News from Lockerbie Academy - Thursday 10 September 2009

Enterprise Activities in Lockerbie Academy - Malawi African Link Enterprise Group The African Link Enterprise Group is a small committee consisting of a mixture of pupils who work to fund and promote awareness for Thawale Primary School in Malawi. Thawale Primary has 1200 pupils yet only 9 teachers and faces daily problems that would not be encountered by a school in Scotland. The group’s aim is to raise money to provide the pupils and teachers in Thawale with improved learning and teaching resources. The group is enthusiastic to promote the link to the community of Lockerbie and the surrounding areas. By doing this, we hope the partnership between Lockerbie and Malawi will continue to prosper strongly.
Thawale Primary School in Malawi
Lockerbie Academy has already begun to improve the education of Thawale Primary Pupils. After a fundraising event which took place in summer 2008, a large sum of money was raised and has been spent in providing £500 for stationary to be bought and sourced in Malawi, 100 books were also sent and a library is in the process of being furbished. At the beginning of this year, 300 pen pal letters were sent to and from Malawi from both teachers and pupils. After a successful year in 2008, an agreement was set up in which the link will try to advance teaching and learning in both schools. For 2009/2010 the enterprise group has an ultimate aim to increase cultural awareness between Thawale and Lockerbie. A coffee morning will be held on Saturday 21st November 2009 to fundraise for Thawale Primary to ensure we can provide them with as many resources as we can. The coffee morning, held at Lockerbie Town Hall between 10am-12 noon will include tea and coffee, a raffle and stalls such as the tombola, cake and candy and many games in which children can enjoy. We hope everyone can attend and support our link further. Prefects The school prefect teams have settled in well over the first few weeks carrying out corridor duties, as well as interval and lunchtime supervision. Three new prefects have been selected to join the team of ninety prefects. They are Daisy Collison-Cooper, Heather McGregor and Lewis Beattie. Each prefect team also has a Team Leader from S6 and a depute from S5. This year the leaders are as follows:
Danni Teasdale Eryn Williamson Lewis Bark Callum Moffat Roisin Trant	Kathryn Williamson Rebecca Gilmour Rebecca Donaldson Samantha Howatson Stacey Peacock	Rory Dean Fern Graham Lisa Mullen Rhian Williams Danni Thorburn	Richard Graham Matthew Mann John Beardon Steven Gray James McLennan

Sport

Sailing Champions

Congratulations to all the pupils who took part in this day before the holidays. The winning team of Fergus Barrie, John Beardon and Jessica Campbell won the Castle Loch Shield for Lockerbie Academy.

Football

Lockerbie Academy’s two youngest teams started their season last week with games against St Joseph’s College. The Under 14 team won 3-2 with goals from Sean Dunbar and Edward Booth, whilst the Under 13 team lost 5-0 against impressive opposition. The scoreline was a bit unkind to Lockerbie who did create a number of good chances with no success. However Lockerbie’s man of the match was goalkeeper Craig Murray who pulled off some excellent saves just like his opposite number.

Last Saturday, last year’s Scottish Cup winners went to the Scotland v Macedonia game. They had a great day out capped off by Faddie’s wonder goal.

Fantasy Football – www.schoolsfl.com

Thanks to the continued support and hard work of Mr Dickson in the Maths Department, we will enter our fourth season of fantasy football at Lockerbie Academy. Mr Scott was the winner last year and the top pupil was Jay Bryson (S2).

We wish to enter as many teams as possible, so come on mums and dads, pick a team and compete with your family. The season runs from September to May and more details will be issued shortly, but log in now and start selecting your team.

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