March 2019 - Earlston High School
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March 2019
Head Teacher’s Comment
Dear Parent/Carer/Colleague/Pupil/Friend of EHS,
I cannot recall a term that has passed so quickly – it never fails to amaze me what the members of this fantastic
school can achieve in a term. In this edition you will see the diversity of opportunities here at Earlston High
School. The richness of life at our school is due to the commitment of our staff and partners who are willing to go
the extra mile for our young people. I would like to publicly thank them for all they do for Earlston High School.
Happy Easter.
Mr Justin Sinclair
LGBT Charter—Silver Award
At the in service day on Friday 15th February, the last piece of our LGBT Silver Charter Award was
complete when Ann Marriot from LGBT Scotland delivered training to all our teaching, auxiliary
and office staff.
The LGBT Charter of Rights is a list of rights based on the United Nations Convention on the
Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) that some
LGBT people feel that they are denied due to their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Created by a group of
LGBT young people,
and wider stakehold-
ers, the LGBT Charter describes basic rights such as the right
to be yourself, the right to privacy, be kept safe from harm
and the right to an education, which most people take for
granted.
It is the responsibility of every organisation to value diversity
and promote good practice in terms of LGBT equali-
ty. Homophobia, biphobia and transphobia are still a prob-
lem in Scotland and LGBT people can face this on a daily ba-
sis. Only by raising awareness and sending out positive mes-
sages to LGBT people and society can we challenge discrimi-
nation and promote and enjoy a more inclusive society.
LGBT Youth Scotland and EHS have worked closely together
for a number of years, and we have been commended for the support and engagement that we have offered to our LGBTI young people.
As a school we have regularly engaged with LGBT Youth Scotland’s national work, and have been ambassadors for taking numerous initi-
atives forward. It takes a dedicated staff team to provide the commitment which ensures that this work is, and remains an active and
meaningful process.
We particularly thank and recognise the work by Mr Christensen, Mr Sinclair, Mr Adam, Mrs McDonald, Mr Hayes, Mrs Thomson and all
the students from the LGBT+ Allies group for taking this work forward. This has been a rewarding journey for the staff and pupils at EHS
and it is a pleasure to receive the award at Silver Level.
Diversity at EHS “See Me. Include Me. Respect Me.”
Pupils and staff at EHS celebrated Diversity Week from 22—28 February,
an initiative aimed to further the levels of tolerance and inclusion in the
school. The idea for the event was born within the school’s diversity
committee. Senior pupils created plans which were adapted and accept-
ed by Mr Christensen in order to create a fun and interactive schedule
for the week. The timing of the week coincided with EHS receiving the
Silver LGBT Charter – an award which demonstrates the inclusive nature
of the school. During the week different events were arranged in order
to help celebrate our differences and raise awareness of how other peo-
ple live their lives.
The week began on Friday the 22nd, ‘Purple Friday’, where a set of assem-
blies kicked the event off. Within these S6’s from the committee used an-
ecdotes and stories to spread the message that you should be comfortable
with who you are. The S6’s made sure to emphasise that this is regardless
of religion, physical appearance, socioeconomic status, gender, race or if
you have a physical or mental disability as well as any other factors which
may divide people. After the weekend, the following Monday, the com-
mittee’s next event was based during lunchtime and focused on religion.
The event took place in the school’s central area and focused on breaking
down religious stereotypes and learning the difference between what is
false and what is factual. On Tuesday, the committee, alongside the head
team, set up a series of computer based activities at lunchtime which simu-
lated the effects of living with different disabilities. Once again the princi-
ple focus of the activities was to raise awareness and understanding, this
time of the various physical and neurological disabilities which are common within our society. The following day the emphasis was on
race and ethnicity and the activity consisted of a giant map in which pupils were able to plot where they were born and where their fami-
lies originated from. The idea of the task was to make people proud of their background and heritage in addition to happily acknowledg-
ing the extent of the racial and cultural diversity within the school. Finally, on Thursday the pupils came together for the week’s finale
which involved a huge gender spectrum on the floor in the canteen. The activity consisted of pupils placing a hand print to define their
position on the gender spectrum. This time the aim of the task was to raise awareness of the different genders and to reinforce the fact
that gender is a spectrum and not binary.
Overall, Diversity Week at EHS represented the fact that our differences should be embraced in order to bring us together rather than to
divide us. The activities and events helped to increase pupils understanding of the situations faced by different people. As a result, the
pupils were enabled to see past false facts and prejudice attitudes and see others for who they really are - people who live, laugh and love
in exactly the same ways in which anyone else does! (Yousuf Khursheed, S6)
Inspire Learning—Digital Learning in the Scottish Borders On February 28th, some very lucky S3 Ambassadors took part in the ‘Inspire Learning’ demonstration event at Earlston High School. They were the first students in the Scottish Borders to get a feel for how new iPads will trans- form learning and teaching in the Scottish Borders. The Inspire Learning pro- gramme is a £16m investment in a world-class digital learning environment for all pupils. The project has been developed by a partnership of SBC, CGI, XMA and Apple. The programme is a key part of SBC’s Digital Learning Strat- egy and will transform teaching and learning in our schools for the benefit of children and young people now, and into the future. It includes plans for iPads to be provided to all P6-S6 pupils and shared devices at a ratio of one for every five P1-P5 pupils too. Earlston High School was very honoured to hold this demonstration for our elected representatives and council officials, as well as members of the local press. Our S3 Ambassadors gave some excellent feedback on the opportunities for enhanced digital learning and their interviews were shown and heard on ITV Borders and BBC Radio Scotland. Spe- cial thanks also to our S1 Ambassadors who helped on the day as well. You can get more information about the Inspire Learning Pro- gramme at https://www.scotborders.gov.uk/info/20009/schools_and_learning/914/inspire_learning_faqs
Burns Supper 2019
The Burns Supper, organised by our wonderful head team and
year head Mrs McDonald, was a huge success. There were over
50 people in attendance, each of whom gave the night an over-
all average score of 9/10 - according to Mr Sinclair. The night
included a classic Burns supper meal complete with a brilliant
toast to the haggis from Mr Woodcock, as well as two equally
hilarious toasts to the lads and reply from the lassies written by
head girl and boy Christie Rout and Ninian Grant. After a vote
of thanks from depute head girl Alice MacBrayne, the ceilidh
took place. There were of course also parents in attendance
who all greatly enjoyed themselves both during the dinner and
the ceilidh. Many thanks to those who organised the great
night and here’s to a successful Burns Supper next year.
Foodbank Donations World Cancer
Day Fundraiser
Shortly before Christmas, pupils from Earlston High
Hannah Low and
School delivered over 500 food donations collected by
Niamh Lightly in S3
the school community to St Peter's Church in Gala-
organised a fund-
shiels. The church holds a substantial food bank run by
raising event for
local volunteers, providing food for people in the local
World Cancer Day
community who are experiencing difficulties. S1 pupils
on Monday 4th Feb-
had been told to create posters to hang around the
ruary. There were a
school to let pupils know what to donate.
few opportunities
On December 20, 14 pupils travelled to St Peter's by
to donate through-
mini-bus. On arrival, we lifted all the food into the
out the day, with
church. Afterwards, we were shown the attic space
both a bake sale
where all the food is stored. There were stacks of
and a sponsored
crates and boxes full of food. All the shelves were la-
cycle where numer-
belled to keep the supplies well organised. Later, we
ous pupils and teachers rotated on the cycling machines, putting their body to
went downstairs to a large room with a kitchen, and
the test. As a result of this, the school managed to raise an amazing £370, cy-
we were shown the cupboards where the volunteers
cling over 400km. Head Girl, Christie Rout commented “we cycled our way for a
distribute the food. There were chairs in the room, in
good cause.” The events lasted the full day, providing the pupils with lots of
case the people receiving the food needed to talk to
points to donate, which they did, giving money to a good cause. After a staff
someone. Earlston High School would like to thank all
coffee morning and further fundraising, the total was taken to just over £1000!
the members of the community who kindly donated.
Niamh and Han-
(Ellyn Wilkinson, S1)
nah presented the
cheque to Mary
Smail from Cancer
Research borders.
We hope that an
event like this can
happen again and
help to further
the research go-
ing on to cure this
horrible disease.
(Rory Dunlop, S6)
S3 Fashion and Textile Technology - Liberty Exhibition Visit
An excited group of S3 FTT pupils travelled to the Dovecot Gallery in Ed-
inburgh on 8th January 2019 to visit the iconic Liberty Exhibition. We
were given a brief tour explaining the history and importance of this in-
novative fashion designer and retailer. This was an exciting opportunity
to learn about the impact Liberty has had on fashion over time and for
our pupils to view how textiles bring art into everyday life. Throughout its
history, Liberty’s studio collaborations with textile and fashion innovators
including Yves Saint Laurent, Mary Quant, Jean Muir and Vivienne Westwood
have secured the company’s global reputation as the source and originator of
key trends and design revivals.
Our visit connected pupils’ learning with one of the first topics in the S3 FTT
course- ‘The History of Fashion- Fashion Through the Ages’. Pupils were able to
spend time viewing the exhibition and then we took a short walk along to the
Fashion gallery in the National Museum of Scotland where there was a virtual
catwalk and an exhibition of Vivienne Westwood, Jean Paul Gaultier, Paco Ra-
banne, Jean Muir and Pringle of Scotland.
Before we headed back on the bus to return to school, we had great fun when
we visited Armstrong’s in the Grassmarket so pupils could experience and see
for themselves what a vintage clothing shop is really like and gain awareness of
how collectors of key pieces such as Liberty garments can be bought for a frac-
tion of the cost.
Leadership at EHS—Pupil Parliament
Eighty student leaders from across the school met for the first Pupil Parliament of 2019 in January. The focus was learning logs and how
they can be used effectively across the school. The session was presented by five S3 House and Sports Captains; Amy Morris, Issy Ramsay,
Fraser Weston, Anna Brotherston and Gracie Will. Learning Logs are a major part of this years School Improvement Plan and the Parlia-
ment was a chance for pupils to air their feelings about what made an effective learning log and to feedback on existing learning logs in
their subjects.
Other business included feedback from the pupil survey on respect and relationships within the school - one of the ‘How Good is Our
School 4’ focus areas. The pupils were prioritising various issues in the school that they would like to see tackled, especially the queues in
the canteen and the lateness of some buses.
Developing the Young Workforce
Building Futures – Borders College Event
We went to the Building Futures event at Borders College on
23rd January. This was for S3s who wanted to find out more
about construction careers.
The day started with a talk about all of the jobs in construc-
tion, from planning to building and beyond. It was also made
clear that women can do these jobs as well as men, so there
was no reason that girls should not be considering these
kinds of careers for the future.
We then went to different activities covering electrical,
painting and decorating, plumbing, joinery and brickwork.
These were really interesting and got us thinking about the
skills and attributes needed for these jobs. We also got to wear some snazzy protective suits! It is good to try these things out and meet
people who work in these jobs. It was also useful to see Borders College and the great facilities there, as most of us had not been before.
(Abbie Cooke, S3)
Careers in Racing day – Kelso Racecourse
On a cold and sunny Tuesday in January, 9 pupils from Earlston High
School joined around 150 other pupils from across the Borders to explore
new career pathways and learn a little more about the Horse Racing indus-
try at Kelso Racecourse. The pupils were learning about Marketing and
Hospitality and Equestrian related careers. This included a session from
Borders College on horse care and a local Jockey who was kind enough to
let the pupils practice their skills on the equalizer machine. The afternoon
had a more competitive edge, where the young people were allowed to
observe the horses before, during and after the races and, although no
bets were placed, the pupils watched enthusiastically for their chosen win-
ner.
Pupils had a great day and left Kelso with some new ideas and insights into
careers they had not previously considered. One lucky S5 pupil also left
with a promise of some much needed work experience in the summer.
SCILT Business Brunch—Dynamic Earth Edinburgh
On January 15, a group of S3 Languages Ambassadors, embarked on a trip to Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh to attend a business brunch
event ran by SCILT, Scotland’s National Centre for Languages, in partnership with DYW and University Council of Modern Languages Scot-
land (UCMLS).
During the day there was a marketplace where we could
talk to businesses and learn about how languages are rele-
vant in all sorts of different professions. There were repre-
sentative from companies such as China-Britain council, JP
Morgan and the Edinburgh Festival to name but a few.
There was presentations from speakers who told us about
how languages effected their lives and the benefit of learn-
ing languages. This was a valuable experience allowing us
to be able to ask questions directly and discover more
about the range of careers and employment opportunities
available using modern languages. (Adam Thompson, S3)
Primary 7 Rise to the Challenge
The Earlston Black Hill Reading Challenge was won this
year by Mr Brydon’s Primary 7 class (picture1). With an
impressive 300 hundred books completed over the last
12 weeks they showed their rivals a clean pair of heels as
they ‘conquered’ the hill.
This year the event was expanded to include all students
from Primary 5, 6 and 7 in Earlston. The Primary School
students have battled the elements in their weekly com-
mutes to the High School. Every week the students are
challenged to select and read a new book - each book a
student completes allows them to climb one step higher,
towards the summit of our Black Hill wall display. Both
Primary 5 and 6 attacked the hill with enthusiasm, each
class reading over 150 books. However, despite their
best efforts, they were incapable of keeping up with the
pace set by their elders.
The Black Hill Reading Challenge is part of the Earlston Reading Programme. The aim of this programme is to encourage and support all
students to read more. The last three months produced a combined total in excess of 600 books read – 600 books that would not have
been read otherwise. This represents clear evidence that the programme is succeeding.
All students were supported in
their reading by High School Lit-
eracy Ambassadors from across
the school. The hard work of the
S6 students must be mentioned.
A band of volunteers could al-
ways be relied upon to engage in
paired reading and discussion
with the primary school visitors.
This meant that the younger chil-
dren were not only provided with
an experience of High School –
they also got to work with some
inspirational role models drawn
from the senior phase. The S1
Literacy Ambassadors have also
played a significant role in help-
ing the primary 5 students to
push themselves and have been
very keen to offer creative ideas
to shape the Programme as we
move into the New Year.
It was also great to see the East
Green Nursery up at the High School. The senior students delivered stories and helped the nursery children to interpret them with pic-
tures and discussion. As we move into the New Year we plan to provide more rich opportunities to place books, and the library, at the
centre of learning for our young people.
Primary 7s Cook up a Treat
P7 pupils from Earlston Primary School enjoyed visiting Earlston High School in January and Febru-
ary to use our cooking facilities to make some very delicious treats, such as pizza and chocolate
chip cookies.
These special Home Economics sessions will
hopefully allow the P7 pupils to feel more com-
fortable and confident in the high school envi-
ronment, and it helps prepare them for some
of the HE classes to come. This has been organ-
ised by a motivated group of S6s, and has been
very successful, as it gets the P7 pupils excited
for what is to come when they transition into
S1. Many thanks to the HE department for
hosting these sessions. (Tyree Collins, S6)
History Ambassadors
The History Ambassadors in S3 and S5 have been researching names on
some of our local war memorials (Bowden, Lauder and Melrose) to see if
they can discover biographical details on the men in our community who
served in World War I. Hopefully, some of us will be able to visit the actual
resting places of one or two of these men during the forthcoming Battlefields
Trip.
Continuing on our WWI theme, EHS has kindly been gifted a WWI ‘death
penny’ given out to families of the fallen in WWI, by former Principal Teacher
Modern Languages, Arthur Allan. The Ambassadors have been working with
our technician to design a suitable display case to show this item. Two of our
Ambassadors, Lewis and Aimee have brought in ‘death pennies’ and other
WWI artefacts from family members. Watch out for our forthcoming S1 History competition.
See Me Scotland—Time to Talk Day
On February 7th, as part of SeeMe Scotland’s ‘Time to Talk Day’, our S6 Mental
Health Ambassadors helped to raise awareness of mental health issues and
challenge the stigma associated with this.
There were some fun photos and
posts through the dedicated EHS
Mental Health Ambassadors Insta-
gram and a general knowledge quiz
was held at lunch time. This was well
attended and prizes given out to
winners. A huge thank you to our
Quarriers Support Worker, Lisa Daly
for her input to the quiz. Well done
to all who got involved in this im-
portant cause.
Lego Club International Women’s Day - Speaker Visit
As part of their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award, The Amnesty International Group were delighted to have Dr Chris Jary from
Jordan Deacon and Ryan Fraser in S4 have organised Amnesty International come and speak to our pupils about the rights of women
an Earlston High School Lego Club. They managed to across the world.
secure £100 sponsorship from Ahlstrom-Munksjö in
Dr Jary spoke about where woman have their rights curtailed and do not have
Chirnside to buy the Lego they needed for the club
the same freedoms as men. He also highlighted inspirational woman who have
which started on Monday 25th February. Well done
stood up for their rights. This event was held was to mark International Wom-
Jordan and Ryan and many thanks to Ahlstrom-
en's day on 8th March 2019 and was very well attended, thanks to all who came.
Munksjo for their kind donation. Huge thanks also to
the community who have also donated lots of Lego!
S1 English Debates
On the 28th February 1D (Mrs Sutherland) and 1E (Mr Kinahan) had a
formal debate about the issue of school uniform. 1E focused on how
our own clothes give us freedom to express ourselves and 1D pro-
posed that school uniform helped them to focus on education and
create equity in the school. Both teams shared valid points, building
their skills to persuade and increasing their public speaking confi-
dence. Although it was a very close decision, Mr Sinclair will be happy
to know that the victorious team were 1D! This was judged by a team
of very helpful S6 pupils. Congratulations to the following winners;
Niamh Dall- best question, Emily Love – best speaker, Yumna Latoui-
best speech, Tilly Lakie – best response. Look out for future debates
from the S1s
Bank of Ireland Junk Kouture—Recycled Fashion Competition
Congratulations to Tiya Hendron, Ruby Dickson and Lily Buttle (S3) on their
tremendous achievement of getting through to the ‘Junk Kouture’ Regional
Final held at The Millennium Forum in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Tiya
gave the sold out arena an amazing catwalk performance of their creation
‘Flashe du Passe’.
The pupils said, “In our
design we wanted to
include records, CD's
and cassette tapes to
show different eras of
music. We added some
elegance and a vintage
theme by the way we
dropped the skirt and
added a long train at the
back. We decided to put
the record player on the
head to show how rec-
ords and record players were once head of the music industry and how everyone
used them.”
Bank of Ireland Junk Kouture inspires young designers in secondary education to use
every day junk materials to create striking works of wearable art, the competition
calls on all budding fashionistas to see if they have what it takes to be crowned Kings
or Queens of the upcycled catwalk. Now in its ninth year, Junk Kouture has already
captivated over 24,000 students, 7000 teachers and 100,000 audience members.
Unfortunately we didn’t get to the Grand Final in Dublin this year but we are so
proud of our pupils.
UKMT Team Maths Challenge
On Friday the 8th of March, 4 students from Earlston High School went
to the Edinburgh School of Informatics and competed in the UKMT
Team Maths Challenge. Throughout the day the students competed
with 25 other teams from across Scotland in 4 intellectually challeng-
ing events: The Crossnumber, The Shuttle, The Relay and The Team
Challenge.
The day helped
to improve our
team-working
skills, social
skills and
above all our mathematics skills. For some of the rounds we had to split up
within our teams, we split up into 2 teams of 1 S1 and 1 S2. We all had a great
time and ended up in 7th out of around 25 teams.
The four pupils involved were Sam Craig (S1), Alexander McGrory (S1), Lucas
Heneveld (S2) and Laurel Meldrum (S2). They all acquitted themselves well, im-
pressing many supervisors with their teamwork and spirit.Extra Curricular Sports S1 Hockey—South of Scotland Championship Earlston High School S1 Girls A won the South of Scotland tournament at Kelso High School. There were some very hard fought matches and nail- biting penalty shoot outs against tough opposition. The team showed great team-spirit, lashings of hard work, a coating of inspirational goal keeping and lots of laughs, screams and skinned knees! The S1 B team also won their South of Scotland tournament too. Congratulations to all players and coaches involved and parents for supporting. A special thanks to Miss Pate for all her help and words of wisdom! S3 Hockey Our S3 hockey player were also champions of their tournament on 22nd February. The pupils were outstanding throughout the afternoon and showed enormous amounts of determination and grit in the semi-final and final! A huge well done to everyone in the team and a big thank you to Miss Miller for coaching as well as the seniors who helped throughout the afternoon selling teas and coffees Borders Rugby Under 15s Congratulations to our under 15 boys who were selected to represent Borders Rugby last week against East Lothian. Ten of the starting Fifteen were EHS Melrose Wasps players with 12 in total in the team. They showed great commitment and determination on the evening in testing conditions. Pictured are 2 of our injured players on the day, Bobby Hunter and Will Spinner as well as other members of the team when they returned to school.
Extra-Curricular Sports Continued…
Tennis—Schools Scottish Cup
Congratulations to Captain Alice Macbrayne, Annique Varty, Ailsa Clark
and Felicity Walls who have qualified for the Quarter Finals of the
Schools Scottish Cup. This is the first time in the school’s history that
we have been represented at this level in the cup. The girls were amaz-
ing and showed real resilience against a tough team, Mary Erskine
from Edinburgh. Two of the three 1st round matches went to match tie
breaks and 2nd round matches were also very closely contested. The
Quarter Final will be a home tie for Earlston against Boroughmuir High
School. EHS boys played Merchiston Castle School (current UK School
Champions) in the 3rd round of the boy’s tournament, and although
they didn’t make it through , they played some brilliant tennis!
Badminton—Scottish Badminton Union Finals
Congratulations to Sophie Anderson (S4) and Gemma Fullerton (S3)
who got to the Semi-Finals in the Doubles at Scottish National Indoor
Badminton Tournament – well done. Sophie and Gemma were
knocked out by No 1 Seed. They got to meet some of the Scotland
players during the competition.
Cross Country—Scottish Schools Championship
There was some solid run-
ning from Earlston High
School at Hopetoun
House on Saturday 2nd March, in difficult conditions at the Scottish Schools Championship
Anna Fairclough and Eloise Kerr were first to set off for the school in the school, coming an
excellent 14th and 63rd respectively. Next up was the Group C Boys and Earlston's only team
on the day. With Ewan Christie 11th, Cameron Rankine 17th, Mckenzie Power 60th and Kai
Lennie 84th, Earlston took the team Bronze just being pipped by George Heriots (Silver) and
Perth High School (Gold).
In the last race of the day, Lewis Tharme came an excellent 15th place. Will Taylor had run
side by side with Lewis for most of the race but sadly had to retire on the last lap due to inju-
ry. Congratulations again to all those mentioned!
Heptathlon—Regional Giant Heptathlon
We would like say a HUGE well done to the following pupils who repre-
sented the school in Edinburgh at the Regional Giant Heptathlon Event.
They finished in second place behind a strong Peebles High School team.
Throughout the afternoon the team took part in seven events including a
sprint, hurdles, an endurance event, a step-up challenge, long jump, triple
jump, shot putt and team relay sprint.
Competing against eight other teams from across the Borders and Lothi-
ans, the pupils were a genuine credit to the school. Big thanks must go to
Gemma Ross, our Active Schools Coordinator, for all the extra training
sessions she ran and to Mr Alston for driving them up on the day. The pu-
pils involved were: Elspeth Panter, Anna Fairclough, Ailsa Clark, Esther
Presslie, Tilly Lakie, Emily Love and Jessica Damerell Ewan Christie, Camer-
on Rankine, McKenzie Power, Harvey Thomas, Logan Kerr, Jack MurrayEarlston High School Melrose Wasps Rugby
It’s been a busy winter season for EHS Melrose Wasps. With several games in very testing conditions,
our players have shown great enthusiasm, determination and resilience. Some of our notable results
were as follows with some of the coaches comments from the games:
15th March Vs Hawick: S1 and S2 scored an amazing 21 and 28 tries respectively in their matches
9th March Vs Stewart’s Melville: The U16 and U18 teams both won their games, 42-12 and 40-21.Both
teams played some superb running rugby with an emphasis on keeping the ball alive; a joy to watch for
the many onlookers.
6th March Vs St Marys: S1 lost by 4 tries to 3. Bags of effort, huge amounts of commitment and so
much fun in the rain and mud. This team’s attitude towards learning is a great example for all Wasps!
1st/2nd/3rd March: S1 win at Peebles. U18 Wasps won two games from three at The Oriam in a Cross
Conference Competition. Brilliant to see so many U16 players stepping up and contributing so well.
U15 Wasps lose to Perth RFC in Perth, but learned a lot about themselves in the process and we’ll
work hard to get better. U16 played classy rugby on The Greenyards, scoring 11 tries in the spring sunshine vs Perth RFC. A quality team
performance that saw over 25 players enjoying some game time. S2 also win
handsomely with a number of beautiful tries scored.
23rd February Vs George Watsons: S1 win 7 tries to 3 and U15 win 6 tries to 4.
6th February Vs Stewart’s Melville: U15 win 47-21 and U16 lost 37-14 against
a team with 6 current U16 Scotland squad players.
12th January Vs Lasswade: S1 drew 16-16, S2 won by 15 tries, U15 won by 15
tries, U16 won 60-20, U18 won 81-5. Despite the one sided score lines for
most games, these fixtures were played in a great spirit and with so much
quality.
Well done to all our players and many thanks to our committed coaches, fan-
tastic parents and wonderful supporters. #WaspsWay
#GettingBetterAtGettingBetter #DevelopmentOverWinning
Scottish Schools Indoor Athletics & National Under 17s Championships
Congratulations to all those who competed at the Scottish Schools Championships in February. Despite
being up against a lot of really tough competition, our pupils had some outstanding performances and
results:
Finn Douglas (S3): Scottish 60m Champion!
Ewan Purves (S3): Silver Medal in the 300m
Brogan Beattie (S3): 8.497secs in the 60m
Cameron Rankine (S1): 5th in 1500m heat and knocking 2 seconds off his PB
Ewan Christie (S1): 4th in his 1500m heat
Finn, Brogan and Ewan also competed at the U17 Championships, all 3 running personal best times!
Table Tennis
Hannah McDonell competed in the Scottish Senior Schools Championships at
Bathgate. Having already qualified to play for Scotland in Ireland throughout
April, in her own 12 and under age group, she qualified to represent Scotland in the Under 14 Girls as well! A trip
to Guernsey now awaits. Hannah also competed in the 2019 Edinburgh and Lothians Table Tennis Schools Cham-
pionships. After winning the 12 & Under girls event, Hannah then beat some of the Under 14 Boys to win the
Consolation Singles event before keeping dad calm in the Family Doubles and winning that as well. To round it off
she was named ‘Player of the Day’ - 11 matches played and 11 matches won, only dropping one end out of 34!
Well done to Hannah, an amazing achievement!Sport continued… School Lottery
Scottish Cup We are very excited to launch our Earlston High
Netball School Lottery. The first draw took place on Sat-
urday 23rd March and will take place every
The S3 netball team
travelled 5 hours week. You have 2 chances to win— the jackpot
north on 5th February of £25,000 and a guaranteed cash prize for
to play in the Scottish someone in our school community.
cup vs Gordonstoun,
in Elgin. After such a This lottery has been set up specifically to raise
long and snowy cross- money and make a difference for our young peo-
country journey and
317 renditions of The Greatest Showman songs, the team took to the court and ple! It's a fantastic way to bring parents, carers,
played some electrifying netball at times and deserved their lead after the first Teachers and the wider community together, in
quarter. Gordonstoun were always going to be a tough team to beat and they went partnership with our school, and at the same
on to score some brilliant goals themselves - the end result favoured the hosts 34-
time give something back. We hope to raise
21. Understandably the team were upset to lose the
game but it was a very good showing for this talented funds that can support and enrich the education
team who never gave up - congratulations on a great of our children - we aim to provide extra re-
team performance girls and for representing the sources for the children, improve the school
school and your netball club so well.
environment as well as run extra curricular activ-
Swimming Well done to Elsbeth Roper in S4 who ities such as music, art and sport. You can sign
completed at the Scottish Schools Swimming Champi-
up at www.yourschoollottery.co.uk/lottery/
onships in Glasgow at the end of January. Elsbeth com-
peted in the 100m freestyle final and, having beat her school/earlston-high-school .
own personal best, finished 4th out of the 16 year olds and 8th overall. A remarka-
ble achievement whilst also preparing for prelims. Elsbeth also finished in the top 8 Your support is greatly appreciated and we wish
during the qualifiers against some very strong swimmers. you good luck!
Dates For Your Diary
Monday 1st April - Friday 12th Easter Holiday
Monday 15th April —Pupils and staff return from holiday
Tuesday 16th April—Excursions Parents’ Meeting 5pm
Wednesday 17th April—Family Learning Event, Internet Safety
Thursday 18th April—S1-S5 Assemblies
Friday 19th April—Good Friday Holiday
Tuesday 23rd April—S6 Trip to Blackpool
Wednesday 24th April—First day of Senior Study Leave
Friday 3rd May—In Service Day
Monday 6th May—May Day Holiday
Tuesday 7th May— Friday 10th - S3 Work Experience
Monday 20th May- Friday 24th—S2/3 Excursion Week
Monday 3rd June—Holiday
Tuesday 4th June—New timetable begins and senior pupils returnYou can also read
