Grow by Choice INVERKEITHING HIGH SCHOOL Inverkeithing High School, Hillend Road, Inverkeithing, Fife, KY11 1PL 01383 602403 Issue Eight. Term 3 2013/14 T he third term is always very busy as senior pupils complete their preparations for SQA exams but this year has been particularly hectic with the advent of National 3, 4 and 5 qualifications. This summer term will see many pupils leave school and move on to the next stage of their lives. The academic attainment of Inverkeithing High School pupils has, over your time at the school, enjoyed a very strong reputation throughout Fife. Thank you for your contribution towards this. I hope that you have enjoyed your time at the school and wish you every success for the future. I would encourage all pupils to make full use of the short time left to prepare for SQA exams – to achieve your full potential and Grow by Choice. Iain Yuile Rector Bah Humbug! The Drama Department’s Christmas production, a version of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” brought seasonal goodwill along with fairy lights and snow to the School Assembly Hall in December. The cast, made up of 40 pupils from S2 to S5, told the familiar tale of Ebenezer Scrooge reflecting on his life while receiving three visitations from three very different ghosts. As the cobwebs were taken down from the Christ- West Fife Young Entrepreneur Award 2013 L achlan Edwards, S6, recently won the above award. Lachlan beat off other businesses in the awards ceremony and scooped the prize worth £10,000. To win it he created UBC after discovering a gap in the market for music artists who use social media sites to promote their tracks. Lachlan has already managed to sign an impressive seven of his artists after attracting listeners from around the world. Despite working on the project for the past two years, he didn’t expect to win the award and was surprised when it was announced he had won. Overall Lachlan was just grateful he was given the opportunity to participate in this competition. Inverkeithing High School | Spring Newsletter Bang Tidy Campaign In December 2013, the Environment Services made a visit to the school in order to promote their “Bang Tidy” campaign. They held a competition for students, with the prize being a £100 gift card mas tree at the end of the play a reformed Scrooge, played by Calum Pearce, encouraged the audience to join him and his cast mates in singing “We wish you a Merry Christmas” as he threw chocolate coins into the crowd. Next year the Drama department is excited to announce that we are taking part in the Schools’ Shakespeare Festival and will be performing at The Rothes Hall to celebrate the bard’s 450th birthday. Watch this space for more details. for each winner. The winners were Samantha Mooney (S6), Breege Fraser (S2), Bethani Macari (S2) and Hannah Johnston (S4). Other winners included Laura Edwards, Jessica Corby and Abbie Thomson (S4) who all entered on the same entry form and won a £100 gift card to share between them. Well done! Page One Music News THANK YOU The pupils and staff in the music department would like to thank Inverkeithing Rotary Club and the Parent Council for providing funding to purchase an Orchestral Xylophone. As you can see we will make very good use of it in all year groups. Thank you! NEW INSTRUMENTS/ TECHNOLOGY The music department recently had considerable investment in new instruments (Guitars, Bass Guitars, Electronic Drum Kit, Amps etc.) as well as the addition of Macs. These will greatly benefit all pupils in the music department and support them throughout their certificate courses. FIFE FESTIVAL 2014 A number of pupils and groups took part in the Fife Festival taking part in competitive and non-competitive classes. Congratulations to all who participated: Woodwind Ensemble – Silver Award Wind Band – Platinum Award Rachel Hunter and Jennifer Saunders – Duet Class Sam Black and Roddy Kapadia – Duet Class Remembrance Day Suzanne O’Brien and Eilidh Thornton – Duet Class Jamie Graham Woodwind solo (Advanced Class) ‘GOOD’ category Sam Black Woodwind solo (Advanced Class) ‘GOOD’ category Adrian Wendland (advanced Class) Michael Roberton, Cameron Clark and Niall Bruce - (Intermediate class) Brass Open Ailidh Ramsay - Good Brass Advanced Ailsa Black – Very good Aimee Wright – Very good Erin Oliver Hamilton Good David Simpson – Very good Jack Leask – Good Adam George - Outstanding Lewis Ross - Good Grade one with Distinction in her ABRSM Flute exam – this is a fantastic achievement! Well done, Eleanor. Particular Congratulations to Peter Saunders. Peter won his class (Young Singers Recitals 21 and Under) giving an outstanding performance at the Adam Smith – Superb achievement. Peter is pictured above with his certificate and quaiche. UK Intermediate Maths Challenge CONGRATULATIONS After only one year of playing the flute, Eleanor Heggie (S2) has achieved Inverkeithing High School | Spring Newsletter SQA PRACTICAL EXAMS (NATIONAL 5/INT 2/ HIGHER) After many months practising our pupils have undertaken their practical exams in March. The music staff would like to congratulate them all. Theywere all fantastic! Young Enterprise This year we have 2 companies taking part in the Young Enterprise programme – Wicked Scents and Little Owls. Wicked Scents make candles from recycled wax and materials and Little Owls sew Owl keyrings. Both companies went along to Pupils from S3 & 4 took part in the UK Intermediate Maths challenge on 6th February. 4 silver and 25 bronze awards were won. Congratulations to the following pupils: In S4 : Gold – Thomas; Silver - Alan Jaf, David Wood, Fern Auld; Bronze - Tain Bruce, Abbie Stewart, Laura Stuart, Erin McLeod, Mark Drummond, Kyle Henderson, On the 8th of November I travelled down to London with The Sea Cadets to be a part of The Lord Mayor’s Show and Remembrance Sunday in front of the Royal Family and the Prime Minister. Both of these were live on TV that weekend. I found this rare chance an honour to be a part of and if I had the chance again I would definitely take it. BY ERIN OLIVER-HAMILTON the Kingdom Centre in Glenrothes in December to sell their products in the Young Enterprise Fife Christmas Fair. Everyone involved said they had a great time, made many sales and gained valuable retail experience. Rosie Mulligan, Callum Allison, Jane Stevenson, Marina Kouparis, Emma Parsley, Martin Young, Jessica Corby, Cameron Clark, Connell Ross, Hannah Johnston In S3: Silver - Lisa O’Neill; Bronze - Euan Colston, Ryan Donaldson, Sam Black, Alistair Heeps, Megan Rogers, Jack Percival, Shane Campbell Page Two Sport News ATHLETICS ACHIEVEMENTS Leah Davie (S4) won the U16 Scottish Indoor Athetics championship at 1500m during February. Blair Ross (S1) won a bronze medal as part of the U14 relay team at the National Relay Championships at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow. FENCING ACHIEVEMENTS Well done to Kate Daykin (S6) who in January competed in a World Cup event in Italy. After the first round she placed 26th and continued to the next round where she won against a Hungarian, but was later defeated by a Russian. Her finishing place was 25th which was the highest placed British girl and she is number one in the under 20’s Women Sabre GB rankings. RUGBY Craig Templeton, Mark Spacey, Jamie Graham and Callum Allison from S4 have been playing for Queen Anne in the Brewin Dolphin Rugby Cup. The team won the Fife/ Tayside final beating Morrison’s Academy in the final and qualified for the National Schools Cup. YOUTH OLYMPIAD COMPETITORS 4 pupils have been selected to represent Scotland in the Youth Olympiad in Bergama, Turkey in June – Kirsty Marsh (Judo), Amiker Best (Athletics), Kyle Doig (Karate), Duncan Shaw (Basketball). GYMNASTICS Daisy Winskill in S1 competed with Zodiak Gymnastics in the International Gymnastics Competition in Alabama, USA in February. Daisy came an impressive 4th overall, while her team came 3rd. WATER SKI Georgina Hutchison, having only started waterskiing in late 2012, is developing within the slalom event and has, in October 2013, won events in the Division 3 Ladies Scottish Night Slalom series, achieved second place in the Waterski & Wakeboard Scotland Series and a Gold award in the British Waterski and Wakeboard Cutting Edge competition. As she prepares for the new season, in addition to slalom skiing she is now developing her abilities in trick waterskiing and jumps. She is coached by Stuart Wood, former European Champion. SENIOR FOOTBALL TEAM The season football team have had a good season this year. Despite being narrowly knocked out off the Fife Cup to Dunfermline HS (2-1) and then suffering a Scottish Cup defeat on penalties to Kirkcaldy HS, they managed to qualify in 2nd place in their league group. The team will now go into a 4 way play off against Dunfermline, St Columbas and Queen Anne to decide who wins the league championship in March. The team also have the opportunity to clinch another trophy in the Bob Docherty Memorial 7-a-side tournament in March, as well as playing for their pride in the annual Staff Vs Pupils Match in April. TENNIS Inverkeithing High School have made it through to the quarter finals of the Scottish Schools Tennis Cup after an excellent 5-1 victory over St Ninian’s High School in Glasgow. The team of Matthew McVay S6, Todd Slater S5, Scott Struthers S6 and Aaron Parr S4, won 3 out of their 4 singles ties and both doubles rubbers and will now play Perth High School away in the next round. Well done. Inverkeithing High School | Spring Newsletter S1 FOOTBALL TEAM Inverkeithing High School’s S1 football team received a welcome donation from Ranald MacDonald (Timber Shack Ltd). Ranald, whose grandson Cai also plays in the team, has kindly sponsored the team with hooded sweatshirts that the team will use to travel to and from matches and also use during warm up before games. The team have done very well this season having made it through to the last 32 of the Scottish Cup. The team defeated Arbroath HS and St. John’s HS in rounds two and three but lost to Cults Academy in a very close match in Round 4. The team also have fixtures in the Fife Cup and Cashback 7s to look forward to in the coming months. Training will continue to take place on a Thursday after school and new players are welcome. S1 BASKETBALL The S1 Boys Basketball team have had some outstanding performances this year winning 7 matches against S1 teams in Fife, Perth, Edinburgh and Arbroath. Their last victory was a hard fought 32-24 win over Arbroath High School. They are now through to the Quarter Final of the Scottish Cup against Wallace High School. The S1 Girls Basketball team had their first friendly fixture against Woodmill High School on 3rd March which they won 44-14. We would like more girls to come along to training. This is open to both boys and girls on Mondays after School and Friday lunchtimes in the Games Hall. Page Three Literacy Notice Board In order to raise awareness of the importance of developing good literacy skills, The Working Group has created the Literacy Noticeboard – on Bottom Bridge. It contains infor- mation on forthcoming events – such as author visits. It also showcases and celebrates pupils’ writing from across the curriculum so that everyone in our school can see how pupils are developing their literacy skills in their different subjects. Literacy Working Group World Book Day We celebrated World Book Day with a book quiz, and a ‘favourite character’ fancy dress competition, at lunchtime on 7th March. We have also asked S1 – S6 pupils to create a list of their favourite novels and authors. These recommendations can be found on our website – perfect for helping you and your child pick an appropriate book for their age and stage. Barry Hutchison Author Event Award-winning author Barry Hutchison visited the school this term. He delivered a lively and enthusiastic talk to S1 and S2 pupils about how he was inspired to write his books and about his passion for reading and writing. Barry is the author of many popular books including the ‘Invisible Fiends’ horror series as well as the ‘The 13th Horseman’, winner of the Scottish Children’s Book Trust awards 2013. Pupils heard extracts from the terrifying ‘Mr Mum- bles’ and his latest book ‘Doom’ the second in the Afterword’s fantasy series, which has been shortlisted for the Scottish Children’s Book Trust awards 2014. Pupils were given the chance to ask questions, buy their own copies of his books and to have them signed. All Barry Hutchison books are available to borrow from the school library. For more information about Barry or to contact him log on to his website at: http://www. barr yhutchison.co.uk. Well done to all the prizewinners and a huge thank you to the mentors and staff who helped organise another successful event. Pupils have been discussing the importance of having good literacy skills in PSE. They have reflected on how they develop their literacy skills across the curriculum and how they can take action to improve their literacy skills themselves. Their views and feedback will influence the Literacy Working Group’s Literacy Policy and planning for how to improve pupils’ literacy experiences and outcomes across the curriculum and throughout their time at Inverkeithing House Cup Recent house competitions included a Swimming Gala and the Rag Bag collection. Many thanks to Lachlan Edwards (S6) for organising the Swimming Gala. After these competitions the house points stand as follows: Palace - 120 points Abbey - 112 points Castle - 102 points Tower - 94 points Miss Clarke and the House Captains would like to thank everyone who has taken part. High School. We also feel it is important to include parent/ carers views in the Literacy Policy. Questionnaires have been sent to parents (a random selection from across the school) and we look forward to reading the results in order to help us plan our Literacy Policy. Important Dates Spring Concert – 26th March 2014 Holidays – 31st March to 11th April 2014 Holiday – 5th May and 2nd June 2014 Inset Day – 3rd June 2014 S1 Parents Night – 20th May 2014 Activities Day – 30th May 2014 Awards Ceremony – 19th June 2014 End of Term – 27th June 2014 Inverkeithing High School | Spring Newsletter Page Four
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