Congratulations to S2 pupil Iona Ogilvie who is one of 12 winners from throughout Scotland of this year’s Pushkin Prize for Creative Writing. Iona, who had to submit three pieces of creative writing for the competition, will now spend a week at Moniack Mhor writers’ centre with the other prize winners, including two from Russia.
4. Bio-diversity – The Eco-Committee/Gardening Club are interested in promoting bio-diversity. The gardening club prepared an area of ground at the top of our playground and planted a wildflower meadow to promote bio-diversity in our playground. The pupils also created a large Mini-beast Hotel.
The Midlothian Schools Design Competition, an annual event celebrating the achievements of the pupils studying Design Technology at secondary school in Midlothian, was hosted by sponsors IKEA Edinburgh on Wednesday 30th May.
The furniture retailer has sponsored the competition since its inception seventeen years ago, which honours the brightest young talents in the fields of Design and Manufacture, Graphic Design and Practical Craft Skills in Midlothian.
The awards received entries across the competitions five categories with a final thirty-two entries being shortlisted for the coveted awards. The categories were; National 5 Design and Manufacture, National 5 Graphic Communication, Higher Design and Manufacture, Higher Graphic Communication and Best Practical Craft prize.
This year’s winners were as follows;
N5 Design and Manufacture
1st place: Lucy Sayers – Lasswade High School
2nd place: Christopher MacDonald – Penicuik High School
3rd place: Chloe Sibbald – Newbattle High School
N5 Graphic Communication
1st place: Lauren McDermid – Lasswade High School
2nd place: Alasdair Murphy – Dalkeith High School
3rd place: Yasmine Yorke – Dalkeith High School
Practical Prize
1st place: Liam Gibson – Newbattle High School
2nd place: Jay McHale – Lasswade High School
3rd place: Craig Easton – Penicuik High School
Higher Design and Manufacture
1st place: Cameron Cowie – Dalkeith High School
2nd place: Lewis Hanley – Lasswade High School
3rd place: Daniel Glen – Penicuik High School
Higher Graphic Communication
1st place: Lucy Jones – Lasswade High School
2nd place: Frederikke Hoff-Jessen – Newbattle High School
3rd place: Judy Jiang – Dalkeith High School
The event which was held in the IKEA Edinburgh restaurant featured around 120 guests, including guests of honour Kirsty McFaul – Senior Education Officer at Education Scotland and Jo Tucker – Senior Product Designer at Skyscanner.
Mauricewood Primary School were delighted to host a Fischy Music concert on Wednesday 18th April for P5, P6 and P7 pupils. Children from Sacred Heart Primary School and Cuiken Primary School were also in attendance. The children had a fantastic time, singing along to old favourites and joining in the actions, as well as learning new songs! Experiencing live music was a fantastic opportunity for the pupils. Mauricewood P.S. use Fischy music to support their school assemblies, as well as the Seasons for Growth programme. This is a fantastic resource that supports children to cope with experiences of change or loss. Thank you to all those who made the concert possible! A great time was had by all.
Earlier this month, Saltersgate School welcomed Clare Balding to record an episode of her BBC Radio 4 programme, ‘Ramblings’. The Saltersgate Ramblers had a great day out with her (in her dazzling Midlothian hat!) and her production team, walking from Aberlady to Gullane. The programme is on BBC Radio4 at 15:00 on Thursday 1st March, repeated at 6:07 on Saturday the 3rd March, and will then be available on BBC radio iPlayer. The link to the programme is below:
A video of the highlights of the day, made by Derek Christie, is also available to watch at:
