Visits to Knox

On the 10th and 11th of June we went to (our high school) Knox Academy. It was great fun! We got into our classes and then went to do some subjects. I (Tinkerbell) was in 1G2. That means I'm in year 1 and I am in Garlton (a house) and I am in class 2. I (Turnip) was in 1T1. That means I'm in year 1 and I am in Traprain (another house)and I am in class 1. We did lots of different subjects like art, maths, English, French, geography, science and many more. Our teachers were Mrs. Fairbairn, Mr.Tait, Mr Young, Mr. Halliday and many more. The food was great. We got hot chocolate, slushies, jam doghnuts and lots of other tasty food!

Tinkerbell and Turnip

More Guitar Hero pics

We are enjoying this so much, we though you would like a few more pictures!

Mr Devereux

Guitar Hero

For our class project we are doing Guitar Hero! (strange though it sounds). We have split into bands and given them names! Here are some of them: Grade 3, Techno Bomb, The Cheeky Cherries, Scarlett, SMG and The Red Hox. We've all had a few shots of the game. We are all kind of rubbish so far but some of us are getting a little better. Most of us are doing either Eye of the Tiger or One Way or Another. But there are still songs we haven't tried yet. It is really fun! IT'S ROCKING!!!! We have all made CD covers and designed logos for our bands!
Bye, soon to be ROCK LEGENDS!!!!!!

Tartan Terror and The Human Nessie

Knox transition event....

A week ago on Monday we went to Knox Academy (where most of us will be going next year). We got split into into different countries. I (Highlander) was in Italy and Loch Ness was in Germany. In the morning we played tag rugby. We swapped around playing different countries. My team lost all our games! After a while of playing rugby we started playing rounders. The aim of the event was for us to make friends in other schools. It was quite fun but I don't think we made any new friends.


Bye!! from LOCH NESS and HIGHLANDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CHOICES FOR LIFE

A couple of weeks ago, P7 went to Choices for Life. It was a kind of concert/drama production. The whole point was to let you know about drugs, alcohol and smoking. There was a play about 3 kids who were moving up to high school. One of them was stressed and started drinking alcohol, one started smoking with his brothers' mates. But the third thought about her future and worked hard in school. Her friends got really ill and one of them was sick at a party after drinking 2 bottles of cider. She was so ill that she died. It was really scary. There were videos showing us two stories of two people who were involved in drugs and smoking cannabis.

Singers performed songs. Most of them were kind of stupid though. There was Karen Dancing, Keith Jack, Sugar Crisis and The MacDonald Brothers.

Most of it was really good, very loud, and drugs seem kind of real now.

Written by Thistle and Whisky

MEADOWBANK!!!!

On the 27th of May we went to the Interscholastics Athletics competition at Meadowbank. There is a huge track called the tartan track. It was used for the Commonwealth Games a long, long, long, long time ago. We were competing against 13 other schools. There were 13 people in the team but the whole of P7 came to watch. The first event was the 150m sprint. Whisky came 2nd for the girls and Adder came 3rd for the boys. Here are the other events and the results.

High Jump: A boy in P6 came first but we can't tell you his name. Whisky came 2nd for the girls.
Long Jump: Adder didn't get ranked but for the girls Bramble won.
80m Sprint: We thought Bracken came 4th but the judges didn't count her. Ally McCoist didn't get ranked but he still ran fast.
Tug of War: Human Nessie, Chris Boyd, Paul Burn, Saltire and a boy from P6 came 4th.
600m: Bramble stormed into 1st place. It was REALLY SCARY because a girl fainted but she was alright. A boy from P6 came 5th.
Cricket ball: Nettle came a respectable 4th and another boy from the class below came 2nd. He threw over 40m. WOW!
Relay: There were 4 people in the mixed 400m relay team. In the starting position there was Bramble and 2nd Ally McCoist 3rd was Whisky and 4th was Adder. We came 2nd.

AND GUESS WHAT WE WON!!!!!!!

IT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE WON FOR 10YRS

Bramble and Adder

School Fair

On the 16th of May we had a school fair. It was great. We had games and activities like guess how heavy the lamb is, and hit the teachers over (the teachers were photos on cans). We also had a thing that was a large number, one for each class 1,2,3, up to 7. You had to put money on it and the class that raised the most won a prize. P3 won but we came second. P7 were asked to go in the stocks and then people could pay to chuck sponges at us. Someone paid £2 for 12 shots at Bramble. There were a lot of stalls clothes, cake and candy, toys, books, Junior Road Safety Officers, plants, icecream, burgers and Tartan Terror's Kreechers stall selling sock monsters, keyrings and badges. I helped with the face painting. It was a fun day!

By Neep