News from Lockerbie Academy - Thursday 5 March 2009

Regional Cross Country Championships

Twenty pupils participated last week in the Regional Cross Country Championships representing the school well. Most notable performances – 1st S2 Girls Danielle Beattie 3rd S2 Girls Jacqueline Pringle 4th S4 Girls Jessie Liddon 8th S4 Girls Rebecca Donaldson 6th S4 Boys Greig Thorburn 9th S4 Boys Danny Collins 12th S2 Boys Matthew Donagher

Fairtrade Fortnight

This has been Fairtrade Fortnight and various activities have been organised as follows:

There will be a Yellow Day to highlight Fairtrade Fortnight on 6 March. Money raised will be split between school funds and a charity. Staff will nominate a charity they would like money donated to since Fairtrade itself is not a charity.

A Banana Farmer – Comelius Lynch is talking to S4 Geography pupils on Fairtrade Bananas on 6 March, Period 1.

The kitchen is making cakes and puddings with bananas on 6 March.

There is a quiz which is being prepared by Tom McMinn which will be distributed to register classes – finding out how much pupils are now aware of Fairtrade and products.

There will be Fairtrade chocolate for sale on Friday. Pupils will go round classes during Social Education.

Craig Prater and Vicky Henderson have put together Fairtrade notice boards.

Pupils are learning about Fairtrade in lessons in ICT. Art, RE, Modern Studies, Geography and Lifeskills. Lockerbie Academy hope to become a Fairtrade school during the fortnight and hopefully, Mr Herbert, Mrs Cotter, Miss Galligan and some pupils will sign the Lockerbie Academy Fairtrade Policy and then all evidence will be uploaded to the Fairtrade organisation.

Thanks to everyone for their support of Fairtrade.

How to be safe on the Internet

Two weeks ago Mr Park’s Social Education class 1H prepared a poster to highlight the need to make pupils aware of the dangers of using the internet. One example of class work has been selected for this column.

Coca Cola 7s

The Lockerbie Academy ‘A’ team progressed to the Regional Championships to be held in Kilmarnock on 16 March. The team of Robbie Carter, Kyron Jackson. Bob McGowan, Levi Carrick, Luke Hammond, Dean Smith, Sean Dunbar and Zak Caldwell won all five games Sanquhar (2-0), Stranraer (2-0), Dalbeattie (9-0), Douglas Ewart (5-0), Moffat (1-0).  The ‘B’ team also gave a good account of themselves winning two, drawing one and losing two – Stranraer (1-0), Dumfries High (1-0), Douglas Ewart (1-1), Wallace Hall (1-4), Dumfries Academy (0-3). The team of Gary Wright, Kerr Hogg, Ryan Arthur, Robbie Collins, Ross Burgess, Lee Scott, Ed Booth, Zak Lockerbie, Calum Robson can be proud of their efforts.