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The Edinburgh Academy Junior School team won the Euroquiz National Final held at the Scottish Parliament on 12 May. A report of the Euroquiz.
Trip to Munstermaifeld
A warm welcome awaited the EA pupils who arrived at Munstermaifeld on the first leg of our annual exchange at Half Term. Following the traditional ”cake-fest”, and an informal football match with partners, they were whisked away by their host parents to begin their week-long period of immersion. During their stay, EA boys went on forest walks, accompanied their partners to lessons, visited Trier, rowed on the Mosel and sampled everything from cheese straws to “soft cakes” (the juicier German equivalent of Jaffa Cakes) in the De Beukelaer biscuit factory in Polch. There was much to see, enjoy and reflect on, and we are indebted to our German colleagues for the huge amount of time and trouble they take to ensure the continued success of the exchange. We look forward to the visit of the German boys and girls early next term.
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Big Picnic 2008 - 21st June Your Assistance is Required! We need - Toys - new or old -complete and in good condition! No 2nd hand soft toys please! Contact Helen Strachan 556 5097 hstrachan@rnsolicitors.com Books, DVDs, CDs and PC/PS etc Games - new or old in good condition! Contact Athol Bowman 07801 042811 athol.bowman@virgin.net Bric-a-Brac - good condition - no electrical goods please! Contact Barbara Reid 07899 793315 barbara.reid@virgin.net Empty Jam Jars - any size, empty and clean, with a lid please! Full Bottles and Jars - unopened and within Use by Date - anything will do but nothing poisonous! Contact Anne Maclean 07789 463992 Please start your spring clean now! Any items can be delivered to either Senior School office, or Ronnie Paxton's office in Junior School from now onwards Plant Stall There will as usual be a plant stall at the Big Picnic - please start preparing now! If you are digging up plants you don't want, or splitting ones that are too big, or planting out and have too many - please think of us and hang on to them for us until June. Any queries please contact Heike Campbell 01314 671946 campbellz@blueyonder.co.uk Homebaking and Preserves, Jams etc Nut free please! Contact Jenny Benfield 313 2684 jenny.benfield@fsmail.net Raffle Prizes The bigger the better - but size isn't everything! Any raffle prizes gratefully received - can be left for Gill Peters at Junior or Senior School. Any queries contact Gill Peters 07769 902027 melford@quik.com And finally there will as usual be - The Bike Exchange Bikes scooters trikes heelies and wheelies welcome! Seller gets 50% of sale proceeds and school gets 50% Contact Josie Inwood 556 3268 maxwell.inwood@blueyonder.co.uk Or just donate your time! We always need more help! If you've never done it before now's the time to start! Any queries and any other offers of help please contact Tory Craig 07745 130987 torylintoncraig@aol.com Fund raising the really easy way! www.easyfundraising.org.uk EAPFA have registered with this website and now you can help us make money by just shopping online at no extra cost to yourself. Just - 1. register on the website as an EAPFA supporter and then 2. shop online in your usual way (there are 500+ retailers e.g. Amazon, John Lewis, Boden, ITunes, Game etc etc) and those retailers will pay us either a small percentage of your total spend with them or a one off donation - but you just pay the same as you normally would-and some even have special offers for registered supporters. So please have a look at the website-it's an effortless way for you to help without even leaving your chair! And if you use www.easysearch.org.uk as your Internet search engine we get money too - only a tiny amount per search but it would really add up if lots of you were using it. Please try it out and see! What have you got to lose! Any queries contact Tory Craig.
What's On? 
African Children’s Choir Tickets are now on sale for the African Children’s Choir from the Junior School office. Anyone who has seen these children in action before at the Edinburgh Festival will understand when I say this is an event not to be missed. I know that diaries are very busy at this time of year but I do hope that you will find the time to support these children when they put on their concert, on Wednesday 18th June at 7.30 p.m. in the Senior School Hall (see What’s On). We are hosting the children in the Junior School from Tuesday 17th June to Friday 20th June. Tickets from the School Office, £5. CSB
African Children’s Choir Wednesday 18th June 7.30pm Senior School Hall Tickets for this spectacular event, at £5 each, are available through the Senior School office or directly from the Junior School office. Second Year Play 2008 Thursday 5th and Friday 6th June 7.30pm Watt Studio Theatre Don't miss the Seconds' Play! “THE ROYAL ASTROLOGERS” By Willis Hall 'A hugely enjoyable comic fantasy....with Emperors, Princesses, Thieves and Pirates ... and of course ... the Astrologers!' ALL WELCOME...TICKETS AT THE DOOR. Lunchtime Concert Tuesday 10th June 12.45 Robertson Room Given by music exam candidates. The Edinburgh Academy Choral Society Concert Sunday 15 June 7.30pm St Stephen’s Centre The School Choir, Parents’ Choir, Orchestra and Soloists will perform Insanae et vanae curae by Hayden Exsultate, jubilate by Mozart Beethoven’s Mass in C Tickets £8 (free tickets for children) only available from the School office, Henderson Row (556 4603). Tickets will NOT be on sale at the door. |
Notices
 Sports Centre Summer Camp
Details of the events scheduled during the Academy Sports Summer Camp are available on the website.
Uniform Exchange
Open on Wednesday 4th June 2.30-4.30 and again on Saturday 7th June 9.00-10.30.
We will also be opening on Monday 25th August from 10.00-12.00 prior to the start of term
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EA Summer Rugby Course 2008
Open to all EA pupils from the current P3 to the current 5ths. Monday 11th August to Friday 15th August 10am to 3pm each day. Cost £90 per person. Free gift included. Cheques to be payable to Mike Allingham. To book a place contact Mike Allingham on 624 4959 or mjga@edinburghacademy.org.uk
Time is running out to sign up for the Rugby Course. There are still a few places left.
Education Maintenance Allowance
If you are 16 by February 2009 and in full time education you may be eligible for the Education Maintenance Allowance. Application Forms available in School Office and for more information contact Laura Howie Tel 624 4943 lhowie@edinburghacademy.org.uk Academicals In the News  At the start of the month, there were obituaries for Nicol Ross (27-34) in both the Scotsman and the Telegraph. As a flight lieutenant, Nicky was one of Bomber Command's most experienced heavy bomber pilots. He joined 617 Squadron, made famous by the 'Dam Busters' raid, and took part in many missions on German industrial targets. In 1943, he was awarded the DFC for 'his fine fighting spirit, courage and great devotion to duty'.
There was a strong political thread to Academicals in the News in May. As readers will already know, a team from the Junior School won the annual Euroquiz competition held in the debating chamber of the Scottish parliament. Patrick Christie, Saul Melvin-Farr, Adair Wood, Alasdair Gillies and Peter Jacobs could also see their names in the Scotsman on the following day. Gordon Brown's visit to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland prompted a letter to the Scotsman by Ian Lutton (59-72), who thought that our PM did not seem to realise that human survival is linked to the survival of all living things on the planet. He suggested that he should study the ideas of the great Conservative thinker, Edmund Burke. The previous PM (a Fettesian) was also in the news, or at least his wife was. Following the publication of Cherie Blair's memoirs, there had been calls for her to resign as a judge. To her defence sprang the erstwhile Lord Chancellor, Charlie Falconer (57-65), quoted in the Scotsman as saying that "it is wrong to suggest writing her memoirs should make the slightest difference to a job she does extremely well." Alan Robertson (87-97), the chairman of the BMA's junior doctors' committee, has been in print in the Evening News, remarking that the implementation of changes to streamline medical training was 'badly thought out and resulted in chaos'. Alan was also quoted in the Herald, saying that doctors have been lost to Scotland because Scotland and different regions of England were making job offers at different times. This was compounded by regions threatening junior doctors with referral to the BMC if they changed their minds. To sport and in the Evening News, yet another Edinburgh school, George Watson’s, was featured with a piece on Kathryn Bryce, a ten-year-old bowling sensation. We were pleased to see that the paper mentioned that Kathryn began playing cricket in her back garden when she was three, encouraged by her father, James Bryce (62-74), 'a former player for the Edinburgh Academical Cricket Club'. With the domestic rugby season now over, Accie rugby players are on their travels. The full Scotland squad, captained by Mike Blair (86-99) are in Argentina for two tests on 6th and 13th June. With him are Phil Godman (90-95) and Dave Callam (87-91). The Scotland 'A' squad are in Canada for the Churchill Cup, also starting this weekend, and include David Blair (90-03). Ross Rennie (91-04) missed out on selection because of injury, and Mark Rennie (88-95), who plays his rugby in France, was not released by his club, Bourgoin. Congratulations are due to Mike Blair, not just on being made tour captain, but on winning the end of season awards for the Scotland Player of the Year, and the Magners League Player of the Season. He was also the only Scot named in Skysports.com 'team of the tournament' for his play in Six Nations matches. Paul Loudon (93-06) and Jamie Murray (99-06) are in the Scotland U20 squad for the IRB Junior World Cup, also starting this weekend, in Wales. Watching the games on TV with mixed feelings will be Donnie Macfadyen (84-97) whose recent retirement from professional rugby was reported widely. He has been very unlucky with injuries over the years but still amassed eleven Scotland caps, captained Scotland 'A' and Scotland U21s, and played well over 100 games for Glasgow. Sport 
Cricket U11 v Belhavenhill (24 overs)
Belhavenhill 104 for 5 (Carr 37, Rogers 17no) EAJS 38 all out (Troup 7no) The Academy won the toss and elected to field against a well drilled Belhavenhill outfit. An excellent opening spell of bowling by Lopes (4-1-8-1) and Melvin-Farr (4-0-17-0) kept the opposition openers in check at 17 for 1. This was followed up well by Kinghorn (4-1-17-2) and Mackay (3-0-21-0), despite some excellent opposition batting taking the score to 70 for 3. On came Simpson (4-2-4-2) for a magnificent spell including 2 consecutive wicket maidens to reduce the score to 75 for 5. Despite a good finish it was felt that 104 was reachable by playing defensively against the opening bowlers and playing the ball by its merits! Unfortunately, a drastic collapse ensued against an excellent pace and spin bowling attack reducing the Academy to 38 all out! The team agreed that shot selection needed work in practice. Who said that ‘sport was a great leveller?’ Thank you to all who played and supported the team. Mark Enos, Head of Junior PE 1st XI report It was a glorious day for cricket in the picturesque setting of the Glenalmond 1st XI square. Winning the toss was a good start, being 4 for 2 after 4 overs was not. Alex Blair came in to face the hat trick and was still there 39 overs later to declare the innings on 265 for 3. His 152 not out was an outstanding knock, full of cultured shots, and he was ably assisted by Nick Hunt and Adam Simpson. It was Adam’s first fifty at 1st XI level and contained nine 4’s and a 6. It proved difficult to get Glenalmond all out and it was the slower bowlers that proved most effective. Alex Blair turned himself into a left arm spinner and took 5 wickets to round off a good day’s work! Mike Allingham Results for Saturday 31st May 1st XI v Glenalmond (a) Time. Won by 105 runs.
EA 265 for 3 dec (A. Blair 152 no, A. Simpson 50 no, N. Hunt 40) Glen 160 all out (A. Blair 5 for 41, A. Murray 2 for 16) 2nd XI v Glenalmond (h) 30 overs. Lost by 7 wkts. EA 99 for 7 (R. Cumming 57*) Glenalmond 100 for 3 (F Hood 3 for 16) 3rd XI v Glenalmond (a) Time. Lost by 5 wkts.
EA 85 all out (A. Maclaren 16) Glen 86 for 5 (R. Kemmett 2 for 9) B1 v Glenalmond (h) Time. Lost by 105 runs. Glen 187 all out (N. Keyden 4 wkts) EA 82 all out (N. Keyden 21) B2 v Glenalmond (h) Time. Lost by 209 runs. Glen 230 for 6 dec EA 21 all out C1 v Glenalmond (h) 30 overs. Won by 7 wkts Glen 134 for 8 (A. Benn 2-14, A. Rive 2-37, R. Orr 2-12) EA 135 for 3 from 26.3 Overs (A. Muir 36 no, J. Ellis 31, C. Simpson 27) C2 v Glenalmond (h) 25 overs. Glen 95 all out (A.Scott 4 for 11, D.Sharma 4 for 10) EA 98 for 6 (C.Dean 46 no) D1 v Fettes (a) 25 overs. Won by 19 runs EA 109-5 (G. Currie 30 no, R. Simpson 23, A. Swan 23) Fettes 90 all out (A. Swann 2-7, H. Macpherson 3-10) D2 v Fettes (a) 20 overs. Won by 66 runs EA 144-7 ( M. Millar 63 no) Fettes 78-7 (T. Mullen 3-5) JA1/2 v South Morningside (a) 20 overs. South Morningside 85-3 ( M Petrie 2-10) EA 85-4 (F Macpherson 27, B Withall 16no, J Moynihan 13) Kayaking Bradley Forbes-Cryans was very successful at the weekend in the Scottish Schools Kayaking Championships at Alva. On Saturday he won the K1M J14 Scottish Schools Championship and on Sunday he won the C1 J15 Scottish Schools Championship, and C2 J15 Scottish Schools Championship (with Alice Haining)
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As the rain continues to fall whilst I write this bulletin, I am hoping that our prayers for sun will be answered as we approach some of the highlights of the sporting calendar, namely Sports Days. I do hope all the children from youngest to oldest enjoy all the different events and whether they ‘win’ or ‘lose’, they enter into it in the right spirit. 
