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Katie Robertson selected for British Show Jumping Team

May 19, 2010 
Katie Robertson of U4 Kinoull has been selected for the British Show Jumping team for the first time. She has been selected to compete in the Children on Horses Nations Cup in Belgium which started on the ... »

Fundraising Receptions for The Centre of Sporting Excellence

May 19, 2010 
Floodlight HockeyWork on phase one of resurfacing out tennis courts and building the new all-weather hockey pitch is now well underway. This means we can now look towards further phases of development which will include landscaping and the ... »

Kilgraston Scottish Schools Equestrian Championships 2010

May 18, 2010 
DSC_0562Sunday the 9th May saw the 16th running of the annual Kilgraston Scottish Schools Equestrian Championships at Gleneagles Equestrian Centre. From small beginnings this competition has grown year on year and on this occasion a total of ... »

Kilgraston Prep School Rounders Championships 2010

May 18, 2010 
Kilgraston ChampionsKilgraston hosted it’s annual Prep School Rounders Championships on Wednesday 12th May. With 9 schools from across Scotland entering the competition it was a busy afternoon on the playing fields with two games being played at the ... »

Over to Kerry Wins the Kilgraston Pony Point-to-Point Race

May 4, 2010 
DFM914The first Kilgraston School sponsored Point-to-Point Pony race took place at Balcormo Mains, Fife on  Saturday 24th April. Over to Kerry ridden by 12 year old Henry Moreshead won the Fife Fox Hounds annual Point-to-Point Pony Race ... »

Work Commences on New Pitches

April 19, 2010 
DSC_0087-800x600Planning for the new all-weather hockey pitch and refurbishment of tennis courts has been approved and work is now well under way. The contractors have been very busy over the Easter holidays and the hockey pitch is ... »

Kilgraston’s Success at Perform in Perth Festival

March 26, 2010 
KilgrastonThe Music department enjoyed a successful time at the recent ‘Perform in Perth’ festival.  A number of soloists performed very well and our extracurricular groups had some outstanding results.   Our Prep Choir gained 1st place in their ... »

Celebration of Sport Dinner Raises £22,000

March 26, 2010 
DSC_4827Kilgraston held a gala dinner and auction to raise funds for the new hockey and tennis facilities on the evening of Friday 19th March. The evening was a resounding success with 160 guests enjoying an award winning ... »

Sporting Centre of Excellence

February 26, 2010 
Floodlight HockeyWork will commence on the development of the state-of-the-art, hockey specific all-weather pitch this March adding to Kilgraston’s already extensive sporting facilities. Planning for the project was submitted at the end of 2009 and it is hoped ... »

Top of the League

February 26, 2010 
SCHOOL 306 D.TLast year’s Upper Sixth Advanced Higher results have been recognised as the best in Scotland gaining 88% A-B (The Scotsman 2009, BestSchools.co.uk). Out of the top four schools, three were single sex girls’ schools. Current Chair of ... »

Perth Young Artists’ Competition

February 26, 2010 
Perth Young ArtistCharlotte Bryant Craig has been awarded second prize In the Perth Young Artists Competition in the Senior Category. The striking self portrait was produced as part of her preparation for her Standard Grade examination.   Her work was framed ... »

Haiti Appeal

February 26, 2010 
Haiti CakesEveryone around school pulled together in January to raise money for the Haiti Disaster Fund. The L4 raised £49.10 by organising a cake and candy sale with the help from their maths teacher, Mrs. Speed. They had ... »

Scottish Girls Schools team show horse jumping competition

January 12, 2010 
Equestrian_ChampsFive leading girls’ schools from across Scotland came to Perthshire on Sunday 27th September to participate in the first ever Scottish Girls’ Schools Association Equestrian event at Kilgraston School, Bridge of Earn. And Kilgraston, the only school ... »

Director of Music performs “The Flower of Scotland”

December 21, 2009 
for-press-releaseKilgraston’s recently appointed Director of Music, Andrew McGarva, will be performing “The Flower of Scotland” in front of 70,000 football fans as they gather to watch the Scotland national football team play Japan in the Nissan Stadium, ... »

Linda’s Dream Takes to the Stage

December 21, 2009 
monkeys_revenge1The dream of the late Linda Marshall, former Head of Music at Kilgraston, who sadly died last year, came true last week when Kilgraston pupils put on a spectacular musical in her memory. Roald Dahl’s “The Twits” ... »

Girls mark the centenary of the Suffragette Movement

December 21, 2009 
Edwardian-Tea-PartyTo celebrate the recent centenary of the Suffragette Movement Kilgraston pupils have been involved in several interdisciplinary projects looking at the changing role of women in society. For the final of the project the pupils hosted an ... »

A Young Girl with a Big Heart

December 21, 2009 
Sophie_CuthillThree year old Sophie Cuthill, who attends the Nursery at Kilgraston, was the youngest person ever to complete the Cancer Research UK Dundee Race for Life last May; and she raised an incredible £ 4,500 in memory ... »

Scotland’s First Minister supports the 2010 Peru Project

November 3, 2009 
Georgina_Futong_DinnerFriday evening, 11th September saw the first in a series of fundraising events for the Kilgraston 2010 Peru Expedition. A Gala Dinner was held at the Grouse and Claret restaurant, Kinross and was a huge success raising ... »