Boy Meets Girl
By Blair Kinghorn
On the 19th of January a ceilidh was held at St Georges girls school. I was one out of 25 to go. We started off by meeting the girls. When the person standing at the front announced that they would be dancing soon they all screamed. The first dance was called the Gay Gordon it was a little bit hard but we got the hang of it. We had very little space to work in. The dances were called Gay Gordon, Dashing White Sergeant, Fling Scotsman, 8some Reel and many more. I thought the best dance was the 8some Reel because it had a lot of moving in it. About 3 quarters of the way through we a had a snack which was a chocolate biscuit. We finished off with the 8some Reel. It was a night I will never forget.
The Great Outdoors
By Rowan Milne
The outdoor classroom will be a long-term project lasting from 2-3 years. It will start in the spring. It will be for art projects. Also it will be animal friendly with plants that will keep through the winter. The garden will be situated between the 6’s block and the main block. Mrs Carmichael designed it. Scottish National Heritage are helping us with a grant for 3 years so that we can buy and keep our garden well stocked.
Into the Deep!By Mark Vigers
The first group had a lecture on sharks whilst the other group went to the rock pools to touch some fish. Did you know that a twenty-year-old shark has had twenty thousand teeth in their lifetime? The biggest shark ever is a megalodon that is fifteen metres long and it can fit a man in the corner of its mouth. The megalodon ate whales. Then we went out to the seal sanctuary. It was a memorable day we learnt lots of facts about fish and the sea. |
What’s happening at Pupil Council?LOST PROPERTY IS STILL A PROBLEM. IT WAS RECOMMENED THAT P4, P5 AND P6 SHOULD STILL INCUR FINES. THERE WAS A DISCUSSION WHETHER OR NOT OLD PUPIL COUNCIL MEMBERS COULD BE RE-ELECTED. WE THOUGHT OF HAVING FRIENDSHIP STOPS (YOU WOULD ONLY GO IF YOU HAVE NOBODY TO PLAY WITH BUT PREFECTS WILL BE THERE TO SUPERVISE EQUIPMENT AT THE STOP.) THERE IS A REQUEST FOR ORANGE JUICE AND MILK TO BE OFFERED AT BREAKTIME TO ALL PUPILS PLAYGROUND ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING REVIEWED WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND |
All the fun of the Fair
Interview with Mr Pillinger, our new PE teacher – welcome!
So long, farewell, it is time for me to go……Reporter: Mark Vigers Mrs Cowie has looked after about 500 different pupils during her time at the Junior School. The worst injury she’s had to treat was a badly cracked open head and several broken bones. In her spare time, among other things, she plans to go hill walking and do some travelling. She joined the school in 1983 as a senior boarding Housemaster’s wife, so has looked after all age groups at The Academy. Mrs Cowie does have two things to look forward to which are not having to rush off to school in the morning and having time for her own leisure activities. |
Wacky water worksMark Vigers and Rowan Milne On 30th of January the p5s got a show from dr bun head. All about water and how dull our life would be with out water. And also what happened to all waste that we flush down our toilets and if we flush down to much junk down the sewers will not work and then we will not get clean water. They did lots of funny experiments including the fizzy rocket, imploding can, head in the clouds, Mini rocket and many others if I where going to rate it out of 10 I would give it 10. Miss Dore has been a hit with Primary 5M
1.Favourite Food? Roast dinner. And it’s off to pastures new for Mrs Soulsby…..
Mrs Soulsby left on the 16 th of March. She has moved to Fettes and it is sad news for every pupil of the academy. Most people would say these following words about Mrs Soulsby; she’s kind, helpful, nice, smart and never unhappy and also…….. almost irreplaceable . |
On the 6th of February 2007 p5 went to Deep Sea world. After all the excitement of Mr Tyrrell’s snowboard competition, we were off. On the bus we were thinking about the day ahead. When we arrived we were split up into about nine groups. We all did activities.
On the 20th March, the Junior School had their Easter Fair. We had about 15 stalls including Knock the Cans, Hairdyeing, Bric-a-Brac, Soak the Teacher, (see picture!), Cake Stall and many more. Despite the cold weather, everyone pitched in and had a good time. We do not know final totals yet but it is looking good and we hope to have beaten last year’s total of £900! 
By Alasdair Macpherson and Jack O’Brien. 
By Jack O’Brien 
Tribute by Jamie LaurieThis page is: Edinburgh Academy / juniorschool / information / jam.htm
