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St. Mary’s School
Melrose
2012
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St. Mary’s School
Melrose Roxburghshire Scotland TD6 9LN
Tel: 01896 822517 Fax: 01896 823550
Email: [email protected] Web Address: www.stmarysmelrose.org.uk
The Governors
Mr Gareth Baird
(Chairman, FP)
The Rt. Hon. Lord Abernethy
(Deputy Chairman, Former Senior High Court
Judge, FP)
Mr Clive Ashby
(Former Headmaster, Education Committee)
Mrs Sonya Edwardson
(Parent Governor)
Mr Christopher Godfrey-Faussett
(Parent Governor)
Mrs Caroline Grant
(Parent Governor)
MrJulian Howell
(Parent Governor)
Mr Paul Murray
(Finance)
Mr David Sturrock, TD, WS
(Solicitor)
Mr John Robertson
(Former Rector, Dollar Academy, Education
Committee)
Mrs Emma Woods
(Pastoral)
Mrs Ann Wright
(FP, Parent Governor)
Dr David Younger
(Former HMC Headmaster, Chairman F&GP,
Education Committee)
Headmaster
Mr William J Harvey, BEd (Hons)
(Form 5-8 History, Games)
Senior Management Team
Mrs Fiona Bell, BSc (Joint Hons), Cert Ed
(Deputy Head – P.E., Games, PHSE, Form 5
Geography)
Mrs Penny Hardie, BSc (Hons), Dip SpLD
(Form 7 Tutor, Learning Support, PHSE &
Debating)
Mr Ian Purvis, BEd (Hons)
(Assistant Head, Head of Games, Form 6
Maths, Form 6-8 Geography, Form 8 Tutor)
Teaching Staff
Mrs Louise Berni, NNEB
(Head of Kindergarten)
Mrs Alison Brown, BEd
(Form 4+5 Classroom Assistant)
Mrs Christine Currie, BEd
(Reception Class Teacher)
Mrs Kathryn Curry, BEd
(Design & Technology)
Ms Elizabeth Ellis, MA, PGCE
(Forms 3-6 Classics)
Mrs Anne-Marie Gordon, Dip Modern
Montessori Teaching
(Kindergarten Assistant)
Mrs Marnie Harvey
(Website Design, Form 5+6 ICT)
Mrs Lorna Hutchison, MA, PGCE
(Junior Languages)
Mrs Lisa Jeffrey, HNC Childcare
Mrs Vicky Lewington, MA
(Reception Classroom Assistant)
Miss Kirsty McRae BEd Mus (Hons)
(Director of Music and Drama, ICT, Form 6
Tutor)
Mr Andrew Morris BSc (Hons), MSc, PGDE
(Form 5 Tutor, Games, Housemaster, Form 5-8
Science, Form 5 Maths)
Miss Sarah Morrison, BA, (Hons)
(Form 4 Class Teacher, Games, House Staff)
Mrs Louise Ogilvie, Early Years Dip
Mr Michael Osborne, MA (Hons)
(Form 7+8 Maths, Form 7+8 Classics)
Mrs Catherine Redmond, BA (Hons)
(Upper Transition Classroom Assistant)
Miss Joanna Renwick, BEd (Hons)
(Lower Transition Class Teacher)
Miss Ellen Simpson, BA (Hons), MA, CELTA
(English Form 5-8, Form 6 Assistant Tutor &
Boarding House Staff)
Mrs Sarah Syme, MA, PGCE
(French, Assistant F8 Tutor)
Miss Nicola Wight, MA, (Hons)
(Upper Transition Class Teacher)
Ms Deborah Wood, BA (Hons), PGCE
(Art, Assistant F7 Tutor)
Mrs Zoe Wright, BA, (Hons)
(Form 3 Class Teacher, Games)
School Secretary
Ms Julie Birdsall
School Administrator
Mrs Fiona Nicholson
Finance Assistant
Mr Neil Miller, MCIBS
Kitchen & Domestic Staff
Mr Robert Sinclair
(Catering Manager)
Mrs Pam Gordon
(Assistant Chef)
Mrs Isobel Middleton
(Housekeeper)
School Nurse
Mrs Mary Carryer
Estates Manager
Mr Alistair Bell
Friends of St. Mary’s
Dr Annabel Howell
Former Pupils Association
Mr Michael Crawford, BSc, MSc, MCIOB, MAPM
GAP Students
Lize Mostert
Matthew Delaney
Visiting Music Teachers
Mr John Bryden
(Piano)
Mr Robin Cheer
(Saxophone, Clarinet))
Ms Catherine Fish
(Solo singing)
Mrs Gill French
(Piano)
Mrs Nancy Muir
(Solo singing)
Mr James Robertson
(Drums, Guitar)
Mrs Elspeth Smellie
(Clarsach)
Mr Norman Smith
(Bagpipes/Chanter)
Visiting Games Staff
Mr Ian Millar (Rugby)
School Officers
Fergus Godfrey-Faussett (Head Boy)
Emily Letts (Head Girl)
Magazine Editor
Mrs Fiona Bell
Magazine Marketing & Administration
Mrs Penny Hardie
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headmaster’s prize giving speech 2012
We have come to the end of yet another very
busy and successful academic year here at St.
Mary’s, the 117th in fact!
That is now in the past and this evening is an appropriate
time to reflect on how the school has progressed this year.
We welcomed the arrival of Ms Debbie Wood to teach Art
and I am sure you would all agree initiatives such as “The
Big Draw” where The Sanderson and Hamilton buildings
resembled Melrose’s first mosque with over a hundred
people on all fours drawing childhood memory montages,
trips to The Edinburgh College of Art to watch a fashion
show, The Jubilee Tree and the wonderful displays of the
pupils’ art all around the school examples of which are
the wonderful Form 8 canvasses on display this evening,
have re-invigorated the subject and enhanced its profile
throughout the school. The budding artists amongst the
pupils are flourishing and the “closet” artists are growing
in self belief all the time. Everyone enjoys Art lessons.
This time last
year I was stood
on this stage
celebrating
the transition
of Baird, de
Bolle,
Dow,
Woodcock et
al to the senior
schools of their
choice whilst
attempting to
complete
a
very necessary
process of reorganisation behind the scenes. That was a very unsettling
time for all concerned none more so for you the parents
as the grapevines started to rustle. Thank you for holding
your nerves.
Thanks to the support of the St. Mary’s Former Pupils
Association and the kind donation of a work bench from
Iver and Wendy Salvesen a Design Technology classroom
was “born” and a chance encounter with the very talented
Mrs Kathryn Curry at Kelso Show last July meant the
subject would be staffed by a very experienced, resourceful
and imaginative enthusiast. I am sure you will all agree
that the work the pupils from Form 3 – 8 have produced
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throughout the school and this year we have been using
a new, exciting and more challenging Maths scheme. This
has allowed those teaching maths to dedicate more time
to this vital aspect of learning in the Middle School and
Pre-Prep and a close look at the delivery of the subject is
ongoing in conjunction with two Governors with specific
subject expertise Mr Clive Ashby and Mrs Adrienne
Armstrong. The senior school Maths continues to be
overseen by the hugely experienced Michael Osborne.
Madame Syme’s superb online language lab “Schoolshape”
initiative continues to enhance the learning of French and
Mrs Hutchison is now involving pupils as low down the
school as Lower Transition. This ingenious way of engaging
youngsters in speaking a foreign language has caught the
eye of at least one other Prep School in Scotland who
in the time they have been studying the subject is of an
exceptional standard and the wide range of projects on
display last week in the DT room and the Pre-Prep gym
– bird boxes, clocks, mosaic mirrors, glass etchings, light
emitting diodes, T-shirt printing, weaving, animal shaped
pencil holders, material pencil cases and modrock masks
are just some of the fabulous projects your children have
been immersed in these past three terms. As all good DT
teachers should – Mrs Curry is constantly badgering me
for more time with the pupils on the timetable!!
We also acquired the services of Miss Elizabeth Ellis
who was prized away from her role as Head of Classics
at Ampleforth College. Miss Ellis has taught Forms 3-6
this year and in conjunction with the sagacious polymath
Michael Osborne the two are working hard to maintain
and even increase the delivery and profile of Latin on the
curriculum. She too is dropping heavy hints that our most
able scholars should be sampling some Greek before they
depart for their senior schools…watch this space!
Mr Andrew Morris the school’s new “mad professor”
leapt at the chance to take on Science Common Entrance
teaching and his Science support site on the school’s
website is just one indication of how he has embraced this
challenge and how dedicated he is to making the learning
of science both interesting and fun, even for us adults!
Sources tell me Mr Morris’ support site is frequently
visited by our competitor schools on the circuit! Time for
a password secured LOG IN option I believe!
Having been here a term, Miss Ellen Simpson embarked
upon her Open University PGCE course back in September
whilst continuing to teach English to Forms 5, 6, 7 and 8.
Her inspirational teaching, particularly in creative writing,
has today been rewarded by the news that she has passed
her course with distinction following a highly impressive 9
out of 9 observations being deemed “outstanding” by her
tutor Mrs Liz Fauler from the University of Buckingham.
I can assure you, English teaching at St. Mary’s is in very
capable hands.
And on an administrative front Mrs Fiona Nicholson
has taken on a merged role in the school office and her
thorough and meticulous approach is proving an invaluable
support to both myself and the Governors. It is also
worth pointing out that Mrs Nicholson regularly fields
requests from adoring pupils who want both her and the
ever cheerful and industrious Ms Birdsall to teach too!
Meanwhile, following a close look at the Maths provision
has recently signed up. I hope the internet connection
in Barnton in Edinburgh is sufficiently strong! Well done
Madame Syme for “sharing” good practice!
Form 5 have, for the first time, been able to sample subject
specialists teaching them across the subject range and this
has proved a very popular change with pupils, parents and
staff. I can certainly vouch for the fact that next year’s
Form 6 pupils are a very bright and eager bunch.
These changes alongside the longer school day for the top
three years have certainly placed new demands on your
children who have risen to the challenge of a wider and
more rigorous curriculum.
We report on our very busy extra-curricular programme
on a weekly basis in the Mail and online but it is important
I mention the huge amount of work undertaken by Miss
McRae and her plethora of helpers. We have witnessed
shows and performances put on by our youngest to our
oldest pupils; The Bell that Cried, The Dracula Rock Show,
Oklahoma, Hamlet by Form 8, Reach for the Sky, and a
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productions. We wish you all the very best.
fabulous Summer Music Concert, an exert from which
you are to be treated to later.
The extra-curricular programme has been supported
more than ever by parents transporting pupils to fixtures
and by assisting in all sorts of ways with productions, trips
and school functions. We are extremely grateful and fully
recognise we could not provide such a full extra-curricular
programme without your help.
Amongst the parents are The Friends of St. Mary’s, ably
chaired by Dr Annabel Howell. This group of mothers
have driven several fund raising initiatives including a highly
successful Auction and Promises night at which a fantastic
total of £10,000 was raised to share between Stable Life,
The Margaret Kerr Unit appeal and St. Mary’s. They are
ever busy with the next cake sale or coffee morning and
have a dynamism that is hugely beneficial to the school
and mighty impressive. Again, we are very grateful for
your time, effort and expertise ladies. They do seem to
have a vacancy for any male willing to step forward but
having attended a recent meeting I recommend you are of
a strong constitution!
• Mr Chester who has been a tremendous help in Games
and Spld heads back home to Yorkshire.We wish Mark and
his wife Catherine well as they embark on parenthood.
Having successfully negotiated the “mine field” that is
Common Entrance with some very pleasing results indeed
we say goodbye to our 10 Form 8s;
• Fallon who heads for Loretto can be very proud of
her contribution, particularly to sport this year. Dandylion
netball, Mrs Bell’s most improved sportswomen, Squad
leader of Scott and apparently fearless climber and abseiler
in Rua Fiola.
• Rory, who is Merchiston bound contributed to this
year by starting up a Chess club for the younger pupils,
working really hard at all games lessons, being the only
boy in the Debating Society and his constant good nature
and sense of fun. Marmions would also like me to pass
on their thanks to Sandra, Rory’s mum, for 11 years of
business!!
• Fergus this year’s Head Boy gained a deserved AllRounders Award to Glenalmond partly due to his excellent
captaincy in rugby, cricket and cross-country but also
because he is an accomplished piper, singer and general
good egg. Ferg’s CE performance was also very strong
and he has led the school by example and with great spirit.
I wish him well despite his attempts to decapitate me in
the fathers and sons cricket match on Monday!
• Jack who came when I arrived has quite simply made
the most progress of all of our top year. This is partly due
to being surrounded by such a good group but also as a
result of his unswerving good nature and his bright mind.
His contribution to sport has been outstanding and as
Hamilton prefect he was charged with keeping the senior
part of the school tidy – as it transpired the seniors in the
school have helped him keep tidy!
• Tristan heads for Gordonstoun and they are lucky to
be getting this very bright and genial young man. He has
impressed us all with his willingness to help and his mature
and sensible approach around school. It was a pleasure
watching him break three swimming records in the gala
and I have enjoyed his dry humour throughout the time I
have known him.
• Our very able Head Girl this year has been Emily. She
I would also like to express my thanks to Mrs Alison Brown
who has so ably stepped in to cover Form 3 for Mrs Zoe
Wright whilst she is on maternity leave. It is also great
to see Mrs Wright here this evening and congratulations
again to you and Mr Wright on the arrival of wee Archie.
And now on to our leavers this term. We say goodbye to
the following seven pupils outwith Form 8;
• Flora Vestey heads for Queen Margaret’s, York having
successfully completed their 11+ entrance exam and we
wish her all the very best.
• Shula Thomson heads for St. George’s next term
where I am sure Mrs Everest is going to look after you
just fine. Watch out for Shula’s excellent ice skating Mrs
Everest!
• Grace and Maisy Scott are relocating to Austria with
mum Charlotte. All three have contributed to life at St.
Mary’s but particularly Charlotte for all her hard work on
The Friends Committee. We wish you all well.
• Sophie, Murray and Fraser Mason will be going to
Broomlands Primary School in Kelso next term. They
will be sorely missed but we are looking forward to dad,
Andy, coming back to help Miss McRae with next year’s
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has shone in all manner of speaking; as a Dandylion in
hockey and rounders, winner of the soloist singing prize,
as a superb debater and as Douglas’ squad leader. Her
cheerful approach to school will be sorely missed.
• Jasper, the school’s most outstanding footballer…
ever? has also done extremely well this year. He can be
exceptionally proud of his Sports Exhibition award to
Loretto and for his contributions to the stage a good
example of which was his performance as The Peddler in
Oklahoma this year. He now goes on to join and very
possibly outshine his brother!
• And then there’s our bubbly Laurey from Oklahoma.
That was just one of several outstanding performances
from Olivia who will no doubt be treading the boards at
Loretto in the coming terms. She has thrived in Form 8
and produced a most impressive set of CE results indeed.
Olivia has been an excellent Sanderson prefect because
of her warm and caring approach to younger members of
the school
• Her brother Stefan has grown taller and taller all year
and despite towering over well…everyone, including his
dad he has remained a great favourite of the Kindergarten
and Pre-Prep pupils. He was the obvious choice as their
prefect and I doubt if there has ever been a more caring
young man at this school. He was thoroughly deserving
of his Dandylions selection in rugby and he can also be
extremely proud of his Sports Exhibition Award to Loretto.
He was also an accomplished Hamlet in the short Form 8
production.
• Strathallan will be acquiring the second of two wonderful
Salvesen girls. Sarah left last year and has paved the way
for the arrival of her younger but equally talented sister.
Emma deserved her Dandylions rounders selection
and has led the squad of Home with great maturity. Her
contribution to boarding has been so positive and cheerful
and she has been a joy around school unfailingly in the two
years I have been here.
And what of the future?
Well my pipe dreams are to add structurally to our
campus. I would love to bring our fabulous Kindergarten
to the front of the school to be sited in classrooms in
front of the veranda area where some of the staff garden
would be sacrificed. It is also no secret that we would all
love a covered sports area, possibly where I am standing
but maybe in wider open space. Another dream would
be to have a small thriving farm over the road where our
pupils could be involved in learning animal husbandry.
Attainable? Who knows, we shall see.
Academically I want to re-emphasise that my primary aim
is to ensure your children achieve an excellent academic
standard. I have found the questionnaire process most
useful and there are aspects of your responses that I am
still assimilating. However, I am determined to help St.
Mary’s stride forward in achieving academic excellence
and with your positive and constructive feedback we can
do this together.
In the meantime be as proud and protective of your
school as I am. Look at the positives. Look at how far we
have come these last two years and be excited about the
future. We have a record
number of pupils coming
up from Kindergarten into
Reception next term and
there are an increasing
number of pupils joining the
school further up. Despite
these challenging economic
times St. Mary’s future is
very exciting.
Enjoy your holidays.
Mr WJ Harvey, Headmaster - July 2012
As a year group they have done the school proud. They
are an unusual mix of personalities but have been a great
group to have at the top of the school and they will all be
missed dearly. Their success at CE is something they can
be proud of for the rest of their lives.
Can I invite you all to join with me in giving them a warm
round of applause for all they have achieved as a group and
as individuals here at St. Mary’s.
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St. Mary’s celebrate the
Prior to the Queen’s Jubilee
Mrs Bell took an Assembly
in order to explain to the
children just what it was all
about.
Watching
footage
of The Coronation, which
included snippets of Prince
Charles (aged 2), emphasised
to the children just how long
The Queen had been on the
throne (the children think
Prince Charles is quite old
now!)
A Jubilee Wall hanging, overseen by the ever industrious Ms Wood and Mrs
Muir, was contributed to by all pupils and staff. Once complete it will hang
in The Morrison Hall as a reminder of this historic occasion.
On Jubilee Day itself we celebrated as a school - a picnic on Front Lawn,
everyone in red, white and blue and a jolly Summer Fayre in the afternoon.
Great fun and a day we will all remember.
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Prizegiving 2012
FORM 8:
Hamilton Centenary Quaich for achievement in
Music:
Emily Letts
Watt Cup for Drama:
Olivia Rooney
The Hardie Cup for Athletics: Jasper Lindsay
Robertson Cup for All-round Sportsperson:
Stefan Rooney
The Evans Quaich for All-Round Sports Girl: Fallon Clark
Johnson-Ferguson Rua FiolaTeam Player Prize:
Emma Salvesen
Hamilton Awards:
Rory Ewart
Emma Salvesen
Henderson Prize for Service to the school:
Fergus Godfrey-Faussett
Emily Letts
Massey Cup for Performing Arts: Fergus Godfrey-Faussett
School Debating Prize: Rory Ewart
Melrose Rotary Society Citizen Award:
Tristan Jones
Headmaster’s Prize for significant progress made
in two years:
Jack Howe
School History Prize: Tristan Jones
School Latin Prize:
Emily Letts
Leslie Boyd Prize for French: Emily Letts
McIntosh Memorial Prize for English:
McDougall Memorial Prize for Mathematics:
The Geography Prize: Fergus Godfrey-Faussett
School Science Prize:
DUCES 2012: Emily Letts
Calistri Cup for Squad Work: Home
(Squad Leaders) Olivia Rooney
Stefan Rooney
Jack Howe
Emma Salvesen
FORM 3: Prize for Achievement:
1. Libby Grant
2. Sive Lawrie
3. Wilfrid Blunt
FORM 4:
Prize for Achievement: 1. Lucy Bell
2. Lucy Redmond
3. Annabel Edwardson
Junior Musician:
Niamh Ridley
Andrew Garman Junior Lecture Prize: Lucy Bell
Melrose Literary Society Junior Prize for Poetry:
Lucy Bell
FORM 5:
Prize for Achievement:
1. Georgina Pringle
2. Isabella French
3. Ellen Crawford
Junior Art Prize:
Isabella French
Melrose Literary Society Intermediate
Prize for Poetry:
Georgina Nisbet
Design and Technology Award for the most
creative pupil:
Sophie Mason
FORM 6:
Prize for Achievement: 1. Elizabeth Morgan
2. Francesca Jones
3. Rosie Tile
Spottieswoode Cup for Team work at Camp: Fergus Burn
FORM 7: Prize for Achievement:
1. Ava Nelson
2. Jocelyn Pringle
3. Jacqui Evans
McIntosh Memorial Prize for English:
Ava Nelson
McDougal Memorial Prize for Mathematics:
Jacqui Evans
Jocelyn Pringle
Senior Art Prize:
Robert Bailey
Morven Lawrie
Melrose Literary Society Senior Prize for Poetry:
Zoë Niven
Andrew Garman Senior Lecture Prize: Morven Lawrie
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Kindergarten
Another busy and exciting year in Kindergarten! We continued to enjoy
our weekly visits to Wooplaw Woods and had particular fun on our trip
to Biggar Puppet theatre. As well as celebrating a birthday there, we
loved the performance of “Pips and Panda
in Magicland!”
Upper Kindergarten along with the Reception class
took part in another fantastic Nativity Play while
Lower Kindergarten sang beautifully in their Christmas
concert.
Our chosen charity this
year was SCBU (Special
Care Baby Unit) in the
Borders General Hospital.
The children all worked very
hard raising funds for this
worthwhile cause. These included a well supported pedal push, a
café morning full of delicious home baking and a very exciting pyjama party!
Ending the year with another fabulous Teddy bears picnic……the children had fun
taking part in lots of games, face painting and they did not forget to bring their
teddies! The day after, Kindergarten and the Pre-Prep children were all smiles in the
sunshine (just!) competing in Sports day!
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In between all of this we have enjoyed taking part in art activities, splashing in water, digging through sand, making play
dough, baking, gym sessions, music with Miss McRae, joining main school in World Sports Day AND playing with ALL the
toys; especially lots of outdoor play on our fantastic new child friendly tarmac!
Mrs L Berni
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Reception Class
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FORM N EWS
Mrs C Currie
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Rainforest Adventures
By Lower Transition
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sticky rainforest is something very
precious. I set off to look for it but
soon discover that other people are
looking for it too……
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me
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way home .
Hannah Cully
FORM N EWS
nlie
Finlay Brow
14
15
There was
a rainforest
. I saw a tr
Then the
ee frog.
tree frog sm
elled me .
binoculars
I got
out. It had
a lot of spot
hopped aw
s and
ay. I saw tw
o people . Th
bad explor
ey were
ers. They w
anted to st
tree frog. I
eal the
made some
porridge . T
went into
hey
the tent so
I tied them
knot. The
in a
snakes cam
e to help m
guarded th
e and
e tricky expl
orers. The tr
hopped aw
ee frog
ay.
I ate the
porridge an
d went hom
phoned 99
e. I
9 and the p
olice came .
Lucy Macp
herson
for
r. I was searching
I was a kind explore
hot
g
bi
a
its food in
a jaguar hunting
it
imals. Sometimes
an
of
ll
rainforest fu
y.
nn
su
s
wa
rmally it
would rain but no
ts.
an
pl
s
iou
s of prec
There were also lot
d
ich bit my leg an
wh
ts
an
I saw some
te
bi
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fiv
or
with four
made it very sore
a
s used a leaf from
ey
nk
mo
marks. The
’s
er
id
sp
a
ed
. They us
tree to put on my leg
ed
mb
cli
d
an
rried on
web to tie it on . I ca
d
e forest. Then I ha
th
tch
wa
up a tree to
g
bi
ry
ve
a
tent up on
an idea . I put my
I
.
or
do
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th
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d throug
branch and peere
e
tre
l
tal
a
in
hiding
spotted the jaguar
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. It bit the snake an
da
on
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beside an an
s
wa
at
wh
of
a picture
ate it all up. I drew
.
ck
pa
ck
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my
t it in
happening and pu
w
fle
d
an
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an
e aeropl
I went back to th
home .
was
y rainforest and I
I was in a hot steam
r. I was looking for
an excellent explore
mous
y. It was a ginor
a special butterfl
nk
s light blue with pi
butterfly which wa
on a tree .
wings and it lived
got
on a tree and it
My net got caught
’s
er
it with the spid
torn but I mended
e net.
webs and made th
ht
e tree and I caug
I tiptoed up to th
d
an
ew some pictures
the butterfly. I dr
it
remind me what
coloured them to
nt home .
looks like when I we
Callum Adamson
I am a great expl
orer and I am loo
king
for a special type
of snake called a cob
ra
which is one of th
e biggest snakes in
the
world . There was
an explorer who
was
not a guest and no
w there are two.
“That ’s odd , where
’s my little camera
?”
“Hey! You give me
my camera back!”
But the two men
didn’t give me my
camera back so I ch
ased them. Then I
had
a good idea . I jum
ped onto a leopard
and
I caught up with th
e men . I tied them
up.
Then I saw it. It wa
s curled around th
e
top branch of a tre
e . It was green . I too
ka
picture of the cobra
.
Tomas Pal
In the rain
forest it w
as hot. I
searching fo
was
r a spider.
It was a big
but there w
spider
as a sneaky
explorer. A
came . It wa
spider
s a tarantu
la and it st
and I said ,
ung me
“Help! Help
me!”
I got a leaf
and it help
ed the sting
went away
and it
. I saw a new
kind of spid
set off after
er. I
it. I though
t, “It ’s amaz
I took a pictu
ing!”
re with my
camera and
a turtle too.
I saw
Thomas French
15
14
FORM N EWS
Maisy Scott
UPPER TRANSITION
This year in Upper Transition we read part of
a letter from a Captain in the Royal Artillery
who had recently returned from a posting in
Afghanistan. We looked on the world map
and in the atlases and talked about what is
happening in Afghanistan and a little bit about
why.
not too heavy to send, so Jessica stood on Chef’s scales
and held each box. Then we had to do sums to work out
how heavy they were. We also popped in some copies of
stories that we had written (different ones in each box!).
We thought that they might make the soldiers giggle!
Next we packaged them all up carefully and wrote the
BFPO address on each box and carried them up to the
Post Office where they were weighed again to check and
then started their journey to Patrol Base 2.
We heard that often the British soldiers meet Afghan
children when they are out on patrol. The children love
to talk to the soldiers and get very excited when they
can draw and write in their notebooks. They are always
happy if there is a spare pen or sweetie.We saw some
good photos of them with their herds of goats and their
brothers and sisters too. We realised how lucky we are to
be able to grow up where we do and we wanted to do
something to help.
Upon our return
to school after the
summer holidays we
had a super surprise.
Four of the soldiers
from PB2 had written
us letters, thanking
us for our gifts and
support and telling us a
little bit about what it is like out in Afghanistan. They even
had our wonderful stories translated and sent to the local
school for the children to hear! Burma Company, 3 Yorks
are based in Warminster and should soon be returning
to the U.K. We were keen to write back thanking them
and telling them all about our holidays and starting back
at school!
Our class decided that we wanted to do something to
make the children in Afghanistan a little bit happier. So
we made a notice board telling everyone about the war
in Afghanistan and did an assembly. We asked the rest of
the school to bring in things for us to send. We asked
for boiled sweets (because it gets so hot that chocolate
would melt!), pens, pencils, notebooks and little toys.
We thought that if they were allowed, perhaps some of
the soldiers would like to take some of the presents with
them when they go outside the patrol base, and give them
to any children that they meet.
A huge thank you to everyone who donated anything for
our project, we are sure it will all be greatly appreciated
out in Afghanistan. We sent a total of 7 parcels to PB2.
We would also like to say big thank you to the lovely
gentleman in Melrose Post Office who so kindly helped
us and to Burma Company for their hard work and
correspondence.
Upper Transition and Miss N Wight
FORM N EW S
Very quickly there was a gigantic pile of gifts in our
classroom. We sorted all of the items for Afghanistan
into piles that had a mixture of pens, pencils, sweets,
notebooks and toys. We had to check that each box was
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TAKE 3 IN FORM 3
This has been a busy year for us all. Before the children left for the summer break I
asked them three very different questions.
1. What would you like to be when you grow up?
2. What is your most favourite possession?
3. What has been the best thing about St. Mary’s School so far?
Here are the results…..
Hamish
Mrs Z Wright
Jess
Formula One Racer
My Lego!
I love PE and games
Chloe-Marie
An Artist
My special bracelet
All my friends & having fun!
Grace
A Policewoman
My apple necklace
I like everything!
Sive
Doctor
My bear – Beary!
The teachers
Georgia
Lawyer
My Mickey Mouse toaster!
I like everything!!!
Iwan
A Medic
My i-pod
I just love it!
Cameron
A Tennis Player
My locket!
All my friends!
Helen
Horse rider
My books
Swimming !
Murray
A Policeman
My lego
The trips!
Libby
A Fashion Designer
My home made necklace
The teachers!!!
Wilfie
Rockstar!!!
My i-pod!
I like ICT
Louisa
An Artist
My teddy
Learning different things!
A Policelady
My dog!
Design & Technology
Thomas
A Doctor Who Presenter!
My PS3
All the people!!!
Millie
Professional Horse rider
My monkey
The teaching!
Cecilia
A PE Teacher
My necklace
Hockey
Liam
A Policeman
My phone
I love games!
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16
FORM N EWS
Lachlan
Professional Tennis Player
My PS2
All the fun things we do!
Rudi
RAF Pilot
My pet – Bosscat!
Rugby sessions
FORM 4
In June we all started getting very
excited about the London 2012
Olympic Games when we were
invited to attend the torch relay at
Netherdale.
t, Rooney!
With our masco
The balloons being release
d
The torch being brought in
On 27th July it all begins with a spectacular Opening Ceremony,
L ondon is the host of the 2012 Olympic Games,
Yellow, Red, Blue, Green and Black are the colours of the Olympic rings,
Mandeville and Wenlock are the London Summer Olympic mascots,
P ride in the accomplishments of the athletes,
I n the OlympicVillage all the athletes live,
Chosen to contest the world’s best in their sport.
Going for the Bronze, Silver or Gold medal is the goal,
Aseries of competitions which bring together athletes from all over the world,
Many held the bright, golden Olympic torch before it was lit in London,
E veryone enjoying watching the hundreds of different sporting events,
S ports that have brought the world together.
The Olympic motto is made up of three Latin words:
Citius, Altius, Fortius, which means Faster, Higher, Stronger.
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These three words encourage the athlete to give his or her best during competition. The sense of the motto is that being
first is not necessarily a priority, but that giving one’s best and striving for personal excellence is a worthwhile goal. It can
apply equally to athletes and to each one of us. We each wrote a personal motto for our own life.
Miss S Morrison
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FORM 5
It has been a busy year for Form 5 packed with lots of learning, new experiences and fun.
Highlights included a trip to Bannockburn, camping at Spottiswoode, a chance to be teacher for
the day, river studies, sports fixtures, drama productions and meeting Olympians. It doesn’t get
much better!
Mr A Morris
FORM N EWS
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18
FORM 6
It was a pleasure to guide this group of enthusiastic and fun loving
St. Mary’s pupils through Form 6.
Hard work, sporting endeavours, musical and dramatic performances, a trip to the theatre,
camp, and Jubilee celebrations led to a very busy and productive year. Miss Simpson, our assistant form tutor, explored
the poetic form known as ‘haiku’ with the children, which originated in Japan. Haiku is great for expressing a moment of
action, tension or change, and so it was perfect for capturing the excitement, determination, pain and glory of sporting
endeavours. In a year where the Olympics inspired us all, perhaps we may have a future sporting star amongst this very
special class.
Miss K McRae
Rosie Tile (Tennis)
He throws the ball up
It slowly comes down , then WHACK
It ’s an ace , hooray!
dson (Cricket)
Charlie Edwar
ning in
Bowler run
s quickly
y backward
My bails fl
next time .
Better luck
Falling through the air
Plunging into the pool – splash!
Rising to the surface
Taking your run-up
Then you spring into the air
A triple backflip!
s (Canoeing)
Francesca Jone
Shula Thomson (Cycling)
Izzy Folan (Fencing)
Tension in the room
On your marks, set
Suddenly the spike
, and go – BANG!
My legs are aching
Came rushing towards me fast
.
I jab and I flip.
Lucinda Crawford (Beach volleyball)
rampolining)
Flora Vestey (T
p and down
Jumping u
prize …
to win the
Just about
own .
SH! I fall d
BANG, CRA
Charlie Campbell (Sailing)
Fergus Burn (Sailing)
Sailing in the sea
I see the sweat on
my hands
I NEED to win this!
tt (High-Jump)
Susannah Godfrey-Fausse
Finlay Rutherfo
rd (Sprint)
FORM N EW S
addle
I push my p
y
and strongl
Confidently
in this!
I want to w
Walk up to the boat
Heart pounding going forward
And we’re off, let ’s go.
Sand between my toes
Tossing the ball in the air
Flies over the net!
Màili Gardiner (Cricket)
Imagining the dista
nce
Starter calls my na
me to go
Jumping from the
trig
Oliver Fairnington (Diving)
Kenny Lyons (Gymnastics)
Running fo
r the line
Faster I wen
t, my heart
was
Beating… V
ICTORY
Chris Bell (Long Jump)
Elizabeth Morgan (Gymnastics)
How does she DO that?
Crazily flexible , wow
She amazes me
rd
I bowled the ball ha
the stumps
It was heading for
out!
He missed – he is
20
p
Running to the jum
to jump high
Reaching my legs
er!
In the air… I’m ov
Oscar Salvesen
(Archery)
Looking at
my goal
Sweat runn
ing across m
y face
I let go and
… THUNK!
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FORM 7
Book Festival
French Cafe
This year Form 7 went to the Borders Book Festival to
see Elizabeth Laird who wrote ‘The Prince who walked
with Lions’. She first explained that it was about a prince
whose father was King of Abassynia (Ethiopia) and that
they lived on top of a mountain. The King heard that the
British had guns.
He sent a letter
to Queen Victoria,
who was Queen at
the time to ask for
some guns to deal
with two rebels in
his country. Unfortunately the Queen could not read the
ancient writing so put it away in her drawer. The King
got very angry and started imprisoning all Europeans. The
British army was sent to free the captives. The story is
about how the Prince grew up in England following the
capture of Abassynia and the death of his father and mother.
Morven Lawrie and Katie Rourke
At
the
beginning
of
Grandparents Day Form 7 went
to the dining hall and prepared
for the French Café. The Café
started out quite quiet. Later
on it got so busy we ran out of
waiters and waitresses. There
was a wonderful effort put
into all the baking from Form
7 and Chef providing us with
croissants and refreshments. We decided to donate some
of the money that we raised to Borders Animal Welfare
and Stable Life.
Harry Letts and Robert Bailey
FORM N EW S
Transport Museum
Form 7 travelled up
to Glasgow to the
Riverside Transport
Museum. We were
accompanied
by
Mrs Hardie and
Miss Mostert. First
of all we went down
the Victorian Street and did our sketching. The class then
headed into the motor cycle section and saw all sorts
of bikes! The class went into
an old train and also into a
bullet train. Then we saw a
model of the boat ‘The Queen
Mary’. Mrs Hardie spotted
an old fashioned ship outside
on the River Clyde. We then
went upstairs to the engine
and plane section; it was very
interesting. We had lunch and
looked at more model ships and then we went to the gift
shop before heading for home.
Bryn Howell and Scott Graham
Latin Day
In the Michaelmas term, Form 7 went up to Fettes for their
Latin day. We were split into groups and headed off to the
activities. In the activities we heard a myth about a Roman
hero, we
tried
on some Roman
armour and went on
a treasure hunt for
Latin words. Lunch
was in the style of
a Roman banquet.
The day finished with a Latin quiz. Two children from
each school answered questions in turn. Ava and Morven
represented St. Mary’s. Ava gained third and Morven
gained fifth place. It was a successful and enjoyable day.
Jocelyn Pringle
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Poetry
Oklahoma
After weeks of practice and hard work on learning the
poems we had decided on for the Poetry Competition,
we performed them to the class. Each person performed
nervously but brilliantly. Sadly not every person could be
let through to the finals. After a short discussion and a wait
until 4 o’clock the finalists were revealed for Form 7. The
lucky people were Zoë Niven, Jess Doherty, Katie Rourke
and Mia Harvey. We were scared but confident as the
finalists sat waiting
to perform. They
were all fantastic.
Zoë Niven won
the Senior Section,
Georgie Nisbet won
the
Intermediate
and Lucy Bell the Juniors - they were all very good congratulations.
September 2011 saw the Oklahoma auditions. We all sat
nervously waiting for our turn to audition. We had learned
a section of script for the day and practised our songs.
After
auditions
there was a long
nerve
wrecking
wait before the
cast was revealed.
Many people were
disappointed
but
many overwhelmed with happiness. Soon, when Thursday
rolled by we were all prepared for our first rehearsal.
Each Thursday at 5pm we all arrived at the Morrison Hall
and rehearsed. Very soon the dress rehearsal was here.
Nervous actors and actresses trooped on the stage and
performed brilliantly. After weeks of rehearsals and hard
work the very last performance was performed. Hard
work had paid off and the crowd was wowed!
Jess Doherty and Zoë Niven
Lorna Crawford and Ava Nelson
World Book Day
On the 1st of March 2012, everybody dressed up as
characters from a book. Form 7 dressed up as characters
from Journey to the River Sea. We were currently reading
this book in English with Miss Simpson. A few girls also
dressed up as the Three Musketeers. When we went to
Assembly, Mr Harvey asked lots of people about who
they were and our class were invited up onto the stage
to show off their costumes. Mrs Bell and Sophie M were
“Where’s Wally”. They hid in the grounds at break and we
had to look for them!
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FORM N EWS
We did all our normal lessons in our costumes and we
eventually read out our character lines when reading the
book in English. We had great fun and enjoyed being in
fancy dress.
Jacqui Evans and Mia Harvey
FORM 8
Form 8
Name: Oliv
ia Rooney
Nickname:
Li
Years at St v
. Mary’s:
2012
2007 Favourite
me
mo
ry
:
I
being Laur
ey in this loved
school prod
year’s
uction of
Oklahoma
as I would
ne
I could be ver have thought
a lead ro
a play. I
le in
trip and ou loved the French
r week at
RuaFiola
really chal
lenged me;
amazing!
it was
Next school
Ambitions: : Loretto
I would lo
ve to be
a drama te
acher!
great
Olivia Roo
ney
Form 8
Name: Jack Howe
Nickname: Jacko
y’s: 2010Years at St. Mar
2
201
: I have
Favourite memory
ories from
lots of good mem e of my
som
St. Mary’s but
from our
favourites were
Fiola. The
recent trip to Rua llenging,
cha
activities were
ht survival
especially the nig
h them which
oug
thr
got
I
but
ievement. I
was quite an ach
all prepared
feel they have
o.
me well for Lorett o
ett
Next school: Lor
I would
day
Ambitions: One
by for New
like to play rug
of
Bay
the
and
Zealand
.
Plenty
successful
Jack Howe
Form 8
challenging
Name: Emma Salvesen
Nickname: TinkyWinky / Salvo
Years at St. Mary’s: 20012012
Favourite memory: RuaFiola
has to be one of my favourite
memories because there were
so many different things to
do which all really pushed
me to my limits. Also, the
French trip was excellent
fun because it was a totally
different experience.
Next school: Strathallan
Ambitions: To teach small
children as I really enjoy
looking after them.
Emma Salvesen
Form 8
FORM NEW
N EW S
Name: Jasper Lindsay
Nickname: Jas
Favourite
memory:
Meeting
all my friends who I won’t
forget. Also RuaFiola was
a
great
experience
and
surviving on an island with
two of my friends was quite
challenging but great fun.
Next school: Loretto
Ambitions: To be a footballer,
a basketball player or a
chef!
brilliant
Jasper Lindsay
experience
Form 8
Name: Stef
an Rooney
Nickname:
Stef the Ch
Years at
St. Mary’s ef
: 20072012
Favourite
memory: Ru
was great
aFiola
fun and
challengin
very
g. Being
selected
for the
Dandylions
team and
ru
gby
getting my
colours fo
full
r rugby an
country we
d cross
re special
for me. Al
moments
so, being
my
awarded
Sports
Ex
hi
bition
Loretto wa
to
s
Next school brilliant!
Ambitions: : Loretto
like to pl One day I would
ay rugby
fo
British Li
ons and I r the
like to pu
rsue my ru would
gb
y for
as long as
I can.
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S tefan Roo
ney
Form 8
Name: Fallon Clark
Nickname: Clarky
– 2012
Favourite memory: My best
memories have to be from
RuaFiola
and
Dalguise.
They were such fun mostly
because I was given so many
opportunities to try new
things and I met lifelong
friends;
all
in
all,
absolutely brilliant!
Next school: Loretto
Ambitions: I would love to
do anything with horses and
I would also love to become
a PE teacher because I love
sports!
opportunit
ies
Form 8
Name: Rory
Nickname: Ewart
Bobby
Years at
St. Mary’s
– 2012
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Name: Fergus Godfrey-Faussett
Nickname: Ferg / Noise
Years at St. Mary’s: 2005 –
2012
Favourite memory: Becoming
Head Boy, the French trip
at the beginning of Form 8,
being awarded Rugby Player of
the Year, smashing the school
600m record in Form 6 and
winning my All-Rounder Award
to Glenalmond.
Next school: Glenalmond
Ambitions: To play and teach
sport for as long as I can.
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Form 8
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Emily Letts
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Boarding...
NEW
FORM N
EW S
Boarding is very much an integral part of the DNA
of St. Mary’s, and continues to go from strength
to strength. There are now more pupils choosing
to stay than ever, the number of weekly boarders
has increased and there is a greater variety in
the ages of the boarders, all of which contributes
to a real buzz around the house in the evenings.
The past year also saw the number and choice
of boarding activities increase, particularly during
the dark winter months. Whether it’s crafts,
karaoke, cooking, games, technology, drama, table
tennis, computing, art, fly-fishing, air hockey, wide
games, tennis or the sporting triumph that is
two-ball football, there is always something fun
going on.
The boarders also had a full and varied social
calendar. In December, they went carol singing,
serenading the Harvey, Hutchison and Bryden
households. A few weeks later, it was time for
the GAP surprise trip organised by the outgoing
GAP students, Matt and Lize. It was decided that
it was time to take to the ice (a prospect that
thrilled Mr Harvey) and an excellent evening at
Murrayfield ice rink was had by all.
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The annual boarders’ dinner dance was held in
the Lent Term, with Chef pulling out all the stops
and producing a fantastic three course meal.
The evening continued in the Morrison Hall and
our new GAP students, Isaac and Hannah, were
introduced to the delights of Scottish Country
Dancing.
The Summer Term came and we were all ready
with our sun screen and towels for the boarders’
beach bash up in East Lothian. Unfortunately, the
Scottish weather had other ideas and the evening
turned into a bit of a beach squidge instead.
Still, everyone’s spirits remained high, and some
improvised rainwear that Bear Grylls would have
been proud of meant that we didn’t get too wet.
We would like to say a big thank you to all the
members of staff who have helped to make
boarding such a successful and enjoyable part of
St. Mary’s life.
Mr A Morris and Miss E Simpson
...at St. Mary’s
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Staff News
Over the past two years we have welcomed the following new staff to the St. Mary’s community:
Miss Elizabeth Ellis
Prior to joining us to teach classics to F3-F6, Miss Ellis worked at St. Peter’s School,
York, where as well as teaching Classics, she was day Housemistress to 80 teenagers.
After nine years in York she was appointed Head of Classics at Ampleforth College. Miss
Ellis likes nothing more than getting stuck into a good book -this hobby is currently on
hold as she is kept on her toes by her two year old twin daughters!
Miss Deborah Wood
Miss Wood joined St. Mary’s to teach Art from Reception to Form 8. Most recently Miss Wood has been
involved in Art Curriculum Support across the Borders Region, in St. Andrew’s Art
Centre and in voluntary Art initiatives in Stow Primary School. Out of school Miss
Wood can usually be found on the side -line of a rugby pitch supporting one of her
three sons.
Mrs Kathryn Curry
Mrs Curry’s previous job was teaching D and T at Peponi House Prep School in Kenya. She is
responsible for setting up St. Mary’s first D and T department and will be teaching pupils
from Forms 3-8. Before her arrival in Kenya, Mrs Curry spent 20 years as Head of Art and
Design at Tweedmouth Middle School. Passionate about Musical Theatre, Mrs Curry is
frequently involved with drama productions at The Maltings; when not singing or dancing she
enjoys quilting or spending time with her two grown up children.
Mrs Fiona Nicholson
FORM N EW S
Mrs Nicholson will have overall responsibility for school administration and finance. Mrs Nicholson has most
recently managed Face to Face, a Borders Charity and prior to that she worked in administration
and marketing for McQueen, in Galashiels. A keep fit enthusiast, Mrs Nicholson can often be
found pounding the treadmill in the local gym!
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Mr Michael Osborne
Mr Osborne qualified as a Chartered Accountant, travelled the World and then switched
to teaching! Before coming to St. Mary’s to teach Maths and Classics to F7 and
F8, Mr Osborne was Headmaster of Belhaven Hill for 22 years. Mr Osborne loves
to travel, enjoys walking and when he has time writes the odd book review for The
Economist.
More news from the Staff Room
Many congratulations to Miss Ellen Simpson, Head of English, who completed
her PGCE during the academic year 2011-12. Miss Simpson received NINE
‘excellents’on observed lessons from the University of Buckingham-an outstanding
achievement.
On December 12th 2011 Mrs Bell (Miss Houston) was presented with a beautiful engraved
traditional stop watch in recognition of 20 years’ service to St. Mary’s.
Births
Congratulations to Mrs Zoe Wright (F3 class teacher) and her husband Barry on the
birth of Archie on 28th April 2012.
Congratulations to Mr Andrew Morris (F5 tutor/Head of Science) and his wife Claire on
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the birth of Edward on 23rd August 2012.
Junior Languages
Once again the five classes from Lower
Transition up to Form 5 have displayed lots
of enthusiasm and hard work throughout the
year in their two terms of French and one of
German.
They have all made progress with Schoolshape tasks, using
the on line language lab to further enhance and reinforce
their language skills. Forms 3, 4 and 5 worked well in
class time to complete project work in the summer term
on various aspects of French life to extend their cultural
awareness. As a result of learning the different parts of
the body, Upper Transition performed their very own
“tête, épaules, genoux, pieds” at the French café on
Grandparents’ Day in May accompanied on the guitar by
Miss McRae. Well done to them!
Mrs L Hutchison
Memorable Quotes from Form 3, 4 and 5
And from Form 4……
From Form 3……
“ I like the corners game we play in French, sometimes
with numbers in the corners or weather phrases.”
“P laying bingo with French numbers is good fun.”
Megan Macleod
Rudi Brown
“ Finding out all about Paris and using the
computers for our project was what I enjoyed.”
“ I like doing Schoolshape.” Libby Grant
Jacob Fawcett
“ I like being able to learn different languages
you don’t know or use already.”
And from Form 5……
Cameron Wright
“I loved learning all the animals in French.”
Georgia Buchan
“I loved doing the French project on foods.”
FORM N EW S
Ellen Crawford
“I liked learning how to introduce myself to
others and how to describe what I look like.”
Louisa Letts
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Squad Day
Thursday 22nd March 2012
Once again the weather was extremely kind to us and
Squad Day was a warm and sunny Spring day. The morning
was dedicated to the general knowledge quiz followed by
goal scoring for Forms 3-8 and Pre-Prep also participated
in their own quiz and goals competition, with all the scores
being combined towards the final totals for the whole day.
Individual achievements on the day were:
General Knowledge:
Seniors - Fergus Godfrey-Faussett
Juniors - Lucy Bell
Goals:
Providing legal advice
and estate agency
services for you, your
family and your business
Seniors - Fergus Godfrey-Faussett
Juniors - Jacob Fawcett, Stephanie
Wright & Sasha Niven (joint)
Pre Prep Quiz - 1st Home
Pre Prep Goals - 1st Percy
The afternoon saw Pre Prep work with Forms 3-5 in their
Squads to create 4 magnificent regal pieces of art work to
commemorate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee year. These
were then judged by Mr and Mrs Harvey at the end of the
activity. Meanwhile Form 6-8 worked extremely hard on
their Squad constructions of a tower capable of holding a
jug of water. Such was the engineering and building ability
of the pupils that all 4 Squads held the jug and therefore
the highest tower won.
We can advise on:
• agricultural law
• partnerships
• licensing
• alternative energy schemes
• employment matters
• litigation
• family law issues
• wills, trusts and executries
• inheritance tax planning
• buying, selling and leasing rural
and commercial property
The teamwork and good natured approach of everyone on
the day (along with
the lovely sunshine!)
contributed to a
most enjoyable and
successful
Squad
Day. Well done!
Contact us:
26 High Street, Jedburgh TD8 6AE
T: 01835 862 391
E: [email protected]
www.lindsays.co.uk
Lindsays is a Professional Associate
Member of the National Farmers Union
Mrs L Hutchison
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Grateful thanks to all the staff for their hard work before
and on the day to make it run so smoothly.
Final positions for the day with Pre-Prep’s points also
added in to the final scores were:
1st - Home and Douglas 3rd - Percy 4th - Scott
Debating Report
Eco News
This academic year saw a pleasing increase
in the number of pupils wanting to join the
Debating Society.
With a new term commencing another new Eco
Committee were selected.
The team were made up of the
following pupils:
From an initial group of 8 in September 2010 the
membership list rose to 13 by April 2012. Meeting on a
regular basis at Monday lunchtime throughout the year,
the society continues to draw from Forms 7 and 8. We
will look forward to welcoming new members in September
2012.
During
2011
the society was
represented at the
Glenalmond Junior
Schools Debating
Competition
and
at the Merchiston
Back: J Doherty, O Rooney, E Letts, F Clark,
Chess and Debating
E Salvesen, J Pringle,
Front: Z Niven, M Lawrie, K Rourke, R Ewart,
Competition.
J Evans,L Crawford, M Harvey
The
Glenalmond
competition was tough with only one member of our
team having previous competition knowledge. However
the event provided invaluable experience and we were
able to draw on this for the remainder of the year.
The Merchiston Chess and Debating competition was
more of a development day which all those who were
able to take part thoroughly enjoyed. There was the usual
excellent lunch, followed by a furious game of water polo
after the debating and chess had finished.
Form 7 – Bryn Howell &
Scott Graham
Form 6 –Elizabeth Morgan
Form 5 –Catrin Howell
Form 4 –Megan Macleod
Form 3 –Louisa Forbes
Pre-Prep representatives – Grace Scott & Liam Buchanan
This year the committee arranged to have another ecotree on display to allow pupils, staff and parents to display
Christmas messages instead of sending cards. Elizabeth
made a fabulous “ECO-FAIRY” for the top of the tree.
Another Eco-Initiative
The Form 3 class spent an afternoon helping the “Melrose
in Bloom” committee to tidy up a woodland area called
Nutwood just off the centre of Melrose. They helped to
tidy the area, put up new bird boxes and make new eco
habitats for wildlife.
Mrs Z Wright
FORM N EW S
Over the course of the year we have debated such
topics as “School Uniform”, “Men are better drivers than
women”, “TV has had a positive influence on society” and
“Single sex education”. On a slightly worrying note, a
comment from one debator (girl) ran along the lines of
“women can’t drive because they are too busy putting on
their lippy”!. However I seem to recall that at Merchiston
one of the boys was keen to dissolve the monarchy as
that was all as that was all the Queen ever did apart from
worrying about her corgis.
No doubt we will see them delivering their maiden speech
in the Commons or on Question Time in the future!
I trust all the debators have enjoyed their Monday lunch
times as much as I have.
Mrs P Hardie
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DInard 2011
It was with some trepidation that I set off on
the French trip this year; a party of thirteen,
returning on September 13th and the
thirteenth St. Mary’s French trip to Dinard all
put me in mind of our Headmaster’s assembly
on the topic of triskaidekaphobia!
However I need not have worried and Form 8 returned
to school with many new achievements under their belts,
having worked with tremendous enthusiasm throughout
the week. I was particularly impressed by their readiness
to participate in the daily activities at the Maison St.
François and their willingness to communicate with the
members of the community and other guests.
During the course of the week we had endless
opportunities to put our classroom learning into practice.
Each evening we worked in the classroom for an hour
before dinner, reinforcing the day’s language work and
preparing for the next day’s activities. Topics ranged from
Managing at mealtimes to Asking the way, Giving directions
and Shopping and buying tickets. We also worked on the
future and perfect tenses and completed a diary about our
week using the perfect tense.
Each day we had a
busy programme of
activities including
visits to St. Malo and
Dinan, an afternoon
at
the
Rance
Barrage tidal power
station and a morning at the market in Dinard.R.E and
French blended seamlessly as we discussed the Stations of
the Cross in the Eglise St. Malo in Dinan with some fine
examples of past participles on each of the woodcarvings.
Science and geography were covered in our discussions
about renewable energy and our visit to the Barrage and
there were opportunities for sketching and artwork most
days.
It was not all hard work and most afternoons were
rounded off with a swim in the sea, there were numerous
café visits and much sampling of patisseries and we had a
lovely Sunday evening at the crêperie, tasting the delicious
galettes and crêpes. The Saturday morning market was a
tremendous success and a great opportunity for discussion
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and negotiation. P.E. was not forgotten and we were kept
fit with lots of walking and some interesting challenges
involving very steep steps and long beach races.
Form 8 pupils were quick to appreciate the efforts
made by the members of the community to make them
feel welcome and
were keen to do
something in return.
On Sunday morning
we attended the
mass at the chapel
in
the
Maison
St. François and then Fergus played his pipes in the
garden before lunch. After lunch Form 8 sang “Highland
Cathedral”, “La Mer” and “Aux Champs Elysées”, much to
the delight of all present.
This was a valuable week for all involved, both pupils and
staff. It is always a delight to see how the Form 8s blossom
during our week away and how friendships and bonds
between pupils and staff are strengthened. It is certainly
a privilege to have the opportunity to spend this time
together.
Here are a few comments from our final evening…
“I would like to return to Dinard.”
“I enjoyed the time with my class. I really liked the
people”
“I was not bored and I usually get bored easily. The
bus de mer was great.”
“Amazing! I enjoyed the ferry journey – massive love!
I like it here; I like the people. I enjoyed the bread, the
warm sea and the market”
“I liked the butter, the beach and the birds in the
whirlpools!”
“I really enjoyed the week and had great fun. This has
been the longest I have ever been away from home”.
“I had a good time with my mates and teachers.”
“ The trip was very well organized; I really enjoyed it
and was not bored at all”.
“I loved the delicious hot chocolate from bowls. There
was something different to do every day”
“I liked the market and negotiating prices. I also liked
helping at the Maison St. François. Every day was
epic. I was never bored or tired. One of the most fun
weeks ever.”
Mrs S Syme
Rua Fiola
Gordonstoun Challenge
Having heard my own children’s stories about
their time on Rua Fiola, it was with some
trepidation that I set off with Form 8 in midJune.
In June, an enthusiastic group of Form 6s and 7s (Bryn,
Ava, Lorna, Susannah and Christopher) made their way up
to Morayshire for the annual Gordonstoun Prep Schools’
Challenge. With the pupils in charge of directions, a more
leisurely and scenic route via Braemar was taken but we
arrived on time and the team settled into their tents
which would be their home for the next two nights. The
theme of the challenge was The Olympics and many of the
challenges had a sporting theme to them. Saturday saw
the St. Mary’s team being tested with the assault course,
climbing wall, initiation tests and sports skills. The surprise
challenge in the evening involved making a paper sculpture
that incorporated one of the members of the team. Sunday
morning saw the team hammering away in the technology
workshops making various pieces of equipment that would
be required for the finale. All the teams gathered before
lunch on the south lawn to take part in the finale which
definitely had an air of It’s a Knockout to it.Through various
methods, the teams
transported water
balloons up the field
before catapulting
them at a target
and gaining bonus
points for hitting the
headmaster. Unfortunately the team did not bring home
any silverware from this year’s weekend, but all the team
pulled together, tried new things and had a great time.
Nothing could have prepared
me for the arrival on the island
– jumping off the boat and
swimming to the island was to
be the least of the challenges
we would have to face over the
following week. But I will not
go into those here as I think
the element of surprise is what
makes the trip to the Johnson
Ferguson’s island so special.
Suffice to say, Form 8 were up for every challenge they
were set. They were great fun to be with and even when
cold and wet were still laughing.
Every child returned the following Saturday with a ruck
sack full of mud and water having found a little more
within themselves than they thought possible.
Mrs P Hardie
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Andrew Garman Lecture Competition
Results:
Junior Section
1st: Lucy Bell – My Secret
2nd: Torran Evans – Feeding Your Pet Snake
3rd: Georgina Pringle- Crisps
Highly Commended: Adam Briggs – Lego
Senior Section
1st: Morven Lawrie – Irish Dancing
2nd: Rory Ewart – The Flying Haggis
3rd: Zoë Niven - Golf
Highly Commended: Flora Vestey - Cakes
Morven (F7) and Lucy (F4)
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his well-researched talk on the Calcutta Cup. Francesca
talked with authority on the Statue of Liberty, while Flora
continued to tease our tastebuds with a very many facts
about cake.
Form 7 were pleasingly regional in their interests, bringing
us lectures with Scottish and Irish connections: Harry
informed us about the King’s Own Scottish Borderers
(complete with costume), whilst Morven filled us in about
her love of Irish Dancing, which is truly fascinating. While
Golf may not at first seem very national, Zoë explained
its Royal and Ancient origins to us, and revealed the
inspiration she has taken from Rory McIlroy!
Form 8 rounded off proceedings with three diverse and
intriguing topics: Rory told us the exciting but ultimately
sad story of local sporting hero Steve Hislop, aka The Flying
Haggis, Olivia thrilled us with the glitz and glamour of New
York, whilst Emma took us on a weird and miscellaneous
tour around the weirdest of world records.
Our guest judges, Mr John Wright and Mr James Lugton
from Glenalmond College, had the hard task of deciding
on the pick of the bunch, but they made a fantastic choice
in both sections. Mr Wright’s comments about all of the
speakers – and about the joy of speaking in general! –
really added to the afternoon, and it was a pleasure to
have him with us.
Miss E Simpson
This was the first Lecture Competition I had attended at
St. Mary’s, and from listening to all of Form 6 during the
heats round, I knew it was going to be a treat. Through
their involvement in drama and music, their preparation
for oral assessments in various academic subjects and
their general willingness to stand up and converse with all
comers, St. Mary’s pupils have a wealth of opportunities to
practise their speaking skills, and it really showed in this
entertaining and informative final.
The range of subjects chosen reflected some deeply-held
and often quirky interests: we knew about Adam’s passion
for Lego in advance, but Lucy B kept us guessing with
her ‘secret’ love of shoes. Lucy R brought some personal
reflections to the subject of ice cream, while George
entertained us thoroughly with a subject bound to capture
the imagination: the King’s Royal Hussars.
Georgia had obviously paid lots of close attention when
visiting The Royal Highland Show, Charlotte considered
her own experiences of Portugal carefully, and with
wonderful clarity, while Georgina presented us with some
unforgettable facts about crisps, using her props extremely
well. Torran revealed that he knew all about feeding pet
snakes (guess who’s on holiday zoo-feeding duty at my
house from now on?!) including the disgusting parts.
Charlie E showed a fervent interest in a hobby too, with
Melrose Literary Society Poetry Recital
Junior Competition
1st Lucy Bell:
2nd Cosmo Fraser:
3rd Lucy Redmond: Highly-Commended:
The Painting Lesson (Trevor Harvey)
The Yo-Yo Man (Anne Logan)
Advice for Staging your own Olympic Games (Roger Stevens)
Rudi Brown: Pet Port-a-Potty (Kathy J Parenteau)
Intermediate Competition
1st Georgie Nisbet:
Three Little Pigs (Roald Dahl)
2nd Oscar Salvesen:
My Puppy Punched Me In My Eye (Kenn Nesbitt)
3rd Torran Evans:
The Bogeyman (Jack Prelutsky)
Highly-Commended:
Susannah Godfrey-Faussett: The Cow (Roald Dahl)
FORM N EW S
Senior Competition
1st Zoë Niven:
2nd Emily Letts:
3rd Olivia Rooney:
Highly-Commended:
The Hunter Trials (John Betjeman)
The Best of Husbands (John G Saxe)
I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud (William Wordsworth)
Emma Salvesen: Dulce et Decorum Est (Wilfred Owens)
We were very pleased to welcome Mr Andrew Speedy,
Head of English at Fettes College, to judge our poetry
recital final this year. This is an event of which we are
very, and I think rightly, proud. It’s thrilling to see the first
junior performer take to the stage and wow the audience
with a poem that has been painstakingly prepared, and
it’s always the case that the competitors just seem to
get better and better as the afternoon goes on – staff
can never decide upon which is their favourite! As is
traditional, the Junior Competition set a rather humorous
tone to begin with, with Lucy B’s jokes at the expense
of her mum and Samuel’s likely excuses for not doing
his homework raising the most giggles. The Intermediate
section had plenty of laughs, too, whether from Izzy’s
huffy tantrum or Zara’s instantly recognisable classroom
whine. There were some great ‘character pieces’ in this
group, in the form of Kenny’s heartfelt “Timothy Winters”
and Georgina’s arch and clever “Heaps of Stuff”, a Pam
Ayers favourite. It always falls to the Senior Competition
to show us the full range of emotion, and Forms 7 and 8
rose to the challenge. While we could still be chirpy, with
Mia’s “Oscar the Dog”, there was an attempt to convey
some darker and sadder emotions too, with Jack bravely
Zoë (F7), Lucy (F4) and Georgie (F6)
taking on William Ernest Henley’s “Invictus” (a.k.a Miss
Simpson’s favourite poem) and Jess choosing a thoughtful,
modern piece about teenage life. Great feats of memory
came from Katie (“Skimbleshanks”) and Emma (“Dulce et
Decorum Est”), but as with all the performers on the day,
the task of memorising did not in the least diminish the
careful, nuanced deliveries. Mr Speedy was duly impressed,
and provided some fantastic feedback for all reciters. His
tough decision was an excellent one, but congratulations
must go, as always, to all involved.
Miss E Simpson
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Thursday Afternoon Activities - Michaelmas 2011
Once again this autumn children at St. Mary’s
immersed themselves in a wide variety of
extra-curricular and outward bound activities
on Thursday afternoons.
Activities included photography, clay pigeon shooting, art
& craft, creative writing, fly fishing, cycling proficiency,
orienteering, beading, cooking, community service, craft
& design, drama and enterprise. My thanks are extended
to all staff and friends of the school for sharing their
enthusiasm and skills with the children and helping to pull
together such an exciting programme.
Mr I Purvis
Creative Writing Group
The St. Mary’s Creative Writing Group
came together this year for the first time, to
begin with as one of the Thursday afternoon
Activities, but later as a casual lunch-time
drop-in.
and teacher criticism and practise reading their stories
out loud. As you would imagine, the stories we created in
the course of the year were both weird and wonderful,
from Harry’s war sagas to Jess’s particular descriptions
of characters. It was fantastic to see the writers come
together as a group, able to offer both praise and advice
across the age groups.
I started the group because it was clear to me from setting
composition work in the English department that we had
some EXTREMELY talented writers here at St. Mary’s.
Additionally, finding a quiet hour in the day simply to
write would have been my idea of heaven while at school,
and I wanted to give our pupils this opportunity. Indeed,
although it’s true I spent some of the time with the group
marking spelling tests, I did actually find some time to
write myself this year; our novelists-in-progress are very
inspiring company!
The highlight of our year was entering the Glenalmond
Junior Schools Creative Writing Competition. Of eleven
entrants, we had four finalists: Ava, Georgina, Sophie and
Annabel. Up we trekked to Perthshire, to read our tales
in grand surroundings. Ava’s beautiful descriptive turns,
Georgina’s intriguingly mysterious plotting, Sophie’s
characterful direct speech and Annabel’s careful adherence
to the competition’s theme, “A Twist in the Tale”, saw us
meet with great glory, placed Bronze, Bronze, Commended
and Silver, respectively.
Within the group, the writers had time to create
narratives that spanned a greater length and level of detail
than is permitted in the 40-minute Common Entrance
style stories we produce in class. They could consult the
‘inspiration books’ we have been creating together, run
their ideas past me and their peers, do some collaborative
story-writing, work in a mixture of media, receive peer
I hope that we will produce many more, wonderful
narratives in years to come: it is easy if you, as our group
motto indicates, “let your hands write the words”.
Miss E Simpson
FORM N EWS
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Presenting
Music & Drama
Once again I have had the honour of directing our young thespians and musicians as
they have produced a broad and demanding programme of events throughout the year.
From stage productions to concerts, ABRSM exams to charity performances and events
within the community our pupils have delighted their audiences and demonstrated their
considerable talents and expertise.
Miss K McRae
Treading the boards 2011 – 2012
Cinders – December 2011
The Bell That Cried – December 2011
The Dracula Rock Show – February 2012
Dr Freakenstein – March 2012
Oklahoma – March 2012
Hamlet – May 2012
Mr Skellybones – June 2012
Form 6 &7 Monologues – June 2012
Making Music 2011-2012
Record numbers at Junior Choir, Senior Choir and Orchestra
Squad Singing
The Senior Choir present a Christmas Concert for the
Borders Music and Arts Society at Mellerstain House
Carols at Lighting of the Christmas Tree
Christmas Carol Service, Melrose Parish Church
ABRSM Examinations
Summer Concert
In the Community 2011-2012
M USIC & D RA MA
Harvest Songs at Priorwood Court
Clic Sargent Carol Service, Melrose Parish Church
Burns Lunch at Millar House
Ladies Fellowship Recital, Holy Trinity Church
Oklahoma charity performance for ‘The Margaret Kerr Unit Appeal’
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The much anticipated day finally arrived for the Andy Sanderson Prize for Squad Singing on
Thursday October 13th 2011. Once again the children and staff in Douglas, Home, Percy and
Scott had spent several weeks rehearsing their songs which they had selected at assembly
a few weeks earlier. Bribes from staff for their own choice of song had not materialised
therefore they were left to contend with Miss McRae’s choices of The Gambler, Sweet
Caroline, King of the Road and Eye of the Tiger.
Mr John Seymour, Director of Music at Sedbergh, was welcomed as our
judge for the evening in a Morrison Hall that was bursting at the seams!
The evening began with the solo section of Squad
Singing. The four junior singers, Issie French,
Zara Findlay, Sasha Niven and Mimi Pitman set a
Following a short interval the main event of the
evening took place. Douglas were first to take to the
stage in their checked shirts for a fabulous version of
‘King of the Road. Home were next to entertain us
with the Neil Diamond classic, ‘Sweet Caroline’ and
some very fetching costumes kindly donated by Mrs
Mo Salvesen. Percy soon followed with ‘The Gambler’
and a fantastic set created by Miss Morrison and Ms
Wood. Finally, Scott arrived on stage with their super
interpretation of ‘Eye of the Tiger’.
high standard with Zara being triumphant in the
end. The competitive Senior representatives were
Stefan Rooney, Lorna Crawford, Emily Letts and
Màili Gardiner who all produced accomplished
performances with Emily’s rendition of ‘Cain’t Say No’
wowing Mr Seymour.
Mr Seymour took a few minutes to collect his thoughts - and bodyguards
- before announcing the worthy winners –
Home! Another victory for this so far invincible team at
Squad Singing. I wonder what 2012 will bring?
Miss K McRae
M US IC & D RAM A
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Sports Composition
by Charlie Edwardson,
Self Portrait
Self Portrait
by Ellen Crawford, F5
by Tristan Jones, F8
Me and my brother
Flower study
by Ed Stephen, Reception
by F3
Art at St.Mary
3D Figures
by F8
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Reception Class Gallery of Scotland
Schools Art Competition
y’s
Victorian Portrait
by James Campbell, F4
by Jack Howe, F8
National Gallery
of Scotland
Schools Art Competition
Observed Landscape
by Helen Ker, F3
by Robert Bailey, F7
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Viking Drawing
by Hamish Gardiner, F3
Egyptian
by Sive Lawrie, F3
Design & Technology Exhibition
St. Mary’s
opened a new
Design and Technology department in
September 2011. This new subject on our
curriculum was a huge hit with our pupils.
They were fully motivated and raring to
start from the word go. Our well equipped
department enabled our pupils to produce
exciting and innovating products which we
were proud to exhibit and display in our very
first ‘Design and Technology Exhibition’ in
June 2012. Our exhibition was so successful
we know it will become an annual event on
our calendar.
All of our pupils exhibited at least three of
their products which were of a very high
quality and we are sure you will appreciate
the huge variation and diversity of ideas
showing the use of a wide range of
materials, skills and techniques.
Mrs K Curry
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Design & Technology Exhibition
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St. Mary’s in the Community
Charities:
• Teenage Cancer Trust
• Red Cross
• Sports Aid (The Big Splash)
• Margaret Kerr Unit
• Stable Life
• CLIC Sargent
• Book Aid International
• Scottish Borders Donkey Charity
• Special Care Baby Unit at BGH
Public Benefit:
• Melrose Music Society
• Melrose RFC
• MS Charity Fun Run
• Ballet School
• Drum School
• Karate Club
• Farr Out Challenge
• Bang Goes the Borders
• Johnson/Eildon Cup, Cricket Tournament
• Concerts at Holy Trinity Fellowship, Age Concern Melrose and
Drygrange Care Home
• Scottish Prep School v Edinburgh Barbarian’s rugby match
• Children 1st
• Melrose Environmental Framework Group
• Royal British Legion
• The Tynedale Under 14s rugby tour
• Motor Neurone Charity Lunch
Looking forward:
• Melrose Pipe Band Competition
• Children’s Hospice (CHAS)
• Creative Stage
• Borders Children’s Charity
• Jubilee Woodland Planting
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Greater St. Mary’s
An extremely warm welcome is extended
to those Former Pupils who are now joining
Greater St. Mary’s. It is hoped that you
will remain in touch in the years to come
and contribute regularly to this part of the
magazine.
Please go to www.stmarysmelrose.org.uk and
then visit the Former Pupils page and send in
your news.
the largest area in Scotland of any fiscal. Despite the
challenges of such a vast area he loved his work and was
hugely fulfilled by his career which encompassed some
of the biggest cases in the North of Scotland during the
1970s and 80s. The last few years of Tom’s career in the
Fiscal Service were spent in Inverness while living just
outside Muir of Ord.
In retirement he planted trees, played golf and enjoyed
watching all sorts of sport. He was an enthusiastic traveller,
an accomplished host, a raconteur with a fantastic sense
of humour. He was both witty and humble as well as a
real gentleman. He married Margaret in 1949 and was
widowed two years ago. He is survived by his children
Stewart and Mairi and five grandchildren.
VALETE LIST:
CLARK Fallon
EWART Rory
GODFREY-FAUSSETT Fergus
HOWE Jack
JONES Tristan
LETTS Emily
LINDSAY Jasper
MASON Fraser
MASON Murray
MASON Sophie
ROONEY Olivia
ROONEY Stefan
SALVESEN Emma
SCOTT Grace
SCOTT Maisy
THOMSON Shula
VESTEY Flora
James Malcolm Mackintosh (1930-1935) was born
in Dorset on Christmas Day 1921 and died on 20th
November 2011 aged 89. Young Malcolm as he became
known to distinguish himself from his father, a professor at
the University of Glasgow. After St. Mary’s Malcolm went
on to The Edinburgh Academy before enrolling in 1939
at Glasgow University to read History and Russian. War
broke out as he began his studies and he was called up at the
end of his first term in the summer of 1940. His apparent
innate sense of privacy, even secrecy, and his interest in
Russia and its language brought him to the attention of the
Special Operations Executive (SOE) which would later be
absorbed into the Secret Intelligence Service, MI6. He was
sent to study Slavonic matters then in 1942 was attached
to Special Operations Overseas and sent to Cairo. In
1944 he was parachuted in to join the British Mission
with Tito’s partisans in Yugoslavia and became principally
involved in the Balkans. On a clandestine mission he was
sent to Romania to locate Polish officers who had been
interned since 1939. Malcolm found the officers and
organised an RAF flight to take them out by night to Italy.
For the last years of the war he was assigned to a Soviet
Army base in Sofia where he gained “a working knowledge
of military Russian”. In 1946 he returned to complete his
degree at Glasgow graduating in History in 1948 before
using his linguistic skills at the BBC World Service on the
Albania and Bulgarian desk. The Foreign Office called on
his services at many international summits and in 1968 he
was seconded to the Cabinet Office where his analytical
mind allied to a deep incisive understanding of Russia
made his advice invaluable. He provided significant advice
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It is with much regret that we heard the death of Thomas
Aitchison (1929-1934) aged 90. Tom was born in Malaya
on Christmas Day 1921 and died on the 21st May 2012 in
Inverness. On his arrival that Christmas day it is said that
his father danced with delight on the table at his club! His
first eight years were spent in South East Asia before being
sent back home to St. Mary’s and then on to The Edinburgh
Academy. Though he enjoyed the camaraderie and rugby
of his school days he could never be described as a scholar
so shortly after the outbreak of the Second World War
he joined the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders aged
seventeen. He saw active service with the Eight Army in
the Western Desert including the battle of El Alamein. He
was involved in the 1943 invasion of Sicily but was invalided
out after contracting malaria however he returned
to active service in time for D Day as one of General
Montgomery’s bodyguards. He landed in Normandy on D
Day Plus One and served with Montgomery there, in the
Low Countries and then in Germany.
On leaving the Army at the end of the war he embarked
on a law degree at Edinburgh University. He established
a private practice in Rothesay followed by another in
Glasgow before deciding to join the Fiscal Service. He
was depute fiscal in Perth for ten years before promotion
took him to Dingwall as procurator-fiscal in 1961 where
he remained for twenty years. His jurisdiction covered
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We have heard news of the following:
to the Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, in 1968 throughout
the “Prague Spring” when East/West tension was extreme.
Such was his importance and ability to think on his feet
that the then Foreign Secretary, Sir Alec Douglas-Home
took him as a special advisor on an official visit to Moscow
in 1973 in case the Soviets made a diplomatic chess move
that required an on the spot counter attack.
Colin McLean (1943-1948) It may amuse you to know
that having gone from St. Mary’s to Aldenham in England,
after Chelsea Art School and Sandhurst I joined the
Argylls to serve in Elgin, Berlin, Suez and Stirling. After
a “gap year” as a Cistercian novice at Nunraw I went
on loan service to the Sultan of Oman’s Armed Forces,
commanding regular and irregular forces, and serving as
Military Secretary prior to retirement to London. Here I
trained as a Catholic priest and was ordained by the late
Basil Hume – himself a keen fisher of the Tweed while
visiting friends in Gattonside! First, school and hospital
chaplaincies and study in USA; then after 18 years as
Pastor of a parish in London, I retired from pastoral work.
After retiring from the Cabinet Office in 1987 he was
much in demand as a lecturer at British and Allied Staff
Colleges including NATO and the Defence College in
Rome. He held an honorary lectureship in international
relations at St. Andrews University from 1991-1997 and
was a Senior Fellow at King’s College London and the
International Institute of Strategic Studies. He was also
an Honorary Visiting Fellow at the School of Slavonic and
Eastern European Studies at University College London.
He also found time to write several books and articles
on defence issues. He was appointed a Companion of
the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint
George (CMG) in 1975.
A year’s training for a diploma in contemporary dance at
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance followed.
Currently I work free-lance as a professional dancer at
home and abroad with a broad range of choreographers
and film-makers. “Behalding to ye hende” as I was taught
in my tender years of schooling in the shadow of Abbey
and Greenyards!
Throughout his distinguished career he kept in touch with
Greater St. Mary’s and his busy life was often mentioned
in these pages including his attendance at the St. Mary’s
House of Lords Dinner in 2003.
Alastair Cameron; Lord Abernethy (1945-1951) –
After fourteen years of loyal service on the Board of St.
Mary’s Governors and eight years as Deputy Chairman,
Alastair did not seek re-election at this year’s AGM in
December. The school has benefited greatly from his wise
counsel as befits a former High Court Judge. He still has
a number of judicial appointments including that of Justice
of Appeal in Botswana.
Malcolm died in London after a long illness and is survived
by his wife Lena and their two children Liza and Jimmy.
Michael M Levy (1941-1946) was born in Sunderland
in 1933 and brought up in North Northumberland. He
received a Master of Arts Degree from Edinburgh and
a Diploma in Education. He worked for over twenty
years in Scotland and a further twenty in Denmark as a
lecturer in various Universities and Colleges. His interests
included Scottish and Shetland literature and the language
and literature of Denmark. He was also a keen poet with
many of his poems being published. Michael had fond
memories of St. Mary’s and his peers will remember him
opening the batting for the 1st XI.
Peter J I McCraken (1943-1947) – After thirty three
years living in Derbyshire Peter has recently relocated to
Melrose to a home that overlooks St. Mary’s. Originally
from Kelso, Peter says that he has not yet renamed his
house Poynder! He has been retired from the Metal Box
Company for some twelve years.
On updating Greater St. Mary’s register we were notified
that the following had died:
Norman A M Macdonald (1935-1942) in 2011
Alexander McDonald (1930-1934) in 2011
John Waitworth Grierson Dods (1932-1935) in 2009.
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Nigel J Pollock (1956-1961) – From St. Mary’s Nigel
went to Glenalmond and then to Aberdeen University to
read Law. He was a Partner with Murray Beith Murray
in Edinburgh from 1975 to 2003 and a consultant for a
further two years. He is still very much involved with a
number of charities and at the last St. Mary’s AGM was
elected to the Board of Governors.
Stephen Amos (1972-1978) – is now running Langside
Boarding Kennels near St. Boswells. Stephen says that
these are Kennels of distinction in a fantastic location
indeed a home from home. Want more can your dog
want when you are away! Stephen has taken back ‘in hand’
Northfield and he continues as the FP Club Secretary. In
December he ran for Sedbergh in the Thames Hare and
Hounds Alumni Race on Wimbledon Common. Results in
next year’s magazine!
Innovation Platform and a non executive director of the
Rural Payments Agency.
Andrew Douglas (1958-1963) – he continues to farm
Saughtree near Newcastleton and although no longer
so heavily involved with Agricultural committees, he still
sits on the National Sheep Association Committee and
is also a Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Roxburgh, Ettrick
and Lauderdale. Andrew’s son Jonathon (1990-1991) is
presently an Architect in London although perhaps will
return to farm at Saughtree.
Ellie Moran (2005-2008) writes from Glenalmond. Well
it’s my fifth year since leaving St. Mary’s and the time has
flown by. I can’t believe that this time next year I will
(hopefully!) be at university and, if I’m lucky, in Bristol
studying music performance. At Glenalmond College I
have been given all sorts of wonderful opportunities that
I never would’ve dreamed of; being part of the CCF in
fourth form and getting to fly a plane, the chamber choir
tour to the Italian lakes in fifth form and last summer
going to and performing in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Over the years, the number of former St. Mary’s pupils
at Glenalmond has accumulated. We started in 3rd form
with myself, Morag Walker and Tim Webster. We
were joined by Rosanna Harvey-Crawford in fourth
form, then by Archie and Arabella Ogilvie for 6th
form. As much as we have loved our time at Glenalmond,
I know we are all looking forward to moving on to new
and exciting things. Rosanna is looking to study French,
Morag is hoping to study Psychology. Arabella has an
unconditional to study Psychology and Neurology at
Glasgow and Archie has an unconditional to study Maths
and Economics there too.Tim is planning to take a gap year
and then go on to do politics. We will all miss Glenalmond
in its entirety and it has been a great adventure, but we
have been well prepared and shown the way to take the
next step and start a new adventure.
Charlotte Boyd (1988-1991) – working for Augusta
Westland, the Anglo-Italian helicopter company in
Yeovil, Somerset. Charlotte is an aeronautical engineer
specialising at present with stress factors in helicopter
blades. Tremendous news that she is engaged and is to be
married in the Borders in May.
Sophie Finch (1990-1996) – has recently got engaged
and is living in Lambourn where her fianceé is an assistant
trainer to Nicky Henderson. They plan to marry in the
Borders in May.
Lulu Finch (1991-1996) – after reading Land Management
at Cirencester is presently working for a Hedge Fund
Company in London.
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Liam Sharp (1977-1985) son of Jimmy Sharp (19561961). Liam lives in Co Meath with his wife Linda and
daughter Sophie. Liam has taken over the running of the
Lisadell Equine Hospital at Navan. Built in 2004 by Liam’s
late father in law one of Ireland’s most renowned and bestloved veterinary surgeons. This equine hospital, purpose
built, offers the very latest in diagnostics and therapeutics.
When Liam is not working at the hospital he is often to be
found as the independent racehorse vet on racecourses
throughout Ireland.
Please do email [email protected]
[email protected]
visit the website www.stmarysmelrose.org.uk
or drop a line to me at Mounthooly.
Many thanks to all those who contributed this year.
Caroline Amos (1977-1983) – has been a Carer for a
number of years and has a son, William, who is now two
years old.
Jim Godfrey (1961-66) – is farming in Lincolnshire with
his brother John (1956-61) and two sons. Jim is involved
in agricultural research and is a Council member of the
Biological and Bioscience Research Council, Chairman
of the Technology Strategy Board Agriculture and Food
BEHALDE TO YE HENDE
Colin G O Hogg
Mounthooley, Jedburgh TD8 6TJ
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Remembering St. Mary’s in your Will
Much of the essence of St. Mary’s School exists
as the result of the generosity and foresight of
previous School benefactors.
Have fun, keep fit and dance. Ballet & Jazz classes
available on Wednesdays at Lilliesleaf & Thursdays
at St Mary’s School, Melrose from age 3yrs and up!
Through their gifts and legacies we are able to continue
the vision of our Founder, John Hamilton, to offer children
an excellent well rounded education. We, and future
generations of St. Mary’s pupils would be most grateful
if you would consider remembering St. Mary’s School in
your Will.
We are especially keen to further develop our School
Bursary Fund which allows children, who would otherwise
be unable to attend St. Mary’s to benefit from the invaluable
education enjoyed by our pupils.
Leaving a legacy to the School is straight forward and may
take a number of forms including the donation of a cash
sum or gift of shares. As an added bonus any sum left to
the School is exempt from Inheritance Tax. Please contact
the School Administrator, Fiona Nicholson, in confidence,
for further information on remembering St. Mary’s in your
Will.
You should contact your Solicitor to make or amend your
Will to remember the School.
To join please
call 01750 32700
St. Mary’s is a Registered Charity no. SC009352.
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St. Mary’s 1st XV 1949/50
BACK ROW
FRONT ROW
IN FRONT
Peter Rutherford, Michael Ramage, Robert Low, David Gibson, Graham Campbell, Denis Wilson
Harry Rutherford, William Carnegie, Neil Burn, Gordon Waddell (Captain), Roderick Corner, John Kelly, Huntly Brown
Billy Paterson, Freddie Hoult
Gordon Waddell (1945 - 1950)
With the death at the age of 75 on 13 August
2012 of Gordon Waddell, St. Mary’s has lost
one of its finest rugby playing sons.
represented the Progressive Party in the South African
Parliament. Gordon is survived by his wife, Kathy, and four
daughters and a son.
I have remembered the names of everybody in the
1949/50 team, but the positions where some of us played
are less certain. Gordon Waddell played stand-off, Denis
Wilson full back and John Kelly scrum half. This leaves as
the three-quarters Roderick Corner, Huntly Brown, Billy
Paterson and David Gibson. The rest were forwards, but
apart from Harry Rutherford as wing-forward (flanker
today) and myself as hooker or prop, and Neil Burn
probably as second-row, I cannot vouch for individuals’
positions.
So far as matches and results in 1949/50 are concerned,
my memory is worse. I remember playing Hawick High
School on the Front Field on a hot day at the beginning
of the Autumn Term (I suspect we got beaten). I also
remember away matches at Fettes later in the term
when we were beaten and at Carlekemp Priory in North
Berwick on a wet and windy day in December, when we
won by 48 points to nil (could it have been 16 tries at 3
points each?).
My memory may have played me false in some of the
information about the 1940/50 rugger team. Would
anybody like to correct me?
William Carnegie
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He was the Captain of the XV in 1949/50, as well as being
Captain of the School and of the Cricket XI.
His record after St. Mary’s speaks for itself – three
seasons, the third as Captain, in unbeaten Fettes XVs;
three Blues at Cambridge; 18 caps for Scotland between
1957 and 1962, including five as Captain; two Lions tours
in which he played a total of 20 games, two of which were
test matches (in South Africa in 1962); and a number of
appearances for the Barbarians.
Playing as stand-off half (“No 10” in current terminology),
Gordon Waddell was a beautiful passer of the ball, setting
his three-quarter lines going well, and a fine kicker from
hand. A knee injury in 1959 diminished his power as an
attacking player. In Allan Massie’s opinion, apart from John
Rutherford, he was one of Scotland’s best stand-offs since
the War.
Gordon retired from rugby in 1962 and went to Business
School in the United States. He then had a successful
career first in South Africa and, when he came home,
in the UK as a Director of leading companies. He also
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National Caps for Lucy
Morgan White
FP Lucy Thomson is proving a hit on the
National lacrosse circuit.
Morgan White (now at Merchiston) won the
U15 Independent Schools Scottish Open on
Monday 4th June at Kings Acre Golf Course in
Edinburgh, shooting a 73 gross (nett 63).
Now aged 16, Lucy gained her first two Scottish Caps
playing for the Under 19 National team in the Home
Nations Championship. Multi- talented Lucy, who is now
at Sedbergh, also plays hockey and participates in athletics
to a high standard.
He was also part of the U15 Merchiston B Team that won
the best nett in the tournament.
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FP Day 2012 - Saturday 2nd June
This year’s Former Pupils’ day got underway
at 9am with golf at Monksford, courtesy of
Paul and Claire Rooney. There were twenty
of us playing, a mix of FPs, staff and guests
and the course was in tremendous shape,
which is more than can be said for some of
the golf that was played on it! Elliott Hardie
emerged as the winner, a clear 3 points ahead
of the field, with Kirsty McRae and Alistair
Bell sharing the spoils for the best non-FPs.
Nearest the pin was won by Julie Birdsall and
the prize for the longest drive was claimed by
Archie Ogilvie.
In the final team Purvis won the toss and elected to bat
first. However, the bowling was tight and we struggled to
post much of a total. We set the Crawford six a target of
36 for victory. In reply, Lewis and Nick opened the bowling
and bowled well. Isaac then wrapped things up in the 3rd
over by taking 3 wickets and leaving the Crawford team
15 runs short of their target, so the inaugural FP cricket
6s was won by team Purvis! (And it wasn’t rigged!) It’s
difficult to pick out highlights from the afternoon but Ed
Stevenson took a blinder of a catch in the slips, Elliott
Hardie managed to run out our out-going President with
a direct hit from the boundary and Caroline, Nicole and
Ann’s participation was very much appreciated. (The Reed
family to my knowledge, now boast the title as being
the only family to have had a female playing in both the
Fathers/Sons cricket (Joan Reed 1993) and the FP cricket
(Caroline 2012); a great effort!
Back at school the FP. AGM was well attended and finished
in time to see the inaugural FP cricket 6s start at 2pm. Five
teams entered the tournament;
Team Douglas Crawford (Gregor Eadie, Ben Magowan,
Hector McLean, Struan White, Ed Stevenson and Douglas),
Team Donald Crawford (Lewis Driver, Peter Vint, Rory
Gogan, Elliott Hardie, Hugh Goodson and Donald)
Team Michael Crawford (Sam Smith-Maxwell, Barney
Waugh,Andrew McLean,Archie Ogilvie, Jacob and Michael)
Team Andrew Reed (Caroline Reed, Nicole Wilson,
Robert Walker, Mike Barr, Martin Baird and Andrew)
Team Ian Purvis (Liam Harvey, Ann Wright, Isaac
Chesters, Lewis Baird, Nick de Bolle and myself)
It was a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon and a pleasure to
see so many Former Pupils, their friends and families back
at St. Mary’s. Thank you to all those who helped to make
the day such a success.
Ian Purvis (President elect)
Forthcoming events….
FP Dinner: Saturday 2nd March 2013
Townhouse, Melrose. (Contact Ian Purvis via the school
address or at [email protected])
Melrose 7s: Saturday 13th April 2013
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We started by playing a round robin format but soon
realized that despite some excellent cricket it was going
to take too long. So, after all teams had played 2 matches,
points were tallied, with the final played between the two
teams with the most points; that happened to be Team
Purvis and Team Donald Crawford.
Pop in and see us at the FP meeting point in the cricket pavilion
at St. Mary’s for refreshments, a brilliant Baird Butchers burger
and a chance to meet up with friends from the past.
FP Day: Sunday 26th May 2013
A great day out. Golf at Monksford, tee off 9am,
FP. AGM at St. Mary’s 12.30pm followed by lunch & rounders.
(Contact Ian Purvis)
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The Friends of St. Mary’s
We have had a wonderful year involving fun, hard work
and very successful fundraising. There have been some old
favourites mixed with new events with plenty more to
come.
The new committee needed to create a constitution,
allowing us to make our year run with the academic
year, as well as clarifying our fundraising aims. We have
always supported an external charity (often chosen by
the outgoing Chair-this year being Stable Life) but it was
decided that the charity would in future be chosen by the
current committee whose hard work is instrumental in
achieving this objective. It was also felt where possible that
the charity chosen should tie in with the charity supported
by the school, so events can be supported by us as a team.
The senior school production was in aid of the Margaret
Kerr Unit Appeal, raising £1000 and the Friends were able
to give another £500 towards this worthwhile cause.
The usual “Friends activities” such as cake sales, fetes and
Santa’s winter wonderland were mixed with new events
including story writing competitions, tree plantings and
bonfire night celebrations, all faithfully supported by staff,
parents and the school. The usual summer fair had to be
replaced by a fete to fit in with the changes to the calendar
for the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, with the weather
failing to dampen our spirits, though the odd cake and
member of the Friends coped less well with the deluge!
Our main fundraising event was an Auction of Promises
and Curry night in May. A delicious curry provided by Le
Shish followed by a fun auction resulting in a staggering
profit of £10,200. The sub-committee of Tara Grey, Claire
Brown, Miranda Fraser and Charlotte Scott should be
very proud of this achievement. Having never had this
amount in the account, there was much discussion as
to how to spend this money to support all at St. Mary’s.
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We have purchased one of the ex-hire minibuses for the
school allowing the school more freedom to transport
pupils to events and sports fixtures. There are various
other projects the Friends are keen to support within the
school – watch this space....
As a group, we were delighted to support Bang Goes the
Borders for the second time which proved even more
successful and raised the profile of St. Mary’s within the
community. A Jubilee wallhanging was also created with all
those involved at St. Mary’s in 2012 invited to contribute.
It will be a lasting memento of the Jubilee year, as well as
the artistic talent and sewing abilities of those involved.
Moving into the modern era, the Friends have their own
email address and one for the second hand uniform
shop run by Lorna on our behalf. The end of school year
celebrations included a barbeque for the staff and the
Friends in acknowledgement of their contribution to the
school, an event appreciated both for the fun had by all as
well as the gesture. My gratitude goes to Tara as treasurer
and Claire Briggs as secretary for their unending support.
L o o k i n g
forward,
we
are keen to
support
the
renovation of
the library, with
redecoration
planned
for
the Michaelmas
term, alongside
a
book
donation
scheme
and
bookplates for
recognition.
Other events
will include the St. Mary’s sausage sizzle with Chef
christening his sausage making machine and the Christmas
market and Santa’s winter wonderland. All these events
would not be possible without the amazing committee
whose enthusiasm, hard work and smiling faces embody all
that St. Mary’s stands for.They are a fantastic team and the
school is a better place for them. Our thanks also goes to
the staff and parents for supporting us and making this our
most successful year so far. No pressure there- onwards
and upwards!!
Dr A Howell
St. Mary’s School
Melrose Roxburghshire Scotland TD6 9LN
Tel: 01896 822517 Fax: 01896 823550
Email: [email protected]
Web Address: www.stmarysmelrose.org.uk
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Olympic Passports
This year Borders Sport and Leisure Trust
ran an Olympic initiative to get local children
involved in sporting activities in the run up
to and during the Olympic and Para Olympic
Games and St. Mary’s was invited to take part.
Sports from sailing and archery to canoeing and fencing
in fact most Olympic sports were on offer at venues
across the region. I am delighted to say that the St. Mary’s
pupils leapt at this opportunity and during the summer
months were busy trying their hand at the many different
disciplines. If the initiative has inspired even one child to
pursue one of the sports, then job done! Who knows,
perhaps we could have another St. Mary’s Olympian in the
near future!
To my knowledge the last Former Pupil from St. Mary’s
to compete in an Olympic Games was Robert Lindsay
Watson, an FP from Hawick. He competed in the 1908
London Olympics but in which sport?
(Answer on page 65)
Mr I Purvis
World Sports Day 2012 - Monday 25th June
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St. Mary’s pupils were proud to participate in
World Sports Day. A day to celebrate sport
in the run up to the London Olympics many
children from across the globe were also
promoting sport in their own way.
recognise their names and support them during the
Olympics.
After lunch we had
our usual Games
Session with the
Pre-Prep joining in
some rounders.
The
culmination
of our day saw all Prep School pupils run in a 4x100m
relay. Teams were named after countries competing in the
Olympics and had been selected to make competition
as rife as possible. All countries were timed in the first
round with the fastest 4 out of the 20 reaching the final.
In a thrilling final between, Australia, Spain, Italy and New
Zealand, the Southern Hemisphere won the day with a
dead heat between Australia (Fallon, Cosmo, Georgina and
Cameron W) and New Zealand (Màili, George, Sasha R
and Tristan).
The children were impeccably behaved, looked out for
one another and threw themselves into the spirit of the
day, well done.
Our day began with pupils from F3-F8 (F7 on camp)
rotating around six different sports-rounders, badminton,
table-tennis, netball, boules and kwik cricket.
After break, Upper Kindergarten and Pre-Prep joined
in and had fun trying out Potted Sports. The children
were split into mixed age teams of 12 with a Form 8
leader. Teams were
named after some
of our Olympic
hopefuls;
Ennis,
Reade, Cavendish,
Tweddle ,Fox-Pitt,
Hoy,
Brabants,
Greene, Daley and Ainslie. The children were given
information on the above athletes and will hopefully
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The Olympic Torch Relay
On the 14th June the Prep School, en masse,
made its way to Netherdale to greet The
Olympic Torch.
The Torch was on tour around the UK and was passing
through Galashiels on its way South. It was to be carried
into the 3G Arena by a local celebrity-we all had fun
guessing who it would be! After lunch we cheered our
own relay team as they competed against local primary
schools (and collected Bronze Medals!) and supported
our designated mascot Rooney. Chris Paterson, Scotland’s
most capped rugby player carried the torch into the arena
amidst cheers and waves-a great day and one none of us
will forget.
Sarah Ayton - Olympic Gold Medalist
Sarah Ayton, one of the ‘Three blondes in a
boat’ from the Athens Olympics (2004) came
into chat about her achievements on the
water.
Sarah won a second
gold medal in Beijing
(2008).
Pupils Touch Gold!
On a Monday morning in April pupils from
St. Mary’s welcomed former Olympian Ed.
Coode MBE to Assembly.
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being a 13 year old in the school, ’C’ team to qualifying
as an Olympian. Pertinent advice was offered to up and
coming athletes; it’s never too late to find your event
and, when on the starting line, believe you will win! As
Mr Coode chatted to the children and answered their
questions, his Gold Medal was passed around the hall
much like a relay baton. Touching an Olympic GOLD, what
a great way to start the school week!
Mrs FK Bell
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Mr Coode, uncle
of Millie in Form
3, won an Olympic
Gold medal in the
coxless fours event
in Athens in 2004.
Mr Coode held the
children captivated as he told them how he rose from
Parents, grandparents
and
friends
watched in abundance as our talented
athletes once again battled for victory.
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As well as the serious Championship events there
were Prep
racesSchool
for Former
Pupils,
visitors and a fun relay
Sports
blurb.......
for our more competitive parents. All pupils ran in
the 75m/80m or 100m, the 150m or 200m as well as
the class obstacle race and inter-squad relay( middle
distance and field event finals were held prior to the
sports.)
Well done to all participants-a great day of healthy
competition!
Mrs F K Bell
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Prep School Sports
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3rd
C Wishart
H Ker
M McLeod
G Godfrey-Faussett
J Campbell
T Muir
G Buchan
E Crawford
S Richards
C James
C Lockie
O Salvesen
F Clark
J Doherty
S Rooney
R Ewart
S Wright
M McCorquodale
G Scott
A Leighton
R Brown
T Muir
G Buchan
M Gardiner
S Richards
C James
C Lockie
F Rutherford
M Harvey
K Rourke
S Graham
R Bailey
J Wright
R McCorquodale
C Crawford
Hoy
M Mason
J Fawcett
L Bell
G Pringle
S Godfrey-Faussett
L Crawford
J Lindsay
Percy
Percy
Scott
Scott
Scott
L Bell-22
O Fairnington-24
G Buchan-18
G Pringle-18
F Godfrey-Faussett-37
E Letts-29
Scott-215
Douglas-1089
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EVENT NO
1st
2nd
75m F3/4 girls-final
L Redmond 13.06s
S Wright
75m F3/4 girls
B Brown
C Wright
75m F3/4 girls
S Lawrie
J Knibbs
75m F3/4 boys-final
J Corcoran 12.38s
A Leighton
75m F3/4 boys
T Evans
H Stephan
75m F3/4 boys
H Gardiner
C Fraser
S Mason 12.66s
S Godfrey-Faussett
80m F5/6 girls
F Vestey
M Gardiner
80m F5/6 girls
F Jones
S Niven
80m F5/6 girls
O Aird
I Folan
80m F5/6 boys-final
C Bell 12.40s
K Lyons
80m F5/6 boys
F Rutherford
F Burn
J Evans 15.00s
L Crawford
100m F7/8 girls
M Lawrie
E Salvesen
100m F7/8 boys-final
J Lindsay 14.63s
S Graham
100m F7/8 boys
T Jones
J Howe
L Redmond 27.22s
C Wishart
150m F3/4 girls
B Brown
H Ker
150m F3/4 girls
C Wright
S Lawrie
J Corcoran 26.07s
G Godfrey-Faussett
150m F3/4 boys
H Stephen
J Campbell
150m F3/4 boys H Gardiner
I Howell
S Mason 24.94s
S Godfrey-Faussett
150m F5/6 girls
F Vestey
E Crawford
150m F5/6 girls
F Jones
S Niven
150m F5/6 girls
I Folan
O Aird
C Bell 24.44s
K Lyons
150m F5/6 boys
C Campbell
F Burn
J Evans 32.53s
L Crawford
200m F7/8 girls
J Doherty
M Lawrie
J Lindsay 31.50s
S Rooney
200m F7/8 boys
J Howe
R Ewart
Visitors U8 girls
O Folan
M Buchanan
Visitors U8 boys
W Stephan
C Leith
Former Pupils
C Lindsay
H Lousada
Parents Fun Relay
Brabants
Reade
F3 Obstacle
C Wright
C Wishart
F4 Obstacle
J Corcoran
G Godfey-Faussett
F5 Obstacle
S Mason
G Nisbet
F6 Obstacle
C Bell
K Lyons
F7/8 girls Obstacle
J Evans
F Clark
F7/8 boys Obstacle
F Godfrey-Faussett
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S Rooney
Pre-junior G 4 x 100m relay, Bell Quaich
Home
Douglas
Pre-junior B 4 x 100m relay, Purvis Tankard
Scott
Home
Junior girls 6 x 100m relay, Langlands Cup
Percy
Douglas
Junior boys 5 x 100m relay, Hogg Cup
Douglas/Home
Percy/Scott
Senior girls 4 x 100m, Ann Amos Cup
Percy
Douglas
Senior boys 3 x 100m, Sproat Cup
Percy
Home Senior Girls Obstacle Trophy J Evans
Emma Bruce High Jump Cup
A Nelson
Hannah Lousada Sprint Cup
J Evans
Camran Lindsay Sprint Cup
J Lindsay
Morgan White Long Jump Quaich
J Lindsay
Pre-Junior Boys Champion
A Leighton-29
J Corcoran-28
G Godfrey-Faussett-28
Pre-Junior Girls Champion
S Wright-30
L Redmond-24
Junior Victor Ludorum
C Bell-40
K Lyons-27
Junior Girls Champion
S Godfrey-Faussett-29S Mason-28
Victor Ludorum
S Rooney-47
J Lindsay-42
Senior Girls Champion
J Evans-47
L Crawford-39
Squad Sports Winners (McClung Cup)
Percy-254
Douglas-246
Sloan Cup Winners
Home-1227
Percy-1170
The Pre-Prep and Kindergarten Sports were again a healthy mix of fun and
competition.
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The children, aged just two to seven, were a delight and revelled in their successes - lots of smiles
and no tears at all - fantastic effort! All participants received an Olympic Sports Day rosette and a
well- deserved bar of chocolate!
Mrs F K Bell
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Pre - Prep and Kindergarten Sports
EVENT NO
Rec 30m
LT 30m
UT 50m G
UT 50m B
Rec Egg and Spoon
LT Egg and Spoon
UT Egg and Spoon G
LT Egg and Spoon B
Rec Sack
LT Sack
UT Sack G
UT Sack B
Mothers’ Race
Fathers’ Race
Visitors Race U8 G
Visitors Race U8 B
Rec Squad Friends
LT Squad Friends
UT Squad Friends
UT Obstacle G
UT Obstacle B
LT Obstacle
Rec Obstacle
UT Relay
LT Relay
Rec Relay
1st
2nd
E Scott
E de Gier
M Scott
T French
B Corcoran
J Wright
W Stephen
T Dundas Bekker
B Robertson
W Hamilton
H Cully
M Scott
J Wright
I Salvesen
W Stephen
W Macpherson
E Scott
W Hamilton
T Pal and T French
J Wright
B Corcoran
W Stephen
T Dundas Bekker
A Wright
R Cully
C Thomson
S Grant
L Purvis
X Purvis
L Thomson
J Mulholland
Home
Percy
Percy
Home
Home
Home/Douglas
J Wright
B Cororan
W Stephen
T DundasBekker
M Buchanan
T French
E Scott
E de Gier
Home
Douglas
Home/Douglas
Scott/Percy
Home/Douglas
Scott/Percy
OVERALL CHAMPIONS
Reception
E Scott (H)
Lower Transition
M Scott (D)
Upper Transition G
J Wright (H)
Upper Transition B
W Stephen (H)
Squad Winners
Home- 59
E de Gier (P)
T Pal (P) and T French (S)
B Corcoran (P)
I Salvesen (S)
T Dundas Bekker (D)
Douglas- 38
Scott
Douglas
Scott
P Briggs
W Macpherson
M Scott
F Mason
Scott
W Hamilton (D)
R Harvey (D)
P Briggs (D)
J Wishart (H)
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3rd
F Mason
T Pal
P Briggs
J Wishart
E Scott
T Pal
R Harvey
J Wishart
E de Gier
M Buchanan
P Briggs
J Wishart
A Macpherson
P Wright/ABrownlie
Events Completed before Sports Day
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400m
Open Girls
Open Boys
600m
F3/4 Girls
F3/4 Boys
F5/6 Girls
F5/6 Boys
800m
Open Girls
Open Boys
1500m
Open Girls
Open Boys
Cricket Ball
F3/4 Girls
F3/4 Boys
F5/6 Girls
F5/6 Boys
L Crawford (S)
S Rooney (H)
78.59s
72.57s
L Redmond (D) G Godfrey-Faussett (P)
S Godfrey-Faussett (P)
O Fairnington (H)
C Bell (H)
2m 28.73s
2m 02.17s *
2m 04.00s *
2m 11.00s
2m 11.00s
L Crawford (S)
S Rooney (H)
3m 03.14s
2m 54.49s
L Crawford (S)
S Rooney (H)
6m 25.22s
5m 59.81s
S Wright (P)
J Fawcett (D)
S Niven (D)
C Bell (H)
16m 61cm
33m 50cm
23m 71cm
37m 98cm
Shot Putt
Open Girls J Evans (P)
7m 04cm
Open Boys J Howe (H)
8m 54cm
Long Jump
F3/4 Girls
L Bell (H)
3m 03cm
F3/4 Boys
A Leighton (S)
3m 59cm
F5/6 Girls
G Pringle (H) 3m 30cm
F5/6 Boys
C Bell (H)
3m 82cm
Open Girls J Evans (P)
3m 92cm
Open Boys J Lindsay (P) (Morgan White Quaich) 4m 34cm
High Jump
F3/4 Girls
S Wright (P)
1m 00cm
F3/4 Boys
A Leighton (S)
1m 05cm
F5/6 Girls
G Buchan (P)
1m 05cm
F5/6 Boys
K Lyons (D)
1m 10cm
Open Girls A Nelson (P) (Emma Bruce Cup) 1m 10cm
Open Boys F Godfrey-Faussett (P)1m 25cm
Javelin
Open Girls E Letts (D)
12m 82cm
Open Boys S Rooney (H)
21m 81cm
*NR denotes new record
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Athletics Club
Coach -Mrs FK Bell
Assistants -
Mr Chester, Mr Chesters,
Stefan Rooney, Jasper Lindsay, Fergus Godfrey-Faussett
Hardie Cup for athletics - Jasper Lindsay
Colours -
Stefan Rooney, Lorna Crawford,
Jacqui Evans, Scott Graham
Half-Colours - Susannah Godfrey-Faussett, Christopher Bell, Kenny Lyons, Oliver Fairnington
Our talented athletes were left frustrated this season as
two of the events we were training for had to be cancelled.
The weather, as we all know, was dreadful during the
Summer Term but we did manage to hold athletics club on
most Monday and Friday lunchtimes.
It was heartening to see the children training hard and
to observe them enjoying some healthy competition
amongst themselves.
Many thanks to Stefan, Jasper and Fergus who willingly
gave up their time to help with the juniors-you have been
superb role models!
Mrs FK Bell
Back: T Evans, C Lockie, J Campbell, G buchan, B Brown, G Pringle, C Howell
Third: Mrs FK Bell, G Godfrey-Faussett, M MacLeod, A Leighton, C James, I
French, H Stephen, S Wright, S Fraser, I Chesters
Second: G Nisbet, J Fawcett, M McCorquodale, S Wright, C Fraser, G Leighton,
A Edwardson, I Howell, S Mason
Front: L Bell, C Wright, S Niven, L Grant, L Redmond, C Wishart, G Scott, J Knibbs
Back: S Graham, E Letts, F Clark, S Rooney, B Howell, J Evans
Third: I Chesters, E Morgan, O Rooney, E Salvesen, H Letts, J Pringle, J Doherty,
M Harvey
Second: C Bell, L Crawford, F Godfrey-Faussett, K Rourke, F Burn, L Crawford,
Mrs FK Bell
Front: S Godfrey-Faussett, O Fairnington, I Folan, J Lindsay, Z Niven, K Lyons,
F Vestey
Swimming Gala
broke and re-broke five records. Tristan was the eventual
victor and now holds three school records!
Well done to ALL swimmers - YOU made our Gala such
good fun.
Mrs FK Bell
A fantastic morning’s entertainment, and
possibly the most competitive Gala I have
witnessed over the years.
1st
2nd
3rd
Pre Junior
Bailey Brown D
Rudi Brown D
Junior
Izzy Folan S
Issie French S
Senior
Tristan Jones D
Lorna Crawford S
Relays
Scott
Home
Adam Leighton S
Lachlan Ferguson H
Màili Gardiner P
Emily Letts D
Stefan Rooney H
Douglas
Squad Champions
Douglas
Scott
Home
(Answer from page 58: The Hammer)
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In the Pre-Junior section Bailey was given a run (swim!)
for her money by younger brother Rudi-age eventually
triumphed and Bailey collected Gold. The battle between
Izzy F and Issie F was riveting as they fought for the title of
Junior Champion. Points came down to the last race-Izzy
beat Issie by 1 point.
A Herculean effort
was put in by the
top two swimmers
in the school-Tristan
and Lorna. They
were a joy to watch
and kept us on the edge of our seats. Between them they
Cross Country
Coach -Mrs FK Bell, Mr Chester, Mr Chesters
Captain -Fergus Godfrey-Faussett
Colours -
Stefan Rooney, Lorna Crawford,
Jacqui Evans, Scott Graham, Katie Rourke
Half Colours - Susannah Godfrey-Faussett,
Oliver Fairnington, Christopher Bell
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Congratulations to the 80 Prep School children who took
to the fields and paths around Melrose for our annual
Squad Cross Country Competition.
Conditions were just right for running and everyone,
whether competing for a medal or just aiming to finish,
was in good spirit.
As always the Pre-Juniors were first to go; bottom field
was marked out and a distance of 950m was set. George
G-F lead from the front and was well clear allowing him
to take 1st place and break Christopher Bell’s record into
the bargain! James Co came in second with Adam L hot on
his heels. Lucy R was clear winner in the girls race, Cecilia
and Lucy B fought to the end with Cecilia piping Lucy in
the final sprint.
With the staff marshals in place along the Bleachfields
route the Headmaster took control at the start-the
Seniors were set off first for their 2.4mile course with the
Juniors a minute later(1.8mile).
A fast pace set by Christopher and Susannah ensured them
the winners spots with Susannah breaking Emily Douglas’
2004 record. Kenny ran in 1 minute after Christopher
with Cameron L a minute behind him. Sophie ran a well
paced race to claim second
place from a gutsy Sasha N
in third.
Unsurprisingly Fergus G-F,
our Cross Country captain,
copied his siblings, led from
3rd Place U14 Girls
the front, and ensured a
Godfrey-Faussett clean sweep-what do their parents feed
them?! Stefan ran a steady race to take second from rival
Jasper in third.
The tightest race of this year’s competition was the Senior
Girls; it was always going to be close between Lorna and
Katie and it did indeed come down to the final 80m sprint
- Lorna took the honours beating Katie by just 4 seconds.
Emily, smiling all the way to the end, was placed third.
Squad winners for 2012 were Scott, followed by Percy,
Douglas and Home.
Allow me to use the old cliché, ‘everyone’s a winner’ for in
this competition they really were - not one moan, not one
tear and a 100% completion rate - FANTASTIC EFFORT J
Back: J Lindsay, J Pringle, E Letts, F Clark, S Rooney, O Rooney, E Salvesen,
G Buchan, J Campbell
Fifth: Mrs FK Bell, E Crawford, O Fairnington, S Mason, H Stephen,
C Edwardson, I French, R Brown, N Ridley, Mr I Chesters
Fourth: S Wright, L Crawford, K Rourke, C Bell, B Brown, C Lockie, G Pringle,
C Howell, A Leighton
Third: G Leighton, C Fraser, S Godfrey-Faussett, L Letts, G Godfrey-Faussett,
M MacLeod, S Wright, J Fawcett, L Grant
Second: C Wishart,A Edwardson, J Corcoran, G Godfrey-Faussett, L Redmond
Front: Z Findlay, M Mason, L Bell, S Niven, H Gardiner, S Wright, G Scott
Scottish Prep Schools
A lucky break in the weather saw John Muir Park cold
but dry. Twelve schools from all over Scotland were
represented with some 218 children taking to the mixed
terrain around the Country Park. As always the St.
Mary’s children ran their hearts out, each and every one
committing 100%, supporting their peers and displaying
behaviour which was a credit to their school. Much to our
delight the Under 10 boys team were placed FIRST in the
team competition and are now the proud holders of the
age group cup; our Under 14 girls were equally as pleased
to be placed THIRD in their competition.
Mrs FK Bell
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1st Place U10 Boys
Senior Rugby
Coach -
Mr W J Harvey
Captain -
Colours -
Fergus Godfrey-Faussett, Stefan Rooney
Half-Colours - Rory Ewart, Jack Howe, Tristan Jones, Jasper Lindsay
Abbey Park Cup for the most promising senior
rugby player - Fergus Godfrey-Faussett
Peter Baker Cup for the best Forward - Jack Howe
Senior Tackling Quaich - Fergus Godfrey-Faussett
For the first time in the School’s 117 year history the
1sts rugby report will only span one term due to the
introduction of football or soccer as it is sometimes
known, in the Lent term. Many a sharp intake of breath
has been witnessed amongst the steadfastly traditional FP
community on hearing of this worrying development!
However,this report is a reflection on a season of twelve
weeks that provided much to be pleased with and enough
gaps of respite to maintain the enthusiasm of our small
squad. The rugby daft St. Mary’s pupils of yesteryear
can be proud of a group of boys varying greatly in size,
significantly in ability but differing little in their outstanding
levels of courage.
The season’s tally finished; Played 8, Won 3, Lost 5. These
statistics do not give a clear picture of the progress made
and the individual development which I will mention in
my squad notes. Fixtures against Merchiston, Longridge,
Belhaven, Loretto, Cargilfield, Craigclowan, Fettes and
Aysgarth were all extremely worthwhile and our thanks
go to all schools for helping us maintain such a busy and
worthwhile rugby schedule. The team that played the
Aysgarth fixture was a “Barbarians” side made up of a
combination of St. Mary’s and Merchiston boys. This
collaboration reflected the strong rugby relationship
between Merchiston and St. Mary’s cemented over very
many decades which have seen Scottish and British and
Irish Lions Internationals hale from both our schools.
St. Mary’s also took a squad to the Ardvreck 7s in
November and the boys acquitted themselves very well
indeed against some formidable opposition.
Two individuals – Stefan Rooney (Dandylions) and
Fergus Godfrey-Faussett (Edinburgh Schools’ Barbarians)
justifiably won representative honors during the season.
Stefan played very well in a comprehensive victory for The
Dandylions over The WOSPS at Craigclowan and Fergus
was an unused replacement in the 17 – 17 draw between
The Scottish Prep Schools and The Edinburgh Barbarians
played at The Greenyards late in November.
Back: Mr A Bell, F Rutherford, S Rooney, R Bailey, T Jones, Mr W J Harvey
Front: H Letts, B Howell, C Bell, F Godfrey-Faussett, R Ewart, J Howe, J Lindsay
Jack Howe (Prop) – As predicted from the season before
this strong young man made an increasingly impressive
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impact throughout the season. His handling and ability to
carry the ball with powerful determination and perhaps
a surprising level of agility made his contribution very
significant. Jack grew in confidence and in the last few
matches of the season was performing at a very high
standard – looking to off load to support runners in the
tackle and running on the shoulder of team mates making
breaks. His defenceimproved to a level that was nearly
on a par with his excellent bursts of attacking flair that is
rarely seen from props less athletic than Jack!
Harry Letts (Hooker) –This tough young “soldier”
was not necessarily the most influential forward in our
pack but played throughout the season with courage
and determination. His awareness of what to do at the
breakdown improved and he was always willing to lend his
shoulder to any driving maul or clearing out at any ruck
when required. Next season will see him have a greater
impact in attack as well as carrying out defensive duties
but he can be pleased with his contribution this year.
Bryn Howell (Prop) –It is fair to say Bryn was something
of a reluctant prop throughout the season but his strength
was essential for this front row to hold firm against bigger
opposition. Out with the scrum Bryn played like a back row
forward always scavenging for the ball and looking to make
high impact tackles. As his reading of the game improved
these tackle opportunities became more frequent. Bryn
also carried the ball bravely and looked after it well in
contact. This will be very useful next season where he will
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get more opportunity to have a higher profile in matches.
Tristan Jones (Second Row) – I suggested in last year’s
rugby report that Tristan’s lack of speed around the pitch
prevented him from using his hugely powerful strength
to best effect. This year, I found the best approach was
to coach his much more punctual fellow forwardsto hold
on or slow things up until Tristan arrived to conclude the
proceedings. This, for the most part, worked! He ambled
from breakdown to breakdown regaining his strength
between each ruck and maul then lazily attaching himself
to the mass of bodies would suddenly explode into
action, usually emerging with the ball! Fantastic and very
entertaining to watch. He may not ever play international
rugby but water polo…? Watch this space.
Robert Bailey (Second Row) –Throughout the season
this young man has grown in stature aswell as size and
developed more and more awareness that he can be
extremely useful at set pieces on the rugby field. When
concentrating fully and focusing on the ball Robert has a
significant impact at lineouts. Opposing packs of forwards
often appeared to draw straws to see who would stand
next to him in the lineout and they were right to be
hesitant. As his confidence improved he became more
robust in dealing with securing the ball at this important
phase of play. In open play Robert developed a better
knack of supporting runners and demandingthe ball. He
has the potential to make a significant impact next season.
Stefan Rooney (Loose Forward/Centre) –As this
athletic young man grew in size he also grew in confidence
throughout the season. His powerful running and
determination to cross the opponents try line made him
stand out in most games. Stefan increased his knowledge
of the game and was rewarded for his attacking strengths
with a place in the Dandylions squad. He did very well
in the match against the WOSPS and also cemented the
idea in his own head that he has an abundance of ability.
He can be very proud of the fabulous progress he made
throughout the season.
Rory Ewart (Scrum Half) – Rory’s progress during his
two years playing 1sts rugby at St. Mary’s is something he
can be very proud of for a long time to come. He gained
the confidence to tackle and became more courageous
when operating from the base of the scrum closer to the
action. On occasions Rory showed a determination to
dart through a gap or draw a defender before making a
timely pass. He also learned to read the game well and
anticipate the moves of his opponents. Best of all, Rory
learned to enjoy being in the thick of the battle and getting
stuck in.
Fergus Godfrey-Faussett (Stand Off/Centre,
Captain) – Fifteen Fergus G-Fs in a side would be
impossible to beat. This very capable young man lead
from the front in every game and tackled with outstanding
courage. He developed an ability to make a break then
look to pass to any supporting player quick enough to
anticipate his attacking breaks and he learned to manage
his fiercely competitive instincts when luck was against him.
He captained the side with maturity, understanding and
tolerance, never complaining if others underperformed.
We have not seen the last of this young man’s rugby
playing ability. He has a great rugby playing future ahead of
him at Glenalmond, for Melrose and beyond.
Jasper Lindsay (Outside Centre) – This talented ball
player demonstrated a fleet of foot that would grace any
football or rugby field. His ability to dance out of trouble
and make a half break was outstanding and his passing
and support play improved to a very good standard too.
Defensively Jasper found tackling challenging but, as with
all good competitors, he learned to position himself in the
right channels to encourage his opposing number to pass.
He can be proud of the progress he made throughout the
season and of his contribution to the team effort.
Scott Graham (Wing) – Scott developed more
awareness of support play and how to run on to a pass
as the season progressed. With this improvement came
an ability to break a tackle and make good ground. As is
confidence grew an appetite for possession followed and
he came off his wing to support runners and also to tackle
in defence. There is much more to come from this athletic
young man and he will feature prominently in next year’s
1sts if he picks up from where he has left off this season.
Christopher Bell and Finlay Rutherford Both Chris
and Finlay contributed to a few games towards the end
of the season. Both were totally “at home” playing this
standard of rugby and their club involvement meant they
were as familiar with attacking and defensive strategies
as the older boys in the team. These two will be central
to next year’s 1sts campaign and with the same level of
enthusiasm will prove an inspiration to others around
them. They are both very exciting prospects.
Headmaster
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U11 Rugby
Coach -
Captain -
Played
10
John Bell Cup for the most promising
Junior rugby player - Christopher Bell
Half-colours -
Kenny Lyons, Christopher Bell
Mr A Morris
Christopher Bell
Won
7
Lost
3
Drawn
0
The U11s had a great 2011-12 season with a
lot of the hard work and perseverance from
the previous year finally paying off.
The squad gelled brilliantly and everyone was focused and
keen to play at their best. The season started with a very
close loss away to Merchiston before the team found their
form and completed a string of strong away wins against
Loretto, Clifton Hall and Compass. We had a formidable
forwards pack featuring Charlie E, Fergus and Oscar
up front with Charlie C and Finlay in the engine room
of the second row. Christopher controlled play well from
his position at scrum half with Kenny and Oliver showing
some good handling and pace out in the back divisions.
Sebastian and Cameron were the new additions to the
squad and both boys were keen to get stuck in!
There was disappointment in October with the Loretto
7s tournament rained-off and I feel the boys could easily
have improved on their quarter-final knockout from the
previous year had the tournament gone ahead. Following
on from half term, the boys lost to a rejuvenated Loretto
side and suffered a frustrating loss away to Longridge.
However, good things come to those who wait and it was
about to get as good as it can get! First came a thrilling
Back: C Lockie, F Rutherford, C Campbell, O Salvesen, F Burn, Mr A Morris
Front: O Fairnington, S Fraser, C Bell, C Edwardson, K Lyons
and hard fought victory against Merchiston at home.
Then Belhaven visited St. Mary’s in November and were
something of an unknown quantity, with the two sides
not having played against each other for two years due to
matches being cancelled because of snow. The game was
played with a lot of passion and St. Mary’s came away with
an 8-1 win. St. Mary’s then played host to the Brockhurst
touring side which also resulted in a win for the home
team.
Well done to the all the boys involved in the U11squad.
Their attitude, good humour, commitment and enthusiasm
during all the training sessions and matches made coaching
them a lot of fun.
Mr A Morris
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U9 Rugby
Coach -
Played
12
Mr M Chester
Won
8
Lost
2
Drawn
2
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It would be true to say that when I arrived
in September 2011, I did not expect to be
coaching such a talented and hard working
group of boys as the Under 9 Rugby team.
I was fortunate enough to be handed a very eager group of
boys who knew the game from playing at their respective
clubs, and who would go on and enjoy a very successful
season.
It was key to the group that they had an outstanding leader.
Not one who would shout and scream at other players,
but one who would lead by example, and work tirelessly in
the pursuit of success. Adam Leighton did this superbly.
He was very ably aided by vice-captain George GodfreyFaussett, and these two players set the standards for all
other players to follow with hard work in training, fearless
defence, and razor sharp attacking prowess. I thank these
boys greatly for their efforts and help throughout the
season.
There were many excellent performances, but the
personal highlight was the boys’ success at the Merchiston
Triangular tournament which also involved Ardvreck. In
these fixtures, the boys played superbly with outstanding
attack coming from the elusive pair of Jacob Fawcett and
James Corcoran. James proved to be the team’s top try
scorer, and improved his overall play significantly during
the season. Jacob was another who gained in confidence
which showed in his performances. He is a mazy runner
with an outstanding side-step and proved to be one of
our major threats over the season. In the ‘engine room’
of the team were James Campbell, Samuel Wright
and Harry Stephen, who unfortunately missed out on
playing for much of the season, but his commitment and
help in games was greatly appreciated. Other notable
contributions came from Adam Briggs and our Under 8
boys. Special mention from this group should go to Rudi
Brown and Lachlan Ferguson, who found themselves
in the Under 9 team due to their excellent performances
in training and in the Under 8 fixtures.
The Fettes College Festival was another opportunity to
test our mettle against many other schools far larger in
number than St.Mary’s. However, time and time again our
Back: I Howell, T Evans, J Campbell, R Brown, H Stephen
Centre: M Mason, J Fawcett, S Wright, A Leighton, J Corcoran, A Briggs
Front: H Gardiner, W Blunt, G Godfrey-Faussett, C Fraser, L Ferguson, T Muir,
L Buchanan
boys proved how little this meant, and that it was quality,
not quantity, that was important.With victories against the
hosts Fettes 6-2 then draws against Loretto and Ardvreck
ensured that everyone at the tournament knew who
St.Mary’s were!
It would be an oversight if I was not to mention the Under
8’s and the massive contribution they made to a successful
season for the whole group. Their efforts on the training
pitch contributed to an overall squad improvement. They
also had some very gratifying fixtures such as that against
Loretto. Although it was a tag rugby match, our boys
demolished the opposition with notable contributions
from Hamish Gardiner, Iwan Howell, and Murray
Mason, another to grow throughout the season. Also
in this squad were Wilfie Blunt, Liam Buchanan and
Thomas Muir, still learning the game but making a great
contribution none-the-less. A good sign for future came
in the shape of two potentially outstanding rugby players
in Tommy Dundas-Bekker and Will Stephen, both
scoring hat-tricks in the Loretto game on debut.
Without the help of Ian Millar, Peter Townsend and other
staff who acted as drivers at some point in the season, this
group would not have been able to play week in week out
and I thank you for all your help and support throughout
the season. Another thank you must go to the parents,
who, come rain or shine were on the sidelines supporting
the boys and keeping the coach in check! The boys are
very lucky to have such support. They truly are a talented
group of young men who were a delight to work with,
and I thank each and every one of them for their efforts
throughout the season.
Mr M Chester
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Senior Hockey
Coach -Mr I Purvis
Captain -
Emily Letts
Played
13
Won
4
Lost
6
Drawn
3
For
17
Lamb Cup for most improved Senior Hockey
Player - Olivia Rooney, Emma Salvesen
Hogg Shield Squad Hockey - Percy / Home / Scott
Colours -
Emily Letts, Jacqui Evans, Emma Salvesen, Olivia Rooney, Fallon Clark
Dandylions - Emily Letts, Jacqui Evans
Against
24
This season got off to a flying start! An
excellent win against Fettes in late September
followed by our most successful day at the
Loretto Tournament for many a year. The
girls played so well and were devastated at
being beaten by Heriots on penalties in the
semi finals. The competition on the day was
fierce but they showed great resolve and
highlighted what can be achieved when you
play as a cohesive unit.
Back: Mr I Purvis, J Evans, J Doherty, O Rooney, J Pringle, A Nelson, K Rourke
Front: Z Niven, M Harvey, F Clark, E Salvesen, E Letts, L Crawford, M Lawrie
Thereafter results didn’t quite go to plan! Many of the
games we lost were by small margins against some useful
opposition.
The season concluded with the Dandylions/Wosps game
at Fettes on the penultimate day of term.The standard was
extremely high and both games were fiercely competitive.
Emily and Jacqui played very well and thoroughly
deserved their selection for the squad.
Many thanks to the Friends of St. Mary’s for their support
in sponsoring the hire of the Tweedbank astroturf; their
support is very much appreciated.
Mr I Purvis
28.09.11 Fettes Loretto Tournament
02.10.11 Mary Erskines
Mowden Hall
Belhaven
Loretto B
Semi-final Heriots
Lost 3-4 on penalties
12.10.11 Dollar Academy
09.11.11 Longridge Towers
16.11.11 Loretto
25.01.12 Cargilfield
08.02.12 Belhaven U12s
07.03.12 Heriots
22.03.12 Dandys/Wosps
St. Mary’s at Tweedbank
Drew 0-0
Drew 0-0
Won 1-0
Won 2-0
Drew 0-0
Lost 2-4
Lost 2-5
Lost 1-4
Lost 1-3
Lost 1-2
Won 2-1
Lost 1-3
As lost 2-4
Bs won 2-1
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Won 4-2
Special Recognition to Mrs Fiona Bell
Bordernet
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During our last Assembly of the Michaelmas Term
2011, a surprise recognition of Mrs Bell’s (Miss
Houston) outstanding service to the school over
the past 20 years was celebrated. Parents, pupils,
staff and Mrs Bell’s parents, Drs Houston, were
treated to a slide show which included 20 years
of hairstyles. What was also noticeable about
the pictures was the relentless enthusiasm that
Mrs Bell has shown in her various roles up to and
including her Deputy Headship. I was proud to
present her with an engraved silver stop watch in
recognition of her outstanding service.
Headmaster
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U11 Hockey
most evident in our final two matches.
Izzy Folan - Midfield, A delightful, effervescent addition
to our gang in September. Izzy had played hockey before,
and it showed! Not afraid to tackle, Izzy played a key role
in our defensive strategy and was also able to feed our
forward line. Good stick skills though occasionally became
tangled up-don’t reverse your stick when you don’t have
to. J
Lucinda Crawford - Midfield, Better than she gives
herself credit for! Occasionally a little slow to make her
mind up on what to do with the ball but once the decision
has been made can play some rather nice hockey. Huge
improvement on work rate and recovery (and no longer
carrying the hand-bag! J ) Be confident!
Flora Vestey - Wing, her size belied her strength! A nippy
player with plenty of stamina too, lots of ground covered
in every match. Stick skills improved, the only thing she
lacked was a quick shot at goal!
Màili Gardener - Wing, as a left hander she loved the
left-wing developing some lovely reverse stick skills
(of which she was quite rightly very proud). Had plenty
opportunities to score so must remember to follow up
her shots on goal.
Susannah Godfrey-Faussett - Centre, quite simply the
lynchpin of the team and a force to be reckoned with.
Noticed by all visiting umpires Susannah is the most
talented U11 I have coached; a modest Captain she led
by example in every match and could be relied upon to
rally the troops with her n’er say die attitude-it will be
interesting for us all to follow the progress of this young
player.
Mrs FK Bell
Coach -
Mrs FK Bell
Captain -
Susannah Godfrey-Faussett
Cup for the most promising hockey Junior Susannah Godfrey-Faussett
Half-Colours - Susannah Godfrey-Faussett
Played
11
Won
7
Lost
4
Drawn
0
For
26
Against
15
Having inherited a GROUP of little girls who
lacked confidence in their own ability it has
been heartening to be a part of their progress.
I wish Good Luck to a more composed, selfassured TEAM of young ladies.
From the first training session it was clear the girls wanted
to please, their work ethic was tremendous, as was their
sense of humour; both Coach and team had fun and I think
quite enjoyed one another’s company.
The Under 11s 2011-12 comprised of:
Rosie Tile - Goal-keeper, Lucky
to have Miss Simpson’s input, Rosie
was a fast learner and became quite
adept at yelling at her defenders!
Speed across the goal-mouth
improved and Rosie became more
decisive. Fiercely proud of her goalie
kit, Rosie was my most reliable
Keeper to date-kit was always carefully checked into and
out off her big blue bag!
Francesca Jones - Sweeper, Rapid at taking 16yd hits,
Francesca soaked up the advice given and caught many
teams off guard. Her gentle nature sometimes went
against her but as a more aggressive Francesca emerged
some pleasing game-saving tackles were made.
Elizabeth Morgan - Defence, If there was a prize for the
most improved U11 player then it would be Elizabeth. She
arrived on the pitch in September less than enthused and
fairly timid; that girl has been replaced by a fiery character
with a hidden determination. Elizabeth worked hard on
her skills and deserves her success-I am sure there is still
more to come.
Shula Thomson - Defence, Worked really well with
other defenders becoming particularly adept at, ’covering’.
Over the course of the season Shula became more gutsy
and was less likely to back off from a tackle-this became
Back: M Gardiner, L Crawford, F Jones, E Morgan, Mrs FK Bell
Front: F Vestey, I Folan, R Tile, S Thomson, S Godfrey-Faussett
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U10 Hockey
Coach - Miss E Simpson
Played
10
Won
7
Lost
2
Drawn
1
For
35
Against
5
From the beginning of the season, everybody
was commenting on the strength of the Under
10 squad.
SP ORT
Having defeated Fettes at the beginning of term after
only a couple of training sessions, the girls went from
strength to strength, with highlights being the Bs’ match
against Loretto, where Louisa, Catrin, Zara and Naomi
worked out their most effective on-pitch partnerships, and
the As’ epic, muddy battle with touring side Brockhurst
and Marlston House, during which Georgie, Sasha N,
Juliette, Georgina and Ellen really proved their stamina
and determination. One of the biggest boons to the squad
was their natural goalkeeper, Issie. She was an absolute
pleasure to work with, taking on advice brilliantly and
refining her skills throughout the season. Her partnership
with the ever-athletic Sophie at sweeper was superb.
There was success at the front of the pitch, too, with
Georgia becoming an increasingly dangerous striker, as
she proved in our victory against Longridge. Sasha R and
Mimi’s tactical awareness and dribbling skills improved
greatly as they had more match practice, while Charlotte
also showed great promise on the wing during Michaelmas
Term. Every match the Under 10s played was exciting and
packed with total commitment from the girls – they are
an outstanding bunch of players and will go on to great
things!
Miss E. Simpson
Back: Miss E Simpson, C Howell, G Buchan, G Pringle
Centre: L Letts, E Crawford, S Mason, Z Findlay, G Nisbet
Front: S Niven, O Aird, S Richards, I French, J Reid, M Pitman, N Morgan
07.09.11
14.09.11
14.09.11
12.10.11
09.11.11
02.12.11
25.01.12
05.03.12
14.03.12
14.03.12
Fettes
Won 2-0
Loretto A
Won 4-0
Loretto B
Won 7-0
Compass
Lost 1-2
Longridge Towers
Won 7-0
Brockhurst and Marlston House Won 1-0
Cargilfield
Lost 1-3
Compass
Won 7-0
Clifton Hall A
Won 5-0
Clifton Hall B
Drew 0-0
Squad Hockey F3-F5
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U9 Hockey and Netball
Netball results
Belhaven (A)
2
Cargilfield (A 0
Cargilfield (H) 5
Fettes (H)3
Loretto (A)
8
Loretto (H)
7
Played
6
Won
2
Lost
1
St. Mary’s
St. Mary’s
St. Mary’s St. Mary’s
St. Mary’s
St. Mary’s Drawn
3
For
24
Hockey results
Belhaven (H)0
Cargilfied (H)5
Compass (A) 0
Compass (H)0
Fettes (A)2
Loretto (A)2
Loretto (H)0
3
5
5
3
8
0
Against
25
Played
7
Won
4
Lost
2
St. Mary’s
St. Mary’s
St. Mary’s
St. Mary’s
St. Mary’s
St. Mary’s St. Mary’s
Drawn
1
For
34
4
1
9
9
0
2
9
Against
9
The Under 9 Netball team had a very
successful season. All the members listened
carefully during training sessions and worked
on improving their defending and attacking
skills.
During each match the girls put into practice all skills
learned, communicated effectively, marked carefully, got
into spaces and worked hard passing the ball towards their
goal. An impressive 24 goals were scored altogether with
2 games being won, 3 drawn and one defeat. The team
turned up for each event looking exceptionally smart and
were dedicated to achieving the best possible results for
St. Mary’s. I was very proud of all the girls during each
netball match. Well played girls!
Back: S Wright, B Brown, N Ridley, Miss S Morrison
Front: L Bell, A Edwardson, M MacLeod, L Redmond
The Under 9 team had a busy season playing a
total of seven matches. Four were successfully
won, one drawn and there were two defeats.
In total 34 goals were scored by the team
compared to 9 by the opposition.
Niamh, Megan,
Lucy R, Annabel,
Lucy B,
Stephanie & Bailey
During training sessions the girls had the opportunity
to play in different positions and played in the position
best suited for their individual strengths during matches.
Throughout the Michaelmas and Lent terms the team
worked carefully together practising their dribbling, hitting
and defending skills so that they were fully prepared for
matches. The team definitely gained more confidence as
the season went on and were delighted when they won, yet
were gracious in defeat. I am delighted with the progress
each individual has made in hockey and look forward to
hearing of similar successes next year when they will play
set positions.
Miss S Morrison
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Back: Miss S Morrison, N Ridley, B Brown, S Wright
Front: A Edwardson, L Bell, L Redmond, M MacLeod
U8 Hockey and Netball
With girls starting hockey and netball training
in Form 3 they are very keen to play with
other teams both home and away.
As many other schools don’t play these sports at this age
we only get the chance to play in festivals at this stage but
we make the most of the experience – learning new skills
and making lots of new friends.
This year the girls had hockey festivals with Longridge
Towers and Loretto, along with a netball festival and
training session at Cargilfield.
Mrs Z Wright
Back: Mrs Z Wright, S Lawrie, M McCorquodale, L Grant, C Wishart
Front: C Wright, H Ker, G Leighton, L Forbes, G Scott
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Back: G Leighton, M McCorquodale, L Grant, C Wishart
Front: C Wright, H Ker, S Lawrie, L Forbes, G Scott
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U13 Netball
05.10.11 Cargilfield U12s
02.11.11 Dandys/Wosps
30.11.11 Belhaven
18.01.12 Loretto
23.01.12 Melrose Primary
14.03.12 Fettes
14.03.12 Craigclowan
Back: J Evans, J Doherty, O Rooney, E Letts, E Salvesen, J Pringle, Mr Purvis
Front: Z Niven, M Harvey, A Nelson, F Clark, K Rourke, L Crawford, M Lawrie
Coach -
Mr I Purvis
Captain -
Fallon Clark
Colours -
Emily Letts, Fallon Clark, Jacqui Evans
Half-Colours - Olivia Rooney, Emma Salvesen
Dryburgh Cup for Squad Netball - Percy
Dandylions - Fallon Clark, Jacqui Evans
24.04.12
Final
U13 - A
Played
5
Won
2
Lost
3
Drawn
0
For
38
Against
33
The weather last season was to blame for a
rather bare fixtures card. This season however,
the weather was much more favourable and as
you can see we managed to play a significant
number of fixtures.
Eildon Cup netball tournament
Melrose Primary B
Won 6-1
Earlston Primary
Won 4- 0
Melrose Primary A
Won 4-1
St. Boswell’s Primary Won 2- 0
Newtown Primary
Drew 1-1
Lauder Primary
Won 4-0
Newtown Primary
Won 4-2
getting involved in various drills and matches and the
afternoons were a tremendous success; I very much hope
to continue with these games for years to come.
As ever the season concluded with the Eildon Cup
Tournament, this year hosted by Melrose Primary. It was
a great afternoon with the competition as tough as I’ve
seen it. After the series of round robin matches St. Mary’s
and Newtown emerged with a same number of points so
played a final. It was a close game and very competitive
however I’m delighted to say we came out on top and
retained the trophy.
Very well done to all the girls this season. We might only
be a small squad but we don’t half pack a punch!
The season got under way in early October with a
tremendous afternoon hosting Cargilfield; this set a
precedent for the rest of the season. Reflecting back over
the season and given the small number of girls from whom
to select a team, I was thrilled with all they achieved.
The Dandylions / Wosps matches in early November
at Kilgraston witnessed another Dandys double over
the Wosps. Both Fallon and Jacqui both thoroughly
warranted their selection for the squad and relished the
experience of playing representative netball. A particular
highlight for me this season were our games with Melrose
Primary School. They saw lots of girls from both schools
Mr I Purvis
U13 - B
U12
Won
3
Lost
2
Drawn
0
For
40
Against
21
Played
11
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76
Won
9
Lost
0
Drawn
2
For
68
Against
22
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Played
5
Drew
14-14
As won 21-5
Bs won 17-5
As lost 5-11
Bs won 4-3
As won 13-7
Bs won 9-4
Won 14-0 (U12s)
Won 7-2 (U12s)
As won 16-8
Bs won 23-6
Won 8-1 (U12s)
As lost 2-5
Bs lost 2-3
As lost 2-3
Bs lost 2-4
U11 Netball
Coach -
Captain -
Played
7
Mrs FK Bell
Lucinda Crawford
Won
4
Lost
3
Drawn
0
For
61
Against
36
A tough start to the season when we played
schools who concentrate solely on netball
during the Michaelmas Term.
This set of young ladies kept their heads high and
learnt from their well drilled opponents - they took
only positives from the experiences and made pleasing
progress throughout the season. Susannah, Flora and
Lucinda discovered how crucial it was to win the Centre
Pass, Francesca and Elizabeth tried to take back and
side-line passes quickly, Izzy and Shula concentrated on
moving rapidly into a new space, Màili and Rosie learnt
that practice really does make perfect when you play as
Goal Shooter and all the girls realised safe hands and a
variety of passes are required if a team is to reach its
potential-and this team did just that!!
Back: Mrs FK Bell, I Folan, E Morgan, F Jones, M Gardiner
Front: R Tile, F Vestey, L Crawford, S Godfrey-Faussett, S Thomson
05.10.11
02.11.11
16.11.11
18.11.11
11.1.12
23.1.12
22.2.12
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Mrs FK Bell
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Cargilfield
Belhaven
Loretto
Melrose
Fettes Melrose Loretto
Lost 4-11
Lost 2-15
Won 10-0
Won 17-3
Lost 5-10
Won 7-1
Won 9-4
U10 Netball
Coach -
Played
8
Miss E Simpson
Won
4
Lost
3
Drawn
1
For
55
Against
33
The Under 10s had a huge enthusiasm towards
netball this year, and it was pleasing to be able
to spot them practising their shooting and
passing during any available break time.
The girls were spurred on by an early defeat to Cargilfield,
although they had much to be proud of during that
match, with Juliette establishing her position as Centre,
Georgina showing how dominant she could be at Goal
Defence and Georgie never giving up on her impressive
shooting. Throughout the season, other players had their
chance to shine, too: Georgia used her height to great
advantage and became an increasingly decisive shooter,
while Ellen and Sasha N showed excellent versatility by
excelling at every role they tried. Sasha R and Catrin
were brilliant defensive players, taking back-line passes
very effectively. Louisa was another team member who
could slot into any position on the court, as was Naomi,
whose footwork improved massively during the two
terms. Issie was equally effective as Goal Shooter and
Goal Keeper, proving herself a ‘thinking’ player. Charlotte
greatly increased her knowledge of the game and benefited
from match experience, whilst Mimi and Sophie were
fantastic Centres, proving themselves in both practice and
fixtures. The title of most improved netball player must
go to Zara, who worked incredibly hard in practice to
Back: Miss E Simpson, C Howell, G Buchan, G Pringle
Centre: L Letts, E Crawford, S Mason, Z Findlay, I French
Front: S Niven, S Richards, O Aird, G Nisbet, N Morgan, M Pitman, J Reid
become a safe passer, experienced interceptor and skilful
reader of the game. The final tally of goals for vs. goals
against reveals the immense effort put in by every member
of the squad – they can all be very proud of themselves!
Miss E Simpson
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02.11.11
02.11.11
11.01.12
18.01.12
18.01.12
22.02.12
22.02.12
Lost 3-9
Drew 9-9
Won 8-0
Won 14-0
Won 7-1
Lost 2-4
Won 9-1
Lost 3-9
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Cargilfield
Belhaven A
Belhaven B
Fettes
Loretto A
Loretto B
Loretto A
Loretto B
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1st XI Cricket
Coach -
Mr I Purvis
Captain -
Colours -
Fergus Godfrey-Faussett, Jasper Lindsay, Stefan Rooney
Half-Colours - Rory Ewart, Jack Howe, Tristan Jones
Played
5
Won
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Ness Cup for Squad Cricket - Percy and Douglas
Batting Prize - Fergus Godfrey-Faussett
Bowling Prize - Fergus Godfrey-Faussett
Fielding Prize - Jasper Lindsay
War Cup for Single Wicket - Fergus Godfrey-Faussett
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I’m sure if you read through other cricket
reports from season 2012 you will discover a
similar theme; the weather! I can’t remember
a summer as wet as the one we have just
experienced and it wreaked havoc with our
fixtures calendar.
In total we cancelled seven games and of the five we
managed to play three were played in conditions more
suited to aqua aerobics. Never-the-less, no small effort as
ever went into preparing the ground week after week so
the frustration felt was wide spread!
Our first game was against Cargilfield 2nds in early May
and was a game we could have and should have won. In
the end however, we lost by 13 runs in a close and very
exciting start to the season.
We played Fettes 2nds later that month (23rd) in another
well matched game. Having batted first we didn’t post a
high enough total and our hosts reached it with 3 wickets
remaining. That was to be the last sunny Wednesday of
the term!
We had a game with our U11s in an attempt to get at
least some cricket played but other than that it wasn’t
until the last week of term that we managed to get any
more cricket. Both matches, against the Fathers and then
Manderston CC were on very soggy wickets but it was
the final week and by that stage we were desperate for a
game! We came out on top in both!
Highlights of the season - Fergus had a couple of nice
innings, 38 and 36 both unbeaten. Jasper almost beat
Cargilfield single handed with 32, his best innings of the
season. Fergus had figures of 3 for 8 off 4 against Fettes and
against Manderston Cricket Club Stefan bowled superbly
with 1 wicket for no runs off 3 overs and Charlie E
bowled a triple wicket maiden in his last over, also against
Manderston!
Hopefully next summer will be considerably warmer and
drier; surely it can’t be any worse?
Mr I Purvis
Back: Mr I Purvis, J Howe, T Jones, R Bailey, S Rooney, S Graham
Front: R Ewart, H Letts, F Godfrey-Faussett, B Howell, J Lindsay
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Senior Football
Coach -
Captain -
Mr W J Harvey
Jasper Lindsay
the lack of football being played on the Prep School circuit.
The season’s tally of four losses, one draw and one win is
definitely misleading. High scoring matches indicated the
fighting spirit shown and repeatedly this side went behind
before having the confidence to hold on to the ball and
pass with more purpose and accuracy. The “hoof it” habit
took a while to coach out of many!
Thanks go to Merchiston (2), Longridge, Clifton Hall
and Melrose Primary (2) for providing us with excellent
fixtures. The latter fixtures further cemented our growing
relationship with our close neighbor across the High
Street.
The team consisted of Tristan Jones in goal. Tristan
would be the first to admit that low shots were not his
strong point but as he developed a more protective instinct
of the frame behind him he became more courageous in
dealing with onrushing attackers and he also made some
first class saves when powerful shots of a height anywhere
above knee level were struck at goal.
In front of Tristan were a back three trio of Robert
Bailey, Bryn Howell and Harry Letts. These three
developed a good understanding of how to clear their
lines efficiently and effectively and although they lacked
some skills in possession of the ball, they always tried to
January 2012 may not have seen the arrival of the first ever
St. Mary’s football team but it was the first football term
in the School’s long and successful history. The inaugural
season coincided with a very willing group of senior boys.
This group included a mixture of hard workers, talented
all-round sportsmen, outstanding footballers and loyal
“foot soldiers”. I doubt they realized the significance of
the ground they were breaking and they can also be very
proud of how they quickly adapted to a sport largely alien
to most of the other Prep Schools. Ironically, amongst
them was one particular boy who is likely to be one of
the best footballers to attend the school for many years
to come.
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The season saw significant improvement in the group’s
skills, knowledge and understanding and anyone who
might have watched their first game and their last would
have been forgiven for thinking they were watching a
completely different team.
The term was blighted by the usual frosty weather but all
credit to Mr Purvis for organizing several fixtures despite
Back: Mr A Bell, S Rooney, R Bailey, T Jones, B Howell, Mr W J Harvey
Front: H Letts, J Howe, J Lindsay, R Ewart, F Godfrey-Faussett
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find a team mate with a pass when given time and space.
They also developed the confidence to dribble the ball
forward and Bryn in particular became adept at bringing
the ball out of defense and stimulating threatening attacks
from midfield. Robert and Harry specialized in crunching
tackles!
Jack Howe played a holding role in front of the back
three and once Jack realized that he had a natural ability to
judge the bounce of the ball and to control it with his feet
he began to very much influence the play. His formidable
presence often panicked opponents in to making a lose
pass or mis-controlling the ball and Jack’s deceptively
quick speed off the mark often led to him winning
possession and starting dangerous counter attacks. He
made impressive progress in the six games of the season.
Jasper Lindsay captained the side from the middle of
midfield and his awareness of team mates in space and
his ability to dance through tackles with the ball at his
feet was outstanding. Jasper – the most accomplished
footballer in the side, was also maturely unselfish and
brought his fellow midfielders and strikers into the games
with his vision and distribution. His passion for winning
sometimes spilled over into frustration when luck was
against the side but I did not see a more skillful player in
any of the matches we played during the term. Jasper was
a joy to watch.
Alongside Jasper in midfield was Fergus GodfreyFaussett who quickly realized that football was a game
his all-round sporting talents would suit. Fergus loved
dribbling past defenders and his desire to create chances
for others along with his extremely determined tackling
and chasing meant he had a major impact on the team’s
overall performance. It was abundantly clear that Fergus
thoroughly enjoyed the challenge of playing a sport less
familiar to him than rugby and he very quickly excelled.
Ahead of the midfield were two contrasting types of
players. Stefan Rooney had requested to play in goal
but from the start of the season it was clear his appetite
for possession and to score goals would be of much more
use to the side. Stefan closed down defenders and with
his long legs repeatedly won the ball in tackles high up
the pitch. He used his pace to great effect and his skills
developed to a standard where he could control and shoot
when under pressure from defenders. He was very ably
assisted by the team’s out and out finisher Rory Ewart.
Rory had an undoubted instinct for where to run to score
goals. He scored five goals in the five games he played
and if the distance he scored them from was added up
the metre count would barely reach double figures! That
said, this knack was uncanny and he often had to control
the ball under pressure and beat a defender to create his
shooting opportunities. Rory was also prepared to dive in
where he might get hurt if there was the slightest chance
he may score as a result.
This group of boys can be very proud of how they
represented the School in a sport unfamiliar to most of
them. They gelled as a team and can be very proud of the
very steep learning curve they were part of.
I can reassure any concerned FPs that although they
gained huge enjoyment from playing football, the general
consensus amongst them was that they slightly preferred
being able to pick the ball up in their hands and run with
it as well as being allowed to knock down any opponent
who did something similar!
All the same, well done boys and thank you for working
so well as a team.
Headmaster
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Under 11 Back: C Bell, C Lockie, F Rutherford, O Salvesen, F Burn
Front: S Fraser, O Fairnington, C Campbell, K Lyons, C Edwardson
Under 9 Back: Mr A Morris, I Howell, T Evans, J Campbell, R Brown, H
Stephen, Mr I Chesters
Centre: M Mason, J Fawcett, S Wright, C Fraser, J Corcoran, A Briggs
Front: H Gardiner, W Blunt, G Godfrey-Faussett, A Leighton, L Ferguson,
T Muir, L Buchanan
U11 Cricket
Coach -
Captain -
Mr M Chester
Charlie Edwardson
Played
4
Lost
3
ever dependable Finlay Rutherford to gain an excellent
opening victory.
Cameron Lockie and Sebastian Fraser were both
players who struggled with their control with the ball in
this game, but these two boys developed so much, that by
the end of the season they could bowl an over with control
and accuracy. This is testament to the attitude shown
throughout the year by all the boys who represented
St.Mary’s, and I congratulate them on this.
Following the Loretto game was the very talented
Cargilfield. Losing the toss and being told to field first, the
boys were left to chase the ball around the out field as
Cargilfield piled on the runs to score 135/5 from 22 overs.
The St. Mary’s reply was a stuttering one, with players
regularly giving their wickets away. Bell gone LBW second
ball, and the captain running himself out for the second
time was not the best start, but in stepped Rutherford
who showed a calmness and discipline at the crease to
solidify the innings and deny Cargilfield an outright victory.
Instead, he batted out the innings with Fraser to finish
with the score on 55-8 at the close – a losing draw!
Fettes were next, and on a glorious summer’s day,
St.Mary’s suffered an agonising final over defeat in a very
close and highly entertaining fixture. Driven and watched
by the Headmaster, and our loyal travelling spectators
(thank you Parents, you know who you are!), the boys
were keen to impress. Set a target of 80 runs batting first
on a very low bouncing wicket, the boys achieved 79 – not
bad! Charlie Edwardson has batted steadily in his best
innings of the season, and Fergus Burn entered the fray
late in the innings to blast a quick-fire 13. However, having
been informed the ball would keep low, and they should
play on the front foot, wickets tumbled as players failed
to take on this information – 5 wickets through players
playing on the back foot!
This was a match where progress shone through. Oliver
Fairnington bowled superbly in the opening over,
Charlie Campbell took yet another wicket with his
first ball, and Finlay Rutherford was on fire! He took
If a season’s success was only measured by
success in fixtures, then this season could
be seen as a disappointing one from the
Under 11’s. However, this team improved
tremendously over the year both in their
physical ability, and mental application which
is so important in the tough and highly
disciplined game of cricket.
After a good initial training session at the beginning of the
season, it was obvious to me that we had a good leadership
pairing of Charlie Edwardson who captained the side
tremendously, ably aided by vice-captain Christopher
Bell. The boys were faced with a tough opening challenge
of Loretto away on Wednesday 2nd May which was a big
task, but their application was excellent. Bowling first, I
asked Charlie to allow every player to bowl at least one
over, which was my philosophy throughout the season.
As mentioned earlier, progress was my main aim and we
began by bowling 25 wides in our opening innings, which
resulted in 50 runs for the opposition (2 runs with no
extra ball). We ended the season bowling only 10 wides in
our final game against Fettes. Evidence of progress!
Back to The Loretto game, and needing 79 to win,
Christopher Bell was in imperious form and guided
the boys past the magical 78 to win with a score of 83/2
with 2 overs to spare. He was ably supported by the
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bat. The final major lesson which these boys must learn is
that half a job is not good enough, and that concentration
is required at ALL times, if they are to be successful. A
disappointing end to the season scoring only 22 runs with
the bat should not overshadow the achievements of each
individual player. They ALL improved significantly over the
year where batting practice was very difficult due to the
conditions.
I now have a message for the boys for next season.
Continue where you left off, but go on and produce a
well-rounded performance where you bat, bowl and field
better than your opposition! If you do that, I promise you
will win more matches, and if that is how we measure
success, then you will enjoy a lot of it!
Mr M Chester
3 wickets on the day, a tremendous display of accuracy.
But the most pleasing element of all was that this was a
team effort. Unlike Fettes, who only bowled 5 bowlers
on the day, St. Mary’s bowled everybody, meaning there
were vital contributions to the overall performance from
Oscar Salvesen, Cameron Lockie, Sebastian Fraser
and Kenny Lyons.
A narrow defeat did not dampen their spirits, and this led
to the best half of cricket the boys played of the season
in our last match against Mowden Hall. As mentioned
previously, bowling and fielding was not a strong point in
the opening fixture. In this final match, the boys produced
a performance in the field which was breathtaking! 3 run
outs, a superb catch from Lockie, accurate bowling and
urgency all around reduced Mowden Hall to 72 all out
from their 20 overs. There was a superb atmosphere in
the changing rooms and during tea, which probably was
the reason for their disappointing performance with the
Back: C Lockie, F Rutherford, C Campbell, O Salvesen, F Burn
Front: K Lyons, O Fairnington, C Edwardson, C Bell, S Fraser
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U9 Cricket
Coach -
Captain -
Mr A Morris
George Godfrey-Faussett
Played
6
Won
6
Lost
0
Hawes Tankard for the most promising Cricket
Junior George Godfrey-Faussett
The 2012 U9 cricket season will be remembered
for being one of the wettest and yet one of the
most successful for a number years. In between the
showers, downpours and cyclones, the U9 team
managed to fit in their matches and achieved the
fantastic feat of remaining unbeaten by the end of
the season.
Proceedings kicked off with a couple of surprisingly
sunny matches away at Loretto and Cargilfield. The
second match was particularly impressive, with a
number of the St. Mary’s batsmen not only making the
boundary but sailing many shots high and long into
the car park. With such a strong start, cricket fever
started to spread among the squad with everyone
heading out to the nets during breaks, lunchtimes
and any spare moment that presented itself.
Back: Mr I Chesters, A Leighton, R Brown, J Campbell, T Evans, Mr A Morris
Centre: L Ferguson, I Howell, H Stephen, S Wright, J Fawcett, C Fraser
Front: H Gardiner, W Blunt, T Muir, G Godfrey-Faussett, M Mason, A Briggs,
L Buchanan
and a return fixture against Cargilfield meant that
the team finished the term on a high.
Well done to all the boys involved in the team. Not
only did they play very well, but their behaviour (on
and off the pitch) and appearance for matches was
impeccable and all were a credit to the school.
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The extra practice paid off and the wins kept coming.
Leading up to half term, St. Mary’s played host to
Mowden Hall and Longridge Towers. Unfortunately,
rain prevented the match against Belhaven from going
ahead. However, a final flourish against Merchiston
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1st IX Rounders
Coach -
Captain -
Mrs Bell
Emma Salvesen
Played
9
Won
4
Lost
5
Drawn
0
For
65
Against
66
Weston Cup for rounders batting Fallon Clark
Toms Cup for most improved senior player Mia Harvey
Anderson Prize for fielding Jacqui Evans
Hogg Cup for Squad rounders Home/Scott
Colours - Emma Salvesen, Emily Letts, Jacqui Evans
Half-Colours - Fallon Clark, Lorna Crawford, Mia
Harvey, Olivia Rooney
Dandylions - A) Jacqui Evans
B) Emma Salvesen, Emily Letts
Back: Mrs FK Bell, J Evans, O Rooney, E Letts, F Clark, J Pringle, J Doherty
Front: Z Niven, M Lawrie, A Nelson, E Salvesen, K Rourke, L Crawford,
M Harvey
‘Rounders in the rain ‘ became our mantra this
season! Despite almost every training session
thwarted by soggy feet or slippery hands the
enthusiasm of the squad never dampened and
their attitude is to be commended.
with big hitters, were our Deep Fielders; Emma, Fallon
and Jocelyn worked tirelessly on their overarm throws
and on aiming, they were rewarded with some fantastic
play which was much commented on by our spectators.
Zoë and Katie got to grips with fielding off 1st Post both
showing progress and an increased understanding that
the ball would be better aimed to 4th Post or Bowler.
Fielding was definitely a strength of this team but batting
did improve as the term progressed and I’m delighted to
report that every member of the Squad scored at least
one rounder for the team-well done!
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With only four Under 13 players we could have been at
a distinct disadvantage when playing Inter-School fixtures
but our Under 12s stepped up to the mark and took
their lead from the Form 8 group. It didn’t take long
to form a cohesive team as positioning proved fairly
straightforward. Jacqui was the obvious choice as Bowler,
and indeed rose to the heights of being the Dandylions A
team bowler, she could vary her bowl and her fabulous
catching in the bowling square stopped many a runner in
her tracks; at Back-Stop Lorna was nimble and became
increasingly quick off the mark, Emily at 1st Post did not
miss much gaining in confidence in left-handed catching,
at 2nd Post Mia was pivotal with her safe hands and
sound understanding of the game. Playing just off 3rd and
4th Posts Olivia, Ava, Jess and Morven all realised the
importance of staying deep and running into the ball-this
helped our fielding quite markedly during the season.
Crucial to our performance, particularly against schools
Mrs FK Bell
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Belhaven
Riley House
Fettes
Kilgraston
Ardvreck Longridge Cargilfield
Belhaven Mothers
2 ½ - 6
4½-3
8 - 4 1 ½ - 5
9 ½ -12 ½
17 ½ - 6
11-13 8 -15
11 ½ - 5 ½ loss
win
win
loss
loss
win
loss
loss
win
U11 Rounders
Coach -
Captain -
Played
4
Miss Simpson
Francesca Jones
Won
0
Lost
3
Drawn
1
For
11
Against
30
The Under 11 rounders team was a goodnatured and positive crew this year; we
may not have swept all before us in a wave
of victory and glory, but we learned a lot
from our experiences, and exhibited good
sportsmanship and team spirit throughout.
The girls were nervous about their first fixture with
Fettes, but on the day they realised they had already
picked up many tactics from training, and the partnership
between backstop Francesca, bowler Elizabeth and
second post Lucinda was strong. This core of our team
was vital all season, with Lucinda, especially, showing a
great understanding of how to stop the opposition from
scoring, and benefitting from training with the more
experienced Mia. On the posts, it took us a little longer
to whip things into shape, but by the time we came to
our most successful and enjoyable fixture – a triangular
match with Belhaven and Loretto – 1st Post Rosie, 3rd
Post Shula and 4th Post Flora were a much sharper
unit, and we kept the scores in these fixtures low. It was
great that Màili returned from injury at this point in the
term, as her throwing skills, honed in cricket, were an
Back: Miss E Simpson, E Morgan, M Gardiner, L Crawford, I Folan
Front: F Vestey, R Tile, F Jones, S Thomson, S Godfrey-Faussett
added bonus at Third Deep. Next year the girls are going
to focus more strongly on batting – although Susannah
and Izzy smacked some superb balls into the deep field
this year, we lacked the really huge hits that would have
increased our competitive edge.This was a team that built
on its experience wisely, and faced all challenges in good
humour; we had a very fun term together.
Miss E Simpson
02.05.11
16.05.11
16.05.11
13.06.11
Lost 3½-6
Lost 1-4
Drew 4-4
Lost 2½-16
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Fettes
Belhaven
Loretto
Cargilfield
U10 Rounders
St. Mary’s
15
Longridge (A) 4½
Fettes (H) 2
St. Mary’s 11½
Win
Win
I was delighted to be asked to train the Under
10 Rounders squad this year as I thoroughly
enjoyed working with the girls last year.
I knew that they were an enthusiastic, determined team
and I was not disappointed with the results they produced.
At training sessions the girls worked hard improving their
throwing and catching skills, in addition to strengthening
their batting and bowling. The first match played was
against Fettes. Due to carefully planned tactics, superb
batting and fielding the team won 15 – 2. Inspired by
this the team kept up good training practice and were
really looking forward to the next match at Belhaven
Hill. Unfortunately this match was cancelled due to the
never ending rain we encountered this season. The rain
did however stay off for our match against Longridge
where we were joined by a herd of sheep which caused
much amusement! The girls worked well as a team and
won their match 11 ½ to 4 ½. Just before the end of
term the squad were looking forward to heading up to
Musselburgh to meet their Loretto friends however rain
Back: Miss S Morrison, S Mason, G Nisbet, G Pringle, G Buchan, C Howell, I
French, C James
Front: S Niven, L Letts, S Richards, Z Findlay, E Crawford, O Aird, M Pitman,
N Morgan
again prevented play.
Due to the large team of 15 this year some girls were
asked to support the Under 9s during matches. Those
who did played with confidence and helped towards the
total number of rounders scored.
Each member of the squad should be very proud of their
contributions to this fantastic season. We are all hoping
the weather improves next year to enable us to play all of
our matches.
Miss S Morrison
U9 Rounders
St. Mary’s
Loretto
Belhaven
Compass
St. Mary’s
8
5½
3½
2
5
Fettes
St. Mary’s
St. Mary’s
St. Mary’s
Cargilfield
5½
14
9
6
10½
Win
Win
Win
Win
Loss
Played
5
Won
4
Lost
1
Drawn
0
It was a real pleasure working with the U9
Rounders team this year.
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Lots of hard work at training sessions alongside the U8
team meant the season started very well, with a convincing
win at home. It was fantastic to see the girls hone their
skills over the season with significant strides being made
both in their batting and fielding. I am very proud to have
been involved with such a committed and motivated team
this year and thank them for their enthusiasm.
Back: Miss K McRae, S Wright, B Brown, N Ridley
Front: L Bell, A Edwardson, M MacLeod, L Redmond
Miss K McRae
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For
42
Against
27
U8 Rounders
Laughter and learning, fun and fitness, skills
and smiles. Many thanks to the multi-talented
Mrs Brown for stepping in to coach the Under
8s.
Having watched their final encounter of the season I know
that St. Mary’s rounders has a promising future.
Mrs FK Bell
Back: Mrs A Brown, C Wishart, L Grant, M McCorquodale, G Leighton, S Lawrie
Front: C Wright, G Scott, J Knibbs, L Forbes, H Ker
Tennis
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8 Tennis Champion during the Easter holidays.
Cameron was also part of the trio who won the
Border’s Under 8 mixed Tennis Tournament
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of his pupils. The Interschool tennis competition was as
fearsome as ever with matches being played during breaktimes and after school. Finals were played during the last
week of term with the following pupils claiming the titles:
Lorna Stewart Tennis Cup (Juniors)
Oliver Fairnington
We were lucky to secure the service of Mr Tom Swan
as our Tennis Coach during the summer. Tom’s sessions
were hugely popular and much progress was made by all
Julie Hunter Tennis Cup (Senior Girls)
Emma Salvesen
Leslie Morton Tennis Cup (Senior Boys)
Rosie Grant Cup for Girls’ Doubles
Lorna Crawford and Georgia Leighton
Lorne Forsyth Cup for Boys’ Doubles
Rory Ewart and Rudi Brown
Mrs FK Bell
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Garscube Terrace, Edinburgh, EH12 6BG | Tel 0131 311 8000
Registered charity no SC012632
Assistance with fees is available through our means-tested bursaries
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95
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their future
starts here
Boarding
Boys & Girls aged 9 to 18
Fee assistance available
2012 - 80% A*/B at A level
For more information please contact:
Felicity Legge T: 01738 812546
E: [email protected]
www.strathallan.co.uk
Forgandenny Perthshire PH2 9EG
Strathallan is a Scottish Charity dedicated to education. Charity number SC008903

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