutes it became clear that Lockerbie could dominate midfield and had pace to burn up front. After 15 minutes, Lockerbie had a seven man move which finished with Dean Smith heading into the corner of the net. Calder Glen were unlucky not to equalise just before Lockerbie went 2 ahead right on half time.

The second half changed with the big, strong Calder Glen having pressure but Lockerbie were very dangerous on the break before Sean Dunbar scored after a goalmouth scramble. After Calder Glen pulled one back, Lockerbie went straight up the park with two passes and Edward Booth tapped in the shot which came off the post.

Although Calder Glen had one more goal Lockerbie held out easily and might have scored more than four goals.

Scottish Cup – Under 15 Girls Third Round

Congratulations to the U15 Girl footballers who won 6 – 1 against Marr College, Troon before the holidays. The whole team played extremely well with Ellen Muir, Zoe Forlow and Hope Chadwick scoring 1 goal each, Emma Jackson who played right midfield scored 3 goals. Well done to everyone – excellent teamwork.

Radio Programme by Lockerbie Academy Students - Determined to Broadcast

As Lockerbie Students we were given the opportunity to help produce a radio program for West Sound. The program we were to produce would be on the sensitive subject of the Lockerbie Air Disaster of December 21st 1988. We instantly jumped at this opportunity to help raise the awareness of pupils of an event which helped mould the community we live in.

We started by thinking up questions to ask pupils and teachers about the delicate subject of the disaster. After the appropriate questions had been chosen, we set about choosing pupils and staff to interview.

Despite the research we had done prior to the interviews, we were still amazed and shocked by the responses of some of the staff present at the time of the bombing. We came to realise that 20 years on, the staff were still affected by the disaster as they had not forgotten and the images remained vivid. Not only did the teacher’s responses surprise us but so did the lack of awareness of the pupils. The fact that the pupils knew so little about the disaster disappointed us somewhat, yet it was understandable considering that they were not born at the time.

Overall, we found that the project was a valuable experience which helped put us in the position of those who were affected by the disaster. The research we had carried out beforehand informed us about the physical damage done to the area but the interviews showed us that the greatest damage done was the emotional turmoil for those left to cope with the aftermath. However most importantly, we learned that even though the disaster is not part of their day to day routine, it must not be forgotten. Martin Donaldson 6K

Library News

Approximately once a term, pupils in S1 and S2 are issued with ‘School Link’ booklets. These contain a wide selection of books at greatly reduced prices. The idea is that if anyone wants to buy books, they can bring the order form and a cheque to the library and the orders are sent away from here. That way it is possible to avoid having to pay postage and packaging costs. The library gets 10% of the total amount of the sales to spend on future orders. ‘School Link’ now has a website at www.schoollink.co.uk where anyone can order books at anytime throughout the year. Lockerbie Academy will be awarded 10% of any sales made on-line. All you have to do is register with the site and then choose Lockerbie Academy as the school you want to receive your commission. In the current economic climate it is even more important to make the budget go as far as possible and, as they say in a well known supermarket, ‘Every Little Helps!”

Morrison Vouchers

Thank you to all those who have handed these in. Last Monday these vouchers were sent off. We have enough to get a water butt to connect to the drainpipe. This will be a useful source of water for our small garden.