Edinburgh Book Festival
• “The authors were all really good and got me interested in their
books, I’m definitely coming back”
• “I loved Bali Rai, I would enjoy having him come to our school”
(Statements of pupils who participated in trip)
On 24th S3 pupils attended an enjoyable outing to the Edinburgh Book
Festival. The sun was shining and the atmosphere was buzzing. The pupils
attended exciting talks, the first one by Gillian Phillip. She gave an
interesting presentation about her novels and about her career, she also
gave some fantastic readings from her new novel ‘Crossing the Line’. The
second was an exciting talk by two authors Bali Rai and Paul Dowswell. Bali
Rai was hilarious and kept the audience entertained with his exciting
readings from his book ‘City of Ghosts’ and his interesting knowledge. Paul
Dowswell also gave a gripping reading from his novel ‘Auslander’. Overall
the pupils enjoyed their day and would like to return again in years to
come.
(By Roslyn Ivatt – S3)
Geography Field Trip
S4 pupils took part in a weekend field trip to Aviemore last week as part of
their Standard Grade course. Full report next week.
Dancing Success
Due to recent success in Highland Dancing competitions, Heather Cameron (S2)
is now ranked number 1 in Scotland for the age 13 group and 4th in the world
for the same age range. Well done Heather!
School Photographs
The photographer will be in school next Thursday (17th) to take photos of
S1, S3, S5 & S6.
School Show
Auditions took place last week and the following pupils were cast in the
principal roles –
Miss Lynch - Laura Nicol
Patty Simcox - Jennifer Innes
Eugene Florczyk - Ross Cowie
Jan - Bryony McColl
Marty - Joanna McConnachie
Rizzo - Kirsten Reekie
Doody - Callum Nicol
Roger - Connor Paterson
Kenickie - Callum Frickelton
Sonny -Kieran Mooney
Frenchy - Lisa McMurray
Sandy Dumbrowski - Sheryl Hillhouse
Danny Zuko - Daniel Mooney
Vince Fontaine - Malcolm Denovan
Johnny Casino - Billy Thomson
Cha Cha Di Gregorio -Toni Bruce
Teen Angel - Kyle Dalziell.
The show will take place in the school lecture theatre on December 8th and
9th. Tickets will be available in due course.
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