Football (Mr Bryden)
Congratulations to Callum Shepherd, 4S and Mark Gilmour, 4W who have been chosen to play for Scotland in the under 16's Boys Club Squad. Callum has been selected to play and Mark is in the reserve squad.

National Junior Debating Competition (Mr McDougall)
Well done Charly White, Lauren Paini, Erin McKenzie and Marc Strain of S3 who all took part in a tough debating tie at St Columbas School in Kilmacolm on Monday. Your hard work and effort is greatly appreciated and you are a credit to the school.

Congratulations to S6 mini trialists
Well done to Lana McKenna, Danielle Rankin, Sylvia Matheson, Heather Welsh, Alison Cochrane, Amanda McGuffog, Kirsty McLardy, Louise Boyd, Lesley Duffy and Stacey Young who won both cases at Saturday's annual mini trials event. The best oscar goes to Lana for convincing a jury of her peers that she was innocent of a drugs offence. Thanks also to those S5/6 pupils who participated as jurors. Mr Des Browne, MP and Minister for Defence has written to congratulate us on the excellent performance.

Reading for Gold Scheme (Dr. Neilson)
Congratulations to Lauren Rodger of 1B1 who is the first S1 pupil this year to reach the Reading for Gold Bronze Award. She receives a certificate and some goodies for reading and reporting on five books. So, come on S1 pupils, read and you will receive!

The Reading Game (Dr. Neilson)
Congratulations to Ross Sharpe of 2W who is the first S2 pupil this year to reach the First Level of The Reading Game. He receives a certificate and a Simpsons stationery set for reading and reporting on five books. Come on S2 pupils! Read and you will receive!

Pupil Successes October 2006

Congratulations
Very well done to Ailie McKnight of 1P2 who has won the East Ayrshire Christmas Card competition. This means her design will be used by all the staff at East Ayrshire Council. Congratulations to Ailie.

Outward Bound
Congratulations to Ryan Gilmour and Grant Taylor for their participation in the course at Loch Eil. They are both looking forward to working with the other group members from our neighbouring schools.

Congratulations
Congratulations to Lesley Roy, S5 who worked at the SETT conference in Glasgow creating podcasts. The podcasts will be published on the LT Scotland website.

Sporting Success (May 2006)

Congratulations to Sophie O'Neill, 2S who represented the county at the recent Tennis County Championships in Solihull . Well done.

Congratulations to Fraser Kerr, S2 who has been chosen to play for the U14 Ayrshire squad in golf and also is a member of the Scottish Golf Academy U16 squad.

Congratulations are also due to Lewis Gallacher in S2 who plays in U15 Ayrshire and U15 Scotland squads in badminton.

Congratulations to Stuart Gallacher who has been chosen to play in the U16 Scottish Basketball squad and is going to Andorra at the end of July and Barcelona in June to play in the U16's Promotions Cup. Well done to all.

Reading for Gold Scheme (May 2006)

Congratulations to Carlo Facchini, Alexander Gibson and Misha Reid of 1S1, and Craig Love of 1S2 who have gained their Bronze Awards of the Reading for Gold Scheme. Well done!

Music Success (May 2006)


Congratulations to Fiona Grant (S5) who gained 3rd Place in the Vocal Section of the World Burns Federation National Competition. This is a superb achievement. Well done to Fiona for representing Kilmarnock Academy and Ayrshire at this event.

Congratulations to Gregor Keachie for gaining 1st place as part of the duet that won the Brass Duets competition at the Ayrshire Music Festival and for third place in the Trumpet/Cornet/Flugel Horn Div. B class at the same festival.

Scottish Music Centre -Recent Success

Congratulations go to Ross Mackie who has had a Musi-
cal Composition accepted by the above Centre based
now at the City Halls, Candleriggs. The panel were very
impressed with Ross's work and this has been posted on
their website. Members of the general public are invited
to vote on a number of Compositions. You can hear it
and vote by visiting www.scottishmusiccentre.com at
this link. Well Done Ross and good luck with your
future compositions.

Pupil Success

Congratulations to clarinettists Graeme Sharpe and Iain Hendry who have both successfully got through auditions and been offered places in the West of Scotland Schools Concert Band.

Congratulations to Fiona Grant and Ross Leighton who have been offered places on violin and double bass in the West of Scotland Schools Orchestra.

All Four will attend a trial day followed by a weeks residential course where they will receive tuition from some of Scotland 's top musicians. They will perform concerts in New Lanark, Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Congratulations also go to Blair McMillan who has been invited to join the prestigious Strathclyde Youth Jazz Orchestra.

Congratulations
Congratulations to Amanda Conway who represented the school in 60m hurdles at the Scottish Schools Indoor Championships and finished in silver medal position. This is an excellent achievement. Well done Amanda.

Congratulations is also due to Guy O'Neill and Rachael Miller who represented the South West District last weekend at the inter-district tennis competition at U18 level.

Sophie O'Neill in S2 also represented the county in the U14 squad.