News from Lockerbie Academy - Thursday 10 December 2009

Readathon

A group of S1 and S2 students from Lockerbie Academy recently took part in a Readathon in aid of two children’s charities. Each student collected sponsorship for reading a number of texts over a four week period. In total the students raised £240. The money raised will be donated to The Roald Dahl Foundation and CLIC Sargent: charities which care for children and young people in the UK suffering from cancer; Hodgkin’s disease; leukaemia; epilepsy; blood disorders or acquired brain injury.

Students involved were:

Morven Lockerbie
Samantha Carruthers
Emily Hencher
Sarah Averiss
Zoe Jackson
Zara McHenry
Kelly Wilson
Oliver Wagner
Hayley Scott
Jack Wilson
Adam Wilson

Christmas Card Competition

There was an excellent entry for this year’s Art department Christmas Card competition. The overall winners were first – Morven Beattie (1C), second – Liam Rogerson (1C) and third – Liam Joyce (1B). The three winners received book tokens and Morven’s card was then reproduced to be this year’s official school card to be sent out to friends and supporters of the school both locally and internationally.

Eco-School Elections

Congratulations to all the pupils who put themselves forward to be on Eco-School Committee and made a poster. 50% of the S1 pupils voted in the election and the following four pupils will join the committee:

Daniel Blain
Adam Gilmour
Dana McGarrity
Graeme Watson

Morrison’s Vouchers

Last week 1,621 vouchers were sent off. A huge thank you to all those who helped with this collection both pupils and staff.

The following items were requested:

2 collapsable wheel barrows which we will lend to the janitors
1 weather watch – simplified weather station
1 heated propagator to grow seedlings
1 cloche to protect plants outside
3 pairs of gloves
1 kneeling pad

Goods should arrive in April 2010 ready for our move into the new school.
A special thanks to Lauren Dorrance (1H) who individually handed in 450 vouchers.

European Student Conference

In October a group of ten sixth year students attended the LEAP Comenius Student Conference in Warsaw. They received their certificates of achievement this week.

This coincides with plans for next years conference which will be hosted at Lockerbie Academy from 27 September to 1 October 2010. Approximately 40 international students will be coming to Lockerbie and even at this early stage we are interested in seeking host families from our S4 and S5 year groups. Please contact Mrs Little or Mr Ferrie if you think you could help.

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