Boys Football Fixtures Confirmed
There will be a top of the table clash as Hallside travel the short distance to take on James Aiton on Wednesday 28th March, with a 3.15pm kick off. Following last year’s hardfought 6-0 win for Hallside, both teams are vying for this year’s championship so it promises to be a great clash.
Unfortunately Bankhead have had to postpone our fixture on Thursday 22nd of March due to unforseen circumstances but are going to phone me next week to get a rearranged fixture date for after the spring holidays.
£1 Challenge Launched
The £1 Homework Challenge has been launched today. Pupils will come home with an envelope, inside which will be a letter explaining the task, a homework return sheet and a £1 coin.
We’re all looking forward to seeing what ideas everyone comes up with.
Good luck.
‘My Money Week’ Entrepreneurial Homework Challenge
Next week, the ‘My Money Week’ homework challenge will be launched, ahead of ‘My Money Week’ starting on 12th March.
Pupils will all be issued with £1 and the challenge will be to take that one pound and, using entrepreneurial and business skills, to make that £1 grow into as much money as possible. Parents and families are perfectly welcome to join in and make it a joint venture. There will be awards for the highest amount raised in every class and the most original idea.
Pupils will have two weeks and then be asked to bring their proceeds back into school. Along with this they will be asked, adults can help again, to write up a short report/paragraph on what they have done and how they have gone about it. The more imaginative the better, although remember nothing illegal and no gambling!!!
The simple idea I gave to the pupils at assembly was to take the pound to the supermarket, buy a four pack of chocolate bars on special offer, take them home and find big brothers, mums, dads or others who will buy one for 50p, instantly making £1 profit. Then repeat! This seemed to ignite some ideas in the pupils heads and clearly there will be plenty of better and far more ingenius ideas.
After some deductions (I’ll explain this nearer the time, but we will try to use the experience the show the concept of taxation) the classes will be able to decide for themselves what they want to spend the money on: class trip, something for the classroom, class treat, sending to charity or a combination.
Letters and cash will come out at the end of next week and let the entrepreneurial games commence!
Cross Country Team Announced
Hallside will be taking their biggest ever cross country team to the Cambuslang and Rutherglen Sports Council Cross Country Event on 8th March at Lifestyle Eastfield.
With so many athletes putting in brilliant qualifying times in last week’s trials, the team is as follows:
P6 Girls – Milan Graham, Lauren Marshall, Eilidh McEwan, Courtney Shields, Megan Muir, Melissa Keary, Zoe Yeung, Heather Jackson, Abbie Dunnett, Sophie Crichton
P6 Boys – Kieran Stewart, Andrew Greenan, Cameron Eardley, Adam Costello, Ewan Kennedy, Lewis Cameron, Robbie Hemfrey, Ewan Little, Dean Rodgers, Ryan Havlin
P7 Girls – Lucy Rosenbloom, Angela Aiton, Courtney McGowan, Lauren Muir, Sheree Dunsmore, Holli Boyd, Jodie O’Raw
P7 Boys – Ryan Stephen, Andrew Lindsay, Trey Morrison, Marco McGillivray, David Thompson, Cameron Fulton, Peter Zhou, Callum McGhee, Kyle Williamson
There will be two training sessions after school on Wed 29th Feb and Wed 7th Mar.
Good luck everyone.
Hallside FP Stars for Scotland
Former Hallside pupil Duncan Weir, yesterday made his full international debut for the Scotland Rugby team in the RBS Six Nations match against France at Murrayfield. Unfortunately France won the game 23-17, but Duncan played well when he came on as a second half replacement.
Duncan plays for Glasgow Warriors and, clearly, he is going from strength to strength. He was very sporty when he was here and we are all very proud of his achievements.
Well done Duncan.
Gruelling Cross Country Trials
Well done to all the P6 and P7 boys and girls who, on Thursday and Friday, completed the gruelling 1.2km course around the school as part of the cross country trials.
Everyone completed the course and were very supportive of each other, cheering on the first people over the line and encouraging everyone across the finish line.
Mr Campell and Mrs Stephen are currently working on who will make it into the team for the Cambulang and Rutherglen Sports Council Cross Country Event on Thursday 8th May.
I’ll keep you posted here.
Euroquiz 3rd Place
Well done to the euroquiz team, four p6 pupils: Jenna Murray, Megan Muir, Rhys Conner and Tony Montgomery who finished third in the euroquiz. They studied very hard and answered a lot of really tough questions. In the end there were only 3 points in it.
Well done, or should I say “Bravo!”
Oliver! Cast Announced
After weeks of whole cast auditions, large group auditions, small group auditions, paired auditions and individual auditions, vast amounts of deliberation and debate. Finally the cast of Oliver! 2012 know what parts they are going to play.
Unfortunately it is impossible for everyone to get the part that they want, otherwise we would have 10 Olivers, 16 Nancys, 14 Dodgers, a handful of Bill Sikes and numerous Fagins. However, everyone did so well during the audition process and each and every person has a part to play, so together we will put on a fantastic show.
Congratulations to Lauren Stewart (Oliver), Melissa Dearie (Dodger), Amy Morton and Brooke Somerville (Nancy), David Carruthers (Fagin) and Adam Patton (Bill Sykes).
Check back here soon to see the full cast list (as soon as I have typed it all up!).
Football Girls Unbeaten
This week Hallside took two teams from the Girls Football Squad to play in a football festival at Lifestyle.
The teams included: Lauren Muir, Holli Boyd, Zoe Yeung, Aleesha McKillop, Lucy Rosenbloom, Courtney McGowan, Lisa Priestly, Rhiannon Fraser, Kirsty Little, Heather Jackson and Angela Aiton.
Depsite foul weather and freezing conditions, the Hallside teams played extremely well and managed to win every game. Holli Boyd, one of the P7 players, said that she was enjoying playing so much she ‘didn’t feel the cold!’
Hallside scored 30 goals and these were scored by Holli (5), Lucy (5), Aleesha (4), Kirsty (3), Lauren (3), Zoe (3), Lisa (2), Rhiannon (2), Angela (2) & Courtney (1).
Ms McMenemy and Ms Tees, the Girls Team coaches, both said that not only did they play well, but they also played with great spirit, team work and a good sense of fair play.
Well done.
Next up is the big Challenge Cup next month. Good luck.
