Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2008

Emma Scott of fourth year has been selected as one of the one hundred winners of the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2008. Se was selected from approximately 5,000 entries.

Emma has been invited to the Prize Giving Ceremony on National Poetry Day, Thursday 9 October 2008 to be held in London. Emma’s prizes include Youth Membership of the Poetry Society for one year, a membership pack and a selection of poetry gifts.

S6 Yearbook Committee

Good news for sixth year students as a Committee has been formed to produce the annual yearbook. The Committee will be Kimberley Smith – editor, Sarah Lockerbie – sub editor, Rowan Stewart, Jemma Dunlop, Emily Jackson, Katie McQuade, Nicolle Cummings and Kirsten McNay. The committee will produce articles, take and gather photographs and seek sponsorship. The yearbook will be produced online by The Homework Diary Company who helped produce last year’s very successful publication.

If any local business would like to sponsor the Yearbook please contact Kimberley Smith or Mr Ferrie.

The Spring Bulb Campaign

The Spring Bulb Campaign finished with almost £1,000 – worth of orders being collected. The top selling pupils were: 1st Ross Burgess (1G) 2nd Megan Finlay (1G) 3rd Robert Jardine (2F) The winning pupils will be entered into a National Competition. The top selling member of staff was Mrs Muirhead and the top register class was 1G. The campaign was also the first House Competition with points as follows: 20 points Dryfe 15 points Kirtle 10 points Milk 5 points Annan

Thanks to Ms Rogerson and the Lifeskills Group for organizing the event. £250 was raised to buy outside furniture for the school social areas. Sports News

Rugby Under-18 Scottish Cup ( Wellington School 47 v Lockerbie 0) The above result may hint at a one-sided game but this was far from the case. The game was played on a heavy water logged pitch. Lockerbie dominated the scrum pushing Wellington back. However, Wellington were good at exploiting the space down the wings. Lockerbie’s inexperience cost them at times, however this was a very encouraging performance. With continued effort and regular attendance at training Lockerbie can build on the experience gained in this match.