On2FEET

The On2Feet programme in Angus is designed to support pupils in fourth year at secondary school in Angus who are considering leaving school at the age of 16. The programme attempts to provide advice and support as they work towards a positive next step in their education and development.

The fifteen pupils that make up the On2FEET group at Arbroath High School have been working hard this session looking at interview skills, finding out how to apply to college and for jobs and have been trying to develop useful skills that will be needed in the workplace.  The group has had an opportunity to attend a Careers Fair in Aberdeen.  They have also participated in two interactive drama workshops at the Webster Theatre where they were helping the characters figure out how to get into the career they hoped for.  The pupils were able to help these characters perform well in interviews and this has helped change their own attitudes towards the working environment.  It also dealt with issues such as mental health, sexual health, alcohol abuse and the impact that negative attitudes have on family members and close friends.

We hope that we can find a positive destination for all of our On2Feet pupils as they move on from school in the next couple of months.

AHS News

Carla Ingram, a sixth year pupil at Arbroath High School, was the winner of a recent Creative Writing Competition. ‘Tartan Treasures’ – organized by Angus Council in conjunction with other national events to mark the Tartan Week celebrations. There were over one hundred entrants for this prestigious competition where pupils from all Angus secondary schools were given an opening paragraph and then invited to complete a short story based on the theme of a tartan rug. The short stories of 1000 words were then given to the judges, who included Angus Council librarians and professional authors. Carla received her prize certificate, a DVD of a professional story-teller reading out her work and a Kindle at a ceremony at the Angus Archive centre on Friday 29th March. Carla’s story will be published shortly in a number of local newspapers.

Angus Cross Country

Well done to all pupils who represented Arbroath High School at the Angus Cross Country Championships which were held at a very windy Monikie Country Park.  The pupils performed extremely well with the school achieving their best results for the past few years.  Individual success started with Adam McIntosh coming 1st in the S1 boys, followed by Georgia Ferrie taking 2nd place and Hannah Robb taking 3rd in the S3 girls.  Cara Black came 2nd in the Senior Girls and finally Hamish Sutherland winning 1st place in the Senior Boys race.  The school then swept a large number of medals in the team events with the S1 Boys and S3 Girls winning Gold, the S3 Boys & Senior Girls winning Silver and the S2 Girls & Senior Boys winning Bronze.  Congratulations to all runners who achieved great points for the school leading to the great success’.

Scottish Cup Netball Finals

Firstly congratulations to the S1, S2 & S3 netball teams who made it through to the Scottish Cup Netball Finals.  All 3 teams fought hard throughout the competition and all 3 teams were unbeaten going into the finals.  The finals took place last Friday at Ravenscraig Sports Centre, Motherwell.  After a very early 6 o clock start to the day the S1 girls were up first against St Peter’s.  The girls started steadily however St Peter’s were just too strong and as the game went on extended their lead to win 35-12.  Next up were the S2 girls who faced St George’s.  The girls started strong and took control of the game early on.  St George’s fought well but the Arbroath girls wanted the title too much to let anyone get in their way and became Scottish Cup Champions winning 25-13.  The S3 girls then played Notre Dame to defend their title for the 3rd year running.  The girls gave a very strong performance and showed their domination from the start of the match.  Notre Dame played well but couldn’t match the talent from the Arbroath girls.  The girls kept a lead throughout the game winning comfortably 29-18.  The S3 girls have made a huge achievement as their team has now been unbeaten for 3 years running and have won the title of Scottish Cup Champions in S1, S2 & S3.  Over 120 schools entered the Netball Scottish Cup this year and for 3 Arbroath High teams to make it to the finals is a huge achievement.  Congratulations to all girls that have been involved in the squad throughout the year.

S1 Scottish Cup runners up
S2 Scottish Cup Champions
S3 Scottish Cup Champions

Support for Learning’s Easter Bake Off

Pupils in the Support for Learning Department held a bake off on the last day of term.  Pupils worked in three teams to produce chocolate soufflés.  Each team used a different kind of chocolate and tasted all three . The most popular were the white chocolate ones.

Our white chocolate souffles baking in the oven. They are beginning to rise.
Our milk chocolate soufflés out of the oven, they tasted delicious!
These are our fantastic dark chocolate soufflés.

Scottish Schools Basketball Championships 2013

ARBROATH HIGH SCHOOL TAKE 12TH SCOTTISH TITLE

Arbroath High School Open Girls team cruised to a 98-38 win over Falkirk High School to take the Scottish Schools Cup Final. The girls showed an excellent display of team basketball by dominating the game from the start. The dynamic duo of Van Wees and Black put an incredible 68 points on the board and with excellent performances from Richards, Mcloughlin, Harrison, Marsden and Moore the game quickly became out of reach for the Falkirk side. Captain Van Wees was unstoppable with a triple double of points, blocks and rebounds. In the semi-final defeat of Park Mains, point guard Richards showed with her season high of 20 points securing the 1 point win for the Arbroath High Team leading her team to the final. Most improved player goes to Courtney Marsden, a future basketball star.

Arbroath High School U14s also took the Cup with a 42-38 win over Dunbar Grammar School. This is the 2nd time the team have become national champions. Captain Callon dominated this game with an incredible 26 points. Solid performances from Bell, Smith, Watson and Feighan helped to secure the win. McFarlane, Burns, Smart and Gauld continue to improve and will be key to this team competing to win the title for the 3rd year running.

Commiserations go to the U15 girls who lost out on the title by 1 point 54-55 to Culloden in the last moments of the game! Incredibly the result and circumstances were similar to last year’s encounter, but, Arbroath were the victors.  The quality of play from both sides was of an exceptional standard with Captain Robb scoring 36 points and Van Wees claiming 10. Although losing out on the title, this final was without question filled with drama which gave the crowd a thrilling spectacle of sport.

Our congratulations go to all the teams for their performances.

U15 Football, 20/03/13

Scottish Cup ¼ Final v Bannerman High School (Away)

A.H.S.were unlucky to lose their Scottish Cup ¼ tie in Glasgow by 7-3.The score did not reflect the closeness of the tie, however with captain Harris Carnegie carried off after 10 minutes and Callum Beattie also leaving the field due to injury the team did well to compete as they did.

Having played excellent football throughout the campaign this was a disappointing result, with a Finn Sutherland hat trick, including a stunning individual goal little reward. There were outstanding individual performances in all areas, as there have been throughout the competition. Somewhat idiosyncratic refereeing made the task even more difficult, but the team will regroup for a serious challenge in the U16 competition next year, after such a creditable performance this season.

History Department – Lessons from Auschwitz

Last September, two S6 pupils were given the opportunity to take part in the Lessons from Auschwitz Project which is organised and run by the Holocaust Educational Trust. Kate Richards and Lauren Billingham, both studying Advanced Higher History, visited Auschwitz – the largest extermination camp built by the Nazis. They were given a guided tour of the camp for a whole day and returned that evening.

Now, building upon the insights gained through this visit, both Kate and Lauren have recently been visiting local Primary schools to share the key messages of the Holocaust and genocide. In the past month, the girls have given presentations to Primary 7 pupils in Carmyllie, Inverbrothock and Timmergreens primary schools and all have been extremely well-received by the staff and pupils there.

Both Kate and Lauren have had time to reflect on what they’ve learnt – both though the initial tip and the subsequent activities. Kate told one of her teachers that:

“It was a very worthwhile and memorable experience. From the Seminars and through visiting Auschwitz, I have learned not only the horrors of the Holocaust, but also how important it is to learn from history.”     

Lauren also commented that: “I feel extremely lucky to have been given the opportunity to participate in the Lessons from Auschwitz project. I would highly recommend this experience to everyone – it has been brilliant sharing my experience. It was a very emotional and touching experience”

Basketball

Scottish Schools Open Boys Cup Final, held at Grangemouth Sports Complex   Wednesday 20th March 2013.

Arbroath High School v James Gillespie’s School, Edinburgh

Arbroath High School’s Senior Boys Team were in confident mood going in to the National Cup Final but their hopes were dashed right from the outset as their opponents were quickly off their mark and produced a scintillating display of offensive basketball – their outside shooting was outstanding as they hit perimeter shot after shot with one player in particular who was virtually unstoppable as they raced to a huge 30-10 lead after only ten minutes played. Arbroath tried everything to counter this but their opponents continued to convert from the outside and by the end of the first half had stretched their lead to 59-30 with the game out of the reaches of the High School boys.

In the second half they continued to fight valiantly and actually won this period 37-35 but the damage had already been done in the opening two periods of the match.

At the end the Edinburgh team fully deserved their first win at this level of competition and were more than worthy 94-67 victors.

Among the pluses for Arbroath was the display of young guard Daniel Fraser who ended up top scorer with 16 individual points. The big three of captain Nicky Sim, who was injured in the second half and was withdrawn, fell way below the awesome displays he delivered in the earlier rounds. Jeb Spink and Duncan Pattullo were also closely guarded throughout the game and were prevented having their normal dominating influence on  the game but they refused to give up and battled on right to the final buzzer. The youngest member of the starters, Kailin Brannigan had a stellar performance and pitched in with 9 personal points to help his team.

Coach John Grant was bitterly disappointed with the defeat but had to admit that on the day the other team definitely deserved to win the game.

“They shot the ball as well as any team I ever seen in all my years of coaching – one of their boys hit 7out of 9 three pointers in the first half – unbelievable percentage shooting at any level. Eight out of twelve of their boys also play for the country’s number one club team – Boroughmuir Blaze and their depth of talent was evident as they maintained their high level of performance throughout the game. However, our team can hold their heads high, as we have beaten some big teams to get here and it is the fifth time we have reached this final – only two other schools in the history of the event have ever done this – I would like to thank all the members of the team for getting us to this stage of the competition – they should be very proud of themselves.

Scorers:

Daniel Fraser        16

Jeb Spink               15

Nicky Sim             13

Duncan Pattullo  10

Kailin Brannigan  9

Kerr Feighan         4

School Cross Country Championships

Well done to all pupils who competed in the School Cross Country Championships.  It was a cold, wet and muddy day but still a number of pupils braved the elements to compete.  Congratulations to the winners.

S1 Girls 1st Jennifer Thomson 2nd Ashley Thomson 3rd Ellis Mathieson

S2 Girls 1st Nicola Fairlie 2nd Niamh Feighan 3rd Jordan Gardiner

S3 Girls 1st Georgia Ferrie 2nd Anna Robertson 3rd Emily Barnes

S1 Boys 1st Adam Brewer 2nd Jamie Ramage 3rd Eoin Beaton

S3 Boys 1st Scott Milne 2nd Finlay Sutherland 3rd Harris Carnegie

Senior Boys 1st Hamish Sutherland 2nd Ross Croall 3rd Fraser Wallace

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