As the school year comes to a close St. Aidans celebrates an annual event, the junior awards ceremony. A night full of proud smiles and music-provided by the excellent junior band- makes the night an unmissable event for parents. Pupils from primary seven all the way through to third year received a raft of awards and we celebrated the junior schools achievements throughout the year such as the Tinto Hill Climb for St. Andrews hospice, public speaking, county sports and many more.
We caught up with some teachers afterwards for their thoughts on the ceremony . There was a unanimous agreement that Skyfall was the best song played by the junior band, with head teacher Mrs Connelly saying “Such a great song and they performed it so well”. We also caught up with the first year pupil support Miss Cairns who thought the event went really smoothly and was grateful for the seniors help ” it was a lot smoother because obviously you guys have been such a great help”. For most of the teachers the highlight of the night was watching the pupils go up on stage to receive their awards and seeing their faces light up, With Mr McKague saying “it’s always enjoyable when you’re celebrating success because that’s why we are all here”. On the other hand, the awards ceremony is a nostalgic event for some teachers who reminisce about their high school experience with depute of first year Mrs Fagan saying ” they do make you feel nostalgic, I won awards for top of my class in first and second year”. All around a successful evening for pupils and teachers alike. Roll on next year!
