6 of our S2 pupils took part in a Badminton competition last week at Scalloway games hall, organised by Active Schools.    They were Bobby Kirk, Rhys Anderson, Gary Scott, Zainab Razaq, Kirsty Thomson and Tabitha Johnson.  They all performed very well and most notably, Gary came in 3rd place for the boys.  All the pupils represented A.H.S.  superbly and should be really proud of how they did both on and off the court.   Below is a report written by the pupils.

The S2 badminton competition was held in Scalloway, at around 10.00am.  At the hall we played friendly rallies to get warmed up, before the competition kicked off.  The competitors were split into a boys competition and a girls one.  Throughout two hours we worked hard to win as many games as possible just before lunch.  After our break we were given some great and very useful tips from Mr Smith, which helped all of us get back into the games.  After all the matches were played, the points were added up and the results were outspoken.  One of the boys representing our school, got third.  Representing our school, was fun.

“I played the second half of my game very well I only wish I played as well in the First half than I did in the second.”

“It was really fun and it showed me some areas of my badminton that I need to work on.”

“It was a good experience playing against different schools and in a competition.”

The S1/S2 Lunch time football league came to an exciting end with the Bears (captained by Matthew Robertson) winning the title by a single point over the Broncos (captained by Brodie Hutchison).

The standard of play was excellent over the course of the tournament with multiple players standing out in every game played. All teams played with a high level of sportsmanship and competitive spirit leading to the top seven teams only being separated by five points after seven rounds of play.

The tournament’s top scorer was Ben Mayes who scored an impressive seven goals in only five games.

Well done and thank you to all who took part!

AHS S1/S2 Lunch Time Football Tournament Final Table

Top Scorers

1. Ben Mayes – 7
2. Ivar Shannon and Taylor Arthur – 6
3. Brandon Talukder – 5

Top Goal Scorers

1. Ben Mayes – 7
2. Ivar Shannon – 6
3. Brandon Talukder and Taylor Arthur – 5

If you are interested in the camp above then see the link below to register:

http://www.scottishvolleyball.org/news/2016-09-27-january-volleyball-camp-at-stromness-academy

If you have further questions then get in touch with Ben Laurenson at Shetland Volleyball.

A Note to Parents and Carers
S1 PE classes will be undertaking a literacy activity in PE over the next 2 weeks. Supporting your child’s literacy is a very important part of their education at the Anderson High School. We hope you find this booklet S1 Literacy Booklet – final – pupil version with mistakes useful in helping you understand some of the ways we do this.

Congratulations to our pupils who took part in the annual inter schools football and netball competitions yesterday.  AHS managed to finish in first place in both competitions.  Thanks to Miss Leask and Mr Johnson for working with the teams and also the S6 pupils who helped.  Photo of the footballers to follow.

Lunch time Rugby starts today (Wednesday) at lunch time in the Games Hall for S1 and S2 both boys and girls. Please bring appropriate kit to wear while you play.

Lunch time Badminton has started again on Mondays for all year groups, boys and girls.  We had nearly 50 players this week, so come early to avoid disappointment . Please bring appropriate kit to wear while you play as of next week.

The Shetland Hockey Association are going to run some junior hockey development training on the Brae Regional Hockey pitch starting on Tuesday 23^rd August.  These sessions will be run as following:

Tues 23^rd Aug – All primary ages 6.30-8pm

Tues 30^th Aug – All secondary ages 6.30-8pm

(continue alternate weeks till October hols)This will continue to run alternate weeks until the October holidays.