posted by Sophia Campbell of Rock Challenge

Two local schools prepare for the 2016 Scottish Final!

On Friday 17^th June, eleven schools from across Scotland will take to the stage at The Caird Hall vying for the title of 2016 Scottish Champions.

The teams have spent the last few weeks finalising their performances since their regional heat and will spend the day at the venue rehearsing, watching and supporting all the other schools before competing in a spectacular evening show.

The show will commence at 19:00 to an audience of family, friends, sponsors and VIPs. Last year the the Scottish final attracted over 1510 audience members with limited tickets available to purchase through the The Caird Hall Box Office on 01382 434 940

The schools from your area that are finalists are:

Arbroath Academy
Forfar Academy

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                      Forfar Academy                                                 Arbroath Academy

The full list of competing schools can be found on our Facebook Event Page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/525613684294087/

posted by Lynsay Jukes, Teacher of PE, Arbroath High School

Article sent on behalf of Lynsay Jukes, Teacher of PE

The school athletics championships have been running for S1 – S3 for the last month with over 150 pupils competing in the championships. With the final events concluding in 100m and hurdles finals this week the winners sealed their titles as follows;

S1 Girls – 1^st Alex Begg-Ritchie, 2^nd Kaitlin Bastow, 3^rd Nicola Fenty & Edana Fraser

S1 Boys – 1^st Nairn Pryde, 2^nd Bryce Duff, 3^rd Rhys Topen

S2 Girls – 1^st Kezia Adam, 2^nd Rachel Lorimer, 3^rd Holly Southwick

S2 Boys – 1^st Nick Bremner, 2^nd Lewis Mann, 3^rd Logan Swankie

S3 Girls – 1^st Pippa Van Wees, 2^nd Gabrielle Jaugaite, 3^rd Rachel Cherry

S3 Boys – 1^st Elliot Boath, 2^nd Ben Paterson, 3^rd Lloyd Cathro

New Record : Kezia Adam S2 Javelin 24.19 meters

Well done to all pupils that competed in the school Athletics Championships!

Back row left to right: Rhys Topen, Holly Southwick, Lloyd Cathro, Rachel Cherry, Logan Swankie, Edana Fraser, Nicola Fenty

Middle row left to right: Kaitlin Bastow, Lewis Mann, Gabrielle Jaugaite, Ben Paterson, Rachel Lorimer, Bryce Duff

Front row left to right: Nairn Pryde, Kezia Adam, Elliot Boath, Pippa Van Wees, Nick Bremner, Alex Begg-Ritchie

Photo by Sonia Alston

posted by Elaine Hughes, Service Manager, Performance, Children and Young People

At the end of March 2016, the Senior Leadership Team were invited to Inverkeilor Primary School for their science festival. The whole school was involved with children from nursery to P7 involved.

My first impression was of the great support from families and friends as we waited for the doors to open with great anticipation.

The theme for the festival was transport with everything from cars pulled by magnets to seeds that had been to space and back.

The children made great presenters explaining their work very clearly and with enthusiasm to all of the visitors. They had also created displays and news articles about their projects. I was very impressed with how they used various skills and experiences to produce a very interesting festival.

As well as the experiments on display, the children had written proposals for innovations for primary engineering leaders’ awards. The variety of ideas the children came up with and the quality of their submissions were excellent.

I think the children and visitors really enjoyed the festival, I certainly did. It was a great way to round off the Easter term.

PS: Since then, four pupils were short-listed for national trophies, with one, Archie from P6 winning the national trophy.

Well done everyone.

posted by Amy Gibson, YMI Coordinator & Creative Learning Facilitator

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