News from Lockerbie Academy - Thursday 19 March 2009

House Sports/Games Competition

The Inter-house Games Competition takes place on Monday 30 and Tuesday 31 March.

Senior Sports Captains are now looking for players for junior and senior teams for volleyball, basketball, football and hockey.

Sports Captains will be around social areas at intervals and lunchtimes for this purpose. They will be wearing distinctive “Sports Captains” badges in their house colours. This year’s Sports Captains are:

Over £700 was raised for various charities by the Fairtrade non-uniform, ‘wear something yellow’, day.

Red Nose Day

Although this year the school decided not to sell red noses as local shops had taken on that role, over £550 was raised through a number of local events. The big ‘do something funny for money’ success was the shaving off of Alistair Inglis’ golden locks. The main sponsor Dora Lewis had the fun of shaving Alistair bald. Six first year pupils Tarryn Kempson-Hopkins, Sarah Story, Bethany Nelson, Shelley Patterson, Chloe McWhirter and Kimberley McCrorie wore their pyjamas and dressing gowns throughout the day raising over £200; and face painting took place at lunchtime.

Sports News

Curling

Lockerbie Academy’s team of Hannah Fleming, Kimberley Smith, Alice Spence and Kirsten McNay won the Scottish Schools Finals for a record seventh time. Hannah also followed in her brother Gavin’s victory in 1997 and her own success as lead in Clare Hamilton’s team in 2006. This is only the second time an all girls team has won the competition.

In the final Lockerbie Academy beat Garnock Academy 7-3.

A steal of two at the fourth end and a steal of another one at fifth put Hannah in a strong position. Garnock took one at the sixth. A tap back round a guard at the seventh end gave Hannah a three and game.

The team had a mixed start in the Round Robin league, drawing 10-10 against Stewart-Melvilles, winning 8-4 against Garnock and Douglas Ewart but losing 6-5 against Bell Baxter. In the final ‘must win’ match they defeated Kelvinside Academy 6-4.

Lockerbie hit top form from then on defeating previously undefeated Hamilton Grammar 5-3, and in the semis defeating Stranraer Academy 8-3 to reach the final. An outstanding result for the girls who have had a fantastic season.

Lockerbie Academy 2, skipped by Stuart Hardie, and including Lisa Jardine, Samantha Howatson and Jamie Hardie gained good experience by coming third in their Round Robin league section.

Under-13 Football – League Match

Annan Academy 0 v 6 Lockerbie Academy
Scorers: Ed Booth (2), Sean Dunbar, Dean Smith, Robbie Collins, Connor Graham.
Man of the match: Dean Smith, Levi Carrick

In difficult playing conditions Lockerbie took the game to Annan but after a number of good chances failing to hit the target Dean Smith broke the deadlock with an excellent strike. Lockerbie continued to win most of the battles and finished the game with a cracking fourth goal after a quick breakaway – a forty yard pass from Dean Smith was flicked on by Sean Dunbar and Ed Booth struck a left foot pass beyond the diving Annan goalkeeper.

National Science and Engineering Week at Lockerbie Academy

National Science and Engineering Week (NSEW) is a ten day celebration of science, engineering and technology which runs from the 6-15 March 2009. Last year around 1.4 million people attended over 3,5000 events across the UK! At Lockerbie Academy last year we ran the successful rocket competition (which if you remember the contractors won). We also participated in the Regional Energy Competition, from which has stemmed the new S2 Physics Course. This year we have also been successful in obtaining a grant towards the cost of an event. Our event was a joint event with Community Development and Learning and we are working with the young people in S1 and S2 involved in the Dynamic Youth Awards. These students made the posters and tickets and made the tray bakes on Wednesday night.

This year Phil Lavery from DIGITAL LEARNING came to give a 3D space show to all S2 pupils. The 3D show was set up on the stage last Thursday.

There was then an opportunity for other people to watch the show and have a coffee and tea afterwards from 4 pm until 5 pm and a show from 5 pm until 6 pm.

Thanks for supporting us in this Enterprising Activity J Hargreaves

S6 - Planters

Johnny Bunting of S6 has been using his skills to produce items for our associated primary schools. Having achieved Practical Craft Skills at Intermediate 2 level in S5 he returned to the workshops in S6 to apply what he had learned to further projects. He built a number of picnic tables for Lockerbie Primary, them moved on to build planters for Lochmaben Primary.

These consist of a timber box with plastic crates inserted and supported on plastic pipes. Since they resemble railway wagons he has converted one to look like an engine. We are sure they will go down well with the nursery group in particular.