News from Lockerbie Academy - Thursday 20 May 2010

Dumfries and Galloway College Schools Competition

Congratulations to our S3 team who came third overall in the annual schools/college competition at the Crichton Campus. The team was:

Briagh Farish Georgina Carter Amber Murray Louise Hyslop Josh Horobin Taylor Robson Francis Carruthers Lewis Laurie Michelle Gillies Jay Bryson Suzanne Gordon	Chris Gray Jacqueline Pringle Daniel McTurk Graham Darroch Chloe McWhirter Stuart Richardson Kieran Candler Gemma Waugh Kieron Nordon Shaunie Kingstree Reece Gibson
And they entered all the competitions – Beauty Oscars, Paper Hanging, Construction Challenge, CSI DAGCOL, Front Page Magazine, Dragons Den, Wiring a Household Circuit, Who Stole the Jelly Babies and Digital Photography.

Schools Fantasy League 2009-2010

The last managers of the month for this season are:

S1 Jason Nichol
S2 Levi Carrick
S3 Chris Gray
S4 Euan Moffat
S5/6 Billy Ho
Staff Mr Dickson
Parent Mr McMeikan

All games are now complete and Chris Gray is the winner for the second time with 497 points. Mr Anderson is second with Mrs Anderson in third place. Next week is the FA Cup Final.

Anybody who is interested in having a team in the World Cup League should see Mr Dickson.

After Chelsea’s win over Portsmouth Mr Shearer is the FA Cup winner with 105 points. Mr Herbert finished in second place.

Mr Shearer finished in a tremendous fourth place in the national competition out of 90,000 entries.

Time Capsule is ready for the New School

For the last 2 or 3 months pupils have been putting together materials for a Time Capsule to be placed inside the new cairn being built outside the new school. The pupils involved were Ellen Boomer (S1), Luke Hammond (S2), Chris Gray (S3), Ami Kirk (S4), Kate Jackson (S5) and Dawn Anderson (S6). One group of pupils in S2 wrote a piece on life in 2040.

The Time Capsule is scheduled to be opened 28th May 2040!!

Ailsa Bartsch – Champion Baton Twirler

Ailsa Bartsch age 12 who attends Lockerbie Academy from Lochmaben has become National Champion in the Fancy Strut baton twirling category after competing against 55 other hopefuls.

Ailsa has been twirling since she was 5 years old and has won several medals. She is a member of The Dumfries Baton Twirlers and will be competing in a team for the European championships held in July this year in Sheffield.

Modern Languages Booklet Design Winners

Congratulations go to Ellen Boomer, Zoe Forlow and Megan Finlay who are this year’s winners. The competition was judged at the beginning of European Awareness Week and throughout the week quizzes have been organized by the Modern Languages department.

Dates for the Diary