Congratulations to Gabriel Ross, Sheetal Ravury and Matthew Barclay for their efforts towards making a superb presentation at the ‘Learning About Scotland’ launch event in the Royal Concert Hall last Wednesday.
Mearns Castle was the only Secondary school in Scotland to be invited to speak at the event about our learning experiences in a Scottish Context.
Our presentation showcased the S1 S FACTOR and Art & Design Shirt-creating Project.
Honourable mentions were also made of our S1-6 Music progression route, S3 Business Enterprise ‘Made in Scotland’ topic and work carried out by the English department in relation to Scots dialect and poetry.
On Friday, 9th March, Mrs MacMahon’s S2 class took the competition by storm, winning three out of four categories and coming second in the fourth.
After two workshops with a Glasgow poet, the class had written individual poems and a class poem to perform at the Slam where performance is assessed as well as the quality of the poems. With a highly vocal support and the best banners in town, Mearns Castle took to the stage: James Daly came second in one of the individual categories and Eilidh Dawson- Bowman was first in the other; winners of the group category, our team comprised of Ross Gray, Finna Parkinson, Amy Bateman, Perle Picard and Charlotte Smith. The final success was being named the overall winners and being presented with the trophy!
Huge congratulations to Iain Dunlop, Johny Shaw, Josh Gray and ex-pupil Kevin Archer who have made the 2012 Scotland Junior Squad after 8 hours of lacrosse and 2 hours of fitness testing last weekend. These players will be competing in the British National Championships in Manchester come March. Depending on performance and fitness these players may make the cut to play in the World Championships which will be held in Finland in the summer.
An honourable mention goes out to Matthew Hill who, as well as being selected for the Junior Squad fixtures above, has also been shortlisted for the Men’s Senior Squad who will be competing in the Senior European Championships in Amsterdam in July.
Congratulations to the following S1 pupils for their entries in the PSE Personal Safety Poster competition.
The winners are:
1st place – Karishma Chandi (Caledonia) – 40 points
2nd place – Darcy King and Victoria Groom (Gleneagles) – 30 points
3rd place – Jack Fletcher and Grant Ewing (Balmoral) – 20 points
3 runners up, who will receive 10 points for their house are
Ramsay – Mina Malekianpour, Eilidh Robinson and Heather Martini
Sutherland – Emma Smith, Javairia Sami
Wallace – Richard Laird, Callum Young and Alistair Pearson
Congratulations to all pupils in S1 and S2 who took part in the National Poetry Day competition. Pupils were asked to write poems on the theme of Games. In S1, first place went to Emma Marcuson, second to Nikki Barnett and third to Calum Russell.
S2 pupils Bethany Nesbitt, Perle Picard and Luke Butterfield came first, second and third respectively. All the winners will receive points for their houses and book tokens. Alice Carter, Olivia Bell and Ruairidh Morrison also receive house points for their excellent entries. Very well done indeed! The winning poems will be displayed in the English department and on the school website.
Congratulations also go to Grant Thomson and Moray West in S6 who represented the school at the Rotary Young musician of the year competition. Both boys gave excellent performances and received great feedback from the judges.
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