News from Lockerbie Academy - Thursday 26 February 2009

Prospectus 2009

This year’s new Prospectus 2009 or the School Handbook has now arrived in school from the publishers and will soon be sent out to the Associated Primaries for parents of P7 pupils who will be coming to the Academy after summer. This year’s S1 Class Representatives appear in a number of photographs in the Handbook and are shown displaying their complementary copies. The handbook contains all the information needed by parents with dates, information about pastoral care, the curriculum, exam results and extra-curricular activities.

Regional Burns Competition Winners

Lockerbie Academy’s strong tradition in the Regional Burns Competition was continued this year with a number of outstanding performances:

Karen Pollard who came first in the S3/4 Instrumental Section.
Christopher Gray who came first in the S1/2 Piping Section.
Steven Gray who came first in the S3/4 Piping Section.
Callum Moffat who won the S5/6 Piping Section.
Dora Lewis – Silver Medallist
Kate Anderson – Silver Medallist
Grace French – Bronze Medallist
Karen Ratcliffe – Bronze Medallist

Congratulations also go to Harry Denton of third year who successfully auditioned for the National Boys Choir.

Sports News

The Great Britain team participating in the Curling competition in the European Youth Olympics included Hannah Fleming and Alice Spence of sixth year and skip Anna Sloan from last year’s sixth year. On the final day at the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival in Slask-Beskidy, Poland, team GB’s women’s curlers beat Denmark 7-6 to make if through to the final.

In the final, the women always looked in control and dominated the match winning 8-4. The game swung to the GB women after aggressive tactics (resulting in 3 on the 5th end. Leading 8-4 playing the final end, the team ran the Swiss team out of stones to be crowned 2009 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival curling champions. Commenting on the match Skip Anna Sloan said:

“I am so pleased with this result. We knew this was our only chance to get this medal here and now. We wouldn’t have been happy with anything else apart from the gold. So we went all out and played fantastically as a team".

Lockerbie Academy Ski Trip 2009

Once again Lockerbie Academy is taking a group of first and second year pupils to the Aosta Valley in Italy. The trip runs from 21 February to 1 March 2009 and a website has been created to keep you informed and provide you with updates and also to give you the opportunity to view their pictures, videos and comments while they are away. Log on to the School Website. i.e. www.lockerbie-academy.co.uk to see how the skiers are getting on.

German Student at Lockerbie Academy

On behalf of staff and pupils we would like to extend a warm welcome to Denise Heim from Essen University in Germany. Denise will be joining the Modern Languages Faculty and will be with us for the next four weeks. We wish her well and hope she enjoys her time here at Lockerbie Academy.