posted by Sophia Campbell, Rock Challenge

Local school prepares for the 2016 Be Your Best Rock Challenge®

Northern Premier Final by Ansvar Insurance.

On Saturday, 2 July, Arbroath High School and schools from West Yorkshire, North East Lincolnshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Cumbria and Aberdeenshire will be attempting to steal Thornton Grammar School’s title of Northern Premier 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 support all the other schools before competing in a spectacular evening show.

The Premier Final held at Grimsby Auditorium will commence at 1900 to an audience of family, friends, sponsors and VIPs.

Last year the Northern finals attracted over 2410 audience members with tickets for 2016 still available to purchase through Grimsby Auditorium Box Office on 0844 871 3016.

Press release issued by Sophia Campbell at Rock Challenge®

posted by Pauline Stephen, Head of School & Learning

Please click on the links below to view competition information and application form for Scotcon 2016

A3 Poster                                             Schools Application Pack

posted by Alita Spink, Schools and Learning Support Officer – Schools and Learning

NEWS
NEW – Final report from LfS National Implementation Group now available for download

• NEW learning for sustainability whole school self-evaluation and improvement framework on National Improvement Hub

• Book up today for LfS seminars at the Scottish Learning Festival 2016
• Thousands of pounds of grant funding available to support LfS projects
• Reminder – Maths Outdoors is the theme of National School Grounds Week, 6^th-10^th June
• World day against child labour on 12^th June focuses on child labour and supply chains
• Promote the benefits of cycling during Bike Week from 11^th
• Refugee Week Scotland begins on 20^th June, while UNICEF have also produced a teaching resource on Children and the Refugee Crisis in Europe
• Scotland’s Environment launch Citizen Science Portal
• Summer camping at the Shieling Project

Views sought for national school gardening survey

Research and Reflection
Global competency for an inclusive world – The OECD report on plans to measure global competencies as part of future PISA assessments.

Video Inspiration
Children from Dalmarnock Primary School in Glasgow have collaborated with students from Glasgow Caledonian University to produce this short animation on the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Transforming lives through learning

posted by Kellie Smith, Teacher, Langlands Primary School

As many of you will know, the Scottish Learning Festival (SLF) will be taking place on 21st and 22nd of September this year. To coincide with this, SLF teachmeets are being organised across the country. Teachmeets give us the opportunity to share good practice or good resources, and things that work well for us.

The Angus one has been arranged for 21st of September, from 5pm to 7pm at Langlands Primary School in Forfar. It will take the format of short presentations, either a “nano presentation” of 2 minutes or a “micro presentation” of 7 minutes.

More information about teachmeets can be found in the attached link, as well as the sign up link, should you wish to take part, or just come along to listen. So get your thinking caps on! What works well for you? Come along and share your great ideas. Hope to see some of you there.

https://tmscot.wordpress.com/2016/06/04/tmconnect-angus/

posted by Gemma MacKintosh, PT PCS & Teacher of Physics, Arbroath High School

Arbroath High School pupil Ailsa Chung: Winner of the Institute of Physics’ Reflections on Light Competition 2015 was the International Year of Light which celebrated the impact light and its applications have on all aspects of our lives. As part of the celebrations, the Institute of Physics challenged Scotland’s pupils to write a story about light. Arbroath High School S5 pupil Ailsa Chung was the winner with her essay entitled LEDs: Portable Sunlight for Plants and Crops.

Ailsa has also been successful in her application to the 2016 Scottish Space School in Glasgow and through this has a chance to gain a place on a visit to NASA at Houston.  Ailsa is enthusiastic about all things scientific and has been successful in competitions for problem solving and enquiry skills. Her prizes have included an Isaac Physics Award and Tickets to TEDxGlasgow.  Ailsa will be joining Cambridge University on a Headstart taster course this summer before considering where she may wish to study in the future.  Her motivation and enthusiasm for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) subjects is a great example to other Arbroath High School pupils.  Well done Ailsa!

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

Football – S3 Angus Cup Final

On Wednesday 25^th May, Victoria Park saw Arbroath High School play Arbroath Academy in a Derby Final for the S3 Angus Cup for football. Conditions were far from perfect with an unseasonably strong wind blowing. Both teams had not met this season but with players in both schools in the same Sunday league teams the game was shaping up to be a Cup Final classic.

The High School were playing with the wind behind and during the first half played a more direct style of football looking to play long over the mid-field into space for the strikers to run onto. The Academy played more patiently and shortened their passing resulting in a strong period of pressure. The Academy produced some good football and came close to scoring but the High School broke the deadlock on 31 minutes.  A corner was driven in by Wood with pace into a dangerous area. The Academy keeper rushed out and tried to punch the ball but only managed to push it across their goal. The ball fell at an academy defender who miss kicked the clearance with the ball falling at the feet of Stewart who side footed the ball into an empty goal. After a strong finish to the first half, the High School looked to build. However, strong tackling and a high work rate from the Academy saw them dominate play throughout the second half.

The Academy came close to equalising on a number of occasions but excellent defending and a good dose of luck saw the High School keep a clean sheet. On 75 minutes the Academy played a searching ball instigating a foot race between an Academy striker and Lyall. Lyall who had been flawless up to this point met the ball first but sclafed the clearance resulting in the ball popping up.  Land at centre half came across to compete for the ball but the central midfielder of the Academy headed the ball towards the left hand post. Lyall sprinted back but the ball was heading for what looked like a certain goal, only to hit the post and to rebound into Lyall’s arms. The game finished 1-0 in favour of the school. Man of the match was L. Stewart. Both teams made a memorable final playing good football in difficult conditions.

S3 Boys Angus Cup Football Winners photo.
Back Row Left to Right: Arran Lyall, Mr Pandrich, Liam Stewart, Matthew Robbie, Elliot Burns, Jack Land, Ross Fraser (Captain), Elliot Boath, Alex Martin, Calvin Wood, Mr Herron (Coach)
Front Row Left to Right: Morgan Buick, Max Duff, Ben Sellars, Lee Paterson, Brandon Prouse, Lewis Greig, Lloyd Cathro.