Junior Years: Karate Success
Last week, Megan, Ollie and Lucy (pictured) along with other girls from Kilgraston, performed at their first ever Karate grading. The girls thoroughly enjoyed an energetic karate course led by a Master Sensei. We are delighted to say that all girls achieved their orange belt.
This is a fantastic achievement for the girls.
Swimming success for Shona
In the 200m breaststroke Shona swam a personal best time of 2min 46sec which would place her in the top five swimmers in Scotland in the 14 year old age group.
A few weeks ago Shona swam in the Midlands Distance gala and won the 13 year old 800m event in a personal best time of 9min 55sec taking 19 seconds off her previous best time!
Last weekend, Shona swam in the Midland district qualifying event for Scottish schools and in the two events she swam in she won Gold in the 200m breaststroke and silver in the 100m breaststroke and the times should qualify her for the Midlands team in these events and put her in medal contention at Scottish Schools.
Shona continues to swim personal bests in all strokes and we are very excited about her potential in the pool.
Temporary INTRANET Link
Dear all,
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We will be removing the Intranet once all information is uploaded to the new password areas of the website.
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Thank you for all of your comments and feedback.
Kind regards,
David Milner
Inter-house Chess
For those that can read standard algebraic chess notation, the match played out as follows:
1. d4 b5 2. c3 h5 3. h4 Nh6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Ne5 Nf5 6. e3 a5 7. a4 bxa4 8. Rxa4 Nc6 9. Nxc6 Rh6 10. Nxd8 Kxd8 11. Rxa5 Rxa5 12. b3 c6 13. Nd2 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Nb1 g6 16. b4 Ra4 17. Qxa4 Nxh4 18. Rxh4 Bg7 19. Qa5+ Kd7 20. b5 c5 21. Ba3 Bf6 22. Bxc5 Ke8 23. Qa8+ Kd7 24. Rf4 Bg5 25. Rf3 f6 26. Na3 Kc7 27. Nc4 dxc4 28. Rg3 Bh4 29. Rf3 Bg5 30. Qa5+ Kb8 31. Bxe7 Rh7 32. Bd6+ Rc7 33. Rg3 Bh4 34. Rh3 Bg5 35. g3 Bh6 36. f4 Bg7 37. b6 Bf8 38. Bxf8 Rc8 39. Bd6+ Rc7 40. bxc7+ Kb7 41. Qb5+ Kc8 42. Qa6+ Kd7 43. Bc5 Ke8 44. Qb5+ Kf7 45. Qxc4+ Ke8 46. Qa4+ Kf7 47. Rh2 Ke6 48. Qb3+ Kf5 49. Rf2 h4 50. gxh4 Kg4 51. Qd1+ Kf5 52. Bd6 Ke4 53. Qc1 Kd3 54. Qb1+ Kc4 55. Qa2+ Kb5 56. Qb2+ Kc6 57. Be7 Kd5 58. Qb3+ Kc6 59. Bxf6 g5 60. Bxg5 Kd7 61. Qa4+ Ke6 62. Rb2 Kf5 63. Be7 Ke4 64. Qc6+ Kxe3 65. Rh2 Kxf4 66. Bd6+ Kf5 67. Qd7+ Ke4 68. h5 Kd5 69. Be7+ Kc4 70. c8=B Kb3 71. Qb5+ Kxc3 72. Qa5+ Kxd4 73. h6 Ke4 74. Bb7+ Kd4 75. Bf6+ Ke3 76. Rh3+ Kf4 77. Qa4+ Kf5 78. Bg7 Kg6 79. Bf8 Kf5 80. Qa5+ Ke6 81. Bc8+ Kf6 82. Bg7+ Kf7 83. Bh8 Kf8 84. Qb4+ Ke8 85. Qb5+ Ke7 86. Qc5+ Kd8 87. Bb7 Ke8 88. Bc6+ Kd8 89. Qb6+ Ke7 90. Re3+ Kd6 91. Ba8+ Kd7 92. Rd3+ Kc8 93. Qa6+ Kc7 94. Rc3+ Kd8 95. Qb6+ Ke8 96. Bc6+ Ke7 97. Ra3 Ke6 98. Qb5 Ke7 99. Ra7+ Kd8 100. Qb6+ Kc8 101. Qa6+ Kd8 102. Qa5+ Kc8 103. Bf6 Kb8 104. Rg7 Kc8 105. Qa6+ Kb8 106. Rg8+ Kc7 107. Bd5 Kd7 108. h7 Kc7 109. Be5+ Kd7 110. Bc4 Ke7 111. Qa7#
Alternatively, if you copy the above text into the ‘Enter PGN Text’ box at http://chesstempo.com/pgn-viewer.html and click ‘Load PGN’, you’ll be able to get some sense of just how epic the match actually was.
KPA Christmas Raffle
The KPA are holding a festive goody filled raffle during the first two weeks of December, tickets will be launched at the annual Christmas Concert and will be available to buy right through till Thursday 15th December with the draw being held during the Junior Years Nativity Service with the winners names available soon after. Tickets not purchased at the concert can be bought from any KPA member and both senior and junior reception. If you would like to sell some tickets on our behalf we would be very appreciative, just email [email protected] for further details. All tickets and monies to be handed in to Reception by 10am on Thursday 15th December 2016.
The prizes that we have very kindly had donated to be included in the raffle are:
- Photography Session with a 20” Wall Portrait by Alistair Kerr Photography
- Overnight Stay for 2 with Breakfast Included at Gleneagles Hotel
- Lunch for Two with Fizz at Parklands Hotel, Perth
- Inspire Catering to Cook Dinner for Four at Your Home: Please note that there will be restrictions on dates for using this prize
- Christmas Free Range Bronze 5-6kg Turkey, Donated by Brewsters Poultry: can be delivered if you live within a reasonable distance of Brewsters or collected during the week before Christmas
- Afternoon Treat for Two at Willows Coffee Shop & Restaurant, Perth
- Festive Box of Fine Smoked Foods from Brewsters of Newburgh: this contains a selection of sliced smoked chicken breast, sliced smoked duck breast, sliced smoked Cajun pork, rose cured smoked beef, smoked Scottish cheddar, smoked Scottish black pudding, a jar of blossom honey and of heather honey.
- Copperfields Voucher
- Cut & Blowdry at The Cutting Room, Perth
For further information, please email [email protected]
Christmas Concert sponsored by Grassicks BMW
The perfect winter warmer.
Friday 2nd December, 7pm
Perth Concert Hall
Tickets £10.00* (children free)
Booking fee may apply
Tickets available from Perth Concert Hall – 01738 621031
Pupil Led Parent Afternoon
This was an opportunity for parents to come into the school and be taught by their daughters. We had a Viking experience from Reception to Upper First, complete with Viking longship and an Egyptian experience from Lower Second to Upper Second, with quizzes and activities. Lower Third taught their parents every subject they have been learning throughout the term and Upper Third took their parents to bake some World War themed biscuits.
We are awaiting our Up-Helly-Aa Festival when the Longboat will be burned!
Lower Third visit the Titanic Museum
Last Monday, the Lower Third visited the Titanic museum in Belfast. They flew over at 7am in the morning and returned at 10pm. They had a fantastic tour of the museum which was a tremendous learning experience for both the girls and staff.
Two flights and six buses in one day!
Midland Hockey
A tough game for the 2nd team with some good inter play throughout and despite great defensive work from Players of the Match Kara MacRitchie and Susie Dougall we lost the game 1 - 0.
In the 1st XI game we had an electric first half going up 3 goals to 0 taking us to half time. The start of the second half started the same way with an aerial pass to Emily Dark who ran down the pitch and reverse hit the ball into the net … in 16 seconds. 4 - 0 up with goals from Emily, Katie, Rachel and Ellie.
Then Glenalmond made their comeback and the game came back to 4 - 4. With the final play of the game we won a short corner, shot saved and with the well worked rebound Ellie scored winning the game 5 - 4. Fantastic for all the girls!
Poppy Scotland
The total amount raised by Kilgraston for the Poppy Scotland Appeal was £137.92. This amount was added to money collected in Bridge of Earn and Forgandenny to make a grand total of £1372.94.
Photo: The junior girls had all made poppies in commemoration of Armistice Day and created a spectacular arrangement on the inside of the entrance in the style of the weeping window originally installed at the Tower of London.