Prestwick Academy kids raise Children in Need cash

Nov 28 2008

PRESTWICK Academy had a fantastic week of activities to raise money for Children in Need, culminating in a day of events on Friday, November 14.

First to fifth year and staff dressed down, whilst sixth year dressed up in pirate theme with everyone donating £1.

A ceilidh was held in the assembly hall on Tuesday with our talented pupils providing the music; on Wednesday it was Beat the Goalie, and Thursday’s Nail Bar was a roaring success.

On the day of Children in Need, several pupils played Wii Fit in the morning and a mass aerobathon took place in the assembly hall – thanks to Ms Redmond for returning from retirement to take the lead.

The grand total raised was £1740, which is a marvellous achievement. Special thanks to Mrs Dunlop, the young fund-raisers and the school captains.

THE MANAGER of the MacDonald Brothers, Gordon Campbell, is helping a group of S5 and S6 students launch their own record label. They have joined the Enterprise Thru Music Scheme coordinated by Stow College and have set about auditioning acts for their upcoming CD.

On Thursday, November 13, they held a very successful talent show, compered by Simon Lamb, Claire Sneddon and Chris Houston. Some of these acts will be invited to feature on the CD which is to be released early next year.

The talent show was an extremely successful and entertaining evening. A sell-out crowd were welcomed to the first event to be held in the new assembly hall and the acts really made it difficult for the judges – Mr Bone, Ms Lauder, Miss Donnelly and Mrs Yacouskie. After much deliberation and an unforgettable medley by the talented acts, the top three were chosen.

In first place – Already Naked, Calum McGeachie and Andrew Irvine (S3); In second place – Amy McGowan (S5); In third place – Catharsis, gifted musicians Elaine Glass and Suzanne White (S6).

Well done to all the acts.

ALL sixth years attended The Big World Conference last week. It was agreed that the experience was intense and felt very real and everyone felt they learned something. The group performed a play which showed a girl’s 18th birthday go badly wrong. This related to sixth years’ age group very well and explained how to stay safe. There were also talks related to drugs and how to prevent fire.

Nicola McInnes and Jennifer McBlain