Malcolm Taylor, Motherwell FC Community Development Officer starred as one of the guest goalkeepers in last week’s lunchtime ‘Fair Trade – Beat the Goalie Competition’. Pupils thoroughly enjoyed testing their spot-kick skills against Malcolm and a number of staff ‘guest goalies’!

Ross Hayhoe of 2H2 was the winning striker, netting 2 of his 3 strikes in the final shoot-out. Ross received two Guest Stand Tickets for a forthcoming Hamilton Accies home game, courtesy of a donation from Mrs Margaret Franks of Home Economics. Ross also received a box of Fair Trade chocolates.

The pupils and staff efforts to replicate the penalty skills were more Messy than Messi, but they did raise over £80.  The Fair Trade Committee used this money to buy Fairtrade goods, which they put into hampers and gifted to the residents of Law View Sheltered Housing.

Thanks to Mr Tony Jones, PT Physics, and Miss Marie McGough, our Librarian for helping to supervise each day. A special thanks to all our goalies and, in particular, Malcolm Taylor of Motherwell FC for supporting the Fairtrade cause.

Guest keeper, Malcolm Taylor with some of the penalty kickers.

The school is delighted the recent Malawi Bag Pack Appeal resulted in the creation of a magnificent 67 packs of educational and play gifts, now ready to be shipped to Malawi, under the auspices of the Mary’s Meals organisation. Mrs Lynsay Ashton, of the Humanities Faculty who organized the appeal, praised pupils from across the school for their amazing generosity. As well as the 67 packs, pupils also raised a whopping £435 for Mary’s Meals.

Congratulations to the pupils of Houldsworth and Curran Houses who both gathered a total of 25 packs each. Sneddon pupils contributed 13 packs, with their junior school classes particularly generous. The extra packs were created from various donations to the bag pack cause.

Mrs Lynsay Ashton (centre) with S6 pupils carrying just some of the bag packs about to be shipped to Malawi, all proudly showing their £435 cheque donation to Mary’s Meals.