School News, August — October 2011

Dear Parent/Carer

Welcome to our first newsletter of the 2011-12 session.

The session has already been busy and a number of the school events are described in this newsletter.

Our roll this session is 829 pupils and in addition to the new S1 group, we welcomed a sizeable group of new pupils into other years in August. I hope all those new families are settling well into the Banchory area and are becoming familiar with the school. Please do contact us if we can be of any help in that respect. A reminder to all parents that Guidance staff and the Senior Management Team are available to discuss issues and concerns so please do not hesitate to contact us.

This first term has passed remarkably quickly in a buzz of activity and I am sure that parent, pupils and staff will enjoy the two week break for the ‘tattie’ holidays.

Sheila Di Maio

Rector

Staffing Update A number of new members of staff have joined us this session. They are:

Mr Gibb – English Mr Duncanson – History

Ms Anderson – Modern Studies

Mrs Walter – Art Miss Hoggan – PE

Ms Weir – Technical Mrs Mather – Physics

Mrs McLellan – Physics

Miss Sutherland – Music

Mrs Smith, Principal Teacher of Modern Languages retires at the end of term having been at Banchory Academy since April 1992. We thank her for her hard work over the years and wish her a long and happy retirement. Miss Warrander will be Acting Principal Teacher while an appointment is being made to the post.

Mrs Paterson, Principal Teacher Humanities goes on maternity leave at the end of term and in her absence, Mr Sargent will take up the post of Acting Principal Teacher.

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Parents’ Newsletter

Extra-Curricular

Activities 2011/12

Once again this year I am indebted to the large numbers of staff who provide such a broad range of enjoyable and w o r t h w h i l e extra-curricular activities. The information sheet will shortly be available on the school website.

School Uniform

‘Successful schools have a strong identity and are proud of their

school uniform’.

Banchory Academy is a very good school and we have every reason to be proud to be part of the school community. Our current school uniform is the result of a consultation with pupils, parents and staff. A pride in wearing the agreed uniform is a responsibility we expect from pupils in return for the benefits re-sulting from the high quality experience maintained by the school. We would also hope that all parents and carers will work with us to encourage their children to wear the agreed school uniform …...

School Uniform Contd.

...details can be found on the websi te in the ‘ E x p e c t a t i o n s a n d Standards section).

In particular, we would ask that you support the school by purchasing and wearing only smart, black trousers as stated in the uniform guidance. If possible, it would be appreciated by staff if parents could ensure that all black jeans and jeggings are reserved for evening and weekend wear and not worn to school. We have sent quite a number of texts to parents this week on this very issue and would hope that when we return after the October break that t he re i s a v i s i b l e improvement in uniform standards.

Thanks to all those parents who support the school fully on the issue of school uniform. Around 90% of pupils are in full school uniform each day. The remaining 10% are in uniform but are not wearing t r ou se r s wh i c h a r e sufficiently smart for a work environment.

Texts are sent home to parents if uniform is not acceptable. We would hope for support from all parents and carers in this matter.

Parents’ Calendar for

Session 2011/12

The Parents’ Calendar for this session is available on the school website, and the

essential dates for the period October to January are shown on the final page of this Newsletter.

School Term Dates 2011 –

2015

We receive many ‘phone calls enquiring about school term dates. These can be found on the Aberdeenshire Council website:

www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/s c h o o l s / i n f o r m a t i o n /term_dates.asp

Building Improvements

A range of building projects took place over the summer holidays to make the school building compliant with the Disability Discrimination Act. A number of new access ramps are now in place along with a sliding door at the front entrance. In addition we have benefited from the upgrading of many of the pupils’ toilets as part of the process.

Parentzone

The Parentzone website contains a great deal of information about being at school in Scotland from starting school to leaving and everything in between. It also contains a very useful section on getting involved with your child’s school. In addition, it deals very effectively with the changes involved as a result of the i m p l e m e n t a t i o n o f Curriculum for Excellence. You will find a link to the Parentzone website on the

school website in the Curriculum for Excellence explained section.

Pupil Absence

As part of an Aberdeenshire scheme to monitor absence, we have a facility in school which allows us to contact parents qu ick ly and efficiently. We use it for a range of purposes but primarily we will use it to send text messages to your mobile phone to advise/ alert you to the fact that your child is absent from school. Clearly, this system will be much more efficient and convenient for both parents and school if you let us know in advance, or early in the morning, about an absence. Doing so will minimise the inconvenience to you and will ensure that your child’s absence record is fully up to date and does not contain unauthorised absences.

If you know your child will be absent, you should contact the school by telephone explaining why they are absent and how many days the absence is likely to be for. The school office is open from 8.15am for calls. Your assistance in this is greatly appreciated.

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School News

Banchory Academy

Pupil Safety

Pupil safety, particularly on

the roads and near cars is

uppermost in all of our

minds. To help us ensure

that pupils are as safe as

they can be, particularly at

the end of the school day

when all of the buses are

here together, can we ask

please that parents do not

bring their cars up to the

front door and do not park in

the bus bay. Your help in

this matter is much

appreciated.

Illness

With winter fast approaching

we are all hoping that we

will not be affected by any of

the increasing number of

“bugs & ailments” that are

much more prevalent during

t he w i n t e r mon th s .

Regrettably however, some

of us and some of the pupils

will succumb; should that be

the case can we ask please

that you do not send your

child to school until such

time as he or she is

recovered. The result of this

is that the illness takes

longer to cure and the

likelihood is that others will

be affected.— Thanks.

Young Enterprise

Th i s y e a r ’ s Y o un g Enterprise team, A Touch of Glass, will be selling a very un ique se lec t ion o f glassware at the next Parent ’s Even ing in October. Please bring some money along (sadly Credit card machines have not yet been put forward in the financial bid to Mrs Di Maio), support the team and add a Touch of Glass to your home!

School News

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2011 Examination Results

We are pleased to report that SQA examinations results at Banchory Academy remain very strong and well above national pass rates with some outstanding results at Higher level. The table below contains the data for the last few years.

*Aberdeenshire figures in brackets

2009 2010 2011*

%

S4

5+ Standard Grades @ 1 & 2 53 68 56 (39)

5+ Standard Grades @ 1 - 4 91 92 93 (81)

5+ Standard Grades @ 1 - 6 100 98 99 (93)

S5

5+ Highers A-C 30 25 35 (13)

3+ Highers A-C 47 47 63 (29)

1+ Higher A-C 63 65 78 (47)

S6

1+ Advanced Higher 32 35 33 (18)

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Department News - Science

Banchory Academy

AH Biology

The advanced higher Biology pupils attended a 3-day field trip at Kindrogan FSC in Perthshire recently. Major topics of study related directly to the environmental aspects of the course. We had the opportunity to paddle in the local ponds whilst studying the succession, and then get wet in the river while measuring the effects of pollution. We rounded off the trip by measuring a whole heap of factors and looking at the effects of grazing on grasslands. We worked from morning till night, learned so much and really enjoyed our outdoor classroom.

AH Chemistry

On Wednesday 31st August seventeen

Advanced Higher Chemistry pupils attended an event that has become a regular on the Chemistry Department programme. The day, which is one of three that the pupils attend during this academic year, entails the pupils carrying out two fairly complex experiments in the University Of Aberdeen Chemistry labs. On this occasion, they analysed two different nickel compounds, confirming the percentage nickel contained in both and the second practical was an organic synthesis, successfully producing cyclohexene.

Great fun was had by all, the opportunity to work in a different environment with absolutely no time constraints was appreciated.

During the year the sixth year pupils will carry out twelve practical techniques of a similar level of difficulty. They will then be expected to answer questions on these experiments in their final Advanced Higher examination next May.

AH Geography

Ten Advanced Higher Geog r ap h y s t u d en t s recently spent three days at Kindrogan National Centre for Excellence in Field Studies. Set in wooded grounds on the banks of the R iver Ard le in the p i c t u resque Sco t t i sh Highlands, it lies within easy reach of some of the remotest areas of the UK with inspiring landforms and rich range of wildlife habitats.

The students worked with Geography students from across Aberdeenshire developing university level fieldwork techniques and

processing skills.

Higher/Int.2

Both Higher/Int.2 classes recently attended field trips to Muchalls and St Cyrus National Nature Reserve to a n a l y s e c o a s t a l environments. They saw spectacular geology and coastal features of erosion at Muchalls and discovered all about sand dune systems and conservation at St Cyrus. Scottish National Heritage Rangers provided valuable assistance during the fieldwork.

RMPS

Trip to Auschwitz.

After an early start on the morning of 7

th September,

we travelled by plane from Edinburgh to Krakow, Poland. The purpose of our trip was to visit and learn from the largest death camp in Europe. We commenced our excursion with a brief seminar in the only remaining synagogue in Oświęcim, led by Rabbi Marcus from London Central Synagogue. His service really highlighted how the town’s multi-faith population h a d l i v e d i n harmony previous to the war. At this stop we also vis-ited the site of the great synagogue of which nothing now remains due to the Nazi’s destructive force in the town.

In the afternoon we had a guided tour of Auschwitz 1 and Auschwitz-Birkenau by a local Polish guide. There were many groups touring the camp from all over the world. The group really had time to reflect as they walked around the camps. As we walked through the Auschwitz 1 barracks we gained an insight into the losses of the prisoners there, displayed in various way. One of the most memorable displays was of 40 000 prisoners’ hair which had been shaved from their heads upon their arrival to the camp. This disturbing display along with many of the others will definitely stay

with us for the rest of our lives.

The organization and funding of the trip was mainly done by the Lessons From Auschwitz project which is run by the Holocaust Educational Trust.

As part of the project we have been encouraged to raise awareness of the atrocities of the holocaust including presenting information to other pupils in the school and the wider community. Later in the year, around Holocaust Memorial we plan to hold a community evening giving further information on our trip.

Department News—Humanities

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Science Department

Biology Lecture at the

University of Aberdeen

On Friday 16th September S5

and S6 Biology pupils

attended a microbiology

sem ina r a t Abe rdeen

University presented by Prof.

Dave Sherratt from the

University of Oxford. He spoke

about some recent advances

in science, microbiology in

particular, since he entered

the field and presented

science at the cutting edge.

The information was portrayed

in a modern and interesting

way and in an understandable

fashion. All the attending

pupils learned something new

about bacterial chromosome

replication and segregation

and derived something from

the different style of teaching.

John Honey 5T1

I really enjoy the Edinburgh festival every year, this year there was a mixture of fantastic and not so entertaining shows. Rock the Ballet was incredible, everyone really enjoyed the atmosphere and dancers (especially the girls) as the majority of the cast was male! The Baby diaries was slightly disappointing as we all expected more of a comedy than it was. One thousand paper cranes was brilliant, it had a high emotional

impact. Chloe Hutchison 6K

Drama

The annual Edinburgh Festival Trip for S4-6 Drama pupils took place on Friday 19

th August. Pupils had a busy day seeing

four shows. “One Thousand Paper Cranes” which shows “A portrait of childhood friendship that strikes chords, whatever your age.”, “Best of the Fest” which showed extracts of several acts from comedians to acrobats, “The Baby Diaries” a multi media performance based on a couple having their first child, and “Rock the Ballet” which was “An explosive fusion of classical ballet blended with the excitement of tap, musical theatre, contemporary dance, martial arts and gymnastics to a stellar soundtrack including hits by Michael Jackson, Prince, Queen, Lenny Kravitz and Coldplay.” Here are some thoughts of some of the pupils who attended.

I really enjoyed One Thousand Paper Cranes; it was a really lovely story. The Rock the Ballet was amazing the dancers were very professional and the music was

good. – Millie Cavanagh 4T2.

I really enjoyed Rock the Ballet. It was really well rehearsed the dancers look very professional and the music was

good. – Eilidh Gauld 4K1

I really enjoyed “Rock the Ballet”. The dancers were fantastic and the music tied in well. It was different from any other bal-let I had seen. “One Thousand Paper Cranes” was another unique performance. It has a great story to it and I thought the paper cranes which they were making during the performance added something different to it. Another great Fringe

Festival. – Victoria Matthews 5K2

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Department News

English -Journeys End

On the 15th of September 2011, a group of

approximately forty pupils in S4, S3 and S5

took the opportunity to see ‘Journeys End’, a

play written in 1928 by R.C Sherriff in Her

Majesty’s Theatre in Aberdeen. The

intensely emotional play is set in the First

World War, with a regiment extremely close

to the front line. Throughout the play they are

expecting an attack from the Germans at any

time.

The play was amazingly effective in every

aspect. The actors never left the barracks

below the trenches so the set never

changed. It had quite an impact because

people realised what terrible conditions

soldiers had to put up with for months on

end- the dim lighting, the thin

uncomfortable beds and cramped space. It

was great for our class to see how the

actors said the lines, because it was

obviously completely different from us

reading it in class. It will help us write an

effective critical essay on the play because

we now know how the lines are supposed to

be said, and with what emotion and tone. It

was hard to appreciate the play in class and

experiencing it on stage was definitely

worthwhile. At the end of the play, all actors

stood simply staring into the audience at

attention, while behind there hung a

backdrop with the names of real people who

had died during the awful First World War,

almost one hundred years ago.

Department News.

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Music Department

Once again the music department has been able to take its part in the local community. On September 29th Dalvenie Gardens held a Youth Day where amongst other things they had some toddlers from Celtic Cross to entertain in the morning and asked the Academy Music Department to entertain in the afternoon. As ever the standard of performance was extremely high. The pupils involved were from S3 upwards and included a number of fiddlers playing Strathspey and Reel favourites. This always get the residents feet tapping. T h e r e w e r e a n um b e r o f soloists who entertained on flute, oboe, saxophone, trombone, violin, viola, piano and guitar. We are fortunate in Banchory over the years to have had a large number of extremely able singers and this continues to be the case. Choices range from songs from shows and light classics to Italian Arias. The music instructors are regularly preparing pupils to play and we also happily acknowledge the input and support of the many private music teachers in the area whose pupils regularly perform also to a very high standard. The pupils in these concerts are often but not exclusively taking music as a course but we are keen to enable pupils who enjoy performing and wish to contribute outside the classroom to have opportunities. If pupils are contributing in school in any form we are happy to give platforms as appropriate. The music department is always open to invitations from people who wish to see some of the talent available and contacting Mr Bruce PT expressive Arts is the easiest way to progress this.

Sponsored Walk

The annual sponsored walk got off to a colourful start this year with many pupils dressing in House colours. In addition, the furry animal costume theme that many pupils adopted, was very appropriate for the 10 mile walk in Blackhall and Scolty Forest. Once again the weather was perfect for walking and everyone remained in good spirits throughout the day. We are very grateful to the parent helpers who spent the morning helping to supervise the checkpoints.

The walk is one aspect of our Health Week and records kept over the years would indicate that the general health of the pupils is improving as they are managing to complete the walk in less time than previously.

To date we have raised £7109 with 278 pupils contributing. Hopefully the remaining 552 pupils will be able to hand in their sponsor money or family contribution soon after the October holiday. This year it is hoped every family contributes to the fund so that all pupils can enjoy participating in events throughout the year and the school is able to continue to provide a rich and diverse range of extra curricular activities.

The prizes for the best dressed pupils in each year were awarded as follows:

S1 Willem Ross 1L1

S2 Lucy Grimble 2M1

S3 Jacob Pilmer 3K2

S4 Harry Milne 4M2

S5 Rachael Milne 5M1

Meggie Seymour 5M2

Lauren Sadler 6T

Caitlin Soulsby 6K

Library

WriteFest 2011

Advanced Higher English pupils attended creative w r i t i n g w o r k s h o p s a t A b e r d e e n University on Tuesday 13

th September.

The workshops are designed to motivate students by offering the opportunity to engage with and learn from professional writers. Students are given the opportunity to develop their writing skills and are able to exchange their ideas with authors, teachers and fellow students in a conference environment.

Writers included John Binnie, Kenneth Steven, Tony Black, Shona MacLean and Helen Lynch

Book Group

A group of S1 pupils meets monthly at lunchtime to discuss a book of their choice. The next meeting is Monday 31

s t October at 1.20pm. New

members welcome.

Writer visit

John Binnie, Scottish playwright/director will be in school on Tuesday 4th October to work

with S5 pupils studying Higher English.

Careers News

So you want to be a Doctor?

Aberdeen University is now providing more opportunities for school pupils to experience studying medicine first hand. In September we were given spaces for four S4 students to attend their most recent event, we could have filled their places five times over.

The day’s event was a mix of lectures and hands on experience, in the state-of-the-art centre dedicated to medical education and clinical training on the Foresterhill site. Pupils worked alongside Consultants in different clinical areas to solve problems and try their hand at various techniques. The Anatomy session demonstrated a true and helpful use for 3D imaging other than the movies. The trauma sessions saw pupils using dummies to practise intubation and resuscitation techniques. Our pupils were particularly adept using the instruments for keyhole surgery, and impressed Staff with their searching questions and genuine interest.

The day finished with a talk from Dr Kath Greaves, Associate Dean of Admissions. She helpfully outlined the experience and dedication the University look for in their applicants. Pupils left with their minds buzzing with all the ideas given and with renewed determination to gain the grades and experience necessary to become professionals in their field.

The University offers lectures for S5 pupils interested in Medicine and work experience to those who have achieved the entry requirements. The Guidance Team endeavour to share these opportunities with as many pupils as the University permits.

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Department News

XL Club

Teaching in Nature

The Prince’s Trust xl club have been involved in a funded research project over the past two years. The project was funded by Scottish Natural Heritage(SNH) and the research was carried out by Greg Mannion from Stirling University. You can read all about the project and the other teacher involved on the following website: http://teachinginnature.stir.ac.uk/index.html

Banchory Academy’s xl club have visited Muir of Dinnet Nature reserve twice and the project we created was titled “Meee!” The project was part of the Personal, Interpersonal & Team Skills unit of the course. During the second trip to the reserve the pupils were photographed in nature. They had to plan how they would be portrayed - what they wore; how they posed and where they posed. The photographs were taken by our award winning pupil Aimee Holtom.

Social Enterprise

This year the Social Enterprise Group has some new members and some of our older members have now left school. We still meet one period a week on a Friday period 6. We have 8 pupils in our small group.

Last year we supported Ugandan Wall appeal and we are pleased to say that Ugandan wall has been built. We also gave money to World Horse Welfare C h a r i t y i n A b o yn e www.worldhorsewelfare.org/contact/uk-centres – this

charity deals with abused and neglected horses and gives them a second chance. In addition, we made a Lynus quilt which will go to a child who has to spend some time in hospital. We are still thinking about the charities we are going to support this year - all profits we make will go to charity.

We are hoping to have a stall to sell our craft goods at the Farmers Market in Scott Skinner’s Square, Banchory on Saturday 19 November. In addition, we may have a stall at Hill of Banchory Primary School Christmas Fair in November and at the S1 Parents Evening at Banchory Academy which is also scheduled for November.

Please make sure you bring some cash with you to start your Christmas shopping early!

We have started making new things to sell which include lavender bags, mulled wine sachets, cookies in a jar, cards and Christmas Decorations. We are also working with Ness Soaps who are also Social Enterprise group based in Inverness and we will be selling their lovely soaps.

Finally have our own logo thanks to the designing talents of one of our new members. Like many famous businesses it has taken a while to become a reality - almost 3 years! Many options were given to the group but the final design is a baseball (Banchory Academy Social Enterprise) with the tag “Give it your best shot!”. The Eng l i sh S tamp c o m p a n y www.engl ishstamp.com kindly agreed to make our logo into a rubber stamp for free. Now there will be no escape from our marketing campaigns which we hope will prompt you to buy and so donate to good causes!

Department News—SfL

…Outdoor learning, something

for everyone ...

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Inter Schools Championships

Pupils have been very active since returning from the summer holidays.

We started term with the annual SASSA CHAMPIONSHIPS at the Sports Village on Thursday 8

th September.

The South Aberdeenshire Secondary Schools Association who organise the event invited all eight secondary schools in the south of Aberdeenshire to attend the day and compete against one another. This year all eight schools were represented and over 500 pupils competed in the following sports.

TABLE TENNIS GIRLS FOOTBALL

BOYS FOOTBALL BADMINTON

HOCKEY ATHLETICS

BASKETBALL NETBALL

I am pleased to report that Banchory won the table tennis, basketball/netball and athletics competitions. The school was runners-up to Mackie Academy who won the overall competition.

The table tennis team were: Scott Griffin, Daniel Lawie, Ben Martin, Ferghus Milne, Will McLellan and Alex Crowe.

The basketball team were: Adam Thomson, Will Underwood, Cammy Booth, Sasha Chepelin, Andrew Mullins, Julius Grieve, Liam Hutcheon, and John Crilly.

The netball team were: Jade Whitaker, Hannah Gordon, Kirsten Brown, Evelyn Mason, Shannon Holt, Anna Brown, Ailsa Buchan and Amber Massie.

The Athletics team who competed in a Pentathlon were: Daniel Rees, Polly Christie, Morgan Hartley, Ben Hessel, Francesca Christophersen, and Ewan McMillan.

Congratulations to all our pupils who contributed positively to a very enjoyable day. The competition is only open to S2-4 pupils however some senior pupils were also involved. They were helping with the competing teams, organising and supporting them throughout the day. The sports village staff were also impressed by the pupil participation and good sportsmanship throughout the day. Well done everyone.

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P.E Department & Sports News

Banchory Academy

Family Novice Triathlon

On Saturday 10th September we had our

family novice triathlon. It was a very rainy morning however by the time the swim leg of the triathlon got started the rain was off and roads puddle free. Thirty five competitors swam 400m of the pool, cycled 12k around Banchory and ran 3k. The event was sponsored by Tesco who provided goodie bags of water, fruit and cereal bars which was greatly appreciated. ‘Run4it’ provided water bottles and vouchers for the raffle and MPH kindly donated money to help with the running costs of the event. On behalf of Banchory Academy we would like to thank our sponsors for their generosity and good will.

We cannot run an event of this sort

without the goodwill and time of our staff,

parents and pupils helpers. Thanks to all

who gave up their Saturday to put out

signs, count swim lengths, register

competitors, first aid, marshal junctions

on the cycle and run routes and time the

event. Henry Trotter from Aberdeenshire

Council Leisurelend department chipped

the event meaning all competitors as

soon as they had completed the

competition could electronically retrieve

their results immediately.

Triathlon Results

Junior boy- Scott Griffin

Junior girl- Abigail Mason

Senior team- Eleanor Beeley, Tom Beeley, Catherine Berry.

The adult group was a mix of parents, friends, locals and staff. Mr Dewar, Mr Grier and Miss Hoggan all competed with Mr Grier just winning the staff challenge!

Hopefully next year there will be another family novice triathlon for everyone to get involved in.

P.E. Department & Sports News

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Inter House Triathlon

As part of the school health week we had an S1-3 house triathlon. Teams of three competed in the swim, cycle run competition. S1 swam 200m, S2 swam 300m and S3 swam 400m of the school pool. Cyclists and runners made their way to the KGV park where there was a virtual transition between swimmer and cyclists via mobile phone!

The cycle route was along the railway line to Milton of Crathes and back and the run a run around the Bellfield park followed by a double loop of KGV.

There were 30 S1 teams, 26 S2 teams and 19 S3 teams. The majority of teams were teams of 3 which was one of the rules of the competitions however due to absences and illness etc some teams still competed although did not have their full complement of team mates. This meant on three separate occasions one competitor completed two legs of the race. We are very pleased with the huge number of entries and commitment to being part of a house team. Thanks must go to the Community Sports Leaders who helped run the day safely. As part of their course pupils have to be involved in organising and running a sports event. They were timers, lane counters and marshals.

Congratulations to the following winners.

S1 Hamish Alexander, Lewis Byers, Jake Chapman.

S2 Rosie Getliff, Oliver Brown, Scott Kennington

S3 Maddy Furnival, Dugan Scott, Iain Hay-Higgins.

Inter House Competitions

Last week we started the Inter house programme of lunchtime competitions. The S2s started the year with 5 aside football. Each house played one another and the winning house was TERNAN.

Throughout the next two terms pupils will play basketball, netball, football and badminton.

SWIMMING GALA

This year the gala is taking place before Christmas. It is open to all pupils in all years. More details nearer the time.

GIRLS FOOTBALL

First of all we would like to thank the PTA for providing the girls foot-ball strip this year.

The U15 girls started their season with a win over Monifieth High School in the Scottish Cup. Their next cup game in against Banff , away. The girls are also in the Aberdeenshire league and cup. The next league game is away to Fraserburgh on 26

th October.

Senior Girls Football

The girls played in the

Scottish Cup against Bell

Baxter High School in Fife.

They lost 5-3 however they

played very well and the

score did not reflect the

game. Goals by Kirsty

Dickson and 2 from Beth

Robertson. Man of the

match - Beth Robertson.

Inter House S1 Football

1st Monearn, on goals for

2nd Lochton

3rd Kerloch

4th Ternan

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P.E. Department & Sports News

Banchory Academy

Banchory Academy Inter House

Triathlon Competitors

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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Dates for your diary

October

07 End of Term – last day of term

24 School re-opens for pupils and staff

November

01 S5 Safe Drive Stay Alive Presentation (am)

07 S5/S6 Parents’ Evening (5pm)

14 In-Service day. School closed for pupils

15 In-Service day. School closed for pupils

(S6 First Aid)

16 Start of S4 Prelims and Suspended Timetable

17 S3 Parents’ Evening (5pm)

29 S1 Pizza the Action pm

30 S1 Pizza the Action Day

30 S1 Parents’ Evening (5pm)

December

01 S4 Return to normal classes after prelims

01 Parent Council Meeting (7pm)

02 Tartan Day

19 Christmas Concert

21 Senior “Prom”

23 Christmas Service East Church (2.15pm)

23 End of term – last day of term

2012

January

09 School re-opens for pupils and staff