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The results are in!

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Mrs Vaughan got the names to match the photos this morning for the World Book Day competitions, so here are the winners:

Decorate an egg Competition:
1st – Eve (S1) for the Cinderella egg – fabulous artwork and details
2nd – Rachel (S3) – Harry and Ron at Hogwarts – great artwork and even made cups for them to sit in
3rd – Alastair (S2) – Pennywise – very creepy and the hair looked alarmingly real!

 

 

 

Reading with pet photo competition:
1st – Reece (S1) – cat looked engrossed in the story!
2nd – Duncan (S2) – fish looked so bright and interested in physics!
3rd – Lucy (S3) – Dove the hen behaved so well and was so attentive to the story!

Foreign Book cover quiz winner – Ellis (S1) – was drawn at random from the correct entries.

Well done everyone who entered – Mrs Vaughan had a brilliant time looking at all the entries and a very difficult time judging the best!

Prizes with you all soon.

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Scots Language Competition

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Scots leid competition 2021 – lang may yer lum reek

Competition from the First Minister’s Reading Challenge at the Scottish Book Trust to write a play, story, poem or song, or make a video, in the Scots language, inspired by the phrase – lang may yer lum reek. This means literally in English, ‘Long may your chimney smoke’ – which Scottish people say when wishing others a long and happy life.

Entries should be 500 words or 5 minutes long maximum

Open to all 11-18 year olds

Closing date – 18 August 2021

The winner will be named Young Scots Writer o the Year 2021 and will receive their award at a special ceremony (The Scots Language Awards 2021) in September this year.

 

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Winner!

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Thank you to those who entered the Burns Night competition. So many correct answers!  All names were put in the hat and Mrs Vaughan’s daughter pulled one name out at random.

The winner is…. Ben in S2 (Mrs Vaughan has emailed you to let you know!) Your prize will be presented as soon as we are back in school.

Well done to Ben but also everyone else who gave it a go.

Look out for more competitions in the coming months!

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Robin Whyte Creative Writing Award 2020

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Writing Competition is now open!

Robin Whyte, who sadly died in 2015, was a much respected Irvine lawyer and a creative writer of poetry, lyrics and prose, as well as being an erudite and witty after-dinner speaker, not least as a past president of the prestigious Irvine Burns Club.

As a tribute to Robin’s creativity,  a trophy in the form of an open book crafted locally in oak and ash plus a cash prize of £200 will be awarded for a fictional piece of creative writing of 1000 to 1500 words or for a poem of no less than 24 lines.

Entries are invited from local writers, Ayrshire born or based, amateur or professional, of sixteen years of age and over. The closing date is November 30th 2020.

The theme this year is The Declaration!

Please note: Entries need to be typed in Word and in double spacing then emailed to dmrwla2020@gmail.com

or by post to 28, Greenside, Bourtreehill, Irvine KA11 1LP