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Strathallan School swimmer and coach go to Olympics
A SWIMMER and his coach from Strathallan School will represent Great Britain at this summer’s European Youth Olympic Festival. Evan Davidson and Strathallan’s head of swimming, Elaine Johnston, will join a 16-strong junior squad heading to Banská Bystrica in Slovakia. At 15, Davidson is one of the youngest swimmers selected for the squad. He was…
Read MoreDollar Academy unveils design for ‘Futures Institute’
PLANS have been unveiled to build a home for the Futures Institute at Dollar Academy (FIDA). Andrew Whalley – a former pupils at the academy and the architect behind the Eden Project, the international terminal at London’s Waterloo train station, and the Experimental Media & Performing Arts Center in New York – has designed the…
Read MoreStrathallan pupil serves up US tennis ambition
A PUPIL from Strathallan School in Perthshire is swapping Scotland for Virgina to pursue her tennis career. Katie Bradley is moving to Emory & Henry College to study psychology and join its Wasps tennis team. The 17-year-old pupil from Auchterarder said: “College tennis in North America is on a whole other level – it’s a…
Read MoreSt Leonards School celebrates exam results
PUPILS at St Leonards School in St Andrews are celebrating this week after receiving their International Baccalaureate (IB) results. The independent school set a record average points score of 36, out of a possible 45 points. More than a quarter of its leavers scored 40 points or higher, placing them in the top 7% of…
Read MoreGordonstoun pupils wins national photo contest
A PHOTOGRAPH of a red deer stag has won Gordonstoun pupil Olivia Barnett first prize in a national competition. Her photograph had already won the local and district stages of the contest, which was organised by the Rotary Club of Great Britain & Ireland. Olivia, who is in her final year at the Moray school,…
Read MoreWhat’s on this weekend: Art, rivers, and chips
Peter Ranscombe takes a look at what’s on this weekend in Scotland. THE Glasgow Contemporary Arts Fair returns to its marque outside Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum tomorrow. Pieces by local and national artists will be on sale, with prices ranging from £50 to more than £20,000. Organiser Gerry Muldoon said: “Following its two year…
Read MoreStrathallan School opens The Art Cafe
STRATHALLAN School in Perthshire is opening a café in its art department. The Art Café will be run by Blend Coffee, which has shops in Dundee, Paisley, and its native Perth. Strathallan’s Art Café opens to pupils, parents, and friends of the school on 28 May, coinciding with the school’s sports day and the unveiling…
Read MoreSt Leonards School wins research award
ST LEONARDS SCHOOL in St Andrews has won the boarding research award at the Boarding Schools’ Association supporting excellence awards. The prize recognised the research undertaken by Jenn Murray-Turner, housemistress of Bishopshall – the senior girls’ boarding house at St Leonards – as part of her master’s degree in residential education. Her dissertation delved into…
Read MoreHigh School of Glasgow gears up for ‘sustainability social’
PUPILS from The High School of Glasgow picked up litter at Lennox Park in Milngavie as they prepare to hold a “sustainability social”. Children from the junior four year group have been learning about sustainability and the impact that plastic has on the oceans. The pupils will tell their families what they have learned about…
Read MoreScottish forests join The Queen’s Green Canopy
TWENTY-ONE of Scotland’s ancient forests and 19 of its ancient trees have been selected to join The Queen’s Green Canopy. The woodlands are among 70 ancient woodlands and 70 ancient trees being dedicated to the Queen to mark her platinum jubilee. The project was launched by Prince Charles, the Duke of Rothesay, under an old…
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