Votes to be cast for Scottish Youth Parliament
Voting for the new intake of members of the Scottish Youth Parliament (SYP) gets underway today, with 16 young people battling it out for the 12 Edinburgh seats – two for each of the Scottish Parliamentary areas. Read more about the elections in this post from earlier, and view a video on the Scotsman website.
Victorious in Volleyball
On Tuesday, Queensferry Community High School entered two teams in the S4-6 National School Volleyball finals in Dundee. Congrats to the boys’ team who competed against fourteen other teams from across Scotland and went on to win the event and title. Heather Darling, Active Schools co-ordinator told us:
It was great to have the squad together to deliver excellent Volleyball and complete the day without losing a set. Sad times for Matt, Jed and Connall (all S6 leavers this year) as they played their last ever school festival after taking part in them since primary school!
Heather also commended the girls’ team:
Well done also to the Queensferry girls who had an exciting morning to get through to the Gold pool where they met some tougher competition and had an opportunity to really compete. After winning last year, on this occasion, not all matches went our way, and the team from Marr College took the trophy back to Troon.
Boys Team: Matthew Agius (Captain), Connall Tennant, Jedd Hunter, Euan Gibson, Rhys Arthur, Michael Lee, Jordan Ramsay & Jonathan Black. Girls Team: Rachel Main (Captain), Siobhan Gunn, Amy Grant, Lauren Macdonald, Kara Innes, Amy Ferguson and Louise Agius
Porcelain pic is a winner for WHEC
Ursula with her winning entry
Wester Hailes student Ursula Manandhar (S5) was this year’s winner of the National Museum of Scotland’s 2012 Christmas Art Competition. Ursula was the youngest entrant in her category of the Age Group 16-20 Years and was awarded 1st prize for her drawing of the Parian Porcelain Ewer.
The winning entry has been on display since 14 January and a digitised image will be used to publicise and support National Museums Scotland and be featured on Museum social media pages. Well done Ursula!
Learning and Teaching ICT upgrades begin
Our ICT Servce Redesign project team tell us that they’re delighted to announce the first wave of bandwidth upgrades will begin in early March:
“We have been waiting a long time for this part of the Learning & Teaching ICT Service Redesign project to start. All of our schools and some Community Learning sites will have their bandwidth upgraded over the next few months, with many able to take advantage of the superfast broadband which is now available in some parts of our city. An increase in bandwith will give our learners much faster access to the internet, improving their learning experience and widening access to the rich variety of online resources now available.”
Craigmount pupils in Debating Tournament last 16
Congrats to Joseph Deans and Cameron Craig from Craigmount High, who have made it to the semi-finals of the Law Society of Scotland’s Donald Dewar Memorial Debating Tournament. The boys won the tournament last year so we wish them good luck!
Also in the news…
Also on the Council website this week:
- Council pledges increased support for children with disabilities
- Council advises school placing requests may not be met
- Paolozzi Prize open for nominations
- Satisfication with schools at all time high
- Private Bill to be discussed at Council
