During the month of February, the school’s Eco Committee was inundated with entries for this year’s Biodiversity Photographic Competition. Pupils, and staff, were invited to submit to Mr John Weir, Principal Teacher of Visual Arts, as many pictures of images from nature as entrants wished. The range of entries was amazing and included close-up shots of wild-life and plant-life to panoramic landscapes.

The thankless task of judging the dozens of stunning entries fell to Head Teacher, Mr Sommerville, and to Mr Weir, whose Department delivers course in photography, especially to senior pupils.

Deserving winner of the first prize and recipient of cinema tickets was Ket Prabkhonchua of second year. The judges felt Ket’s close-up of lichen was captured with good texture and sharp focusing. Equally impressive were the runners-up of Kate Reid (Lake District landscape), Scott Cooper (fungi), Ainslie Wright (snail) and Shona Scott (fence with birch leaves)