A community at heart
Kilgraston Community Week was all about building up and strengthening the already tight bonds that make the experience at our school precisely that…an experience of community.
The week was divided up into the aspects of community that we are all part of here at Kilgraston, which are the Sacred Heart Schools Network community, local and global communities and our families as a community. We started each day with an assembly focusing on one particular community type, with related activities to follow during the day.
On day five we concluded with our findings, shared our creativity and celebrated a very successful week. Activities included Sacred Heart cookie making, chains of paper people, the well-known and much loved ‘Talentless Show’, plus family trees and the writing of poems. By the end of the week the whole school was buzzing with even more spirit!
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Swimming to success
Hannah Edgley (Lower 4th) has been swimming to success and collected some impressive medals along the way. She is a member of the Swimming Academy here at Kilgraston and the Perth City Swim Club. Her medals include:
Bronze - 100m Back Crawl - Tayside Schools
Silver - 100m Back Crawl - Perth City Club Championships
Bronze - 100m Breast Stroke - Perth City Club Championships
Bronze - 100m Individual Medley - Perth City Club Championships
Hannah continues to go from strength to strength as she achieves ‘personal best’ times across all of her strokes. She is also very close to achieving Scottish Swimming bronze squad times in the 13 year old age group.
Sports update
30th January
- Hockey
V St Leonards New Park and St Mary’s Melrose (H)
Under 12 A won 4 - 0 and 2 - 1 respectively
Under 12 B won 7 - 0 and 3 - 1 respectively
In the STLNP v STMM game the score was 1 - 1
A busy day for Hockey with our Under 16 Midland team playing St Leonards after school.
We won the semi final game 4 - 0 with 3 goals from Annabel Beale and 1 by Katie Stott.
26th January
- Hockey
Katie Robertson and Rebecca Edgley played in the Scottish Hockey Inter-District Championships in Stirling (Indoor hockey, Midland District)
Midland WON!
Well done to all the girls for a great performance.
Also in Hockey, Katie Stott has been selected to play for the Scotland Under 16 Development team who will be travelling to Holland later in the year. Well done to Katie, too.
23rd January
- Hockey
v Loretto (A)
Under 13 won 13 - 2
Under 12 won 6 - 4
Under 11 lost 6 - 9
17th January
- Hockey
Both Louise Baxter and Katie Robertson (L6 Kinnoull) have been selected to play for their club side Grove Menzieshill Hockey Club to represent Scotland in the European Indoor Trophy Competition in Wettigen, Switzerland from 22nd to 24th February 2013. Grove Menzieshill HC are in the “B” pool along with teams from Switzerland, France and Croatia. The “A” pool comprises of teams from Ukraine, Italy, Denmark and Russia. This is a brilliant opportunity for both to play European hockey, we wish them all the best and look forward to some great reports and photos.
16th January
- Hockey
v Fettes (H&A)
Under 13 A won 12 - 4
Under 13 B won 16 - 5
Under 11 A lost 5 - 8
Scientific progress
Over the next few months you will be able to check the progress of the new Science Centre here at Kilgraston via this gallery. From marking out the land to the cutting of the ribbon, images will be added every Friday to keep you up to date with this dynamic addition to our school.
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BBC radio interview with Frank Thompson
On Tuesday 8th January, Principal Frank Thompson was interviewed on BBC Radio Tees about his life growing up in the area and new life here at Kilgraston. You can listen to the show via this link.
Please note: the interview begins at 2:07.20 and will only be active until Monday 14th January.
Digging for the future
Today is the day! Work has started on the Kilgraston Science Centre which is due to open its doors ready in time for the Autumn Term. Emily Gray and Mhairi Knox are seen here doing their bit to get things going, although they were keen to get back to the warmth of the classroom! The team from Muirfield are currently outlining the perimeter and making way for what will be a fantastic new addition to the Kilgraston campus.
Click the picture to the right to see it full size.
Christmas Concert 2012
On Friday 7th December we had a wonderful start to Christmas as the Perth Concert Hall was filled with over 1,000 voices singing carols and Christmas songs. There were some outstanding performances and everyone left the evening with a spring in their step as we head towards Christmas. Thank you to everyone who attended and special thanks to the girls who performed so wonderfully from Reception right through to Upper 6th.
Cooks get creative
On Friday 30th November the U4 girls took part in a cooking competition here at Kilgraston - with a special guest to judge each delicious creation.
All the girls did extremely well, Tim Dover from The Roost was very impressed with the results but found it extremely difficult to judge due to the high standards across the board.
There had to be a winner, and this was awarded to Susie Dougall with her Salmon Fishcakes served with salad, chilli sauce and roasted potato cubes, followed by Plum Crumble.
The runner-up was Daisy Deards with her Pan Fried Pheasant, Potato Rosti with cabbage and bacon and a cream sauce, followed by Mincemeat tart with Orange cream filling.
Two Highly commended were Katie Stott (Venison Loin with spicy onion marmalade, Fondant Potato and vegetables followed by Fruit Crumble) and Grace Reilly (Steak with Mushroom, Whisky Cream Sauce and Vegetables followed by a Trio of Scottish Desserts).
There was also a special mention for a highly commended dessert – Talitha Thompson’s rice pudding with fruit compote, plus a highly commended main course made by Alicia Boyle with her Ginger Salmon with Samphire.
Both the winner and runner-up will help to prepare and serve a Charity meal at The Roost Restaurant on 13th March 2013.Well done to all of those who took part and many thanks to Tim Dover for judging a delicious array of dishes.
Riding to success
Georgina Chalmers-Gray and Prince Lochnagar of Moulzie (her 7 year old Highland Pony better known as ‘Harry’) have certainly had a busy year. Since November 2011 they have competed throughout the UK and collected some very impressive awards along the way.
As well as involvement in a Dressage to Music Demonstration in April and a showing demonstration last month, they were also awarded the junior Performance Trophy by the Highland Pony Society. In July they were crowned Champion Junior at the Highland Pony Breed Show, and whilst there also picked up the Junior Dressage and the Junior Working Hunter Trophies. The pair were also 4th and 5th in the Novice and Prelim Junior sections at the prestigious NPS Dressage Championships at Addington Manor (Bucks) in April, as well as finishing 3rd in a more advanced Elementary class.
During their first One Day Event they finished 2nd overall, with the plan to compete in December at both Gleneagles and the Performance Scheme for the Highland Pony Society.
To top it all off, the pair have recently joined British Dressage and selected to represent Scotland, what a way to round off a fantastic year - well done to Georgina and Harry!
International Evening
A few images from our very successful International Evening on 12th November. Fantastic performances, delicious food from around the world and a wonderful atmosphere! Well done to all of those involved.