News from Lockerbie Academy - Thursday 26 March 2009

Fairtrade Fortnight

Fairtrade fortnight took place from the 23 February – 8 March, the school contributed with many activities through the two weeks including a banana themed yellow non-uniform day. We aim to become a Fairtrade school and in doing this we raised £375. This money will be split between our 3 chosen charities; Marie Curie, Headway house and the Lorna Young foundation.

We chose Marie Curie Cancer Care in commemoration of members of staff, Rab Kerr and Fiona Dirom, who passed away recently. Marie Curie nurses give direct nursing care to patients in the community who are seriously ill with cancer, free of charge. They provide expert physical care for the patient as well as emotional support for the patient as well as emotional support for the patient and the patient’s family. Shona Gibson came to collect the cheque on behalf of Marie Curie Cancer Care.

The pupils’ choice of charity was the local charity Headway house, from Dumfries. Thanks to the vision and hard work of a group of carers 30 years ago, brain injury survivors today know they are not alone. From humble beginnings, Headway - the brain injury association has developed into a national organisation providing care and support to thousands of people across the UK.

The Lorna Young Foundation was chosen as a charity to remember the life of Lorna Young an ex pupil at Lockerbie Academy who lost her life at the age of 44. During her life she had fought for Fairtrade to become better known, so the school thought this would be an appropriate charity for us to donate to. Bob and Daisy Young, Lorna’s parents came to receive the cheque on behalf of the Lorna Young Foundation. Katherine Mann and Amy Spence – S6

Home Economics News

Eleven pupils in S3 took part in the Real Care Baby Course. All seemed to survive with a few tears and sleepless nights. The pupils involved were:

Emma Beckett
Sophie Blockley
Lauren Clark
Leah Padmore
Patricia Lee
Haley Martin
Lois Pattie
Kimberley Porteous
Kirsty Prentice
Samantha Stockton
Megan Townson

Another group have received certificates for Food Hygiene course sponsored by Seafood Authority. This was part of their S3 Hospitality course.

Sport

Under-13 Football
Stranraer Academy 7 v 3 Lockerbie Academy
Scorer:Connor Graham (3)

Lockerbie who were already short of some key midfielders lost Levi Carrick early in the match with a serious injury. The team showed great spirit with very good performances from Sean Dunbar, Kieron McCrudden, Connor Graham and Robbie Carter. Unfortunately Stranraer proved too strong on the day.

Mathematics Team Challenge

On Monday the 23rd of March, four Lockerbie Academy students went to the Richard Rose Morton Academy in Carlisle, where twelve schools were participating in an annul Maths Challenge. The members of our team were Chris Gray (S2), Danielle Beattie (S2), William Beech (S1) and Rebekah Hargreaves (S1). When we arrived we discovered it was an IQ test just to find the venue with signs telling us to go here there and everywhere. We made it to the hall to find only a couple of teams had arrived. We were assigned to a table and started on our starter question. In the first round we did really well we split the paper and each completed two questions. We were a good team as we checked over each others answers and worked together on the more difficult questions. We didn’t do as well in the second round which relied on getting the previous question correct. One slip and the marks were lost. There were a total of four rounds. The favourite round for all of us was the relay race. We split our team into two and when we got a question right we were allowed to deliver the next question to the rest of the team at the other end of the room. One of the trickiest questions was about Pythagoras theorem which S1 had yet to cover in their course. For those with a maths mind we were the median team (and above St Joseph's College). We would like to express our thanks to Mrs Dickson for taking us and believing we would represent the school well. Thanks to ATI and Mr Smith driving us there and back.

SAGT Worldwise Quiz

Lockerbie Academy’s quiz team of Nathan Moloney, Jessie Liddon and Peter Gardiner took part in the National Finals last week and although they didn’t challenge for the top positions, the team can be proud of their preparations for the final – the first time a Lockerbie team has reached this stage.