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News from Lockerbie Academy - Thursday 29 January 2009

Fitness Day for Girls - Tuesday 20 January

As part of a government initiative to promote more female participation in sport and leisure activities the senior girls at the Academy have been taking part in an array of fitness events, most of which they will be experiencing for the first time.

The funding for all this has come from the ‘Awards for All’ lottery scheme and was sourced by Mrs Esther Armstrong, PE teacher at the Academy. The sum of £8,960 was procured and used to buy equipment such as spinning bikes, boxercise gloves and pads, fitballs and exercise mats. Specialised tutors in each of these activities taught all the sessions:

Mike Mc Ewen, Annandale and Eskdale Leisure Trust - spinning
Tina Lockhart, Active Schools - fitball
Jacqui Byers, Active Schools - boxercise
Rachel Bradley - dance

Kevin Somerville, Secondary Active Schools Co-ordinator, supported on the day and assisted in the ordering of equipment and liaising with the tutors.

The girls had a wonderful day and the school proposes to introduce most of these activities into the PE curriculum in future. The school is very grateful to all those who helped out with the event and hope that the young ladies are enthused and encouraged to be more active and healthy both during their school career and in future post-school years.

Books for Schools

We are collecting ‘Books for Schools’ tokens from the Times and the Sunday Times. If you have any of these tokens please ask you child to hand them into the school library. As always, your support is very much appreciated.

S1 Reading Awards

Last Wednesday all first year English classes attended Reading Awards. This scheme tries to encourage younger pupils to read. Over 40 pupils were presented with Bronze Awards for reading five books with five tasks. One pupil, Rebekah Hargreaves who is a very enthusiastic reader received the Silver and Gold Awards for reading 10 books with additional reviews. Hopefully even more pupils will achieve Reading Awards at Bronze level or better in the near future. Reading is supported in the school with a very widespread Paired Reading scheme and the Corrective Reading programme.

Burns Assembly

On Thursday last week the schools traditional S1/2 Burns Assembly honoured the year of Homecoming and the 250th Anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns.

The Advanced Higher Drama Class – Liam Scott, Kate Anderson, Jack Matthews and Craig Stoddart – presented the Assembly after an introduction from Mr Herbert and piping by Chris Gray. Next up was Kathleen Kelly who sang a Burns Song and then after this the format of a Burns Supper was explained. Mr Rae with Mrs Beck providing the haggis and Chris Gray piping again gave The Address to the Haggis. The Fiddle Club then gave a selection of Burns Tunes and MsTaylor recited “To a Mouse” before the audience joined hands to sing “Auld Lang Syne”.

Burns Light on Burns Night

Continuing the theme of celebrating Burns night, Ms Rogerson organized a group of students to make lanterns and join the lantern procession winding through the historic heart of Dumfries to meet at the Whitesands and watch the entertainment and spectacular wicker sculpture of Tam O’Shanter being set alight.

Visit from the Moderator of the General Assembly

The school was pleased to welcome the Moderator of the General Assembly, Rt Rev David Lunan, his wife Maggie and the School Chaplain Rev. Sandy Stoddart for a short visit to the school last Thursday morning.

Sports News

Under-13 Football League

Lockerbie Academy 9 v 0 Annan Academy
Goal scorers: Sean Dunbar (3), Eddie Booth (3), Dean Smith (2), Robbie Collins.
Man of the match : Luke Hammond

Although the length of the match was shortened as only one pitch was available, Lockerbie had plenty of time to show they were in top form. Annan fought hard but Lockerbie passed the ball well and the midfield of Zak Caldwell, Luke Hammond, Levi Carrick and Dean Smith provided a constant supply of chances for Sean Dunbar and Ed Booth. Most of the chances were finished clinically and all the subs cam on and performed well. Well done to Ross Burgess who started his first match and Robbie Collins who scored his first goal for the school.

Under-16

Lockerbie Academy 1 v 2 Annan Academy